. The Street railway journal . 7i6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXL No. i8. were made up principally by filling in from excavations nance and construction work that has proved very satis-of track work in the vicinity of Newark and Jersey City. factory. Work trains leave the Passaic Wharf regularly every day, so that it ispossible to anticipate themovement of material toeach particular job andlocation. Cars are gener-ally loaded when theyleave the yards and ontheir return bring somematerial back. By thisarrangement the freightcharges are reduced to amininmm. The dock shown in theengraving is
. The Street railway journal . 7i6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXL No. i8. were made up principally by filling in from excavations nance and construction work that has proved very satis-of track work in the vicinity of Newark and Jersey City. factory. Work trains leave the Passaic Wharf regularly every day, so that it ispossible to anticipate themovement of material toeach particular job andlocation. Cars are gener-ally loaded when theyleave the yards and ontheir return bring somematerial back. By thisarrangement the freightcharges are reduced to amininmm. The dock shown in theengraving is about 400 and is equipped witha stationary electricallydriven Lidgerwood crane,having a boom 60 ft. long,for unloading vessels. Be-sides, there is a track that IlG. VIEW OF S.\ND DRYER. It is a desirable location inasmuch asthe position is rather central to theentire northern portion of the railwaysystem. It is also convenient on ac-count of its affording a shipping centerfor tide-water boats, as well as havinga railroad connection from the Penn-sylvania Lines. The Passaic Wharf yards are thecentral point of distribution for all ofthe track and building material used onthe system, except the Southern Divi-sion, which, on account of its beingdisconnected from the major part ofthe property and at so great a distance,is also a shipping and distributingcenter.
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