The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-15
RAILROAD NOTES.

RAILROAD NOTES.
Detective John Gregory. of New Bruns-
wick, who has for the past seven years
been in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, has resigned, and will open an
office in Newark.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
is about to construct a branch line from
its main line at Bound Brook to a point
along the Arthur Kill near Perth Amboy,
q distance of eighteen miles. The COM
pany intend building two large shipping
piers to extend 700 feet from the shore
In the rear of the piers will be built q
large freight and storage yard with facili-
ties for twenty-four tracks, each 1900 to
1000 feet in length. This branch is in
tended to be used for getting coal to tide
water without running over other roads,
thereby making a large annual saving.
1t is estimated that they will handle
O. 100000 tons of coal yearly and that 800
men will be required by the company to
carry on the work.
There are 1878 railroad corporations in
this country and the total number of en-
ployes is 100000.
Conductor Rundio, OF the Bernards-
vile Branch, M. and E., and Conduc-
tor Parks, of the South Orange and Sum
nit accommodation. have changed
trains.
~ ID odlO 1OW bAttu Ntlt 1El0 IGdllrO&u
has backed out of the offer to operate the
proposed Caldwell road, and that meet
ing will shortly be held to confer about a
new plan.
The heaviest damages that were ever
paid for an injury to single man was
S45, 900, paid by the Crank Trunk, after
trying the case tree times. The jury in
creased the damages at each trial
Conductor Wilkes Downey, who was
thrown from the baggage car of a train
on the susquehanna Railroad few weeks
ago by a lurch of the car, died from his
injuries on Tuesday in the Hackensack
Hospital.
A road from Warwick to Wawayanda
LakH is projected, and all of tho stock has
beeh subscribed. 1t will connect the Cen
tennial mine with the Lenigh and Hud-
son. Mr.. Grinnell Burt is said to be
among the stockholders.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers will hold their annual convention
in Pittsburg this month. 1t is said there
is a movement on foot to defeat the re-
election of President Arthur. There is
little doubt now that the Brotherhood
will join the Federated Order of Railway
Employees.
Some new and favorable developments
have arisen concerning the building Of
the contemplated railroad from Lake
Hopatcong to connection with the New
York and Greenwood Lake road at Great
Notch. The committee that was ap-
pointed at the first meeting, two weeks
or more ago, has been making investiga-
tions which have developed the fact that
the expense necessary in constructing the
line has been materially lessened by an
arrangement which can be made with the
Central Railroad of New Jersey to use it's
tracks from Rockaway to the lake. In
that event it will be necessary only to
build from Caldwell to Rockaway, which
fes nl1 fa,1 or,6 I,s,1 A
charter has already been granted u COM
pany to build a line from Cedar Grove, on
the Greenwood Lake road, to Caldwell
which is four miles. The other road will
connect with it to give the necessary
outlet.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
now reaches Lake Hopatcong and lands
passengers at Nolan's Point. which is not
close to the hotel district 1t is necessary
to MAKE three changes to reach the lake
from Jersey City. By the new line it
will be reached direct, and to further
facilitate business mile spur will be
built in from the main line to reach the
most desirable point.
There is noticeable difference in the
sound of the locomotive whistles on the
various roads. Those on the Pennsyl-
vania road have hoarse, bass note, and
are generally sounded with the two long
and two short blasts, the characteristic
Slkuttl OL bIhG LOdlA lAc 1ALld engineers
manage to screw a sort of diabolical
scream out of their iron monsters, which
have a variety of sounds. The locomo-
tiveS of the Susquehanna are all equipped
with melodious duplex sort of COM
bination which is as tuneful as the pipes
of an organ.
The number of locomotives in the
United States on June 80, 1889, is stated
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
ers' statistician at 29.036, and the total
number of cars of all kinds at 1907. 591:
while P0or's Manual summarizing the
figures up to the end of the last fiscal
year of the various railway companies,
gives the number of locomotives at 81, ,062
and the total number of revenue cars''
as s1.090,9 91S
1t is rumored that the Susquehanna
company will remove its road house and
terminal yards from Wortendyke to Van
Wrinkles, north OF Riverside, Paterson.
The stout fence which the Erie has put
around the back of the depot in Paterson,
where the old arch formerly was located,
has the effect of restraining people from
looking for trains to depart from that
side more than any number of signs The
present ARRANGEMENT makes it impossible
TO get at the old tracks from the rear Of
the depot
The narrow gauge seems to be gaining
a little ground in Germany. OF the 25,-
500 miles of railroad in that Kingdom 500
miles are OF narrow gauge, OF which 20
miles were opened last year. These mar
row roads, however, are mostly very short
lines and doubtless fill o want in locali-
ties which do not furnish business to
warrant the construction of more eXten-
siye lines.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
has declared quarterly dividend OF ont
and one quarter per cent.