History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . ave been with many misgivings, for it was advertisedthat The steam and horse cars are so intermixed thatpassengers may make their selection, and the timid canavail themselves of the latter twice a day. The oldGrasshopper Engine, with its walking beam, lopingalong like its predecessor—the running Indian—wasin strong contrast wi
History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . ave been with many misgivings, for it was advertisedthat The steam and horse cars are so intermixed thatpassengers may make their selection, and the timid canavail themselves of the latter twice a day. The oldGrasshopper Engine, with its walking beam, lopingalong like its predecessor—the running Indian—wasin strong contrast with the present smooth-running,swiftly moving, intelligent iron steed. This road was afterward absorbed by the Erie, andwas the route by which that road reached tidewaterat Jersey City, until the completion of the Erie Tun-nel in 1861. This enterprise was a formidable under- i6o OLD BERGEN. taking, owing to the length of the cutting and thehardness of the trap rock through which it was the tunnels construction considerable troublewas experienced with the workmen, which culminatedin a serious strike and riot, necessitating the callingout of the militia. It is stated that when the building of the New Jer-sey Railroad commenced in 1833, Cornelius Van. GRASSHOFlER EiNGlNE. Vorst was so incensed that he offered to sell thewhole of his possessions for $1,000. {His. Soc. Proceed-ings) We can scarcely realize in this era of trolley develop-ment, that but little more than forty years ago, theone-horse stage of old Peter Earle met all the demandsfor local travel in Bergen. But he combined withinhimself motorman, conductor, superintendent, yes,and directors too, for he scooped all the dividends. OLD BERGEN. l6l He made one trip each way daily, to accommodate hisregular passengers, of whom there were four, J. , F. P. Vidal, George Gifford and Prof. case any other service was needed, or the ladieswished to visit the bargain counters of the day, noticehad to
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