The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-07-19
NEW JERSEYS
SCENICRAILWAY
Morris County Traction Com
pany's System VIII Afford
Magnificent Views.
RAPIDLY NEARING COMPLETION

sey" will rightly name the Morris
County Traction company's system in
this county for some of the most
beautiful views to be seen anywhere
in the country are to be had from its
cars. Though not yet completed the
construction department is making
rapid progress and Morristonians will
soon be able to trolley to Lake Hopat-
cong.
Passing through pretty little towns,
winding in and out among the hills
the ride to the lake will be one of the
most charming TO be had anywhere.
The link between Morris Plains and
Mt Tabor is being pushed to compile
tion and will be In operation within a
mAnth, though the construction de-
partment of the trolley company say
the cars willy be running by August
1st.
The line is graded through TO the
Powder Mill gulch at Mt. Tabor. Over
this gulch will be thrown steel via
duct. The concrete piers for this
bridge are in place and the steel work
is beginning to arrive from the mills.
Ties are strewn along the right-of-
way, which is private property owned
by the company, while rails are de-
livered near by and the poles are up
for nearly the whole distance. Several
hundred men are at work doing the
grading and stone crusher has been
set up in the rock cut at the Sire
place near Morris Plains, turning out
the ballast for the tracks. The tracks
for the whole route, except where they
are upon the public streets are graded
as good as any steam road and are rock
ballasted.
At the power house just outside Of
Dover industry reigns. A new engine
and generator is being set up, dupii-
cate Of the present 500 kilo watt gener-
ator and 800 horse power engine now
in use and furnishing the current for
the cars between Morristown and Lake
Hopatcong, except during the early
morning and late afternoon when an
extra supply Of current is obtained
from the Dover Electric Light com
pany. These two huge engines are
supplied with steam from four $50
fhorse~ power boilers, which are really
capable of giving 1900 horse power.
At Dover adjacent to its power
plant the company is planning the
erection of mammoth car barn and
shops, TO take in the area between the
Rockaway river and the street and to
extend for several hundred feet in
length. The rolling stock of the com
pany is being increased monthly. Ow-
ing to its long trips the company is
not using the ordinary type Of open
cars, deeming them unsafe, and has
sold all Of this type of cars it had been
operating. In their place the com.
pany is buying the semi-convertible
type, five of which new cars will be re.
ceived on July 10th.
| Another innovation the COM pany is
about to install is a private telephone
| system along it's lines. The main Office
in Morristown will be put inEtoucf
with every power house and termina
of the company as we'll as with every
car, for each car is to be equipped
| ,Dffl, a falo,hopo raf x.,hsoh ,,,ns H.,
cut ia on the line &C half dozer
points in each mile Of track as well as
each switch. If a car is Ave minutes
or more late at any point the crew
\ will have to so report and the reason
for the delay to the dispatcher in the
main office at Morristown This dis
patcher win have control of all cars Of
the line. directiog their operation.
Though not YET completed 50 far a,
the ballasting goes The line from Den
vile to Boonton is being operated, 8
car being run between these twC
points When the ballasting and The
work OF setting up The new generator
is finished, which will take about twt
weeks more, cars will be run througt
from Boonton to the Bertrand Islanc
dock at Lake Hopateohg without
change. The Boonton Zine is a par
ticularly fine piece Of engineering work
as its grades are very light and it runs
for long distances without curve un.
til it gets on the public street at Boon
ton. Atithe Den Brook crossing neal
Denville is a particularly dangerous
spot for the automobilist who goes
tearing through the country at high
speed though the trolley company
will do what it can to prevent accident
by ordering its crews TO stop the cars
before crossing the road, placing sign
boards there warning the crews as
well as other signs warning the auto
lists, the same procedure being followed
at other similar crossings along its
line. The Boonton line passes through
picturesque section, and for part Of
the distancetrayerses along the Noun
tain Lakes property which is being de-
veloped by a real estate company.
From Morristownto Bertrand Island
at Lake Hopatcong tile company will
charge forty cents each way, the rail-
road fare for the same distance being
Sl.40. But next summer special tick