The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-27
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BY the payment of its first mortgage the
Central Railroad of New Jersey makes a
considerable reduction in its bonded debt
The trustees had a balance of 81, 203, GOO
left in the treasury, and as the new bonds
were issued at q premium the s.. 1000, 900 of
first mortgage bonds were pad off by the
additions TO the list of only S., 297. 900 con-
solidated mortgage bonds.
Several months ago half a dozen engi-
neers on the Central Railroad of New
Jersey were deposed on account of color
blindness and given positions as firemen
and yardmen. The matter was laid before
the Brotherhood's Grievance Committee,
who called on General superintendent
Olhausen a few days ago to have the men
restored. Mr.. Olhausen refused to COM
ply with the demand on the ground that
color blindness with engineers might
cause accidents, and he insisted on the
company's rules touching that question
being enforced.
1t Is reported that the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company will run their
tracks through and build a depot in Prem
ton. Surveyors have been for the last
week surveying through Calhoun street.
It is said that the new road will run
through Langhorn, across the Delaware
River, through Trenton, above Calhoun
street, and through the State to Crawford,
and then over the Staten Island bridge.
The New Jersey Central Railroad yes
terday applied to the Dock Board
New York for permission to build
street at Rector street, The pur-
pose of the bridge is to enable passengers
to cross the street when it is crowded
with vehicles. The permit was granted
by the Board.
An effort is on foot to supply the Saddle
river valley with long needed railway
fo eiliffoa Il YhQ nrnn0Gifinn 10 IN hI1il6 a
road from a point in the valley, in connec-
ton with the Susquehanna Railway and
possibly with the West Shore through to
Rockland County, n. Z. Thu promoters
of the enterprise, who are New York
business men living at Arcola and Ro-
meetings and are preparing for incorpora-
Fifty new locomotives of the o class
will be built by the Pennsylvania road
th is veal.
The receipts Of the Rockaway Valley
road for November and December show
an excess above the operating expenses.
1t is believed that when added to the
Peapack business it will so increase as to
be able to pay the interest OF the LIST of
July next when the first coupon will be
due on the new consolidation bond.
The Central Railroad has ordered five
new passenger engines, eleven consolida-
ted freight engines from the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, $50 box cars, 500 hop
per cars of sc, 900 pounds capacity md 100
Of so, 600 pounds capacity, and % passenger
coaches from the Pullman shops.
The Central Railroad has one or the
new bicycle engines. 1t is larger thar the
ordinary engine. Its popularity is that
it has only two driving wheels. The bell
is rung by air pressure and the sand is
distributed along the tracks by the same
means. The engine runs between Jersey
City and Easton.
1t will take almost n year to complete
the new Pennsylvania Railroad to Down
ington. About 100 men are at work. j..
p. Linman, the surveyor, and Mr.. w.
Shields, the contractor, have taken mp
their residences here. A number of the
foremen are boarding at Lew Anderson's.
One of the mixed runs on the Central
road has variety enough in it almost any
body. The crew leaves Perth Amboy in
the morning and gets there at night, but
Jersey City and Hoselle and one on the
Newark branch.
The admirable transportation facilities
at Bound Brook have induced Claus
Spreckles to build a sugar refinerytthere.
1t was at first decided to build it at New
Brunswick, but the rate of taxation there
deferred the sugar king. 1t is said that
the refinery will employ 300 men.
There Is a big deposit of coal in the
channel at Little Ferry sphere q New
York, Susquehanna 81 Western coal train
was wrecked a few weeks ago. The bridge
has been repaired, but no attempt has
been made to recover the coal. 1t will
probably be dredged out this Spring,
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