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108-564: The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway ( reporting mark NYSW ), also referred to as the Susie-Q or the Susquehanna , and formerly referred to as the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad , is an American Class II freight railway that operates over 400 miles (640 km) of trackage in the states of New Jersey , New York , and Pennsylvania . The NYS&W was formed in 1881 out of

216-674: A 2-digit code indicating the vehicle's register country . The registered keeper of a vehicle is now indicated by a separate Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM), usually the name of the owning company or an abbreviation thereof, which must be registered with the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) and the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and which is unique throughout Europe and parts of Asia and Northern Africa. The VKM must be between two and five letters in length and can use any of

324-587: A Citywide perspective through: nonpartisan election, at-large representation, concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a professional manager accountable to the Mayor and Council, concentration of policy making power in one body: a five-person Mayor and Council. In the several decades in which the City has used the Municipal Manager form of government, Hackensack has had only nine City Managers. As of 2024 ,

432-639: A Native American word variously translated as meaning "hook mouth", "stream that unites with another on low ground", "on low ground" or "land of the big snake", while another version described as "more colorful than probable" attributes the name to an inn called the "Hock and Sack". Settlement by the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland on the west banks of the Hudson River across from New Amsterdam (present-day lower Manhattan ) began in

540-562: A connection between the NY&;OM at Middletown and the NJM at Hanford. In 1872, the NJM formally became leased by the NY&OM, and the NJM completed construction on their final stretch of trackage from Hackensack to Jersey City , using trackage rights over the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). On July 9, 1873, the first train over the NY&OM and NJM was operated from Oswego to Jersey City. With

648-444: A female householder with no husband present and 46.5% were non-families. Of all households, 39.3% were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.11. 18.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

756-540: A former Central of Georgia executive. By that time, the Susquehanna had run all of their passenger trains at a financial loss from declining ridership and competition from a new park and ride service, and they considered filing an application to discontinue their services. The railroad also lost money after one of their primary customers, the Ford Motor Company , closed their Edgewater assembly plant . Following

864-521: A heart attack the day of the municipal election in 2005, but was elected despite his death. His running mates agreed to create a rotation under which each of the four surviving members of the New Visions for Hackensack slate would serve for a year as Mayor, creating a series of firsts for the City. Townes took office in 2005 as the city's first black mayor, and Sasso became the first female mayor in 2006. Meneses became Hackensack's first Hispanic mayor when he

972-461: A hyphen. Some examples: When a vehicle is sold it will not normally be transferred to another register. The Czech railways bought large numbers of coaches from ÖBB. The number remained the same but the VKM changed from A-ÖBB to A-ČD. The UIC introduced a uniform numbering system for their members based on a 12-digit number, largely known as UIC number . The third and fourth digit of the number indicated

1080-547: A major coal shortage in Great Britain , since a similar route out of Norfolk, Virginia , was blocked by the 1942 submarine menace . In February 1943, Kidde died, and his deputy and executive officer, Henry K. Norton, subsequently succeeded him as the Susquehanna's trustee, and he opted to continue Kidde's restructuring plans for the company. By June 1945, almost all of the Susquehanna's remaining steam locomotives had either been retired or sold off, and they declared themselves as

1188-509: A major railroad boom began throughout the United States. In 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad (NY&OM) was incorporated under the leadership of DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn , and his plan for the railroad was to provide a connection from New York City to the port city of Oswego, New York at Lake Ontario . Construction on their trackage began at Oswego, two years later. In 1867,

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1296-597: A merger of multiple smaller companies, and their original primary source of income was shipping anthracite coal out of Pennsylvania. From 1898 to 1940, the NYS&;W operated as a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad . They emerged from the Erie's control, as part of their bankruptcy reorganization, and they discontinued their coal operations. The NYS&W changed their primary source of income to providing commuter and bus services around

1404-596: A new coal terminal at Edgewater , and they began leasing the newly-chartered Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad (WB&E) between Stroudsburg and Wilkes-Barre , for direct coal mine access. In 1896, the NYS&W chartered the Susquehanna Connecting Railroad to directly access the Lackawanna Valley south of Scranton , and to divert coal traffic away from the DL&;W. The NYS&W's prosperity caught

1512-591: A portion of Lodi Township covering an area south of Essex Street from the bend of Essex Street to the Maywood border. That same year the Hackensack Improvement commission was abolished and the City of Hackensack and New Barbadoes Township became coterminous. The final parcel lost by New Barbadoes Township was the northeastern corner of what is now Little Ferry, which was incorporated in September 1894. An act of

1620-622: A predecessor of the CNW, from which the UP inherited it. Similarly, during the breakup of Conrail , the long-retired marks of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and New York Central Railroad (NYC) were temporarily brought back and applied to much of Conrail's fleet to signify which cars and locomotives were to go to CSX (all cars labeled NYC) and which to Norfolk Southern (all cars labeled PRR). Some of these cars still retain their temporary NYC marks. Because of its size, this list has been split into subpages based on

1728-623: A river they called Achinigeu-hach , or " Ackingsah-sack ", which translates to stony ground —today this river is more commonly known by the name 'the Hackensack River .' A representation of Chief Oratam of the Achkinhenhcky appears on the Hackensack municipal seal. The most common explanation is that the city was named for the Native American tribe, though other sources attribute it to

1836-988: A staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each November; a Chairman and Vice Chairman are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January. As of 2024 , the county executive is James J. Tedesco III ( D , Paramus ), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026. Bergen County's Commissioners are: Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale , 2025), Chair Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson , 2025), Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee , 2026), Vice Chair Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah , 2025), Rafael Marte (D, Bergenfield , 2026), Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington , 2024) and Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes , 2024). Bergen County's constitutional officials are: Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale , 2026), Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood , 2024) and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill , 2026). As of March 2011, there were

1944-454: A stretch of trackage at Smoke Rise was washed away and mud-covered by Tropical Storm Doria . Following the damage from Storm Doria, along with that from Hurricane Agnes the following year, the Susquehanna began operating at a financial loss again, and the condition of their remaining trackage worsened. Concurrently, Irving Maidman also began to lose money from his other businesses, and he began intentionally defaulting on property taxes owed to

2052-491: Is one of seven municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The City Council is comprised of five members who are elected to four-year terms on a concurrent basis in a non-partisan election held every four years in May. This form of government separates policy making (the work of the mayor and city council) from the execution of policy (the work of the city manager). This maintains professional management and

2160-565: Is perhaps Hackensack's most famous native son . The city has diverse neighborhoods and land uses located close to one another. Within its borders are the Hackensack University Medical Center , a residential high-rise district about a mile long (along Prospect Avenue between Beech Street and Passaic Street), suburban neighborhoods of single-family houses, stately older homes on acre-plus lots, older two-family neighborhoods, large garden apartment complexes, industrial areas,

2268-489: Is stenciled on each piece of equipment, along with a one- to six-digit number. This information is used to uniquely identify every such rail car or locomotive, thus allowing it to be tracked by the railroad it is traveling over, which shares the information with other railroads and customers. In multinational registries, a code indicating the home country may also be included. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) assigns marks to all carriers, under authority granted by

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2376-441: The 2020 United States census , the city's population was 46,030, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 3,020 (+7.0%) from the 2010 census count of 43,010, which in turn reflected an increase of 333 (+0.8%) from the 42,677 counted in the 2000 census . An inner suburb of New York City , Hackensack is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan and about 7 miles (11 km) from

2484-703: The 2024-2025 session , the 37th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Gordon M. Johnson ( D , Englewood ) and in the General Assembly by Shama Haider (D, Tenafly ) and Ellen Park (D, Englewood Cliffs ). Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive , with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of seven members who are elected at-large to three-year terms in partisan elections on

2592-587: The George Washington Bridge . From a number of locations, including portions of Prospect Avenue, the New York City skyline can be seen. The Metropolitan Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and Teaneck . Hackensack is also the home of the former New Jersey Naval Museum and the World War II submarine USS Ling . Astronaut Wally Schirra

2700-459: The Great Depression , and the Erie began to neglect them. The general demand for anthracite coal was declining, and while other anthracite-hauling railroads were able to change their freight priorities, the NYS&W struggled to follow suit. During 1937, the railroad defaulted on some major bonds and taxes they owed, and on June 1, they filed for bankruptcy and reorganization. That same month,

2808-731: The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to have the NYS&W involved in the Pennsylvania Railroad-New York Central merger. The ICC in turn asked the PRR and NYC to incorporate the Susquehanna, along with the bankrupt New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (New Haven) into the merger as a condition, and both railroads agreed to the former, since it provided a major connection between the PRR and NYC in New Jersey. The new Penn Central Transportation Company (PC)

2916-545: The New York City -area, but by 1955, the services were losing money for the company. All of their commuter services were discontinued in 1966, and by that time, railroad experienced additional financial troubles from a loss of freight customers and interchange partners. In 1980, the NYS&W was purchased by the Delaware Otsego Corporation (DO), and they reorganized and expanded the railway's operations and finances. They also benefited from Conrail 's monopoly in

3024-669: The New York, Ontario and Western Railway (NYO&W) in 1879, and they began forming a separate partnership with the West Shore Railroad (later the New York Central Railroad (NYC) to access New York City. The NJM took over the lease of the MU&;WG, but in 1875, the NJM was also put into receivership from the after affects of the Panic , and James McCulloh and Garret Hobart served as the NJM's receivers. In 1880, investors from

3132-705: The Pocono Mountains , so they began to outsource their coal traffic to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) and interchange with them at Stroudsburg . To reach the Hudson River waterfront ports, the NYS&W would transfer their coal traffic to the Pennsylvania Railroad at Marion Junction via the Hudson Connecting Railway. The NYS&W also began operating passenger trains. By

3240-586: The Recession of 1957 , the NYS&W experienced additional financial problems, and a portion of their other freight customers abandoned the railroad to begin relying on truck shipping. Sease opted to arrange some cutbacks for the company, which involved discontinuing a number of their commuter services and moving their Jersey City passenger terminus from Pavonia Terminal to the DL&W's Hoboken Terminal . The NYS&W subsequently sold off its Budd passenger cars and replaced them with used second-hand equipment. One of

3348-667: The Southern Tier Line . The origins of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway trace back to the New Jersey, Hudson and Delaware Railroad (NJH&D), which was chartered by a group of Paterson, New Jersey businessmen in 1832, with the purpose of connecting the ports of the Hudson Waterfront near New York City to Pennsylvania via the Delaware Water Gap . By that time, many industrial firms had been established throughout northern New Jersey, and anthracite coal

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3456-547: The U.S. Surface Transportation Board , Transport Canada , and Mexican Government. Railinc , a subsidiary of the AAR, maintains the active reporting marks for the North American rail industry. Under current practice, the first letter must match the initial letter of the railroad name. As it also acts as a Standard Carrier Alpha Code , the reporting mark cannot conflict with codes in use by other nonrail carriers. Marks ending with

3564-639: The United States Census Bureau , the city had a total area of 4.35 square miles (11.27 km ), including 4.19 square miles (10.86 km ) of land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km ) of water (3.63%). The city is bordered by the Bergen County municipalities of Bogota , Hasbrouck Heights , Little Ferry , Lodi , Maywood , Paramus , Ridgefield Park , River Edge , South Hackensack , Teaneck and Teterboro . There are many houses of historic value, and some of these were identified in

3672-467: The Van Sweringen brothers , and they installed a new president for the Erie, John J. Bernet . During Bernet's tenure for the Erie, he initiated a major modernization program for the Susquehanna; most of the railroad's original steam locomotives and wooden passenger cars were scrapped and replaced with newer Erie equipment. Throughout the 1930s, the NYS&W experienced some major financial problems from

3780-494: The mayor of the City of Hackensack is John P. Labrosse Jr., whose term of office as mayor ends June 30, 2025, along with those of all other councilmembers. The other members of the Hackensack City Council are Deputy Mayor Deputy Mayor Kathleen Canestrino, Leonardo "Leo" Battaglia, Gerard Carroll and Stephanie Von Rudenborg. Led by Mayor Labrosse, a team of candidates including four incumbents (and one newcomer) won

3888-696: The 1630s at Pavonia , eventually leading to the establishment of Bergen (at today's Bergen Square in Jersey City ) in 1660. Oratam, sachem of the Lenni Lenape, deeded the land along mid- Hackensack River to the Dutch in 1665. The area was soon taken by the English in 1667, but kept its Dutch name. Philip Cartaret , governor of what became the proprietary colony of East Jersey granted land to Captain John Berry in

3996-406: The 1990 Master Plan. The city does not have any registered historic districts, or any restrictions on preserving the historic facade in any portions of the city. Areas considered suburban single-family residential neighborhoods account for about one-third of the city's area, mostly along its western side. Unincorporated communities , localities and place names located partially or completely within

4104-504: The 26 letters of the Latin alphabet . Diacritical marks may also be used, but they are ignored in data processing (for example, Ö is treated as though it is O ). The VKM is preceded by the code for the country (according to the alphabetical coding system described in Appendix 4 to the 1949 convention and Article 45(4) of the 1968 convention on road traffic), where the vehicle is registered and

4212-771: The Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders date back to 1715, at which time agreement was made to build a courthouse and jail complex, which was completed in 1716. During the American Revolutionary War , George Washington headquartered in the village of Hackensack in November 1776 during the retreat from Fort Lee via New Bridge Landing and camped on 'The Green' across from the First Dutch Reformed Church on November 20, 1776. A raid by British forces against Hackensack on March 23, 1780, resulted in

4320-702: The Bergen County Jail, a tidal river , Hackensack River County Park, Borg's Woods Nature Preserve, various city parks, large office buildings, a major college campus, the Bergen County Court House , a vibrant small-city downtown district, and various small neighborhood business districts. The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape , an Algonquian people who became known to settlers as 'the Delaware Indians.' They lived along

4428-503: The EL agreed to pay a $ 15,000 yearly fee. By the end of 1969, the NYS&W turned a profit of $ 297,644. In 1970, NYS&W executive William T. Frazier became the railroad's newest president, after the position had been changed three times within the previous five years. In 1971, the NYS&W lost their interchange with the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) at Green Pond Junction , when

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4536-469: The Erie took over control of all of the railroad's operations, making the Susquehanna their subsidiary. In 1908, the Susquehanna purchased their final new steam locomotive, 2-8-0 No. 140, from the Baldwin Locomotive Works ; all of their subsequent steam locomotives were either leased or purchased second-hand from the Erie. In 1911, the Susquehanna's Jersey City passenger terminus was moved from

4644-626: The Hackensack Police Department from his 1995 appointment to replace John Aletta until May 2010 when he was suspended without pay on charges of official misconduct and insurance fraud. Tomas Padilla was appointed the acting police chief while the police department was being monitored by the Bergen County Prosecutors office. In May 2012, a judge ordered Zisa out of his position as police chief, a decision that cost him his police retirement benefits. In January 2013, Mike Mordaga

4752-556: The Lenni Lenape, who named it " Ackingsah-sack ". In 1933, Hackensack adopted the Manager form of government under the terms of the 1923 Municipal Manager Law , with five Council persons all elected at-large and a mayor selected by the council from among its members. The Sears location on Main Street, which opened on October 27, 1932, and was the last freestanding Sears in the state of New Jersey, closed on September 12, 2020. According to

4860-473: The May 2021 municipal election. The winning slate defeated two other groups of five candidates, one of which was led by former deputy mayor David Sims. The May 2017 election was won by the Labrosse Team, which include the mayor and three other incumbents, joined by one newcomer. In April 2015, the city council selected Jason Some on an interim basis to fill the vacant seat of Rose Greenman, who had resigned

4968-784: The NJH&;D began their grading in Butler , and several competing railroads also emerged and attempted to develop routes throughout northern New Jersey; the Hoboken, Ridgefield and Paterson (HR&P) graded from the industrial city of Paterson to the Hudson River ; and the Sussex Valley Railroad completed a grade that reached the Delaware Water Gap. The most successful attempt was by the New Jersey Western Railroad (NJW), which

5076-698: The NJH&D, the HR&;P, and the Sussex Valley, all of which already obtained resources and created their route grades. All four railroads decided it would be convenient to consolidate the work that had already been completed, so they merged together to create the New Jersey Midland Railway (NJM). Concurrently, the NY&OM expanded to Middletown, New York , and they leased the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad (MU&WG), since it had provided

5184-456: The NJM route from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. On May 26, 1881, the Midland Railroad of New Jersey merged with the five companies to form the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W); "Susquehanna" was incorporated in the name, since one of the company's goals was to reach the Susquehanna River . In 1882, the new NYS&W railroad extended westward to Gravel Place, Pennsylvania , but they were originally reluctant to extend through

5292-399: The NYS&W by moving their shipyard operations from Edgewater to Brooklyn for a separate partnership with the U.S. government , and Maidman sued Seatrain for $ 4.8 million in compensatory damages. The NYS&W also sued the Erie's successor, the Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL), for $ 1.6 million in unpaid usage of Susquehanna trackage, but they subsequently settled for a $ 186,315 claim, and

5400-416: The NYS&W prioritize on serving his warehouse business, but the railroad consequently began to neglect their other stockholders and the rest of their remaining freight customers. Maintenance on the NYS&W's trackage also became deffered, and in ensuing years, it resulted in derailments and slower deliveries, which in turn resulted in additional customers abandoning the railroad. Maidman also arranged for

5508-421: The NYS&W to sell some of their land properties to other businesses Maidman owned, and they began to lease some new land property in Edgewater for use as backup storage. He also discontinued all of the NYS&W's bus services, and he filed a petition to the state of New Jersey to terminate all of the railroad's commuter services. As a desperate attempt to eliminate all ridership, Maidman personally offered to pay

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5616-451: The NYS&W was to obtain a $ 550,000 federal loan for the purchase of three EMD GP18 road switchers to assist the NYS&W's failing ALCO locomotives. In 1963, Maidman became the NYS&W's newest board chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), and he began to install new executives for the railroad, which involved Ralph Sease resigning from his president position and being replaced by John P. Clark. That same year, Maidman began to have

5724-486: The NYS&W's 200 remaining commuters $ 1,000 each to stop using their trains, but only five of them accepted. In June 1966, the NYS&W obtained court permission to terminate all of their passenger services, despite commuters having petitioned to keep them open. The railroad's final commuter train operated on June 30 with only a day's notice, and the following day, uninformed commuters waited to board NYS&W trains that never arrived. By that time, Maidman had petitioned

5832-399: The NYS&W's newest president, as a reward for his and Kidde's restructuring methods. Two years later, in 1955, stockholders voted to have Norton demoted to chairman and replaced by former Chicago Great Western vice-president James M. Baths, due to Norton's excessively-progressive foresight. In December that same year, the NYS&W's president position was changed again to Ralph E. Sease,

5940-399: The PRR's Exchange Place Station to the Erie's Pavonia Terminal , and their freight terminus was moved from the PRR's Marion yards to the Erie's Croxton yards. In 1923, the Susquehanna's total gross income peaked at $ 5.5 million. The Erie subsequently invested in rebuilding and upgrading the NYS&W's trackage and bridges. During the 1920s, the Erie began operating under the control of

6048-426: The State Legislature incorporated the Fairmount section of New Barbadoes with the Hackensack Improvement Commission, and eliminated New Barbadoes Township as a political entity. On November 21, 1921, based on the results of a referendum held on November 8, 1921, New Barbadoes Township received its charter to incorporate as a city and officially took on its name "Hackensack," a name derived from its original inhabitants,

6156-399: The Susquehanna turned a profit for the first time since 1955, with an income of $ 17,755. That same year, the railroad lost another interchange partner, the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (L&HR), when their Station Road bridge in Sparta was deemed unsafe, and they had to cut back their Sparta route to Oak Ridge . Also in that same year, Seatrain Lines breached their shipping contract with

6264-426: The Susquehanna's president. In September, Maidman, along with his son and attorney Robert, convinced the NYS&W's board of directors to purchase $ 2 million in general mortgage bonds from W. E. Hutton & Co. while secretly arranging the transaction to bail Maidman out of a major debt he owed Hutton. Reporting mark In North America , the mark, which consists of an alphabetic code of two to four letters,

6372-439: The VKM BLS. Example for an "Einheitswagen" delivered in 1957: In the United Kingdom, prior to nationalisation, wagons owned by the major railways were marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway concerned; for example, wagons of the Great Western Railway were marked "G W"; those of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway were marked "L M S", etc. The codes were agreed between

6480-409: The WB&E was quickly shut down and ripped up, after they filed for their own bankruptcy. He also entrusted ownership of the Susquehanna Connecting Railroad to the Erie. In 1938, Kidde discontinued a portion of the NYS&W's commuter passenger services. By March 1940, Kidde arranged other cutbacks for the Susquehanna, which resulted in the company being disbanded from the Erie's control. Following

6588-409: The abandonment of the WB&E, the NYS&W did not prospect any benefits in continuing their Pennsylvania operations, so by 1941, they cut back the western end of their line to Hainesburg, New Jersey . Walter Kidde decided to have the Susquehanna improve their remaining suburban commuter passenger trains and make profits from providing bus services to Manhattan , and the Susquehanna Transfer Railway

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6696-466: The acquiring company discontinues the name or mark of the acquired company, the discontinued mark is referred to as a "fallen flag" railway. Occasionally, long-disused marks are suddenly revived by the companies which now own them. For example, in recent years, the Union Pacific Railroad has begun to use the mark CMO on newly built covered hoppers, gondolas and five-bay coal hoppers. CMO originally belonged to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ,

6804-477: The administrative districts Bergen , Essex , Middlesex , and Monmouth . In 1683, Bergen (along with the three other counties) was officially recognized as an independent county by the Provincial Assembly. The seal of Bergen County bearing this date includes an image of an agreement between the European settlers and the Native Americans. New Barbadoes Township , together with Acquackanonk Township , were formed by Royal charter on October 31, 1693. In 1700,

6912-503: The age of five speak only English in their household, while 32.5% of the population speak Spanish at home. The South Asian and East Asian populations have increased most rapidly in Hackensack since 2000, with nearly 2,000 Indian Americans , over 1,000 Filipino Americans , and over 600 Korean Americans represented in the 2010 United States Census. Hackensack's Hispanic population has also risen rapidly, to over 15,000 in 2010; Ecuadoreans , Dominicans , and Colombians have become

7020-435: The area of Achter Kol and soon after took up residence and called it " New Barbadoes ," after having resided on the island of Barbados . In 1666, a deed was confirmed for the 2,260-acre (9.1 km ) tract that had been given earlier by Oratem to Sarah Kiersted in gratitude for her work as emissary and interpreter. Other grants were given at the English Neighborhood . In 1675, the East Jersey Legislature established

7128-430: The attention of an influential financer, J. P. Morgan , and a company he financed, the Erie Railroad . The Erie already had access to coal mines north of Scranton, but they desired to also access the mines south of the area, and they believed the Susquehanna provided the best route there. On behalf of the Erie, Morgan quietly purchased the NYS&W's stock until he obtained the majority of their shares, and by July 1898,

7236-407: The average family size was 3.08. In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males. The median income for a household in the city

7344-479: The bankruptcy court appointed two co-trustees to the NYS&W; Walter Kidde and Hudson Bordwell, but the latter died only five months into his position, making the former their sole trustee. Walter Kidde, who had no prior experience in operating railroads, began to explore ways of reorganizing the NYS&W and its assets. The first task he did was to terminate the company's lease of the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern, effectively ending their anthracite coal operations, and

7452-414: The city include Fairmount and North Hackensack . As the initial destination for many immigrants to Bergen County from around the globe, Hackensack's ethnic composition has become exceptionally diverse. As of 2013, approximately 38.9% of the population were foreign-born. In addition, 2.5% were born in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico or abroad to American parents. Over half, 51.7%, of the population over

7560-403: The city was $ 32,036 (+/− $ 1,809). About 8.9% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over. Same-sex couples headed 145 households in 2010, an increase from the 112 counted in 2000. As of the 2000 United States census , there were 42,677 people, 18,113 households, and 9,545 families residing in

7668-437: The city. The population density was 10,358.3 inhabitants per square mile (3,999.4/km ). There were 18,945 housing units at an average density of 4,598.2 per square mile (1,775.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 52.61% White , 24.65% African American , 0.45% Native American , 7.45% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 9.71% from other races , and 5.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.92% of

7776-576: The destruction by fire of the original courthouse structure. The Hackensack Improvement Commission was incorporated by an Act of the state legislature approved on April 1, 1868, within New Barbadoes township and including the village of Hackensack, with authority to develop sewers and other improvements in Hackensack. The New Jersey Legislature passed the Township School Act in 1894, under which each village, borough, town, or city in New Jersey

7884-985: The equipment used in these services. This may also apply to commuter rail, for example Metrolink in Southern California uses the reporting mark SCAX because the equipment is owned by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority —which owns the Metrolink system—even though it is operated by Amtrak. This is why the reporting mark for CSX Transportation , which is an operating railroad, is CSXT instead of CSX. Private (non-common carrier) freight car owners in Mexico were issued, up until around 1990, reporting marks ending in two X's, possibly to signify that their cars followed different regulations (such as bans on friction bearing trucks) than their American counterparts and so their viability for interchange service

7992-464: The first Class I railroad in the United States to completely dieselize. Three locomotives, 2-10-0 s Nos. 2435, 2461, and 2492, were retained as yard switchers, until they were also retired by October 1947. After World War II ended, coal continued to be shipped from Edgewater to Europe, in accordance with the Marshall Plan , until the NYS&W shut down their coal terminal in 1948. During that time,

8100-448: The first letter of the reporting mark: A railway vehicle must be registered in the relevant state's National Vehicle Register (NVR), as part of which process it will be assigned a 12-digit European Vehicle Number (EVN). The EVN schema is essentially the same as that used by the earlier UIC numbering systems for tractive vehicles and wagons , except that it replaces the 2-digit vehicle owner's code (see § Europe 1964 to 2005 ) with

8208-456: The inaugural run, the two railroads created the third trunk railroad line to connect New York City and the Great Lakes region, but the ongoing Panic of 1873 quickly affected the finances of both companies, with the NY&OM falling under receivership. The NY&OM suspended all lease payments, and their partnership with the NJM was quickly put to an end. The NY&OM was later reorganized as

8316-421: The late 1880s, the NYS&W's profitability boomed from their coal-hauling business and from their industrial and farmer customers. In 1887, the railroad laid down a double-track route from Paterson to Jersey City to accommodate their rising traffic. In 1892, the Susquehanna ended their transfer partnerships with the DL&W and the PRR, when they extended their own line eastward from their Little Ferry Yard to

8424-575: The letter "X" are assigned to companies or individuals who own railcars, but are not operating railroads; for example, the TTX Company (formerly Trailer Train Company) is named for its original reporting mark of TTX. In another example, the reporting mark for state-funded Amtrak services in California is CDTX (whereas the usual Amtrak mark is AMTK) because the state transportation agency ( Caltrans ) owns

8532-408: The loss in Hackensack's earlier established Italian American , Irish American , and German American populations. The 2010 United States census counted 43,010 people, 18,142 households, and 9,706 families in the city. The population density was 10,290.0 per square mile (3,973.0/km ). There were 19,375 housing units at an average density of 4,635.4 per square mile (1,789.7/km ). The racial makeup

8640-431: The northeastern U.S., by operating competing intermodal trains until 1999, when Conrail was split between Norfolk Southern (NS) and CSX . The NYS&W obtains a southern division, which runs from Jersey City, New Jersey to Binghamton, New York , and they obtain a northern division, formed by two branches north of Binghamton, which serve Utica and Syracuse . The two divisions are connected via trackage rights over

8748-492: The original NJM regrouped and reorganized the company as the Midland Railroad of New Jersey, with Hobart serving as their president, and the company regained their finances by serving New Jersey industrial firms. The investors decided to profit from hauling anthracite out of Pennsylvania, and they chartered the New York and Scranton Construction Company, which in turn chartered four other small companies, to lay down portions of

8856-594: The other cutbacks was the abandonment of the Hanford Branch, the remains of the original NJM-NY&OM route, since it had lost its farm traffic to the recession, and long-time interchange partner NYO&W had shut down. In 1961, another one of the NYS&W's long-time interchange partners, the Lehigh and New England Railroad (L&NE), ceased operations, and the following year, the NYS&W consequently abandoned its route between Hainesburg and Sparta Junction . The route

8964-557: The owner of a reporting mark is taken over by another company, the old mark becomes the property of the new company. For example, when the Union Pacific Railroad (mark UP) acquired the Chicago and North Western Railway (mark CNW) in 1995, it retained the CNW mark rather than immediately repaint all acquired equipment. Some companies own several marks that are used to identify different classes of cars, such as boxcars or gondolas. If

9072-405: The owner, or more precisely the keeper of the vehicle. Thus each UIC member got a two-digit owner code . With the introduction of national vehicle registers this code became a country code. Some vehicles had to be renumbered as a consequence. The Swiss company BLS Lötschbergbahn had the owner code 63. When their vehicles were registered, they got numbers with the country code 85 for Switzerland and

9180-411: The population. There were 18,113 households, out of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.3% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and

9288-413: The previous month citing claims that her council colleagues had discriminated against her. In the November 2015 general election, Deborah Keeling-Geddis was elected to serve the balance of the term of office, edging interim councilmember Jason Some by 24 votes in the final count, with four candidates running for the seat. City Council candidate Joseph DeFalco, principal of Hackensack High School, died of

9396-590: The railroad signed a contract with Seatrain Lines to provide rolling stock-shipping services at Edgewater. By November 1951, the Susquehanna's entire passenger car fleet was replaced with stainless steel cars, their entire streamlined rail car fleet was replaced with Budd Rail Diesel Car s, and many of their passenger stations were revamped. On June 3, 1953, the NYS&W emerged from bankruptcy and completed its reorganization process, having reduced their capitalization from $ 42 million to $ 16 million. Norton subsequently became

9504-449: The railways and registered with the Ministry of Railways , Government of India . Hackensack, New Jersey Hackensack is the most populous municipality and the county seat of Bergen County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The area was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921, but has informally been known as Hackensack since at least the 18th century. As of

9612-727: The railways and registered with the Railway Clearing House . In India, wagons owned by the Indian Railways are marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway divisions concerned along with the Hindi abbreviation; for example, trains of the Western Railway zone are marked "WR" and "प रे"; those of the Central Railway zone are marked "CR" and "मध्य", etc. The codes are agreed between

9720-530: The state of New Jersey and Citibank , believing they were overcharging him. In mid-1975, William Frazier became hospitalized for cancer treatment, and then in August, Maidman ransacked Fraizer's desk and discovered that since 1971, Frazier, along with chief engineer Joseph J. Novellino, both defrauded the railroad with fake bills for personal gain and funding for Novellino's private business. The board of directors quickly voted to have Frazier resign, and Maidman became

9828-548: The streets now known as Kinderkamack Road, Paramus Road/Passaic Street and Essex Street. The southernmost portions of what is now Hackensack were not part of New Barbadoes Township at that time and were acquired in the late 1800s. The neighborhood that came to be known as the village of Hackensack (today the area encompassing Bergen County's municipal buildings in Hackensack) was a part of Essex County until 1710, when Bergen County, by royal decree of Queen Anne of Great Britain ,

9936-547: The top Hispanic groups in northern Hackensack. The Black population dropped as a percentage, although minimally in absolute numbers between 2000 and 2010. The city lost approximately 10% of its White population between 2000 and 2010, which has stabilized and resumed growth since 2010 and has remained substantial, at over 20,000 in 2010. The city has also witnessed greatly increasing diversity in its non-Hispanic white segment, with large numbers of Eastern Europeans , Eurasians , Central Asians , and Arabic immigrants offsetting

10044-422: The township had been taken to form Harrington Township (June 22, 1775), Lodi Township (March 1, 1826), Midland Township (March 7, 1871) and Little Ferry (September 20, 1894). After these departures, secessions, and de-annexations, all that was left of New Barbadoes Township was the village of Hackensack and its surrounding neighborhoods of Fairmount, Red Hill and Cherry Hill. In 1896, New Barbadoes acquired

10152-544: The village of Hackensack was little more than the area around Main Street from the Courthouse to around Anderson Street. New Barbadoes Township included what is now Maywood , Rochelle Park , Paramus and River Edge , along with those portions of Oradell that are west of the Hackensack River. These areas were all sparsely populated and consisted of farm fields, woods and swamplands. The few roads that existed then included

10260-441: Was $ 49,316, and the median income for a family was $ 56,953. Males had a median income of $ 39,636 versus $ 32,911 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 26,856. About 6.8% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over. Hackensack operates under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law form of New Jersey municipal government. The city

10368-495: Was 37.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 96.4 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $ 57,676 (with a margin of error of +/− $ 3,577) and the median family income was $ 66,911 (+/− $ 5,433). Males had a median income of $ 45,880 (+/− $ 4,012) versus $ 42,059 (+/− $ 1,681) for females. The per capita income for

10476-432: Was 46.67% (20,072) White , 24.44% (10,511) Black or African American , 0.56% (241) Native American , 10.30% (4,432) Asian , 0.02% (10) Pacific Islander , 13.59% (5,844) from other races , and 4.42% (1,900) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 35.31% (15,186) of the population. Of the 18,142 households, 23.2% had children under the age of 18; 34.1% were married couples living together; 13.9% had

10584-605: Was appointed the new civilian police director, which replaced the previous position of police chief. Hackensack is located in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district. For the 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Josh Gottheimer ( D , Wyckoff ). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker ( Newark , term ends 2027) and George Helmy ( Mountain Lakes , term ends 2024). For

10692-617: Was being mined out of the Pennsylvania Coal Region . The NJH&D was unable to raise enough funds to begin laying down their trackage, due to money panics and competition from the nearby Morris and Essex Canal. In 1857, the NJH&D charter was sold to the Pennsylvania Coal Company, but they also struggled to raise enough capital to begin construction. Following the events of the Civil War , canals became disused, and

10800-606: Was created in 1939, for this purpose. Kidde also opted to dieselize the NYS&W's locomotive roster to reduce their operating costs. In June 1940, they began to purchase some streamlined self-propelled rail cars from the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) to cover their commuter services. In 1941, the NYS&W began to order some S-2 switchers and RS-1 road switchers from the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) to supersede their steam locomotives. A precedent

10908-450: Was delegated responsibility for its own public schools through the office of the county superintendent. Hackensack established a local board of education in 1894, as required by the new law, which took over operation of schools located in the township and established Hackensack High School . The 1894 act allowed local residents, by petition, to change municipal boundaries at will, setting off fearsome political battles statewide. Portions of

11016-471: Was enlarged and the Township of New Barbadoes was removed from Essex County and added to Bergen County. In 1710, the village of Hackensack (in the newly formed Township of New Barbadoes) was designated as being more centrally located and more easily reached by the majority of the Bergen County's inhabitants and, hence, was chosen as the county seat of Bergen County, as it remains today. The earliest records of

11124-527: Was formally created on February 1, 1968, but only the New Haven became included in the merger. The NYS&W's inclusion fell through, after Maidman and PC's management disputed over the railroad's price value; Maidman wanted to sell the NYS&W for its business value, while PC's management wanted to purchase it for its real-estate and scrap value. In March 1969, the NYS&W withdrew their ICC application to save costs and continue independently. By December 1968,

11232-522: Was founded by Cornelius Wortendyke in 1868, and they began laying down their trackage at Hawthorne , the following year. The NJW quickly decided to shift its focus towards connecting their route with the NY&OM to benefit both railroads. Cornelius Wortendyke signed an agreement with DeWitt Littlejohn, where the two companies would lease and access each other's routes. By 1870, the NJW expanded westward from Hackensack to Hanford, but in doing so, they encountered

11340-564: Was impaired. This often resulted in five-letter reporting marks, an option not otherwise allowed by the AAR. Companies owning trailers used in trailer-on-flatcar service are assigned marks ending with the letter "Z", and the National Motor Freight Traffic Association , which maintains the list of Standard Carrier Alpha Codes, assigns marks ending in "U" to owners of intermodal containers . The standard ISO 6346 covers identifiers for intermodal containers. When

11448-627: Was later ripped up and became part of the Paulinskill Valley Trail . In October 1962, the NYS&W railroad was purchased by a New York real-estate developer and millionaire, Irving Maidman. Maidman previously acquired the former Ford Edgewater plant for use as a rental warehouse, and since the NYS&W happened to have served the building, Maidman opted to purchase the majority of the railroad's shares to ensure their freight services in Edgewater remained active. The first task Maidman did for

11556-500: Was quickly set on the NYS&W, where all of their diesels with multiple-unit controls would only receive even road numbers, while all of their non-multiple-unit diesels would only receive odd road numbers. The Susquehanna also settled a $ 7 million freight balance debt they owed the Erie by paying them $ 250,000 and purchasing their freight terminal in Edgewater. The railroad also obtained money from World War II , by providing an effective coastal coal barge route out of Edgewater, to aid

11664-591: Was sworn in on July 1, 2007, and Melfi took the reins as mayor in 2008. Four of the same five officials were re-elected in 2009 (Townes, Melfi, Sasso, Meneses), along with one opposition candidate, LaBrosse. The city council continued to rotate the mayor's seat, with the exception of Labrosse, and Melfi became mayor again in 2012. Walter E. Nowakowski served as mayor from 1965-1969, Frank Zisa served as mayor from 1977 to 1981, Fred Cerbo from 1981 to 1989, and John F. "Jack" Zisa (son of Frank Zisa) from 1989 to 2005. Former Assemblyman Charles "Ken" Zisa served as chief of

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