Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-03
NEW high LINE"
OF n. !. CENTRAL
To OPEN SUNDAY
Newark-New York Improve
ment Finished-To Complete
Meadow Transfer in Month.

When the new "high line" of the
New Jersey CentraPs Newark and
New York branch is opened for reSu-
lar passenger service early next Sun
day morning, the work of over two
years will have been completed, and
incidentally. the last step but one
toward the establishment of the
Newark transfer will have been
taken. By the end of next month, it
is expected. the new Newark trans
fer station in the meadows will have
been finished. and when it is, many of
the most important of the Centrafs
trains. which now run over the main
line between Jersey City and Eliza
bethport. and thence south and west,
will be operated over the Newark
branch to Newark transfer, whence
they will take the, new long " con-
Meeting with the Newark Elizabeth
branch. and so strike the main line
at the Port" E
When the new route is opened
Newark will be more than ever on
the map of the Central system. 1t
will mean. as matter of fact, that
the centre of this city will be closer
in actual touch with these through
trains than lower Broadway is, SO
far as time and convenience affect
the travelling public. 1t will mean, in.
short. that a person going to Phila-
delphia. Atlantic City. Baltimore,
Washington and the South or West,
will be able to step on a train at
Broad street station and within seven
minutes of the time he leaves walk
across the platform at Newark trans
fer to a waiting train for his desti-
nation.
That is about one-third the time it
takes to get from Broadway to the
Liberty street ferry and across the
river to the Jersey City trainshed,
and it is considerably more con-
venient. The new mode OF transfer
will also be vast Improvement over
the present changes of cars at Eliza
bethport and Elizabeth.
While some of the trains that will
use the new route. via Newark trans
fer. will be seashore expresses. there
is no intention of Withdrawing any of
the through trains that have hereto
fore been operated between this city
and the North Jersey coast resorts
during the season. 1t will simply
give Newark so many additional
trains to the shore.
It is not the present plan of the
to depend upon the reg
ular Newark and New York branch
trains to provide the connections
with through trains at Newark trans
fer. either from Broad street station
or in the reverse direction. This serv-
ice will be performed by special
Shuttle" trains operated in and out
of Broad street. Disarrangement of
the regular Newark and New York
timetables will thus be precluded,
while the use of Shuttle" trains will
make it possible to schedule much
closer connections at the transfer.
Just what trains will be routed via
transfer could not be learned
when inquiry was made today at the
general offices of the company in
New York. but the statement was
made that definite announcement
could be expected shortly.
The first regular passenger train
to use the new tracks on the tall
linking BrilIs Junction,
this city, and West Side Avenue. Jer-
sew City. will be No. S76. leaving
Broad street station at 1850 a. m.
After that all passenger
trains on the Newark and New York
branch. as we'll as all Lehigh Valley
trains. will be run over the so-called
"high line
One great advantage that will come
with the operation of the new line
will be the elimination of the greater
part of the delays due to opened
draws. So much higher are the new
drawbridges than the old that more
than half of the river craft that
cannot crawl under the old draws can
clear the modern new spans with
some margin to spare. This means
a so per cent. reduction in such de-
tentions. and also less delay when 1t
is necessary To men thn draW for
with the high-powered engines on the
new revolving span, complete cir
cult of the arc can be made In the
time it now takes to make the half
turn. which is the limit of the old
dro