. The Street railway journal . income from pleasure traffic in the summer monthsIndeed, the latter factor will be a very important one onthis system, as the new line will offer a splendid route toLake Hopatcong. This lake is one of the most popularsummer resorts in the East, particularly with residents ofthe metropolitan district, to whom it will soon be mademore accessible by the lines of the A^lorris County TractionCompany. The upper route connecting at Singac with thePublic Service System will also have a good all-the-yearbusiness in transporting the large numbers of workers em-ployed at th
. The Street railway journal . income from pleasure traffic in the summer monthsIndeed, the latter factor will be a very important one onthis system, as the new line will offer a splendid route toLake Hopatcong. This lake is one of the most popularsummer resorts in the East, particularly with residents ofthe metropolitan district, to whom it will soon be mademore accessible by the lines of the A^lorris County TractionCompany. The upper route connecting at Singac with thePublic Service System will also have a good all-the-yearbusiness in transporting the large numbers of workers em-ployed at the mines, iron furnaces and mills in this territory. At present only 11 miles of single track are in operation,but an excellent traffic has already been developed on thisstill isolated part of the system which serves Rockaway,Wharton, Dover, Mine Hill and Kenvil. Four cars areoperated on these lines at intervals of thirty minutes. The 2^-mile extension from Kenvil through Suc-casunna toward Ledgewood which was opened about cars, as the former go north at 10:2i a. m. and 7:23 p. m.,returning from Dover at 6:29 a. m., 4:10 p. m. and 5:30p. m., making the run in from eighteen to twenty-threeminutes, or about the same as the electric cars. Succa-sunna and Kenvil had the advantage of six trains on theChester Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna & WesternRailroad, also, but as they were run only at wide intervals,and neither very early nor very late, there was but littleadditional inducement for travel. The next section of the system to be placed in operation \-f{^ ; -yMilt^ .^ .^^1^ ^.^..^^^... j-S 1 ■;:,l —-^ >if,.- . ^-E ^^^H ■:^M J^^ ^^ ^^Hr IMTTfiiHlilfi BRIDGE ACROSS THE MORRIS CANAL is at the other end of the line, comprising about 8 miles ofsingle track between Summit and Elizabeth, with a branchfrom Springfield on the main road to Milburn (for Newark)to connect with the Public Service tracks at that cars have been running on this
Size: 1686px × 1482px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectstreetr, bookyear1884
