The New York herald., 1877-07-28

1umc--a riyu,ct which had worn certain way down
from near the summit through the solid trap
rock. To cut through the plateau by way OF the
Till was two years work. More than thirty
years aiterward another railroad travelled the
Berges Jersey Heights few weeks ago
the Delaware aud Lackawanna Railroad opened
the third ana last subterranean hue through the
same palisading barrier No other work OF The
same species was contemplated except by the Penn
sylvania Railroad, which had recently resolved not TO
be bound forever to the toruous route chosen by the
stevens Corporation forty 1--we years ago, but with The
restless enterprise ol Colonel T. a. Scott, had deter
mined 10 cut directly through the Bergen Heights to
Jersey CITY, and the steam, curves and grades
invoiyei in the present snake-lxe siuuosities OF
transit
by remarkable coincidence this big task only
begun week or fortnight preceding the strike Even
yesterday few men working away the direct
cut through the Bergen Palisades Their sparse num-
oes and the hugepes Of the enterprise defined
almost dramatic against that mass We rocky
rampant pIte tt't N.Jt4 ~ tp.
After crossing, by lofty grades, the Bergen gap or
pass the railroad drops tho other side to The River
Hackensack. THIS Is a short siuice or river which
receives all the mountainous drainage from tue
oacX SIDE OF the Palisades, and also from
the ridgc between the Hacksnsack and Passaic 1t
drains the country about old Dutch Tappen aud
route, as recent rom ntc narrative related, Mr..
W liam Tweed, ''statesman,' OF ssno region,' found
MS wav 10 the sea and foreign parts. The Hackcn-
sack Is drain inconslanl and also tidal Where the
ireshets from the nils and the tides from Newark Bay
meet IN three or four grent bridges cross The Hacken
SACK One OF these, tho Delaware and I.ackawanna.
cost nearly third o. million OF dollars, and its
draw pier when nearly completed. sauk INTO the mud
and was only recovered by ingenious engineer
ing and further expenditure This bridge, being
ol iron and stone, cannot burn am would
0uiy yield to blasting or 70 determined n,s
aud also the great road highway bridge 10 Newark
across The Hackensack were located aud built before
the Pennsyvana Railroad among the cheap aud 1msy
legacies oil the old New JERSEY rporation They
III every part. The railroad bridge is mere deck laid
on Jackstraws OF lumber ana supported on light and
ancient ancient pies' where u touches the Now YORK or
winch thousands OF wagons pass daily. As soou
developed 4 ana the New Jersey authorities
were put on the qt vive the Hackensack bridge was
thought or roops were a, once directed IT. There
only bridges beside. OF relative importance,
on this great lueover the Passaic, at Newark, ana
over, over the Rarian, at New Brunswlck. But bon OF
cities, and 10th were OF substantial II not OF wholly
iron material The Hackensack bridge was alone IN
the marshy meadow. Nearly up TO the time oi Jeiier
sons administration The HscKensack, at the Newark
roaa was never brdged at all Terry stood there Ia
can guide book. 10 avoid the Hackcnsacx marshes
Washington came to New York by barge by way Oh
ElZiDethport to inaugurateu IL Is
sign cant fact about tho ncwness OF even the Oldest
things IN America that tho Hackensack River, which
was such plague to Lee, Wayne, andre and both
armies in the Revolutionary war, aud which is within
sound OF the church bells OF New York, should still be
crossed only by fmsy bridge OF tindcr, whose loss
by accident violence would annoy all the Southern
and half the Western travel unless the Pennsylvania
Company could use the Delaware and Lackawanna
bridge next above them
~ 80 VISIT TO THE aAcKENsAcK GUARD.
Leaving Jersey City yesterday afternoon by local
train, the AERALpwrter was dropped at Meadow sta.
iion, between Marion ana East Newark, opposite Inc
great red abattoE A sentinel in blue uniform was
pacing tho Western end OF the HackensacK Dridsc,
as bs od n' else
visible Yet as the HERALD writer walked through the
long grass by devious paths toward the approach to
the bridge, lie heard sung by invisible voices the new
version OF the "Wacht on Rhine"
Dear Jersey land, the charge be mine!
Dear cOmmissary, thine The .,t s"sk,m sE,n.
But arner on the Haekensack! s 84
Dry drinks the sack
Firm stands the guard! firm stands the guard!
Firm stands the guard by lackenstck!
Not a soul except the sentinel sight In all
that landscape, unless mosquitoes have souls, until
meath TIE aSuime6c on ihd pier Of The bridge Mere
he found twenty soldiers OF tue Fifth Veteran
regimen OF Newark, lying down and lighting tho mos
quiioes Belore had ques lou ready to propound
soldiers had all jumped up A. The unexpected ap
partition of live civilian near Taken thus unawares
the question naturally was-
sBoys how are he mosquitoesS"
Very promptly the sergeant IN charge replied
.sSullivan, snow yer shtn!"
One touch OF nature made the world kin and Sullivan
was lul OF such natural touches He raised a colossal
loot ft lor the statue OF Norman emperor and |
said - i1fItf ~
.rhem bites responds to the leadin quostioni'
Around Sullivan's ankle were not less than forty |
bites very much ipfamed. lie was in dead earnest.
SPIN wounded man, SAID Sullivan. al can say
with the soldier in sMacDtth,' my gashes cry
yona" yo.f
How docs the Hackonsack mosquito compare with
the Newark mosquito"
s.rbis scoundrel here" said Sullivan, "can't sing.
The Newark mosquito is Jenny Lind. He serenades
before he strikes But can say OF this heather with
with all their music IN them !"
He returned 10 his scratches and the HERALD writor
TO the sergeant
ssergeant is there any trouble hereabout? DO you
any suspicious charactersa Are your fears up and
alert ?"
pass Every blasted train Is Oh time. The Pennsyl-
vania scuds righ through taking all the chances; but
the Lackey yondcr only runs her local trains.
The roopsthat were here have gone up 10 Somervle,
on the Central road. We arrived this morning"
''Wel, how do you ike ny"
''Dont object to II a: ali but BY hoKcy! the skeet
will relieve US to-nightN'
.'where do you expect 10 sleep to-nightg"
"Rlght the grass by the bridge, unless we
crawl nto the shed here. Have you got any mosquito
recipes"
"We," SAID the sergeant at Is a liberal education
to have seen and been Diltcn by The Hackensack
quito 1t gives o gratitude for the imper-
iect faugs of the Newark mosquito"
There about twenty men at The west end OF tn
bridge under Lieutenant III. +. Ganncy, OF Company
+, First veteran regiment, OF Newark
IAN our officers have 10 be olu veteraq soldiers.
Our Adjutan, has lost his hand"
EAST PIER,
The men good humoredy said adieu, and offered to
catch mosqul'o for u.s. as We walked On tue bridge
rooi. and the Washington tram thundered past
"Look there sand tho sentry. "thc palace
empty There rs western travel at all; no south
ern travel either Everything l. local. yet everything
is ON iime. This man. Tom scott Is too mucn abused.
He Is the promptest railway man IN the world" He
udicd --'Ive looked at these noble trains with won-
der They fly past here Ike the wind How can such
magn lcent engineers and such management quar-
rel ~
At the east end OF tho bridge Lieutenant W. H.
Egbert, OF Company q, was in charge likewise with
w, nty lie said:--
''he trains 80 by with all prompness but It is pitiiul
TO see SO little travel We do not soc soul TO annoy
W. W. are well armed with tho old Sprngield muskct
There is every Improvement since the strike"
.'Ycs" "said soldier scratching his legs; 1.-THE only
obduratc thing Is the skeeer. he Is always ou u
striSc I say conradc, can't 20 out rfportin'
for YOU you takin' The bites ana me inc notesY"
CHOW you fed, boysy"