The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-26
NOTES.

An interesting railroad suit has been
instituted in thei New Jersey Court OF
Chanoery by ex-Judge Wescott, counsel
for Charles Schumacher. The suit il
against the Philadelphia and Atlantic
City Railroad Company. About a year
ago., according to the affidavit of Schu-
macker, the railroad company's repre-
sentative called on him and purchased a
large strip OF land needed by them to
complete their double line to Atlantic
City. AS the only egress from the farm
Is over the tracks of the railroad and as
they depressed their roadbed eight feet il
was agreed by the company that they
should build a bridge for the use OF
Schumacher when the purchase was
made. The tracks were laid and the
trains ran over them, but Schumacher
claims that he lever got the purchase
money nor was the bridge built, and for
this reason he could not take his pro
ducts to market. He wants $40, 900 dam
ages.
An invention that must necessarily be
recognized and adopted by the railroad
corporations generally is that of an cleo
tric coupler n automatic circuit-closer.
The inventor, J. J. Hinphey, of Bound
Brook, has been at work on the model a
long time.
John e. Wootten, formerly general
manager Of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company, will erect an ad-
wing I oAO 4bOdttlAA llOSDILll us
a memorial to his deceased wife, Mrs.
Annie Wootten.
The Philadelphia and Reading has re-
ce1ved ten new passenger engines from
the Baldwin Works of Philadelphia, the
tenders Of which are provided with scoops
to take up wnter from the tanks located
between the tracks.
Considerable progress is being made in
grading the new railroad from New Hope
to Huntsville. Hunterdon county Sew
eral gangs OF men are working on the
New Hope end of the road, and tho grad
ing will be finished in about q month.
The new order of Railroad Conductors
was formed in New York Sunday by en-
ployes of the Morris and Essex Railroad.
The officers elected were:-President, c..
S. Wheaton; vice president, E. d. Nash:
chaplain, f. A. Hermance; marshal, A.
Holdrldge; first conductor. /. K. Wood:
second conductor, v. Pidgeon.
Conductor Benjamin Raub and Brake
man Abraham Fulper saw q woman and
her two sons struggling in the Raritan
Canal, near Lambertvilie, when coming
up the road one day last week. They i'm
mediately cut the caboose from the train
and started out to rescue the trio. The
woman and her sons, who peal the name
of Hoicomb, were riding along the canal
when the accident. occurred. The horse,
carriage and occupants all went INTO the
channel. Conductor Rauo swan out to
where the woman was and rescued her.
When brought to shore she was almost
exhausted, and it was some time before
she showed signs of life.
The Central Railroad has declared q
dividend OF one and one-half per cent,
payable August l.
Conductor W. H. Griffith, of the Morris
and Essex Railroad, has been granted a
months vacation. His train is In charge
Of Conductor Devoe.
Superintendent A. Reasoner and Master
Builder S. Griffith passed over The NJ. &
F. road to Phillipsburg last week on q
special ira In.
1t is said there are over four hundred
men employed in the Dover shops.
$500, 600 a year. The value of such an in
stitution to a town is incalcuiable.
Joseph Miller, of P~hillipsburg. has
been promoted from brakeman on the
Morris and Essex local freight to con-
ductor on q coal and freight train run
ming between Washington ana Port
Norris.
For the past few days a gang Of West
ern Union Telegraph linemen has been
strlnging wire from Drakeville TO Belyi-
dere. 1t is an extension OF a wire that
was run from New York to Hotel Breslin.
Lake Hopatcong, a year ago
Arrangements have been nearly per-
fected by which the Reading Railroad
Company will secure control of the Phila-
delphia and Seashore Railroad. The road
is now completed as far as the meadows.
which is only about two miles from Sea
Isle City, aud in the course of ten LAYS ali
the rails viii be down and trains running
schedule time.
About two miles OF steel rails have been
laid on the new Passaic and Delaware
extension to Peapack.