The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-25
RAILROAD NOTES.

One of the best com mpound locomotives
ever turned out is the pride of the New
Jersey Central now. 1t was run for few
days this month to Somerville and back
and went on the the Philadelphia run on
Wednesday to have spring repaired. 1t
is Baldwin engine with six and half
foot drivers.
Railway men seem to regard the recent
trip of the Rosina Vokes Company from
Portland, Ore, to Boston, Mass. as one of
the ra;lroading feats of the season. Miss
Vokes and her company boarded the Pull
man hotel car Pickwick at Portland,
Ore. at Has p. m. on Saturday, December
5, apd arrived in Boston Saturday, De-
cember II, at z a. M, making the entire
journey without change of any descrip-
tion. The trip was made under the au-
spices Of the Northern Pacific Road, and
to the officials of that company much
credit is given, even by their rivals. on
account of the fact that they ran this
train 1866 miles and arrived at their des-
tination on time to minute. The cost of
the trip as shown in a letter from Clar-
ence Fleming, Miss Vokes' manager, to
Frank Howe, Jr., of the Park Theatre,
was but a few cents less than So, 200; this
covering the entire expenses of trans
portation, commlsSary department, and,
in fact. everything for fifteen people.
The Erie is put ting upa signal tower on
the meadows at the junction of the New
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Edward Murphy, who is known to fame
as flying breakman," has returned to
the d. l.. x W. r. Il. after q long alb
sence.
Vice President E. B. Thomas, of the
Erie, says that the road is now practically
free from the floating debt for the first
time in many years.
The Susquehannu. Pa. Transcript says
that the largest locomotive in the world
is Erie engine No. S01 which is do the
pushing on the Gulf Summit hill 1t is
a compound engine, the high pressure
cylinder being 26 inches with a 2S-inch
box. 1t has low pressure 17-inch CYL
inder box and 2S-inch stroke. The driv-
ing shafts are 1019 inches diameter The
main pins are ~ inches in diameter,
shell of boiler feet 2 inches, eccentricts
1714 inches in diameter. 1t Is ten wheel
connected engine The weight is 125 tons
with fire and water 1t stands IL feet 6
inches high, length s4 feet. When this
engine is TO be turned it Will have to be
disconnected from the tank. The engine
was built at the Baldwin locomotive
shnps in Philadelphia. 1t is rumored
that the Erie will have ten of this class of
engines to do pushing ut different points
along the road 1t is expected that the
engine will do the work of two "moguls''
and use less fuel than one ''mogul." The
boiler is of the Wootten make.
There were l06 delegates and twenty
alternaJes in Switts Hall. Newark, at the
tenth annual convention of the Morris
and Essex r. r. Employees Mutual Ben
eft Association. The president, in his
annual address, spoke of the good work
done by the association during the year.
Secretary 4. Madison Condit made an eu-
couragiug report and Mr.. H. II. Hoffman,
chairman of the finance committee,
showed that the finances of the associa.
ton were never in better shape. The
officers elected are:-B, e. Chaplin, presi-
dent; Charles Kindig, first vice president;
Garrett Garrabrant of Paterson; second
vice president; l.. b. Hedden, of Dover,
third vice president; G. w. Christine, Sr,
of Washington, fourth vice president; ID,
j. McDede of Port Morris, fifth vice
president; John A. Carr. of Morris
town. sixth vice president; George II.
Miller, of Phillipsburg, seventh vice
president; L. Madison Condit, secretary
and treasurer.
Steam locomotives are to be tried on
the Chicago street lines.