The Morris County chronicle., 1906-02-06
.MORRISTOWN'S
HANDICAP
Statement Of Comparative Dis
tances and Average Times
for Commuters.
MORRISTOWN OUT IN THE COLD

and citizens of MOrriStOwn are realiz-
ing the fact that a town TO move
forward must do something for itself
and not depend entirely on natural
advantages, it might be well to con
slider some Of the things which are
holding back the growth and develop
nent Of the place.
Spring is not far away. and yet
tahere are no signs of building activity
lin fact.the builders have not heard
OF a single set of plans for new work.
clearinghouse proprietors are COM
planning that the usual winter quota
Of boarders has not arrived. Some of
our people are talking OF moving to-
other localities. Mechanics have be-
come commuters and are daily going
TO other places for work.
Why are these things SO? The first
question, and most important it would
appear, is transportation. Young and
old are objecting to the time Of
travel residence in Morristown entails
on the cOmmuter. OF course there are
a few fast trains, but the worker must
leave at TIA at the latest to get to-
the office by nine o'clock. and if de-
tanned beyond $40 is required TO-
spend long time on the road. Trains
are numerous but appear TO run in
punches. Then the person whose
tame is spent in Morristown during
the business day cannot convenient
" get to the city and return in the
evening. To go to the theatre the
5. 10 train must be taken, the next one
not arriving in New York until $50.
The SAT train reaches Newark in
time for theatres there, but after the
performance is over the traveller finds
that the train for home left at Ills,
and the next and last train does not
leave until o'clock. II concert is
attended in Newark the lib is Sc
eured, but only after wait Of an hour
perhaps.
But the main grievance is IN the
running time of the trains and a
comparison with some other places at
about the same distance from the me-
troplis is Of interest. Bound Brook Is
about as far from New York as Nor
ristown, and has twenty-seven trains
to the city, the average running time
to Liberty street being one hour and
twelve minutes. One train makes the
run in less than fifty minutes and four
Hnder sixty.
New Brunswick, on the PennSyl-
vania, is thlrty-one miles out and has
bwenty-six trains, the average time
heing one hour and six minutes, and
has three trains under the hour, while
the slowest journeys to the city in an
hour and nineteen minutes.
On the Long Branch road, South
Amboy comes in for comparison as to
distance. There are only thirteen
trains, but the average running time
Is only one hour and one minute. and
eight of the trains run to the New
York side under an hour.
On the Erie, Suffern is thirty-two
miles from New York and the traveller
makes the journey to the city in an
average of one hour and fifteen minu-
tes by seventeen trains. The best
train makes it in fifty minutes, the
slowest In one hour and half.
On the Susquehanna, Camp Cav is
tnirty and half miles out. A town
little heard Of. but five trains stop
lhere and make the city in an average
Of one hour and eighteen minutes.
On the Greenwood Lake, eight
t1ains run In from Pompton Junction
en- an average of one hour and twenty
SIX minutes.
Ossining is thirty-one miles out on
the New York Central, with seven
been trains to tie city, and Of course
no ferry to cross, The average time
Is sixty-three minutes, with seven
trains under the hour.
Stamford, Conn, on the New Haven
is three miles further from New York
than Morristown, but has twenty-four
trains and an average running time of
seventy-seven minutes. Eleven trains
make the trip under the hour
Long Island Railroad shows three
places about equidistant with Morris
town. Farmingdale, thirty miles out
has eight trains running on an aver
age OF seventy-two minutes. Cold
Spring, thirty-two miles, has eight
trains, average running time sixty-six
minutes. Locust Valley, twenty-nine
miles, thirteen trains, average time
eighty minutes,
On the Northern Railroad of New
Jersey, Nyack is thirty miles out, has
eighteen trains, average running time
seventy minutes. New Jersey and
New York Raiirod, Manuel is twenty
nine miles from the city, has eleven
trains running on an average Of ninety
seven minutes, a little worse than
Morristown, yet Manuel is little
known in comparison.
Congers, on the West Shore r. r.,
has twelve trains whose time to
Franklin street, including the very
| long ferry, is ninety inmates on the
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