The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-16
RAILROAD NOTES.

1AfA1 E1OAD 1&O ES.
On Thursday morning bridge on the
West Shore road. near West Nyack, broke
down, and West Shore trains were run to
Mlddletown, n. Y, over the Susquehan-
ma road to the surprise of the natives
along that line.
The New York Central is encouraging
amateur photography by asking for con-
trlDutlons OF pictures taken along the
line, with view to printing them in q
handbook of the road, with due credit to
the persons who make them.
The Lehigh Valley ordered ten COM
pound engines with fifty-four-inch drivers
last week from the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. This company finished it's 235th
compound engine last week. 1t was No.
1,5l0 of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Westinghouse Company has been
takidg orders for between $500. 900 and
$3.50, 600 month. The July profits were
more than 500 900.
George Verdon, who ran New JERSEYS
first locomotive, the John Bull of the
Camden and Amboy road, in 1881, died a
week ago at Berdentown in his eighty
seventh year.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey on
Saturday put in operation q pneumatic
block signal system between Jersey City
and Bound Brook. thirty-one miles, The
semaphore blades work automatically by
llCc@hS VI ClSStliClbf anu compressed II,
new station platform was built last
week at Newton.
The Immigrant travel to the w est has
been almost entirely suspended, owing to
the detention of steamers at Quarantine,
The track of the railway between Jeru-
salem and Jaffa has at last been completed,
and the first through train over the road
arrived at Jerusalem from Jaffa few
days ago. There has been great rejoicing
at all points concerned. and The ancient
city, associated with so many sacred mem-
orles, is now open to tourists by the most
modern means of travel.
The New York, Ontario and Western
statement. which will soon be published.
will show an almost unprecedented in
crease over last years earnings, and this
will be all the more favorably received, as
the expenses will be shown to have
hardly increased ut all. While the sur
plus last year was more than 100000, the
surplus this year is more than $207 900.
President Parsons of the New England
Railroad, formerly president of the Rome
Watertown & Ogdensburg, says the re-
ports that the breaking up of the old New
England Terminal Company will be an
injury to the New England Railroad
Company are not true. On the contrary,
the New England Railroap has got rid OF
the most expensive leech ever fastened
upon it.
The Michigan Central has a splendid
evening school for apprentices and Jour
neymen at it's shops at ST. Thomas, and
in addition to furnishing a splendid corps
of teachers. gives a reward of merit ia
the shape of money prizes to the most
successful students.
The central traffic roads have agreed to
make an excursion rate of fare and one
third for the opening services at the Chi
cago Exposition. The selling dates will
be on October is to 81 inclusive, the re-
turn part of the tickets 10 be valid until
November 10.
The machine shops of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western were never
buster than at the present time. All the
engines not already renovated are being
taken to the shops as rapidly as they can
be sparey and having extensive fronts
end straight stacks applied. The motive
power Of this road WAS never in better
condition fince the road was established.
The Cooke compound engine that was
built at at the Cooke Locomotive Works,
Paterson, n. j., and which first ran ex-
perimentally on the Eastern division of
the Erie. has been having thorough test
accorded her in the region about Chicago.
The Illinois Central has been using her
on freight trains on long and short hauls
she is now in the shop undergoing neces-
sary overhauling and painting. The next
test will be made on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific, where heavy passen-
ger trains will be hauled. Then the ma
chine will be turned over to the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Delegate P. H. Nolan of Port Jervis
made motion last week in the Liquor
Dealers State Convention in Brooklyn
that the Executive Committee be en-
powered to ask the officials of the Erie
Railroad to discharge the master me-
chanic of the road at Port Jervis, because
bo forbade of fho ~
Erie shops there from entering any saloon
on pain of dismissal. Unless the Erie
company complies with this request the
liquor dealers threaten to take their
freight husiness-Sl,2 200 per month-to
some other line. The Erie. in all prob.
ability, will not comply with this request.
The refusal of the Pennsylvania 10 ad.
vance coal rates to the West brought
| down the wrath of the Reading and re
fusal to send any coal to the Pennaylva
MIA road. The Pennsylvania people are
not worrying, however, as they have 8
| contract with the Lenigh Valley to deliver
hard coal at Philipsburg, and the con
tract has several years more to run
| Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania is spend
ing its money freely for coal property
and road extensions into the Readings
| own field.
w. Il. Johnson, of Aurora, H., has In
vented new car window which doe.
away with the use of side locks anC
catches on the window and spriugs OF
the blind. and is so arranged that n win
| dow can be raised to any poiut and will
! hold itself. He also has a flexible screel
| that unfolds when the window is raised
aud secures the passengers from nus
and cinders. 1t is to be hoped it is bull
| so that a passenger can raise it.
! Hudson Circuit Court.