The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-30
JERSEY M0N0POLIES HIT.
THE NEW RAILROAD TO THE An
THRACITE COAL FIELDS.

Stealing n March on the Monopolies-The
New Road TO the Deinware-Thc Route
taken-Activity In Pushing the Work
An Extension Asked TO the schuylkill
yaIley-The Way 10 Secure Cheap Coal.
The New Jersey West Line Railroad, q speedily
promised new thoroughfare to the anthracite coal
regions Of Pennsylvania and 10 the great West,
thrust. itself suddenly upon the public attention.
The difficulties that beset oil efforts at securing new
routes OF transit across the State OF New Jersey,
because Of the combined and determined opposi-
ton OF the existing wealthy corporations which
have seemed 10 own that State, have required that
the projectors and promoters Of tl'is now enter
prise should move with the utmost caution. and By
GRADUAL processes, Henee-this new company Is tho
outcrowth OF .uudry fractional legislative acts,
which were only solidated in February last thus
irving to the New Jersey West Line Railroad Com
pany a franchise for railroad from Newark to the
u,.waie river, uron which II is earnestly at work
constructing the line.
THE NEW COMPANY
is mainly composed Of residents along the rfo'
po.od line, with few capitalists from this city and
Pennsylvania. The Directors are John II. Ander-
son Of eomcrset county. j. b. Bassinger Of Union.
joseph Award Of Union, Samuel b. Smith iNew
York, Jarvis johnson OF Union, Frederick W.
Corgin Of New York, VIM. J. Osborn OF New
York, Samuel II. Bassinger Of Union. and John Van
Nest OF Somerset. John II. Anderson. ESQ, !!
and chief Engineer; Beverley G. Sanders, Score.
tary; and Jarvis johnson. Treasurer.
coSrinoS OF THE WORK.
The entire line has been surveyed, the most Of Il
located, the rights OF way largely secured, and oil
under contract TO be completci and equipped
within a year from next December. The nrst
Somerset county, Ia all subet aud work Is pro
crossing rapidly upon It. Between two and three
| line. s'ong which the gradinr Is now nearly
| completed really for the supcrstructure. The ties
aiso in resSIness SO tSs, within three months the
valley OF the Upper Passaic will be startled with the
strange sbriek Of the locomotive whistle and one OF
the most attractive and beautiful localities within
| 4 range OF nny miles from New York win be as
easily and quickly accessible as any suburb. Be :
short time the la6orers will be in the Geld with the
pick and shovel fastening forward the enterIrlse
which Il destined to be completed to the DELAY
| river much within the contract time.
AN EXCURSION ovRn rnR ROUTE.
The directors nnd contractors, with a party OF
capitalists and others interested In this project,
PASSED ever the route In carriages few days SINCE
na1ing a close survey Of the country and the prac-
tcbility and desirability OF the undertaking. The
excursion Was most delightful one. barring the in
tense heat of the weather the route passing through
the most beautiful and prosperous portions Of the
Stale Of New Jersey. That portion Of the Pa.saic
| Providence TO the neghborhood Of Basking Ridge,
is really beauti al beyond deserip,on. From bill.
| 10 tlll-tOp Diohu Nalic1, NCooptu OUT
| ike the trough oi huge ocean wave, Is covered
with fields In the highest state OF cultivation, save
here ana ihere NIUE pas,oes o' nn mnSed ~ nSo s
| landscape. The rich wheat just assuming golden
| yellow, contrasting with the briIht green oats, or
| the more sombre hues Of the oyer-ripe meadows,
| with occasional field Of corn in severely exact
rows, the richly vaiiogated coloring immedi-
which tte region e abounds, make up pic,
tare that Nigh, .o well enEnss . the the mos, ,Si
new road aads an almost level and perfectly str.ght
| course for q number OF miles. Then breaking
ne route sirs,eSes swsS in soars. iiiis soo, o
west, finding among the brooklets and stream: thai
equally natural and level he'd. until {. crosses the
central road Lebanon. III tn the country assumes
runS %i'S osn.,s boids Il. Westerly sour.e with
regular descent Of but forty fee, 10 the mile to the
Along ali this route, except In the last half dozen
miles the country Is thiekly populated and wonder
fully productive, giving promise OF local 1Aniie
PAT The OPERATING ExPESsRs
| Of q railroad. The route as surveyed makes the
| highest grade passing east bot forty feet TO The
mile, and going west Only aeout nhy IL IS also
singularly devoid OF sharp curves and angles, the
general course being almost air line. The route,
It Is seen, lies nearly midway between the Central
twelve miles shorter from river 10 river than the
former, and twenty one shorter than the latter.
| GETTING Nro rExNsYLyAMA.
The Company has = charter for bridge across the
/
that river, which N seventeen miles below Easton
II Is proposed to continue the Hue from this point
direct 70 Asnsewn thus making i,, connection % ,ss WI. VIZ
and South, as well as the roads In the Lehigh valley
leading 70 the rich anthracite coal deposits In tina
| valley. Thus II viii at once become important
trunk line, having the advantage OF the shortest dis
tance and the easiest grades between the metroyo
| and the coal fields, as wen as the great.West
| TIE scHuILKiLL RkoIos WANTS AN OUTLET TO SKv
YORK.
| At Allentown the excursion party was met by
company OF capitalists from Re.ding interested Il
| the Schuylkiil coal recion, who, through the Hon
r. W. Hughes, OF Pottsvine, urEed.an extension o
the Reading Company, which holds monopoly o
the Schuyk Valley, employs capital OF tS,OOO, ,OO
initrsnsporting is product, and had expended mil
| lions In preventing rival roads from coming In
The producers OF that region wanted TO reach tn
, | New York market, but were kept from 1t BY thi
TSnUp sos nUs us e.
| business 1t could manage, but u would open up
Z | competition in coal In the New York marke
: ley people. The Morris and EsseI, represent
ing q vested capital OF s2s, OOo,OO0 and the Ger
,ra which has e9ss5 upward, q $4,000,
| the coal carrying business. The West Line roat
which viii cost less than t6OOoO 900 to he Dels~a,
anS S. sOt shesers. Sssr psy large % d1asod I n'n'
These arguments produced strong inpressio
upon those present, and It was the general expre
: sion tina, the road should be pushed 70 the p0ir
!. rHs CONTAGIOUS.
The contract for BUILDING and equipping this ne
| road has been taken by K Hanford Co. M
ma of extensive eIperionse as railroad construc
or. His associates are Nicholas Hunter, OF q
Nose line Iron Works, Berks county Pa, and Gale
II. MAlin, OF Malin a Dundore, Iron merchant
Philadelphia This II q strong combination, po
II sessed OF ample means 70 put the work through.
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