. Industries of New wark and Bloomfield Railroad, from Newark Junction to Mont-eclair, four and a half miles. Passaic and Delaware Railroad, from Summit to Bemardsville, fifteen miles. Hibernia Mine Railroad extends from Hibernia to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western junc-tion, near Rockaway, a distance of five and a half miles. The Hibernia Underground line extends from a point in Hibeniia mountain, one mile through the same, and is used chiefly for transporting ore. War- REN Railroad extends from New Hampton to the Delaware River, a distance of eighteen miles. The principal officers
. Industries of New wark and Bloomfield Railroad, from Newark Junction to Mont-eclair, four and a half miles. Passaic and Delaware Railroad, from Summit to Bemardsville, fifteen miles. Hibernia Mine Railroad extends from Hibernia to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western junc-tion, near Rockaway, a distance of five and a half miles. The Hibernia Underground line extends from a point in Hibeniia mountain, one mile through the same, and is used chiefly for transporting ore. War- REN Railroad extends from New Hampton to the Delaware River, a distance of eighteen miles. The principal officers of D. L. & W. R. R. are, Samuel Sloan, President; F. F. Chamber:., Secretaryand Auditor; F. H. Sibbens, Treasurer; W. F. Halstead, General Superintendent; W. F. Holwill, GeneralTicket Agent; B. A. Hegeman, General Freight Agent. Midland Railroad of New Jersey. One of the important roads through New Jersey, and center-ing at Jersey City, is that known as the Midland Railroad of New Jersey. It was chartered as the New. 64 RAILROADS OF NEW JERSEY. Jersey Midland Railroad Company, in 1870, and opened in 1872. Built as an outlet for the New York andOswego Midland Railroad, it was operated by it under lease until March 30, 1875, when it was placed inthe hands of a receiver. February 21, 18S0, the road was sold under foreclosure, and the present companyorganized March 24, 1880, and at once began to place the road in all departments in the most thoroughcondition. By the settlement the capital slock is entitled to seven per cent, dividend after payment of inter-est on the first mortgage bonds, and before interest is paid on any other securities. This road, in its variousconnections, traverses a rich country, including a very productive dairy an<i farming district. The shipmentof milk to New York city forms an important portion of the business, and since the road has been underthe present management this has been greatly augmented by the ejccellent facilities oftered. The route atsho
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