. Electric railway journal . istance of 27^2 miles, of which23 miles were on private right-of-way. The original project was to build a line between Trentonand Elizabeth to connect with the existing lines to that end the New Jersey Short Line Company was in-corporated to continue the line from Milltown to Eliza-beth. During 1904 and 1905 a right-of-way was laid outbetween Milltown Junction, Middlesex County, and Bay-way, Elizabeth, a distance of 19 miles, which this companypartly graded and furnished with bridges between Bonham-town, near New Brunswick, and Bayway, Elizabeth. In 1904
. Electric railway journal . istance of 27^2 miles, of which23 miles were on private right-of-way. The original project was to build a line between Trentonand Elizabeth to connect with the existing lines to that end the New Jersey Short Line Company was in-corporated to continue the line from Milltown to Eliza-beth. During 1904 and 1905 a right-of-way was laid outbetween Milltown Junction, Middlesex County, and Bay-way, Elizabeth, a distance of 19 miles, which this companypartly graded and furnished with bridges between Bonham-town, near New Brunswick, and Bayway, Elizabeth. In 1904 the Public Service Railway 9perated cars betweenJersey City and Trenton over the circuitous route of themain line through Bound Brook and New Brunswick, then went into the hands of a receiver. In 1912 the Trenton-New Brunswick Railroad and the New Jersey Short Linewere purchased by the Public Service Corporation, andon Aug. 12, 1912, under the name of the Trenton TerminalRailroad, construction was started at what is known as. Newark-Trenton Line—Map of Route, Including Camden Woodbridge Junction, which was the point about midwayof the section then under construction. RIGHT-OF-WAY, GRADING AND BRIDGES The right-of-way between Elizabeth and Bonhamtown is12 miles long. Throughout its length it is generally 100ft. wide, thus allowing ample room for the future con-struction of a double track. Some of the cuts and fillsalong- the line are from 15 ft. to 20 ft. Shortly after leaving Bayway there is a stretch ofmeadow land about 2 miles long. The bottom was foundto be of a soft, spongy mass on which it was very difficultto hold the track to line and grade. To obviate this diffi-culty, a heavy layer of cinder ballast was placed about 4ft. deep. This has proved to be very effective in that ithas formed a compact mass. Rock excavation was comparatively small and consisted
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