Re: (erielack) West End's Bay Window & DL&W Facilities Vol.1 corrections

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John
 
That statement was one of several mistakes that appear in the book.   Several 
is a LOT better than some of the other EL / DL&W books that Morning  Sun has 
produced and thus I didn't say anything when it came out.
There is a lot of information in Vol 1 sooooooooo  I guess its ok to  cut Bob 
some slack here.  :)
 
FOR THE RECORD,  and per that presentation on DL&W concrete  towers at the 
Elmira Convention, :) West End was the first of the similar  looking concrete 
towers.  It was a one of kind, and NEVER had a bay  window.
 
Also the Statement on page 57 about the standard bay window configuration  is 
pretty miss leading since their are MANY variations amongst the similar  
looking towers. Seven of the first eight built were one of kind.
None were altered, other than the addition put on West End.
 
I don't believe that Roseville Ave tower is visible as stated on Page 80.  It 
would be way off to the left of the photo and around the bend.
 
I've never heard the small building at Murray Hill referred to as a section  
house on page 84.  I always heard it referred to as the freight  house.  Note 
the high doorway!
 
The Train Order Offices on page 88 as stated only apply up to 1965.  Stirling 
closed  that year, leaving the other five mid line stations  to carry the 
burden of issuing orders.
The term we use to remember them by was:
Mothers Milk Better  By Far,     the  MMBBF referred to:
Murray Hill,  Millington,  Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, and  Far Hills.
 
I may be wrong, but I believe the statement on page 98 that states when the  
Boonton Line connected with the M&E in 1869 that the realignment between  
Denville and Dover was built at that time. I think it came more towards the  end 
of the century, but again I'm not going to go start and dig through Tabers  
Book, or town maps.
 
I may be wrong, but I don't believe the Morris Canal crossed the Lackawanna  
at Lincoln Park and Mountain View as stated on page 118. There was a lift  
bridge for the Lackawanna at Mountain View,  I know of none at Lincoln  Park.
 
One final criticism would be if your going to use the W-1,  W-16 etc,  
building nomenclature through out the book,  let the readers know  what they are 
suppose to represent. It's putting in facts that no one knows  what they  
represents.
 
As stated, the percentage of facts given vs the small amount of errors in  
this book equals a high percentage of correct information, and that's an  
important criteria in my estamation. As always, if I'm wrong on any of these  please 
let me know.
 
Bob Bahrs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/30/2008 8:48:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jgb_@_dbd01.com writes:

In  "Lackawanna Facilities" on page 40, it mentions that West End had
a bay  window when it was built.  Why was it removed?  It  certainly
wasn't necessary to get the Bergen jct. machine in  there.

Thanks,
John  Bobinyec





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