The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-04
NOTES.

On the Greenwood Lake Railroad the
quail annoy the engineers by getting in
the way of the engine. George Merritt
ran through q big bevys in taking the
afternoon train up on Tuesday, and not a
| quail was touched. They are frequently
flushed by the engines in crossing Pomp-
ton Plains. The annoyance comes in the
fact that most engineers are sportsmen
and it ~tantalizes them to think that they
cannot get down and go quail shooting
on such occasions. Merritt has a trained
eye and nothing bigger than a mouse can
escape his vision If it is on or near the
track.
The Susguehanna has borrowed three
millions OF the Central Trust Company.
One million dollars of this money will be
put upon improvements, another million
will go to take up other existing mort
cages, and the balance will be held in re-
serve. The work of double tracking will
be continued and the heaviest steel rails
in the market will be used not only on the
new track u wherever a new rails laid
to replace an old one. The trestlework
on the meadows below Hackensack will
be filled in and considerable money will
be spent on rolling stock.
Tn Erie will at once commence the
laying of a switch to Colts Hill to re-
move that protuberance on the earth's
surface. II will leave the main track
near the old Union Bolt Works and run
along Railroad avenue and Grand street
to the hill.
On Sunday, August II. Past Master
Craig installed the following newly-elect-
ed officers of Liberty Island LODGE
Past master, William D. Singerly; master,
B. A. Clemens; vice-master, J.. Lemalty;
secretary, John Kelly; financier, j. w.
Hoffman; journal agent, r. ID. Hoag-
land.
A new method of penny grabbing is
said to have been inaugurated by the
L~ackawanna road. A new form OF !, 900
books will be issued, and conductors will
be instructed not TO take less than five
coupons for any ride. no matter how
short the ride may be. Books will no
longer be proftably used between sta
tionS.
AS the Easton mail train of the Lacka-
wanna Railroad was about to enter the
station at Waterloo on Monday afternoon
the boiler of the engine exploded with
great violence. Engineer Edward King,
the we'll known railroad evangelist, had
some sort of warning and jumped from
the cab just in time to escape injury. The
fireman was blown from the engine but
escaped with slight injuries. The explo-
sion knocked a hole SIX feet wide in the
depot. h bell was blown high in the
air and in falling broke a hole through
the roof of the station.
A most peculiar incident occurred last
week on the MOTIFS ana Essex Railroad.
The newspaper train was Western bound
and running at the rate of twenty miles
an hour. When passing through the
Oranges the engine struck and killed a
hen. At the pilot of the engine there is
an air pipe, which is used to connect with
another engine in front, so that all the
air brakes on the train can be operated
from the foremost engine. When not in
use this pipe is closed by a stopcock. In
some strange manner the men struck the
handle of this cock with such force az to
throw it open. This allowed the steam to
escape, putting on all the brakes and
bringing the train of nine loaded cars 10
a standstill.
Conductor Soden. of the Central Rail-
road, who runs the afternoon train from
Jersey City to Long Branch, has the
heaviest train that leaves the depot dur
ing the summer His train is always
crowded and carries a big crowd to the
Monmouth track. Notwithstanding the
h~eaviness Of his load, the big quantity of
baggage carried and the frequent stops
made, Conductor Soden manages to make
his run on regulation time. He is one of
the most efficient and popular conductors
on the road.
1t is estimated that one train passes
through Newark every five minutes Of
the day and night on the Pennsylvania
Railroad. This is the strongest arQu-
ment for elevated tracks.