Re: (erielack) And the answer is?

["Lynne" <LKRanieri_@_comcast.net>]

Bob,
    I burst out laughing at reading that this was to be the topic of debate. 
I wonder if they were entirely serious? It certainly seemed to be, didn't 
it?
    The Budget was a short-lived (only one year?) weekly Millburn NJ 
newspaper. The historical society has a rare bound volume of it and the 
library kindly scanned it and posted it, and many other old local 
newspapers, at their Web site. The Budget apparently fancied itself as 
something more important than it was, as most of it is fluffy -- and often 
absurd -- news from all over the world. Only one or two pages were local 
news and that is where I found many DL&W items, including early train 
schedules.
    By the way, near the end of the year, I think, I found a couple of 
articles related to a(nother) special train that took local veterans of the 
Battle of Antietam to a gathering in Easton. The paper is searchable, but 
you have to search each issue individually. The link to it is:

http://www.millburn.lib.nj.us/mshhs.htm#Budget

    I didn't want to burden the list with clippings from the paper, but I 
found a few references to the Hoboken ferries being built and the failed ... 
what was it called? NJ West Line? If you feel it might be worth poking 
through, the local news was usually around the second, third, or fourth 
page, where you see a header for the Budget, and usually the train schedule 
beneath it. There were usually two pages of local news and ads. To search 
the pages you should use the search function that appears in the Adobe 
Reader.
Thanks!
Lynne 



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