The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-23
RAILROAD NOTES.

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RAILROAD NOTES.
Conductor Andy Powell. of the Cen
trail, started for Gettysburg on Thursday
last 10 attend Il reunion. Conductor
Robert Prawl runs his tra1a while he is
away.
1t is rumored that Shep Woodruff. a
popular aud handsome brakeman on the
Elizabeth branch, Is soon to be promoted
to q place for which he is fitted, and Il az
there is a movement on foot to purchase
and a ready for the occasion q hand
some silver-plated conductors lantern
with his name engraved on the glass.
Mr.. woodruff is to be congratulate l., as
it is q well known fact On the Central thas
promotion does not go by favor.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
tlGced three new passenger engines on its
road. The engines weigh 10000 pounds.
have driving-wGesls 6 feet d inches in
diameter, cylinders 19x24 inches, n are
without doubt the finest passenger loco
motives running.
General Superintendent j. H. Barrett
has resigned from the service of the Erie
Railroad OIL account of i'll health. The
vacancy caused by his resignation will
not be flied until the return from Europe
of Vice-President E. B.. Thomas, Mr.. A.
Walter, general manager, attending to
The duties of the office in connection with
his own until that tina.
The employees Of the Reading Railroads
car shops at PalO Ito, Pa have rec 3ived
notice that hereafter t.ley vii! tie re-
CURED to work four days II week. This is
carrying out the policy adopted on other
divisions, where all shops are put on the
same time rs the coilieries are working.
Conductors Whitaker and Boughner,
of the Newark branch of the Erie, are
both anglers Conductor Ward sticks
right down TO business. aud has kent the
train siuce the road opened. Conductor
William Carter is of an inventive turn of
mind. and recently got up an ingenious
puzzle.
The travel on Conductor Lsvtou's train
TO Greenwood Lake, the last one up at
night. is becoming avis every day.
and tbs cars are always crowded until all
of the MontcialrS are passed. 1t Is O why
train, and leaves North Newark al 5:36,
going only as far as Greenwood Lake
Glens. The steamer does not come down
to meet it, but a boat remains at the
wharf and takes passengers to all points
on the lake.
The Susquehanna had three accid ants
in a few hours on Tuesday OF last week
between Pompton Junction and Butler.
1--WE new freight engines We're gu te ba ily
dauag d and the track was Dtucked by
wrecked co Il trains TO the serious delay
of passenger traffic. Passengers were
transferred o the wreck.
Patrick Cariston. al oil man who has
lived in Summit for years, was taken to
the Morris Plains Asylum last week. He
was formerly an engineer on the New
jersey Cen'ral Railroad. Fifteen years
ago he lost his right les while oil duty.
After that Ia was appointed assistant
train despatcner at Elizabethport.
A moriga 20 for $50, 000, 900, covering the
road. rights and rolling stock of the New
York, Ontario aad Western Railway
4 N ,ntnnv hpo haa,, nada at NaU w, k tn
the Mercantile Trust Company, to C ure
bonds due June ], 1892.
Conductor Jones, of the Central, wore
a vest OF snowy w~hitenesS on sunday.
He was the first man of the season TO go
into SEARCHED duck. Couductor Knapp
and Others are said 10 be e lvlous.
The lack silk caps no. worn by con-
ductors and other trainmen on tne Erie
look well, and they say tnaG they are
lighter tnan the white a p used hereto
fore w tn the summer uniform. They are
certainly far less troublesome.
One of the most complete guides ever
presented to the public Is che "ou nme I
Excursion Routes" ju It Issued by t,e
Pennsylvania railroad company. The
book consists of 2T2 Pug S WITH three maps
and u list OF 1,77o excursions. Each ex-
carsiou is described in d tail and all tbs
particulars given as to "stop-over' privi-
Ipges, hotel accommodations and the diff
fereuJ connections by rail and water at
each resort. One of the maps Is devoted
exclusively to a profile showing OF th4
summe resorts along the line or the New
Jersey coasI. The WORK is hand somely il
lustrated. ffo f
Baggagemaster Robert Hopkins, of tn
Greenwood Lake express, lives across the
lake near Cuoper's HoGel, and crosses
every night aud morning. The remain
| der of the men fJrming the cr.ws of tn {
two trains which stay over night at tn {
lake nave hard lines, it Is said, aud are
obliged Co put up with poor FOOD and ac-
commodations. They are thinking OF
singing hammocks Ia the cars and cook
ing their own suppers and breakfasts.
Some Of the men wOul like to spend the
summer at the lake with their la nile :,
but there are NJ houses that tuey Can
rent.
The Caldwell railroad is constantly In,
~creasiug its business in both freight and
passeng. rs. Fifteen or twenty persons
are carried on each trip throughout the
day. The afternoon trip is ma ie in con,
nection with the Cannon Ball" train Il
Greenwood Lake. aud the time between
North Newark and Caldwell is just thirt,
III inutes.