The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-30
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D. w. La Bar, for the last thirteen
years connected with the Pullman Palace
Car Co., here, running as conductor on
trains Nos. l and s on the Erie Railroad
has resigned from the service and is now
"Lost Car Agent" of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi Railroad. Mr.. La Bar still retains
his residence in Jersey City.
One of the best ''make-ups' of the
"ragamuffin'' order on Thanksgiving
was seen ON Grove street. A little boy
about five years of age was attired as q
freight-rastler, in jumper, battered nat,
blue overalls and a mask with q typical
Emerald Isle c~ountenance adorned with
Getaways" and carrying the well-known
dinner pail in his hand.
All the ''sidings' and yard tracks be-
tween Jersey City and Susquehanna, Pa,
on the Erie are blocked with freight
bound east to New York.
Engineer George Gage, Sr., of the Erie
R. r., has been promoted to the position
of engine dispatcher at jersey City.
A section of the cross-walk on Grove
street, the southwest corne of Second,
has been broken and out of place for the
past five years. Two years e it was
put in position with cinders as a base and
was fit for use for about the space of q
month. 1t is a menace to all pedestrians
and stands a good chance of being instru-
mental in a bill of damages to the city
for personal injury to some one.
1t was announced yesterday afternoon
by reliable parties that the Jersey Cen
trail Railroad Company had decided to
| abandon its shops at Elizabethport. N. j..
had purchased land for 5000 0 at Hamp-
ton, seventeen miles from Phillipsburg,
and had awarded the contract for the
erection of shops there in which new
locomotives and cars will be built. 1t is
said that the company have been losing
money on it's shops at Elizabethport for
many ars.-Ptdthhetd Nelps.
The Central Railroad Company have ne
gotiated with William Bowlby for suffi-
Gent land from his farm to satisfy their
wants for their plans at junction. The
| stakes have been driven, and the work of
grading will begin at once. Let her boom
right along.
The Central Railroad has done away
with running its coal trains on schedule
time. They are now run as "eXtras."
Judge Dixon, of the Court of Appeals,
last week presented al opinion in one of
the many railroad tax cases which have
been brought by various companies APP
pealing from the assessment of the State
| Board of Assessors, and declared the
| effort of the Legislature to fix the local
tax rate upon railroad property the same
as that upon other property as plainly un
| constitutional. The case in question is
| that brought by the West Shore and On
tario Railroad Company, involving the
question as to whether the company was
entitled to any reduction of tax OF ac-
| count of indebtedness. The Court de-
cided that the deduction made by the
| Supreme Court is sufficient.
In a short time the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will have all the ground
necessary for completing their four
tracks between New York and Philadel-
phia. They have secured the properties
needed on the south side of the present
track in South Trenton. In order to have
! a straight run from Clinton street sta
ton, it was found necessary to purchase
properties ON the north side of the track
from Cooper street to Clay street. Agents
of the company are negotiating with the
property holders for this purpose. Last
week they purchased for 81, 900 the kup-
pinger estate, on Cooper street. 1t is I'M
derstood that they have owned the Han
kinson estate for some time,
The failure of the D. L. Il w. r. r.
Company to keep its alleged promise to
build a branch road from Morristown to
Mendham has caused the property own
ers along the proposed route to enter into
negotiations with the company building
a road from White House station to Pea
pack. This is ex-Congressman Pid'
| cocks road and an effort is to be made tc
have it run through Mendham to Morris
town.