The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-07
President Dod on the I'm.
proVement of Hoboken
Rapid Transit.
ELECTRICITY ON THE L."
1t Will Certainly Be Applied
Fourteenth Street Ferry
Line-Court House
Cars.

olnce .. b. Dod has assumed the pres2s
deDcy Of the North Hudson County Rail-
way Company and has secured the CO.
operation of wideawake Board of Direc-
tors, the road has undergone many
transformations and rapid transit to all
the northern portions of the county is
being rapidly established. A JER.
sEY CITY NEWS reporter had
an interview with President bod in his
Office in Hoboken this morning. The
presidents is usually very busy man, put
he found time to grant an audience to
THE NEWS man. Mr.. Dod talked frankly
about what the company has under way
and what it intends doing in the near
future.
hat have you to say about the action
OF the Hoboken Council in endeavorinG to
prevent the company from eQuipDing the
present cable road to the Heights with
the trolley system?' Mr.. bod was asked.
Il believe that it is contrary to all
law" was the reply. ST understand that
Corporation Attorney Minturn has not
yet taken any notice of the Councils
action. and from what can learn he does
not Intend to make any move, Knowing
tnat the Council overstepped its authority.
The general law of 1883 authorized any
elevated road to be operated by cable or
electricity: The general legislative en-
actmenJ ofs1SS8 requires that before any
surface railway can be operated by cleo
triclty the consent of the municipal
authorities must be obtained. On an
elevated road the poles the only
objection to the trolleys on the surface
lines do not interfere with anybody. The
l. road might be said to be within our own
domtcile, and we have the Legislative
right to do as we please with it.
NO RESTRICTION
docs the original franchise for the
elevated road state the kind of motive
power to be usedf"
''No.'' said Mr.. Dod with smile. seThe
act OF 1874 under which the road was built
says that it may be operated by steam or
any other motive power. Thus you will
see that this Is very broad. We do not
take advantage of this act, however. but
look to the general act of 1885,
Mr.. bod said he did not care to criticize
the Councilmen, but he thought they
acted rather hastily, and then he gave
some information as to what the company
intended doing with the other branches
of the road.
Within short time" said he. 'sthe
terminal station at the lower ferries will
be entirely remodeled. The old structure
will be removed and station easy of
egress and inRress will be constructed,
which am sure will please the public"
THE ELDoRADo TROLLEY.
when will the trolley road from the
northern limits of Hoboken to Elaorado
be runningp" the reporter asked.
"The road is all ready. and successful
trial trip was made yesterday Trial
trips will be made again today and if
everything works smoothly the road will be
ready for passengers tomorrow. The read
was tested yesterday with testing meters
and found TO work splendidly. BY the
wav, want TO say good word for Mr..
Benta, the electrician, who had charge of
the erection of the trolley to the Court
work was admirably DONE"
"Will this trolley road be extended into
Hoboken" was the next question.
THAT. of course. l cannot say. The
Hoboken Council has evinced disposi-
tiou to thwart any and all eEorts OF the
company. l want it understood, how
ever, that the company does not desire to
run the trolley cars through oEowded
streets In the heart of the city of Hobo
ken. | have just received letter from
Colonel Stevens, of the Hoboken Land
and Improvement Company, asking me
to continue this road to the Fourteenth
street ferry. To do this all the company
would ask would be the right of way
through two and one-half blocks in Ho-
boken.
Mr.. bod here produced map and
showed private right of wav which the,
company had secured. The right of way
had been partly secured by the HoboRen
Ferry Company and tine railway company
and runs diagonally northwest from
the Fourteenth street ferry All
the right of way the company wants now
is that territory between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets. the Weehawken
boundary line and a half block to the
West.
COURT HOUSE LINE.
In speaking of the Court House line,
Mr. bod said:-"I would like to persuade
people to use the Court House elevated
road more than they do. They all seem
to take the surface cars, and there is no
apparent reason for it,
What are the intentions of the company
as to the surface road to the Court
Housef' Mr.. Dod was asked.
'sThis has not been definitely decided
yet We have been SO busy with other
branches of the road, THAI we have not
had time to give the matter serious
consideration as yet. You can say, how
ever, that it is possible that the present
line will be extended along Palisade ave
nue. to Heboken avenue to Oakland ave-
nue. and back to the elevator again. The
company intends to use several one horse
car spur roads for the public conven-
ience."
In speaking of the capacity of the big
gest Otis elevator in the world. which the
company operates at Eidorado, Mr. bod
said that they carried 10, 600 people on
July 4. The elevators are capable of
carrying 500 people to the top every thirty
seconds.