The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-29
WORKING In EARNEST
The Jersey City aud Bergen Rapid
lY Preparing Lis Entlre Road
for Electricity

The Jersey City aud Bergen Railroad
Company have commenced III earnest the
work of preparing It's eptire iine for cleo
morning In laying the new heavy rails
on Grand streer. which have been found
10 lie the best for the large cars which
the company viii run over the route
when il comes to use electricity as a mo-
tive power. These rails have been demon
strnted to be the best yet invented Tor
electric cars and ensure a smooth even
ride. They differ materially In con-
strucuiol from the ordinary riil nav in
use. They are laid even with the str act
pavement thus doing away With the
danger of wrecking carriage " heels.
which is one of the chief ubjacLtp us to
the PRESENT rail. the new rails
are being laid from Grand
aud Van Worst streets through Grand
and Washington streets TO York street.
They are located beside the track already
through those streets. The old rails
Will be replaced with the new as rapidly
as possible, thus making q double track
through those sGreers wners now only u
single one is maintaiued.
The tracks will be- CONT nued to Mout-
| gomerY straet, and that will be the route
of the new line TO Newark. The cars will
run up Montgomery to Washington
| street, through Washington to Grand
aud through Grand to the Junction,
where they will proceed to Newark over
the old Plank Road.
There is some talk of laying another
track through Montgomery street from
the ferry to Washington sti eet for the
exclusive use OF the Newark cars, but 1t
is doubtful IL it will be done. The diff
Guilty which teams wonld encounter in
traversing that narrow thorougnfare
with two tracks operated in the same
direction, not to mention the danger at
tendant thereupon. VIII probably make
the scheme impracticabie.
The work OF laying the new rails on
the G%reenville route will be pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible e. 1t is expect
ed that by the time that has been coni.
piesed the poles will all be up and the
wires strung, SO tnat the road will be
ready for operation by electricity at once.
IL is confidently expected that before
cold weather sets in electric cars will be
running through Grand street to Newark
aud Greenyille.
The Grau' street route Is by nc means
the only line that is to hav these new
rails. Every line which She Jersey City
and Bergen Company operates will be
equipped with them as rapidly as they
can be laid. Among the first to VIII ict
attention will be directed Is the NJ ont
geometry street route. Every Que who
rides over that popular line knows what
u rough. uneven journey it is over q
portion of the route. This will be
obviated when the new rails are laid.
Changing the rails in this manner is q
great problem. as the road must be kept
in operation while the work Is going on.
Under the present efficient manner In
which the road is ran the cars move OF
such short head way that 1T apps lrs to the
casual observer that the greater part oil
the mems time is taken up IN getting ouI
of the way of the passing cars. Wher
it is remembered that the road must be
kept 10 such a condition that the cars car
freely pass by without any delay, 1t cal
be easily seen how difficult a matter IL Ii
to change The rails.
The work is being carefully watched
by David Young, the new Vice Presi
den and General Manager of the road
and he is utilizing every means TO pust
the work forward as rapidly as condi
lions will allow.