The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-08
TWO RAILROADS In IT.
LOCAE TERMINI FOR THE b. AND o.
AND THE LEHIGH FzLLEE.

L0CAE TEftMlNl fOh THE Be A<NO "
AND THE LEHIGH TzELET.
The Information Given About the B. and
O.'s Surprise Party, In the Article
Below. Is Not Guess-worIx or Hearsay,
but Authentic and Trustworthy
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
panr's sachems certainly have great heads,
for, while great hullabaloo was being
made in the Legislature over their right to
bridge the Kill Won Kull, they were quietly
working their way to the seaboard, thereby
making two additional great outlets to the
commerce of the country. The TArTLRR
takes pride in being able to lay the first au-
thentic account of the corporations under
taking before the public. It is not merely
the Baltimore and Ohio road that will reach
the seaboard by this great stroke of enter
prise. for its scope contemplates an out
let for the Lehigh Valley on the North
River shore, by the use of the great
West Line Grant across the Washington
street gap. The Baltimore and Ohio have
a double track road completed from, Phila-
delphia to Union Township, within two
miles of Elizabeth. The finest bridge in
the State is the new bridge of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad over RaIitan Bay,
the necessity for an extra long draw being
obviated by the fact that the first span
crosses from the main land to small
island and the second span from the island
TO the main land again. The TATrLERs in
formant is a person who holds close rela-
tons with the head men in the vast under
taking and stated that when completed the
line Will be the shortest route to Philadel-
phia and Washington from New York, and
will touch at Elizabeth, Trenton and other
prominent points in the State. The prop
erfy purchased for the right-of-way in
Hudson County consists of about 1,200
acres OF land, and comprises a strip, mar
rover at no point than 100 feet, running
from the confluence of the Hackensack
River with Newark Bay southeast to Caven
Point on New York Bay. The most mar
row part of the right of way Is the strip be-
tween Bergen and Ocean Avenues, and is
bounded on the west by Van Reipcn ave-
nue., and on the east side by Cedar street,
in Greenville. 1t takes in whole estates.
The property purchased is ex-Mayor Seid-
lers property, situated on the shores eff
Newark Bay, and the Hackensack, COM
prising about ia acres. Next in order
going toward New York Bay, is the Howe
estate, then the property of Benjamin Vree-
then the Armstrong estate, then the
Stephen Vreeland property, situated at
Caven Poirlt, and lastly the property of
Morris and Cummings, fronting on New
York Bay. 200 acres in all have been par-
chased. and the cash price paid is $500, 600.
The company will have full mile of water
front on the Hackensack river and Newark
Bav. and about a half mile of deep water
front on New York Bay. "fhe in
fention is" said the reporters informant,
ssuniess the plan is changed, to have
the passenger terminal facilities, of course,
on New York Bay, and to build immense
freight docks, piers. wharves and ware
houses on the mile of water front the COM
pany has acquired on Newark Bay and the
HackeDsack The Staten Island scheme
has been entirely abandoned, as moro
feasible solution of the problem has been
brought about"
ssbut how is the Lehigh Valley to come
in ?'iasked the reporter.
ssVery easily. You see the Lehigh Valley
Company already has, in the Morris Canal,
right of way right through Newark. Now,
they propose to use that right of way
through Newark for railroad purposes,
even II it is necessary to trestle the canal
in order to accomplish it. Then the idea
!, is to cross the Hackensack at the SAM
4 point the Baltimore and Ohio vial. come
over the proposed new line to where the
Morris Canal runs parallel with the New
Jersey Central, and thence to their ter
minal property just south of the Washing
ton street gap"
sBut can they get the right of way from
where they leave the proposed new line in
the vicinity of Cayen Point to tide water
on the Hudson?"
ssThey already own right of way along
there, as in Newark, in the Morris Canal,
and they'll get to tide water on the Hudson
even if they have to trestle the canal
there, too"
The reporter was also told that the deeds
for the transfer of the property would all
be recorded during the present week, and
that people would have no reason to open
their eyes now to learn that the B. O.
already have under way the construction
of feet of elegant ferry-boats
Mr. Charles ) Peshall, who is reported
IS being the land agent of the company,
was called on by TATTLER representative
last evening, but positively denied that he
was in any way connected with the COM
pany.
The reporter also visited the Office of
Civil Engineer and Surveyor Frank II.
Earle, in the Fuller Building, who is MAX
ing the drawings of the proposed new line
through Hudson County, and there learned
by an inspection Of the drawings that the
facts given above are authentic and IN
deniabls.
Accident ON the Grand Trunk.
QUEBEC, Aug. Freight train No. 10.
Oh the Grand Trunk Railway, at six O'Clock
last evening, colllded with ballast train
at Warwick The engine and six cars were