The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-20
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad has made cut in freight
rates between New York and Scranton.
The Lehigh Valley has followed with a
like cut between the same points.
The Official report of the Central Rail
road of New Jersey for the week ending
April ~, shows that $500 tons of coal
were shipped from the Wyoming region
over the Lehigh and Susquehanna
division.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has presented the cinders for the new
running track at Princeton College, and
two carloads day are now being deliv-
cred.
A railway paper tie has been invented.
The inventor says that he can utilize in
this way the ordinary paper board which
Is made from straw, grass, or any cheap
material. Tine straw boards are cemented
together and pressed in moulds, making
fire and water proof tie, which is not
affected by atmospheric changes, holds
the spikes firmly and is sufficiently elias
tic and will outweRr five wooden ties.
The New York aud Greenwood Lake
Railroad has had considerable work dore
along the tracks since last summers lake
travel ceased, and now it is In as good
riding condition as it is possible to put it.
The company will this season make a big
issue of the excursion travel to Green
wood Lake, and without doubt it will be
the busiest season in the history of the
road.
A New Jersey belt line railway is new
railroad enterprise projected between
| Crawford, on the New Jersey Central
Railroad, and Ayondale, on the Newark,
branch of the Erie Railroad, distance of
about eighteen miles. The line will run
through lrvington, East Orange, Bloom
Held and Belleville, and it is said to be q
combination of the Central and Erie rail.
roads by which the Central gets an out
let through Paterson to New England.
Northern New York and Canada, de.
bouching at the Poughkeepsie bridge.
The Erie will get great advantages by the
combination, passengers and freight from
the North and Northeast being booked
direct to Southern and Southeastern
points. Engineers were at work last week
stalking the line through Bloomfield
LX-GOvernor Bedle, for the Delaware
/ LaekRwanna and Western Railroad Com,
/ pany, had conference at Trenton Satur-
! day with Attorney General Stockton and
Barker Gummere, representing the
State, upon the recent arbitrament with
! reference to taxes. The finding of the ar
/ bitrators was agreed upon. subject tc
such verbal changes as may be agreed tc
after further consideration. This agree.
4 ment includes the proposition of the com,
| pany yielding its special contract will
1 the State in regard to taxation, and sub
/ jectinR itself to all constitutional genera
tax laws applicable to all railroad com
panies, if the State will, by Legislative
| act. yield its right to purchase and ac
quire the property of the Morris and rs
sex road at cost, as provided by it:
4 charter.
The Central Railroad OF New Jerse
4 has issued an order to the foremen AZ
least one mile apart along the line of the
road during foggy weather This is on.
/ of the best orders ever issued by an,
company. 1t not only insures safety K
\ passengers, but enables engineers. who
fear the greatest danger in fog to make
better time. During foggv weather al
engineer cannot see forty feet in front O
his locomotive, and If he meets a train II
will be impossible for him to avoid I
\ wreck. Watchmen will insure safety.
When the Rockaway Valley Railroad
was first started, a number of citizens q
1 Pot.ersriile Subscribed money to have