The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-22
THE ELECTRIC L" ROAD.
In Successful Operation at
Last From the EleVa-
tor to the Court
House.
TIME, FIVE MINUTES
Handsome Cars and No Smoke or
Dust-A Foreordained
Success.
TIME, FIVE MINUTES

| An innovation in railroading occurred
on the Heights today without any osten-
| tation. For the first time In this country
an elevated railroad operated by trolleys
was In use. The road runs from the Ho-
boken Elevator station at Palisade ave-
nue. to a station block south of the
| Court House. and Is a credit to the enter
prise of the North Hudson County Rail
road Company.
The railroad has been built and every
thing has been iu readiness for the run
| ming of the road for the past two weeks,
but Mr. Debevoise, the General Superinten-
dent. would not allow the cars to run
with passengers until the men in charge
| purpo- e in view Mr.. Bonita, who has SUI
| pervised the electric power, has been
| daily drilling the men on trial trips until
| they have attained the requisite pro-
| ficiency.
FIRST CAR.
The first car to lie run left the Palisade
| avenue station at $3.50 this morning. There
were on board nalf dozen passeng gers
| bound for The Court House or intermedi-
\ ate stations. The trip was entirely sue
cessful, and it was evident that the pas
| sengers were pleased. The car stopped at
ali the stations, and made the trip from
| tina Palisade avenue station to the Court
House station in exactly five minutes.
| After this trip three cars were run at
| five minutes Roadway to and fro, and
every thing worked smoothly.
| The cars are elaborate affairs. They are
twenty five feet in length. and the seats
| are cushioned. They are wide and
| spacious, and have q comfortable air
about them. They are capable of seating
seventy five persons at least. Clusters OF
| miniature electric lights are suspended
! from the top Of each. The electricity
is furnished by the same power that
| operates the trolleys.
| A TRIP OYER THE ROAD.
| rode over tine line this morning. The
| first station on the trip to the Court
| House is at Forest street. This is only
two blocks from the Palisade avenue
station. and no speed had been attained
as there WAS a sharp curve before the
station was reached. This is what is
termed an up station, that is to say the
car only stops to let passengers off.
Then the car started off at a good speed
| towards Central avenue, 1t turned into
Central avenue and whizzed along. Ex-
| cellenJ time was being made. There were
no passengers who wanted to disembark
| at the Reservoir avenue or jefferson ave
| nue. stations, and the Car speeded along.
| Along Central avenue the elevation gave
| O fine view of the reservoir and 1t ap.
| peared like miniature lake.
| At Beacon avenue q stop was made. II
did not take any time to get up headway
| again, and the Fleet street and Hoboke en
| avenue stations were passed and the car
| glided into Summit avenue, thence to the
| Pavonia avenue or, as 1t has been termed
the Court House station. / timed the
trip and found that exactly four minutes
| and thirty seconds had been consumed,
| If stops had been made at all the stations,
| the trip would probably have taken five
| minutes. The road should be a success
Ihe cars are u treat. and there is none of
| the smoke and dirt which characterize,
the elevated cars which are drawn by
| locomotives.
THE STATIONS.
| The stations are located as follows:-
Terminal station, Pavonia and Summit
| avenues; Hoboken avenue, down station;
| Fleet street. up station; Beacon avenue,
double station; Jefferson avenue, double
station; Reservoir avenue. double station,
| aud the Forest street station.
| There is much speculation rife as to
| what the railroad will do with the surface
| line to the Court House. The officials of
| the company have not definitely decided
yet, but it is probable that the surface
| line will be continued for some time. The
work on the elevated road from Palisad e
avenue to the Hoboken ferries will now
be rapidly pushed forward. This road,
| which in the past has been a cable road.
will be equipped with trolleys and then
| there Will be a complete elevated trolley
read from the Hoboken ferries to Pavona
| and Summit avenues and n fine sc rvice
given. There are six of the handsome
| new cars at the Palisade avenue depot
and others are being built and will be in
| readiness by August l.