The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-25
FINALLY SUCCESSFUL.
THE ALTlMoRE & OHIO EFFECTS AN
ENTRANCE INTO NEW YORK.
An Alliance with the Rapid Transit Gem
pany-The New York Central In .
junction An Electric Rail-
way for Chicago.

New YORK Nov % Tho Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad company have secured an
entrance into Nav York. This they do by
availing themselves of the extensive water
front in the harbor OF Now York, on Staten
island. by making an alliance with the
Rapid Transit railroad recently constructed
along the shores Of that suburb. This COM
pany possesses valuable franchises from the
oily of N.w York of two ferries from the
Battery at the foot OF the elevated rail-
way system to Staten island, at
the nearest point OF which extensive docks
and piers have bean erected. Tho distance
between the Battery and this point, which
is known as st. George, is less in time than
fifteen minutes. 1t is a longer ferry than
those of the jersey Central and Pennsylva-
MIA roads, but not much longer than that Of
the Della ware, Lackawanna IL Western 70
Hoboken, is subject to much less interru%
ton, and with fast boats built for the pvr
pose that time can be materially red ucei. 1t
is claimed that whatever time may be lost
by longer ferry is gained by a shorter
land route. for once reaching Staten island,
th6 line along the north shore, then across
the kills at Elizabeth, and through New
Jersey to Bound Brook, Is several miles
shorter than any other route. and almost a
straight line. The distance from st. George,
the landing on Staten island, to Eliz lbeth is
about four miles. Here is encountered a
slough known as the Arthur KILL only 600
feet in width across which a draw-bridge
is to be built to the Jersey shore.
From this point to Bound Brook the
distance is only about eighteen and half
miles, to construct line over which will
cost less than $500, 600. BY virtue Of a con-
tract with the Reading road, the Baltimore
a. Ohio. by its own motive power, can carry
its own rolling stock. passengers and freight
from Philadelphia to Bound Brook, thence
across the new construction to Eliza BOTH
AMI thence by the Staten Island syste IN into
New York. The Jersey Central makes its
junction with the Reading system at Bound
Brook, and is by this new route entirely
ignored.
EDjoined from Leasing the West Shore.
SYRACUSE. N. Y, Nov. 25.-On Sunday
evening last Justice George N. Kennedy. Of
the supreme court, on motion of Louis Mar
shall, granted an injunction restraining the
New York Central Railroad company from
guaranteeing so. 900. 900 bonds of the West
Shore railway and from perfecting the
lease of the West Shore for 400
years. Mr.. Marshall represents 500 shares
Of the capital stock Of the New York
Central railroad. all OF which is owned
by Syracuse parties. The injunction is the
outgrowth of the rejection of Mr.. Marshalls
protest made before the meeting OF the
directors OF the Central road in Albany on
Nov. 4. At that time he argued that the
leasing of West Shore by the Central was
against public policy and therefore void;
that the statutes of the state forbid the con.
solidation Of parallel and competing
lines Of railroad and that it would entail an
addition of $50, 900 to tho Central road and
thus depre ciate Central stock.