Miscellaneous Articles from 1869
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New Jersey Herald - March 11, 1869 issue
SUSSEX MILK TRAIN ON THE MORRIS ROAD -- We learn from
Mr. Case, Superintendent of the Sussex Road, that when the Franklin
and Branchville roads are completed, about the first of April, a Milk
Train will be run in connection with the Morris road, leaving in the
evening in time to arrive at Newark and New York for distribution early
the morning following. The freight charge on milk will not exceed 11(?)
cts. per quart, to Newark and Hoboken. We also learn that there will
be a general reduction in freight charges. A milk train will also be
run on the Morris Road to Phillipsburg, connecting with the Sussex milk
train at Waterloo.
New Jersey Herald - May 27, 1869 issue
EXTENSION OF THE SUSSEX RAILROAD
-- The books of subscription to the capital stock of the Sussex Railroad
Company, having been opened under the amended charter, at the Cochran
House on Thursday last, $50,000 was subscribed by the company with
a view to the completion of the road to Franklin, and its extension
to the New York State line.
New Jersey
Herald - August 5, 1869 issue
Accident at Franklin--Mathew Buckley, a young Irishman,
employed as a laborer on the Franklin Rail road, aged 19 years, was
killed by a flying fragment of rock, which struck him in the breast,
killing him instantly, in the vicinity of the Fowler house, whilst blasting
rocks on Tuesday the 3d inst.