The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-14
Big ELECTRICAL SCHEME
To Connect New York and
Philadelphia With the Troll
ley-Proposed Plan.
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TRENTON, April IA, 1894.-Articles of in
corporation were filed with the Secretary OF
State yesterday for the incorporation OF the
Central Jersey Traction Company, which Is
a gigantic electrical scheme to connect New
York and Philadelphia with trolley, and TO
connect all the intermediate towns. The
principal promoters of the scheme are:-
Joseph H. Real of Bloomfield and Frank A.
Mcgowan, although neither appears as an
incorporation. The capital stock OF the COM
pany is to be $50, 600, with power to increase
It to $4,000 600 when the scheme Is devel-
oped. Only 81, 600 has been paid in.
The incorporators named in the certificate
are: Jeptha Il. Baldwin of Orange, John d.
Tingley of Railway and George u. Crosby
of New York city.
The following officers nave been elected to
control the company: Frank A. Mcgowan,
Trenton, President; Colonel e. W Hlne,
Newark, Vice President; j. II. baldwin,
Newark, Secretary; j. II. Darrah, Trenton,
Treasurer; George G.. Crosby, New 4ork;
John H. Tingley, Railway; John e. Nc
Naughton, Philadelphia, directors.
The Central Jersey Traction Company Will
| connect at Orange, Irvington, Elizabeth and
Bloomfield on the north, and with the Con-
solidated Traction Company's lines TO New
ark and New York. 1t win also connect
with the Pennsylvania, Reading. Cengral,
Morris and Essex, D., L. and w. and Erie
Railroads.
OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY.
The objects of the company, as stated in
the certificate, are to buy, sell, construct.
equip. operate, maintain, extend, connect,
own and lease street and other railways IN
New Jersey, construct and operate power
plants, to acquire the stock and bonds OF
other companies and transact all n OF
y ~ L. AlN Aac mann
t~enance, equipment, operation, extension
and consolidation of railways.
The charter is practically the same as the
one taken out BY the New Jersey Traction
Company, into which most OF the roads OF
Newark and Jersey City were consolidated
previous to the organization OF the Conson-
dated Traction Company, which now enl-
1t will be supplemented by a charter now
being obtained in Pennsylvania for a line be-
tween Trenton and Philadelphia, via
Holmesburg and Frankford.
REALS system embraces $50 miles of road,
and is to unite Paterson, Montclair, Caid-
well, Bloomfield, the Oranges, Morristown,
Chatham, Madison, Newark, Elizabeth,
RAILWAY. Perth Amboy, New Brunswick,
Westfeld. Plainfeld, Dunellen, Bound
Brook, Lawrenceville, Rocky Hill, Milestone,
Kingston, Princeton n Trenton, h right
of way for the road is practically secured,
SURVEYS and maps have been made, the estl-
mates prepared, and the preliminary work
about completed. Construction will be COM
menced between Paterson and Orange and
Trenton and Kingston at an early date. The
trolley will be employed and seventy pound
T rails and ninety pound girder rails Will be
used. Through trains will be run as well as
local cars.
STEAM DAD 1T.
The steam roads maintain a very favor
able disposition toward the enterprise, as
they say it will relieve them of their local
travel, which is not profitable, and increase
their through business by giving increased
facilities for the public to get to and from
their main stations.
The final capitalization of the enterprise
will be between five and ten million dollars,
| and large enough to include some of the local
| roads in the scheme, which seems to be the
purpose. !.
Mr.. Real denies that the Consolidated
| Traction Company has any connection with
the enterprise, but says their relations are
| friendly. His plans do not in any way in
terfere with their interests. On the con
trary his road will largely increase the bust
ness of the Consolidated Company by bring
ing its passengers from a large territory
which it does not now cover, including Pat
erson. Caldwell, Morristown, West6eld,
Plainfeld, New Brunswick, Trenton and
Philadelphia, and the hundreds of inter-
mediate points on the line to Trenton.
Messrs. Crimmins, Stanley n others of
that company say they want to see outside
lines bui1t.