1870—Winter Arrangements—1871. . .From New York. . .To New York.

Hoboken:: [The Railroad],.. . Single sheet, 9 3/8 7 1/4 inches, printed on one side only. Hoboken, Hoboken, The Newark and Bloomfield Railroad was chartered in 1852 and opened in 1855 as a short branch from the main line at Roseville Avenue/Bloomfield Junction northwest to Montclair via Bloomfield. It was built by the Morris & Essex Railroad and largely owned by them. The M&E leased it on April 1, 1868. At this point the lessee was The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, a.k.a. The Lackawanna.Signed in print by S. Schoch, Superintendent. (truncated) Samuel Schoch (1835–1895) started his career with the Morris and Essex and then the Lackawanna; he was with that company for twenty years, resigning in 1872, when he went to Texas and became the General Superintendent of the Houston & Great Northern Railroad. He spent one year in this post, moving to the Midwest in 1873 to join the newly formed Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railway where “he has had the management. . .and the successful condition of the affairs of the company are owing to him”—From History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 1883. (Inventory #: 4031)