The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-25
RAILROAD NOTES.

The steamer Sea Bird began regular
trips for the season on Monday between
Red Bank and New York.
Chief Engineer Brown, of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, has had loug conference
City Council on the proposed change OF
grade on some Of the streets and the clos
ing Of others, in order that the road may
straighten and widen its tracks. He
thought the city should pay for the low
ering of grades. He intimated tnat rn-
less the company's views were accepted it
would build another bridge across the
Raritan. near the steamboat dock, and
make an air line from Metuchen to Phila-
delphia, by which all their fast through
trains should run, the present road to be
used for freight purposes.
The Caldwell Presbyterian Church has
voted 81, 500 toward the proposed railroad
between Caldwell and Montclair.
The periodical rumor that the d., l.. &
w Railroad is to put on half dozen or
more trains for the accommodation of
local passenger traffic, is again afioat.
The people OF Lyndhurst and Kingsland
will believe it when they see it.
The Baltimore and Ohio's New York
branch which connects with the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, has been opened
for freight business between Crawford
and St. George, S. |. The accommoda-
tions at St. George, which include the
water front facilities, are about COM
pleted and ready for business. Passenger
business will not be transacted until next
summer.
The candy and paper peddlers on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Road are source of annoyance in more
ways than one. Several of their annoy
ing habits have been complained of. Their
latest mode of aggrayating passengers IS
60 haul their big iron-bound boxes,
baskets and packages to the car platform
before the train reaches the depot. In
this way they blockade the platform and
prevent passengers who are in hurry
from alighting There has been vigorous
protestaJions lately from commuters who
are annoyed and delayed
Asbury Park has got a concession of
reduced rates from Philadelphia on the
Pennsylvania Road, and round trip
tickets, good for fifteen days, can be had
for So, while three days tickets will be
sold for $3.50, or twenty-five cents more
than the single fare, which remains as
before. One hundred trip tickets will be
sold for SIS.
NJ T. Bonzano, superintendent of the
Bound Brook division of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad, has been pro-
noted to the office of assistant general
superintendent.
Max Seebend, of Montclair, threatens
to institute proceedings against the Ho-
bol1en Ferry Company. Mr.. Seebend is a
monthly commuter on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 1t
is stipulated on the ticket that the card
is good on the Hobokon ferry. One of the
ferry masters refused to recognize the
ticket a few nights ago. and Mr.. Seebend
considers his refusal an imposition
The Pennsylvania Railroad agrees to
raise its tracks through Elizabeth SO that
a clearance of eighteen feet will be gained
at the Broad street crossing. The Cen
tral is to run at grade at that point but
gradually to raise its roadbed so that sew
eral streets can, by slightly depressing
them, be run under the railroad. The
Union Depot will be torn down and new
one erected Morris avenue will be de-
pressed ten feet so that it can he carried
under the Central and thus enable horaes
and vehicles to pass from Morris to
Broad streets and vice versa. The
changes will cost the Pennsylvania over
S600,0O0 and the Central about S400, 900.
Both companies also agree to build new
stations Of either brick or stone, and to
have the work of changing their grade
completed by January /, 1S93s The inn
proyement will cost the city dollar.
Superintendent Blodgett, it is reported,
contemplates building at Long Branch
the New York and Long Branch Rail-
road. TO cost Sl5, 600. The building will be
of brick with brown stone trimmings.
The Philadelphia and Reading has
ordered 5000 of the Van Dorstan cush-
icned couplers. The Master Car Builders
Association has adopted the Van Dorstan
as standard type for general use
The directors Of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road have declared a quarterly dividend
of 1I per cent, payable on ana after
April IS.
The Board OF Managers Of the Camden
County Railroad have authorized the is
suing of 100000 worth of bonds for
thirty years 10 bear five percent interest.
This road is the extension to the Camden,
Gloucester and Mt. Ephraim.