The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-28
TROLLEYS TO UNITE
From One End Of New Jer-
sey to the Other by
Electricity.
ONE SYSTEM FOR THE STATE
The New Combine Will Be Capital
lied at 100000 % = New
Connecting Lines to Be
Built at Once.
Ispeclal to "The Jersey city News.,,l

Bernard M. Stanley, who is one of the
principal owners of the Consolidated
Traction Company, it was stated that
the ultimate object of the combination
was a general consolidation of all the
traction companies operating north OF the
.Raritan River. Now it is learned that
the Raritan River will not be the south
ern boundary of the territory controlled
by the new combination, but that the en-
tire State will be taken in, and that the
company will reach into New York
and Pennsylvania as well.
New York connections will be by way
of Jersey City as at present, across Stat
en- Island by bridge, from Long Branch
and Keyport by boat, and to Sullivan
county on the north from the proposed
terminal at reenwo Lake. Pennsyl-
vania will be connected with direct lines
by way of Easton on the north and
philadelphia on the SOUTH, dual routes
reaching the latter city. one crossing the
Delaware at Trenton, and the other route
being by way of Camden.
That q general combination was COM
templated has been rumored for some
time, and it was practically conhrmeo
Yesterday by the cessation OF hostlitles
between the New York and Phlladelphia
and the Brunswick Traction Companies
and the practical merging of the inter-
ests of both concerns. Formal announce
ment of the agreement was maze py
Judge Gottfried Kruger, president OF
the Brunswick Company, after a CONFER
ence with President MacAfee, OF the
New York and Philadelphia Company.
The latter company, individually anu
through it's stockholders, controls the
traction situation south OF the faritah'
with the exception of the lines and fran
chises of the Atlantic Coast RaliWay
Company, and that company is controiied
by the controlling interest in the Con-
solidated Traction Company.
The New York and Philadelphia Com
many. like the Newark and South orahse
Company. was independent of n WORK
ing in opposition to the allied interests
represented in the Consolidated COM
many. 1t was fighting hare for an out
let to New York, and expected 10 hno
one in a line from Bound Brook 10
Springfield. and connection with or Ter
n,inal near the Maplewood end OF the
newark and South Orange line.
The company succeeded in securing
rigbt of way over different routes from
philadelphia as far north as Bound
Brook. M there commenced the lesai
battle which it was agreed to yesterday
TO settle out of court. The long nght
which is thus ended began about a year
ago when both the Brunswick Company
and the New York and Philadelphla
Company applied for a franchise IN u
Brook. The Philadelphia company had a
franchise through the place, but. as there
were some doubts as to its vahdlty, fresi-
dent MacAfee deemed it. best to apply for
a new one. Both companies also applled
to the Bridgewater Township Committee
for right of way from Bound Brook 10
Somerville, a distance of five miles. Inc
Philadelphia company also had an ola
franchise for his road and owned a track
already laid from Somerville halt way 10
Reund Brook. but for reasons similar to
those in Bound Brook asked for a new
franchise.
The Bound Brook Borough Councli
PASSED the ordinance of the New YORK
and Philadelphia Company through Two
readings. Then a new Council was
elected which appeared to favor the
Brunswick Company, as it passed that
company's ordinance through first, sec
ond and final readings. Having failed
of a franchise the New York and Ph1la-
delphia Company went to work under
the old franchise, but was restrained ny
certiorari proceedings brought by VIII
lam SEIZURE. of Bound Brook, at the IN
stigation, it is said, of the Brunswick
Traction Company. -
When the latter company started 70 10y
its road through Bound Brook under the
newly granted franchise, another certl-
orari tied up the work. the
Brunswick company was proceeding Win
the work of laying a track from New
Brunswick to Bound Brook. This line was
completed. but the certiorari barred the
line out of Bound Brook. On october "a
of last year the New York ana Pnllaaef-
phia Company stole a march on its flvai
and imported a gang of LOCO colored Ia
borers as well as a trainload OF materlai
from Baltimore and commenced to com,
plete the road from Somervllle 70 bouho
Brook. This action vas prompted by the
dilatory ways of the BridgeWater ToWn-
ship Committee, which adjourned from
meeting to meeting without taking up the
ordinance.
The Brunswick Company secured a re-
straining writ, but the Philadelphia COM
pany's lawyers told the laborers to GO
ahead, as the lay s was Sund Tbe a road tn ot
two miles and a half was competed Win
in ~twenty-four hours, and a car was run
over the road from Bound Brook 70 som
erville. Later the operation of the road
was stopped by Chancery. proceedings
The matter is now in the hands of the
New Jersey Supreme Court
BY the terms of the conference the
Brunswick Company will use the hastily
constructed track in Bridgewater town
ship together with its rival. The New
York and Philadelphia Company has 9
franchise to lay a track from Bound
Brook to New Brunswick on the west side
of the Raritan river, but this line vii
probably not be built, as it would parable
the Brunswick company's line on the east
side.
this fight is the fact that Presidepi
kruger. of the Brunswick company Is
President of the Newark and Soutf
Orange Company. and a heavy stockhol
der in both the North Jersey and Consol'
dated companies. As soon as the ami
large block of Brunswick Traction Com
pany bonds, and the suppoSition is that
work on the Bound Brook and Springfield
extension route will begin at an early DAY
That will make a route from Philadelphia
to New York by way of Trenton, New
Brunswick and Bound Brook as far a:
Springfield. and there it would end were
II not for the fact that the North jersey
company has succeeded in removing tn
opposition TO the extension of its route
through Millburn township.
The right of way along Millburn ave
nue., in the latter township, has been thu
missing link in the North Jersey Com
pany's proposed route from Newark -an(
South Orange criminal west to Easton
and Western road and entering terr1tor,
not travelled by the latter road.
The present terminal of the Maplewoot
division of the Newark and South Orang.
Company win be extended to the Nortl
Jersey lire at Hilton. which will continue
along Millburn avenue to the centre O.
Millburn. and then south to Springfield t.
connect with the proposed route from