The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-19
RAILROAD NOTES.

Engineer Joe Gorgas of Phillipsburg,
now running the milk trBin. says that he
can, on any dark night. distinguish q
lantern signal. given by his conductor.
William Frasher, from signal given by
any one else Frasher says that 1t 80, and
accounts for 1t from the fact that he and
Gorgas has been on the same train to-
gether for the past fourteen years.
IL is said that the Lackawanna is get
ting ready to eclipse the fast time of the
New York Central between New York
and Buffalo, and that forty minutes will
be knocked from the record.
Conductor John Snyder still runs the
mail train on the Greenwood Lake Road
and Conductor Pennell handles the other
train, which is by courtesy called an ex-
press. 1t runs to Ringwood and backs
out to 90 to the lake.
1t is promised that the Lehigh Valley
Company's new road across the meadows
and bay to Jersey City will be completed
early next spring. and that then the COM
pany may make arrangements for big
passenger depot and ferry facilities.
The heavy eastbound travel over the
Lackawanna Railroad from Chicago to
New York is attributed to the road au-
thoriZing its conductors to honor tickets
one to two days after they have expired.
The other trunk lines in New York are
hunting up evidence to make 10 warm for
the D., l.. q w. r. II. for this and for
giving commissions to western agents.
contrary to agreement.
On November the wages of baggage-
masters and passenger train brakemen
on the Central Railroad were increased
twenty-five cents day. making the pay
of the former So. So and the latter 81 per
day.
The big depot of the Erie in this city
narrowly escaped destruction by fire on
Wednesday. The heat from the range In
the restaurant set fire to the beams of the
roof and the fire wos with great difficulty
extinguished by the city firemen.
Morris 81 Essex stock is quoted at HAN.
1t is said that 1885, freight cars have
been equipped with the standard auto
matte couplers adopted by the Master
Car Builders Association.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
gave hearings last week In New York to
the representatives of the railroads and
to the delegates from the different labor
organizations among railroad men In re-
gard to laying before Congress the draft
of bill to compel all railroads to apopt
uniform couplers ana breaks for
freight cars, have standard
height for freight cars and to
haue all locomotives equipped with
brakes on the driving wheels. Among
those representing the railroads were
Theodore y. Ely, general superintendent
of motive power of the Pennevlvania
Railroad; r. G. Blackall, superintenden5
of motive power of Delaware and Hud-
son Railroads; j. c. Currie. of Newark.
representing tue Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, and E. b. Thomas, vice.
president of the Erie.
The new compound locomotive on the
Erie Railroad has been surprising railroad
men by its capacity to travel. Since it
was received the engine has been run
ming between this city and Port Jervis,
over the heaviest grades on the road, and
last SATURDAY. it drew train No. 2, which
arrived at Port Jervis twenty-five min
utes late, to Jersey City on time. The
lost time was made up on arrival a1
Paterson and to do it the engine made
miles in fifty three, fifty-four and fifty-
four and one-half seconds On Monday
it took out the Erie's crack train, No. 5.
as far as Port Jervis. The reduced con-
sumption OF coal and ability to make
time with extra trains with this type OF
locomotive is another victory for the
American adapta tion and Improvement
of the compound principle.