The Y at Andover Junction

The engineer corps of the Lehigh & Hudson River railroad on Friday last completed the survey for the Y that is to form a junction with that road and the Lackawanna system at Andover Junction. The spur or Y will connect with the Lackawanna road between the stations at the borough and the Junction, and with the Lehigh & Hudson River road near Slater's Lake. The object of the Y is to carry out an arrangement between the two roads consummated about three weeks ago for the transfer of the Lackawanna eastern freight to the L. & H. R. road at this point and taken to Maybrook and delivered to the N. Y., N. H. road for Boston and other points in the east. The arrangement goes into effect September 1st next. At present this freight is delivered at Hoboken, taken across the river on floats and transferred to the new Haven road at Harlem. The Lackawanna Company expect to take from 200 to 300 cars over the L & H. R. road daily, a large bulk of which will consist of perishable freight. The Lackawanna will run their own trains through to Maybrook, and it is rumored that the track from Waterloo to the foot of the mountain below the stone quarry will be repaired and used for western freight trains, thus avoid the roundabout way to Netcong, cutting off several miles of travel. The contractor advertises in another column for teams at Andover Junction.