New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-11
TO BUILD A HUGE ELEVATOR
NATIONAL STORAGE COMPANY TO ERECT
AT LEAST ONE AT BAYONNE.

AT LEAST ONE AT BAYONNE.
IT'S CAPACITY 10 BE 100000 BusHELs-EFFEcr
OF THE COMPLETION OF THE NEw-JERsEY
JUNCTION AND CONNECTING RAIL
RoAD-A LONG FIGHT ENDED.
The erection Of an enormous grain elevator IN
Bayonne, or probably Of two elevators. Is now
projected By the National Storage Company. OF
which Charles A. Sterling IL president. With the
erection OF this elevator or elevators. the grain
trade OF this country, which has been diverted 10
a considerable extent from this city to Baltimore
Newport News and other ports may largely ma
it's way back here The new elevator Will be be-
gun In the spring. and will be- II the present plans
are carried out. the largest grain elevator IN
the country The present plan IL to build single
elevator with capacity Of 5,n0ooo bushels OF
grain. but it may be deemed advisable to buid
two elevators instead. with a Joint capacity or
JO000(D bushels. The erection OF this elevator
or elevators will permit ships to 20 directly 10
the docks at Bayonne and receive their cargoes
without being towed all over the Harbor Con-
nections with many lines can be made In the new
junction road in New-Jersey. which is practically
completed. The tunnel. in fact, Is ready for use
The Importance Of this enterprise Is manifest
TO all who conversant with the grain trainc
OF the country owing in part to the combina-
tion OF grain men in Buffalo, which effectually
corked up the Erie Canal and placed grain ship
pers at the mercy OF few men, an important
percentage Of the grain trade formerly held by
this port was diverted to other places The ele-
vator men OF Buffalo were obdurate. but met
their master when James J. Hill. or the Great
Northern Railroad. completed arrangements for
- 1f
bushels in Buffalo, and pledged himself to the
farmers OF the Northwest TO save them from
cent 70 n cent and half bushel on all grain
carroes shipped by way OF Buffalo and the lakes
70 the seaboard With the new elevator at Bur
falo and the one az Bayonne. the Erie Canal and
the lines Of railroad from Buffalo will be largely
benefited ard shippers will escape exorDi'aht
charges for lighterage, towing, insurance anu
other items that have made the burdens OF tne
erain-shippers so onerous that this port was
RAPIDLY losing vast quantities In tonnage De-
sides divertng the imports incidental TO the
trade exchanges In the maritime cities OF the
world.
NO LACK OF CAPITAL
The National Storage Company is composed
largely OF men connected with the affairs OF the
Standard OF Company. and therefore the enter
prise does not lack capital As the standard Oh
capitalists are heavily interested In the ne"
Junction road II can be readily seen that the
road will be operated in harmony with the ne"
grain elevators The new road furnishes direct
communication with all roads lying north ana
south OF the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey
City. and traffic be readily taken to the ele-
vatorS projected The roads connected by this
Junction road include the West Shore, the Deia-
ware Lackawanna and Western. the Erie. the
Dol nd
sey Central the Philadelphia and Reading and
the Newark and New-York Railroad.
The men Interested in the new elevators say
that the elevator at Bayonne in conjunction with
the elevator in Buffalo Will do great deal for
the shipping trade OF this port. This enterprise
will further give steady employment 10 many
workngmen.
The New-Jersey Junction and Connecting Rail-
road Company is one Of the shortest roads and,
probably one Of the most expensive for its length
in the country 1t Is less than half mile long.
and cost IT is estimated. more than S2.OOO.OOO
Fight wears have elapsed since the company be-
gan work in ts short stretch. and for almost seven
years its progress checked. The fight was
between the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
cne side and the Nanderbilts and the standard
OIL Company on the other.
The National Docks Railway Company
owned by the Standard oil Company about fif-
teen years ago. 1t runs from the pennsylvania
south 10 the yards and storehOuses Of the COM
pany at Caven Point II connects with the
Lehigh Valley and the Central Railroad. Five
wears later the Junction Railroad was built
from the Pennsylvania Railroad north to the
West Shore station at Weehawken. Connec-
tions we're made with the Erie and the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad The Van
derbilts secured control Of the West Shore Com
pany and the Junction Road. Then a combina
ton formed between the Junction and the
National Docks companies They decided 10
unite the companies. and the New-Jersey
Junction Connecting Railroad Company was or
ganized 10 build the connecting link.
A TUNNEL NECESSARY
II was necessary to construct tunnel through
the embankment Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. and long legal battle resulted. In
all sixty different motions were made In the
courts and each was followed by a protracted
struggle Finally the Commission 10 take the
land md appraise the damages was appointed.
Its award was $4,000 This was fought IN the
ground that II was inadequate II was finally
set aside and new Commission was appointed
Its award was SE,OOD The award was ap-
pealed II was double contest. as the fight was
being conducted simultaneously in the supreme
Court and the Court Of Chancery II was also
"a r-,ed into the United States District Court on
the contention that the Pennsylvania Railroad
was a foreign corporation.
In August 1897. tn. Junction Company Sc
RI red an Injunction and believing that it had AZ
last trumphed, set gang OF men 70 work on the
tunnel.
tice Of appeal from the order enjOining IL from
Interfering with the Junction Company. a lot
OF cars lolded with earth rubbish and rocks to
the outer track Of the erbankment, and dumped
the loads into the gap below made by the junction
workmen.
Then n long legal fight followed as TO whether
an appeal acted as stay.
The fight eliminated before Chancellor Nc
Gill Proceedings in contempt were entered
and the Pennsylvania Company was. in June
last adiudged guilty OF ignoring the Courts
orders The Sheriff was ordered 70 take posses
sion The Pennsylvania Company then aban-
doned its struggle. and no further resistance
was offered TO the construction Of the new road
SWALLOWED A LITTLE TIN PLATE.