The sun., 1891-06-09
MUST LEAVE SANDY HOOK.
A DELICATE PROBLEM FOR TIE CEN
TRAL RAILROAD TO SOLVE

DELICATE PROBLEM FOR TIE CEN
TRIAL RAILROAD TO SOLVE
The Government Reservstio. VIII he
Closed to the Trnius OF its Leased Limo
and &c Mast Find Another Route.
The timc table OF the Long Branch boat SER
Woe announces the termination OF the season
10 be Oct. /. There is a good reason for this
since the United States Government has
ordered the Central Railroad OF New Jersey to
vacate Sandy Hook on or before that date. On
that date, therefore. tho most fashionable and
the weaithiest boat travel on the continent
will come to an end. 80 far as Sandy Hook Is
| concerned, after IN existence and continual
growth OF nearly twenty mine years.
The Government wants no more trespassing
on it's military practice ground. Tho whole
| end OF the sandy peninsula which 1t owns. Is
needed for gun. torpedo. she'll aud other prac-
tce. For some time the practice and exper-
iments have been carried on with exasperatlnR
| Interruptions oc casioned by the Long Branch
trims and on two or three occasions projec-
tiles fired from guns undergoing trial have
| fallen or flown very near to crowded passenger
| trims On this account the Governments
remission to the railroad to do business on
| the Hook is about 10 be withdrawn and
| the hopelessness OF an appeal for nm ex'
| tension OF tho favor ia so apparent
now studying the problem Of reaching the
| lower bay by new route. 1t has been the
| general impression for many years that the
| valuable gift OF the use OF Sandy Hook was
made to the original railroad company by
| Gen. Grant TO obllge Col. Jim Fisk. The
fact is that the privilege outdates both
Grant as President and Fisk as rail-
road maenate. The original company was
Lens S Bs1sh Ha 81 S
other Camden and Amboy men and consistinG
q little piece 9" about six miles I Of ttask ' ;Sr or
HOOK. little this SIDE Or north + q !in9 drawn
aft0ss It sS IN or s5a the was
put IN operation and Linro'n. e course ns was
opsras one ony four taS IN he
ins merely the extreme. hot weather. for Long
n5hns s5sHfn Tns ss sse o%H Se
Galilee and Nnzareth two smal, m s Msh,ng d VI VI
one q whSh Emns S
those old days the steamer Cook. or General
GS sas SSs ldsaoas hs
ii The Rlaritan and Delaware Bay was what the
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aSd "Rf hs rarosd oended 5
by the
heavy judgments against the smaller rail-
aed na made m the ans
the ss stesR ss%' q the Long B'nnsh and sesshors
cioached on the Government reservation. got
10 10 search ga q Deer water
found at the horse shoe. where t the l., bohte now now
MONOPOLY boat Cook was pulled on and the
now railroad. called the New Jersey Souihern.
Ids ths ssee 70
'H This iJi was jim FsI's line Of boats and be put
ss ana
great boom ior Long Branch and the seashoie
Fisk. in an admlral's uniform. strutted about
Scores SEQ saf Of eau1ries In golden cages its Immense
mirrors. its band Of music, its bars. Its troops
the % cornet player. was one Of the sights at that
time. and Gen Grant. With his boon ne Sompan- a,taI
ns N% SsPnS asa
Ssss IL tSs s nth .s ssn
u fjs@ostS Rsst g scesPI liz h5ssISsSSts
pay his fare. The reason was that the boats
the pas
Sad mt DGss sss lis is1e u hrs. MADE
way throush tho reservation was bitterly op:
posed on the ground that the locomotyes
s st fire ,Ss % bsrSo1 E%od su spS The
retortsd that this oprosit,oa arose wholly
Ss sn "a f q ns %hs rssss Ss
HOOK would be Of great service to the war De:
The directors sol II The ceIsrsi Ksirosd Of New
sii have had S two o pisns submitted 10 them Tor
reaching q, wharf, on the bay shore and con.
Year esr and !hsresiter. They wili meet to decide
In Iayor Of one plan or the other before tho end
OF oas @ oa os tSsn to as ase sn esF
Of q eat importance to the watering places a9d
to the Hnt t the
uation it should he remem bered that the High
lands q Nayes,nk Is bald bill H. On corner
0 River. Deep . wafer il obtainabie on the shore
nSrh q the in
neiehborhood the boats must land after this
the nf Highland Hiil By By way Of nstaraI level
saasSsi Ky ss bs
rivers. The road beyond IN, these -. bridges
say a. No.mandie;, BY the Sea. This would
north OF the junction. or between Il
d the B.SeS Thsfs
and perhaps Normandie. They would be side
tracked and would have to put up with lett
bnnded service. On the other hand. II tho rail-
road leaves its route at the odge OF the Govern
ment re-ervntion and jumns ncross the
one bridge to build but it would be a very long
one. with very busy and bothcrsome draw.
When the new road struck the mainland 1t
would have to follow the bench at the loot Of
Mount Mitchell, and the damage 1t would do
70 that, very valuable water front would be
propertv there, This is go we'll understood
Is Understood that. the road would ruin that
on tho bench. This latter proposition
Includes direct, service to the LITTLE places that
tho other plan lenves in the cold. Thousands
of persons await the decision Of the railroad.
and fortunes hang in the balance. The excite
msnt among the rich men who own the bay
Rhora and who are nearly all New Workers may
! Q imagined.
Additional Obituaries.
William Arnold died. probably OF heart dis
ease at his home near Babylon yeste rday noon,