The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-16
RAILRoAp NOTES.

t<Ai L1A)AD MOI Id
Hugh Allen. prominent railroad con-
tractor, died at Stanhope on Monday. He
did considerable work for the Delaware,
LackawaDna and Western Railroad Com
pany, and in company with his brother
had the contract for running the Lacka-
wanna spur into Paterson.
Property owners of Caldwell and
Verona. IN Essex county, have organized
a railroad company and will build line
to connect with the Greenwood Lake
Railroad. It is said TINT the road will be
| built Immediately by the Greenwood
! Luke Railroad Company, which will also
| furnish the rolling stock Stations will
be erected at Caldwell, Verona and Rose
| land,
Robert D. Coke, of Mount Laurel, is one
| OF the stockholders of the new proposed
railroad from Tuckahoe to Cape May
City, a distance of twenty-five miles. The
| capital stock is $400, 900, divided into 5000
shares of $50 each. Articles of assoc
citation were filed in the Secretary Of
States Office at Trenton on Tuesday.
| 1t is reported that the New Jersey and
New York Railroad management will
| soon issue family excursion tickets from
| Carlstadb TO New York at the rate of 30
cents. They will be In book form, with
coupons good for Atty rides between the
4 Two pDlubS, 10 FctSE ~. oU.
| The Rockaway Valley Railroad is now
complete from Wnitehpuse, on the
| Central, TO Peapack, and the right of way
| to Morristown Is all secured
The first of the double-decked ferry
boats Tor the Pennsylvania Railroad IS to
be constructed at once. The iron-hulled
ferryboat New Brunswick is to be en-
tirefy rebuilt above guards, and will be
206 feet long by so feet wide amidships.
The upper deck will accommodate 600
passengers, and the lower deck will ac-
commodate nearly as many more,
Suits were instituted ia the Circuit
Court in Paterson Friday by Nicholas
and Edward Ldedmeir for 30 900 and 81, 600
respectively against the Erie Railroad for
injuries sustained by Edward Liedmeir, n
son of Nicholas, through being struck by
locomotive at the Cedar street crossing
in November, 1880.
The passenger car yard of the Pennsyl-
yania road at Point of Rocks Jersey City,
will be put IN use shortly, though by no
means finished. and the Pullman cars
and others, togather with the commits
sary stores and supplies, will be moved
there at once to make room for depot
changes near the river 'front.'
The Jersey Central Company has de-
clared a dividend of one and q half per
cent, for the quarter ending December
81, 1885, payable February l, 1890. Trans
fer books close January IS.
The increase in net earnings of the
Pennsylvania Railroad east OF Pittsburg
during The year, is over one and half
millions; west of that point more than
one and a quarter millions of dollars is
added to the surplus account.
ALI the IDLE railroad sidings in this
neighborhood are being crowded with
empty coal cars. Some time ago the pro-
prietors of the coal mines refused to ac-
eede to some demand OF the miners to
hpi
road companies thought, while labor was
so low, it was a good season to ask for
reduced rates on coal. But the coal men
refused this, too. SO the railroads ran all
their cars from the mines and are storing
them all over the country. Mount Holly
Mirror
A mortgage has been placed on record
by the Central Railroad Company of New
Jersey to the. Central Trust Company of
New York, for $50,000000, to run for 100
years at 5 per cent. tits given as security
for the bonded indebtedness of the road
Ii covers all the rnadbeds of the Central
Company in the State of New Jersey and
all the real estate belonging TO the COM
pany, including the rolling stock.
The Central Railroad Company of New
Jersey has 5000 employees. From 1877 to
1887 the road had 251 casualties. of which
1ls happened to employees and 40 to pas
sengers.
The railroads are held blameless in the
matter of the fifteen horses suffocated ia
coming from Parks county, Pa, to New
ark. The shipper was given stock car
and refused it. He had signed release
relieving the company from responsibility
for his stock and by this means got traus-
portation for $40 less than he would
otherwise.
The Central Railroad Of New Jersey
has ordered five new passenger engines,
eleven consolidated freight engines from
the Baldwin Locomotive Works, $50 box
cars, 500 hopper cars OF $4,000 pounds
capacity and 100 of &C, 600 pounds capacity,
and twenty-five passenger coaches from
the Pullman shops.
The Erie has discharged considerable
number of men from it's various shops.
The reason assigned is the unprecedented
falling off in the coal business, due to the
mild winter, which naturally reduces the
work necessary in keeping that much
used class of rolling stock, coal cars, in
repair.
The Erie road claims to have the larg-
est locomotive in the United States. IL
has q drivers feet 8 inches in diameter,
weighs 10000 pounds, and measures 50
feet inches on the track, tender ex-
cluded. lie has hauled so cars. vestbule
pattern. a distance of So miles in two
hours and four minutes, making four
stops. It's cylinders are 20x24, and its
boiler extends the full length of the loco
motive. Win IRE box IL IeeC Inches IN
length.
The Central will build new station at
Somervilie.
The Lehigh and Hudson has adopted
steam heat for IT'S cars
Passaic is to have a new and fine sta
ton, aud the two old ones will be used for
freight purposes, it is said.
The Erie is using one of the most unique
semaphore signals at the eastern END
of the Bergen tunnel that has yet appear.
ed on any Of the railroads 1t is called
KoyPs Darabolic semaDhore." 1t con-
sists of a curved blade located near the top
of pole The blade is operated by lew
er TO the positions of safety and danger
IL is coated with chemical preparation,
so that in the daytime when hanging at
an angle of forty-five degrees for safety
the blade appers white When in the
horizontal or danger position it appears
deep red. The same effect is produced at
night under the influence OF an ordinary
white light, which is located on the pole
so that its rays are reflected on the blade
in both positions.
Happy Homes.
Here's health to the wives and the mothers
Who sit in our households today;