The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-05-02
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Sunday CALI says: The Lack
awanna Railroad managers hope to
finish the deep cut at Summit and
the new route to Chatham early in the
Summer. The company has had to
hustle, because business is increasing
ali the while. If it increases as much
in the next five years as in the last a
four-tracIz road will be necessity all
the way to Morristown. Luckily for
the company, its profits have been so
big that the costly work has been paid
out Of the earnings. AS soon as the
Summit work and the canal crossing
in Newark are finished, the time on
the express trains can be reduced ma
terially. The only serious obstacle to
fast running then will be the grade
crossings in Orange and East Orange.
Along with the many Improvements
of the Lackawanna Railroad Company
in Summit, they have arranged to
supply their own water for their loco
motives and also for their buildings.
Workmen are now engaged ia driving
a we'll between the abutment walls
for the Summit avenue bridge and the
turntabe, where it will be recalled
when the excavation for the turntabIe
was being made some eighteen months
ago, the flow of water was such as to
compel the workmen to cease their
labors until an underground pipe had
been laid to convey the surplus water
| to point below Muchmore's lumber
yard, where an eight inch stream has
been flowing constantly since.
| During the month Of March the Erie
Railroad police force made 672 arrests
for crimes and depredations along its
Lines, an average of nearly 10 each day,
including Sundays. But IS of those
arrested were discharged by police JUS
tices, the convictions numbering 552
and the amonnt of fines imposed ST.
2S4.l4. Sentence was suspended in 1873
cases because Of the youth of the often
ders, while LA were sent to jail This
record does not include prisoners sent
to State prisons or reformatories for
attempts at train wrecking, burglary.
etc
The work OF grading the road bed
for the Railway Valley Railroad Com
pany's tracks from New Orange to
Summit is progressing rapidly and the
llaborers are now near summit. The
timber for the trestle from Overlook
to the stone quarry on Mountain road,
has arrived over the Lackawanna road
and is being carted to its destination
along the route.
Station Agent j. P. Maher of the
Morristown & Erie is sick with rheu-
matism. Auditor @. Z. Petit is
looking after the Morristown Office.
At Whippany, Agent LOTUS is OIL
! duty on account Of i'll health. Robert
Wheeler, stenographer in the general
Office is filing the agents place
| The Morristown u Erie telephone
lline is up and in successful operation
between Morristown and Whippany,
Poles are being raised on the easterly
end Of the line.
The Erie has ordered fifty consolida-
tion locomotives from the American
locomotive Co. in addition to the
fifty reported some time ago.
i The fourth OF the new Lackawanna
\ lferryboats, the Scandinavia arrived
at Hoboken on Tuesday
"A new time time table is expected
1.-THE on Lackawanna on May IA.
/ Postmaster Waters has prepared his
annual report of the Madison postoifice
for the year endingMarch 81, 1905,
which has beer forwarded to the Post
IOAice Department, and Is as follows
Receipts from postal department., Sl4,-
l0S2.92; receipts from money order di-
vision, S4l ,R62. 50; expenses, 0,31l.36;
net profit, S3,774.56. Stamps sold (all
denominations Sl2, 1860; books OF
stamps, S403. 10; postal cards, S523. 90 ;
stamped envelopes, 50, 164. .l2 !; newspa~
per wrappers, $33 80 second, class post