Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-21
A Trolley Line From New York
to Washington.
NEW SHIPS FOR THE G.. N.
Admiral Jim Hill is Increasing His
Feet--Great NOrthern'S General
Superintendent in Town.

New York, Aug. 21.-The Tribune to-
day gives details of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company's project to construct
a trolley car line from New York to
washington. The company already con-
trolls most of the trolley lines in Jersey
City and Newark and is negotiating for
the purchase of a line from Newark to
Elizabeth, already in operation. This line
VIII be continued to Trenton, Sc miles dis
tant from Jersey City, and will pass
through New Brunswick and Princeton.
While these plans are being executed in
New Jersey the same capitalists and their
agents have been busy along the SO mile
stretch in Pennsylvania from Philadel-
phia to South Trenton. This section is
dotted with fiourishing cities and towns
which nave required the running Of To-
cal trains at short intervals. These towns
are only a few miles apart and are united
by trolley lines. Below Trenton are
South Trenton, one mile from Trenton;
Morr-sVille, a mile from South Trenton;
TullytOWn, five miles beyond; Bristol,
comes a seven mile run to Torresdale,
four miles to TacOny, two miles to Brides
burg n then close together are several
f~ourishing suburbs of Philadelphia. Be
tween those pOpulOus and busy towns are
smaller and rapidly growing settlements,
and as soon as the continuous trolley line
is finished between Jersey City and Phila-
delphla ther route will be partonized by
many who now ride on the local trains
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and that corporation will then run fewer
local or short trains and more through ex-
press trains to meet the increasing de-
mands of through passenger traffic.
The plan does not contemplate only the
relief of local passenger trains but in
Cludes the transportation of freight for
the relief of accommodation freight trains
and it is said that Immediately after the
through trolley passenger line is opened
through freight trains will be run or that
tracks for a freight line will be con-
structed If the passenger traffic is SO large
that freight cars cannot be operated with
out interfering with il.
An official Of the trolley company said:
The Pennsylvania road is wisely provid-
ing for the future. The use of electricity
as 3 motive power is practically new and
it's possibilities are not known. 1t may
be developed until steam roads are a thing
Of the past, a relic Of antiquity. The
company is securing franchises and
rights of way and will parallel its route
to Washington with a trolley line and will
thus secure an advantage over rival
steam lines by having open tracks for
through express trains"
Chicago, Aug. 21.-It is reported here
that James J. Hill will build Is new
steamers for the trans-Pacific trade for
the Great Northern road, the present
number being insufficient to handle the
increased business.
F. E. Ward, the general superintendent
of the Great Northern system, arrived in
the city today from st. Paul, accom-
panied by his sister, Miss Clara Ward.
Mr.. Ward is out on a tour of inspection
of the various improvements now in
progress on this end of the Great North
ern, and will leave for st. Paul this even
ing.
H. O. Wilson and c. Clifford, general
agents respectively of the Short Line and
Union Pacific, left for Salt Lake City
yesterday
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