The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-03
RAILROAD NOTES.


The management Of the Erie Rail
road has been engaged for the past
week in arranging the details Of oper-
alton of the Cincinnati, Hamilton g.
Dayton and Pere lInrQuette, which
were recently purchased and which
will soon become a part of the Erie.
1t is quite likely that the Jurisdiction
of some of the Erie officials will be ex-
tended over the new lines, but from
present indications the changes that
will be made will be few. The system
will be operated and handled directly
from New York, although the local
offices which now exist will not be
materially disturbed. 1t has been de-
cided to drop the name "Great Cen
trial, " and the system viii be known
as the Erie, with total mileage of
6, 1876 miles. It is expected that with
in the next two or three weeks the
management will be in position to an
nonnce the changes in detail and the
methods under which the system will
be operated.
Vice. Chancellor Stevens Thursday
heard argument on an application for
a preliminary injunction restraining
the Railway Valley Railroad Company
from building two bridges in the city
of Summit. The piers Of the two
bridges, one on Ashland avenue and
the other in Russell place, are already
partly constructed, and the petition
filed on behalf of the municipality al
leges that they obstruct the sidewalk
and wagon road in a serious manner.
Cora N. Williams argued the case
for Summit and Charlton A. Reed, Of
Morristown, for the railroad company.
The Vice-C Chancellor said he would
deny the motion for preliminary in
junction but would give the petition
ers leave to file a new petition, alleg-
ing more specific damages.
So
The second tunnel bore under the
Hudson from Christopher street, New
York to Hoboken was opened on Fri
day, when a six foot wall of earth
separating the two bores was knocked
out by w. g. Oakman, the president
of the company. 1t is thought that
cars will be running in a year.
The new tower west Of the Summit
station on the Lackawanna has been
put in service. The west bound track
at Summit except for about hundred
yards is stone ballasted and in service.
A new tower is being put in at the
end of the third track at Highland
avenue.
The statistics of summer resort
travel are not complete, the Lacka-
wanna estimates that travel on it's
lines increased between ten and fifteen
per cent. over the summer Of 1904.
This traffic was mostly from Phila-
delphia and New York to Lake Ho-
patcong and the Pocono Mountains.
Track laying on the Railway Valley
has progressed nearly to the Bassett
quarry in sight Of Lackawanna pas
sengers. The long trestle in Summit
is progressing rapidly. A Summit re-
port is that the Lackawanna has re-
fused track connection at Summit.
The Morristown g Erie freight
house at Whippany was discovered to
be on fire about half past ten Monday
night. An alarm was given and hard
work with pals saved the structure.
One end of the building was quite bad
ly charred.
w. r. Fregans, the assistant at the
marble office, formerly ticket agent at
Morristown is in the west on vaca-
tion trip. He has been as far as Cali
ifornia, but excerpts to be back in
Newark next week.
A new time table IS expected on the
Lackawanna on October Is.