The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-12-23
TRAIN SERVICE
Is YEARS AGO
Morristown Now Enjoys Greater
Accommodations.

The beautiful new station at Morris
town of the Lackawanna railroad
marks but one OF many strides 1or-
ward that road has taken in its ell
fort to accommodate Morristown
people. A timetable of the road OF
a quarter century ago, dated Noven-
her 18th. 1881, shows what di1Ier-
ence there is between the service OF
those days and what Morristown is
getting now. In the first place there
we're no Sunday trains whatever
It was President Sam Sloans con-
viction that Sunday work was Wrons
and he stuck to it. He had to com
promise with his conscience in the
matter of the Sunday morning milk
trains but that was all that moveo
over his road on the flrst day vi
the week He even objected TO hec-
essary track. repairs. Some OF the Oh,
ficials under him now and then woulo
order some Sunday work and IL Pres,
dent Sloan discovered it the of1lcidi
was called before him and given TO
understand most emphatlcally thal
the order for no Sunday work was 10
be obeyed.
The old time table shows fifteen
trains each way daily against thirty
two eastbound and thirty-one west
bound to-day. The first train In tne
morning left at six-thirty, landing aus
passengers in Hoboken at seven M
ty-fiye. Then came in succession
trains at 6.55, 7.21, 7.55, S.o2, 500
9.12. 1890, 11.4S. The afternoon
trains were the 1.15, 3.15, 4.35, $40,
sos and the last train toNew YORK
at $50.
There were no newspaper Trains
nor theatre trains. The first west
bound train in the morning arrived
here at S.53. Then came the 1888
and the 11.53. After noon were the
1855, 1.2S, Ais, 4.57, 5.07, 5.54, o.lz,
$50, 7.34, S.15, $40 and the lasl
train at 11.37.
The "Morristown Express was rul
ming those days, leaving MorrlstoWh
in the morning at 8.25 and arriving
in Hoboken at 9.25. Returning IL
left Hoboken at Alb and arrived at
Morristown at 5.07. Benjamin Day
was at the throttle, having IN MS
charge the famous engine Cehteh,
nial." This locomotive, WONDERFUL
combination of brass boiler banus
and polished metal, was numbered
100. 1t was built by the .Dlcksons at
Scranton and exhibited by them a.
the Centennial exposition in Phila-
delphia in 1876 1t was purchased by
the Lackawanna for fast passenger
service and was the first locomotive
to be used to haul the Morristown ex-
press which was placed in service
in 1888. Though in late years the
train has been known as the Nor
ristown Express in the old days IL
was dubbed the "Cannen-ball.
There were other expresses run
ming "a quarter of a century ago,
though, but they made more stops
than did Mr.. Days train. They in
cluded the 721, 7.55,. S.o2 and 9.2o
eastbound.
The old timetable gives not only
each trains number but its deslgna-
ton. such as "Morristown Express,
sEaston Mall South Orange Ae-
commodation,' etc. No Chicago or
Buffalo trains went through Morris
town in those days. Andrew Rea-
soner was the superintendent of the
Morris & Essex division and F. j.
Griffith, assistant superintendent.
The running time Was not much
slower than at present. The express
trains ran on about the same time as
now, the Morristown express gaming
five minutes westbound and seven
minutes eastbound.