The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-02
BY MOTOR 70 NEWARK.
interesting Trip Across
Hackensack Meadows
Yesterday.
THOSE WHO ENJOYED IT.
Directors of the Traction Company
Decide to Erect a New Build
ing al the Ferry.

President E. f. c. Y Jug OF the Con
solidated Traction Company yesterday
afternoon entertained the directors of the
company at a dinner in the Carterat
Clubhouse. The party was q distinguish
ed one aud iacluded:-Ex-U nitsd States
Senator w. j. Sewell, President OF the
West Jersey Railroad: ex.Secretsry of
War Stephen B. Elkins. ex- Mayer Hugh
Grant of New York City. John D. Grim
Minis. B. NJ. ShRuiey, c. A. Griscemb.
President of the International Naviga-
ton Company; j. r. Waterbury of the
Manhattan Trust Company. A. B. VIII
ener. A. j. Cassatr. Treasurer OF the
Traction Company; Vice President David
Young, Thomas Dolan Of Philadelphia,
Superintendent Sayrs and Supsrinten-
dent L.ahy. Prior to the dinner the
party had inspected the lines Of the com =
pany within the JERSEY City limits,
TRIP TO NEWARK.
After dinner the guests boarded O new
car aud left precisely MS $3.50 p. NJ. to
make an inspection of the electric road 60
Newark. Through the courtesy Of
Messrs Young aud Stanley, "a NEWS re-
porter was present.
The car proceeded along Communipaw
avenue on the new road down the old
Plank Road to the Hackensack bridge.
Here n halt was made. and carriag ss
conveyed the visitors across The briJg e to
the edge of the Passaic shore. where an
electric motor was waiting.
1t this point where the line enters
Market street IN South Newark, Mr..
Shanley, who acted as cicsroue, pointed
out that the company Will erecs q DO yer
house and workshop for that end Of ths
road. Ground had evea then bsen
broken for the building, which will
cover a space 75xlS0 feet. A few yards
further north of this spot runs Lister
avenue eastwardIy to the river. Mr..
Stanley says that along this avsnne
there will be a loop llne. so that passen-
gers from Jersey City will come along
Market street. and to jersey City the
cars will swing aroun Lister and then
TO the bridge.
From this avsnus along Market street
the line is new and direct and is being
rapidiy made ready for the motors.
The rails from the junction of tue Com
munipaw and Westside avenue to the
beginning of Market street. Newark, are
all laid aud wired. and little remains to
oe done before a motor Will run through
from the Pennsylvania ferry at Jersey
| City to The Market street depot In New
ark.
Both McShanley and w. Crimmins
| said that the road would be ready they
| expected before Christmas.
ALL PRESENT PLEASED.
Ex-Mayor Grant was dellgntef with
| the system and admired this cars. partic-
ul srly when he raw hat the advertising
| spacss were becomin rapidly filled. Mr..
Grant ia connected with a Railway Adj
| yerlistng Company. which has
! territory In the Consolidated Traction
Company. New York's late Mayor was
pleased TO say how much Jersey City
had I'm proved. :
mire the city aud the syrtam, but the
distinguished Republican leudec looked
| preoccupied and app areutly was tntnk-
ing of other maJGers-whGt the nsxt
Legislature would do. for instance Oae
thing was certain, he wouIdn'ttal aoout
politics.
President Harrisnn's eminent Secr.-
tary OF War, Mr.. Ekins. thought tuat
the new system would vastly improve
Jersey City aud Newark. He Thought
the road, when flushed, could not he
excelled by any IN this country. Mr,
Elkins chatted aDouI the general APP
pearanca or the streets as If he ha beea
for years under the impression that
Jersey City was a bowling wilderness.
Mr.. Juo. ID. Crimnnins had no eyes for
anything but the road; nothing else to
talk about but the road. Motors and
tracks, etc., formed the burden nj nis
conversation in which ne was we'll sup
ported by Mr.. Stanley, who possesses u
wonderful amount OF Information
about such matters. To listen to
him one could De sure thai ne had
counted every halt, every rail and
every tie on the entire system. President
Young sat quietly smoking IA cigar, tak>
ing little part in the conversation, but
observing everything and allowing moth.
ing to escape him.
Mr.. Cassatt ana Mr.. David Young sat
In the front OF the car and talked rail-
road from the beginning to the end of
the trip.
1t vas nearly dark when the patty
| separated at the Market street depot.
Newark, each congrasulxting the other
on the successful nature of tue "trip.
NEW BUILDING IN THIS T
Among the mauy thugs suggested by
the directors was one which will doubt
less be carried into effect. At the jersey
City ferry the company intends to build
on the present site of the company, a
handsome prick building. wherein the
offices of the jersey City cad of the com
pauy will BE- located.
height, aud will make a handsome APP
pearance at the ferry entrance, which has
now for its architectural beauties a series
of wooden sheds, more suggestive OF q
farmyard than the entrance to the first
class city of the State Of New Jersey.
THE MOTHER RESPONSIBLE.