The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-21
NOTES.

The Erie has signed a contract with the
of the ST. James Mercy Hos
pital at HornellsvilIe. n. Y, by which any
employe of the company can be taken to
thai institution and treated for injuries at
the expense of the road.
There was a trial Of the Stewart-Hal
electric train order signal yesterday at
Somerville. A special train went
from Jersey City over the Central Rail
road of New Jersey with a load of rail-
road superintendents to see how the sig
mai worked. Robert Stewart. suDerin-
tendent of telegraph of the Central, is the
inventor Of the device. Che operator IL,
the station presses a button and the soma
phore arm is raised as easily as a superin-
tendent calls his clerk in the next room.
The Central intends to adopt the device.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey is
repainting its cars and many new onss
are put In service in this section. BY
spring the entire rolling stock is expected
TO be remodeled.
Public telephone pay stations have
been opened at the passenger stations of
the following NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Railroad station, Jersey City; Central
Railroad OF New Jersey, jersey City;
Erie Railroad, Jersey City; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Ho-
boken.
Conductor Charles Dodwell, of the
Elizabeth branch of the Central, has been
i'll for several days and is recovering.
The Locomotive Engineers in the
Brotherhood number over "a, 900, while
the Firemen's brotherhood has a mem
bership of II. 140.
Baggagemaster 7. Madison Condit,
secretary and treasurer of the Morris and
Essex Association, hurt himself quite
severely last week by a fall from an
engine.
The track foremen of Division B, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, who are under
the supervision of J. r. Smith aud w. b.
Brown, will hold their annual dinner at
Newark on January %.
Brakeman Matthew Coogan has given
M r~ailroading n gone into the kindling
wood business. He goes around South
Orange for orders behind Harry Dun
nells old horse, "Cinders."
The Erie has called attention to the rule
that conductors shall demand fare from
able to show their Communication tickets.
An exception is made on the first day of
the month, however.
The Pennsylvania system has 1904 To-
comotiyes. 1850 passenger cars, and 10Y
5l3 freight cars of all descriptions. II all
its rolling stock were placed in a straight
line tt would make a train 725 miles long.
The shops of the Eastern and Western
divisions employ ? 1907 men and there are
1871 engineers and hremen.
The Lehigh valley Railroad has gained
ali necessary authority for its new road
through Bayonne and Greenville, and has
guaranteed to have trains running with
Ia a year. This means the completion of
the new bridge across the Bay and the
road across the Meadows and through
Lyons Farms. The bridge building is
now under way. A train was run last
week over the new road from South
PlaiBfield TO Newark, with Superintend-
emit Donneliy a other officers of the
company The new route will be opened
for passenger service in conjunction with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
February 3, and the Metuchen junction
viii be abandoned.
Employees Mutual Benefit Association
met on Wednesday morning at No. 4s1
Broad street. and after reports OF the Sec
rotary and treasurer were read. went into
election. MIR. Condit's report showed a
membership of / .90S, an accession of 404
during the year, with fourteen deaths and
seventy-one lapses. The receipts for the
year were SIS, 49,. 10 and the expenditures
81. O57 81, leaving a balance on hand OF
s9394l3 3. The election of officers resulted
as follows:-B. G. Chapin. Newark, presi-
dent; John w. Woodall. Newark, first
vice president; ID. j. McDede, Port Nor
ris. second vice president; i. Castles,
Dover. third vice president; C.. w. Chris
tine, Washington. fourth vice president;
George Millen, Phil psburg, fifth vice
president; John A Carr, Morristown.
sixth vice president; Alexander David
son, Kin2sland, seventh vice president
Theodore ii. Condit. secretary and treas
ufer: Henry II. Hoffman. Newark; j. W.
Baker, Dover; C.. L. Garland. King-lanG,
Apram Bail, South Orange, and w. r
Bishop, finance committee.