The Coates family of Goshen, New York, were prominent horse racing and breeding enthusiasts and arranged to acquire property owned by Hartman Van Riper on May 29 for the track.

They felt that the getting the depot in order and hiring a station agent would increase ridership to Dundee Lake, raising profit for the company.

The railroad stated, that the sudden renovations was not due to the complaints by citizens, but a jump in freight business overloading the agent at Vreeland Avenue station in Paterson.

A new dye house being built at Dundee Lake also would raise traffic for both passengers and freight as the new mill would hire 300–400 people and require 20 loads of coal daily to operate.

[18] The renovations led to extreme growth in the Dundee Lake area and by November 1912, business, up 700 percent from rates in 1892, outgrew the baggage/freight room at the west end of the depot.

Locals at the Dundee Lake Board of Trade stated that the station back in 1892 had an individual freight house for those services that could have better handled the increased business.

Theodore Chamberlain, a local coal executive felt that with the construction of a freight department, Wilcox would be fired and that someone strong enough to handle boxes and barrels would take over the job.

[21] Assemblyman John Ackerman, Jr. brought a bill to the floor in February 1916 for the incorporation of Dundee Lake as the borough of East Paterson.

John B. Zabriskie, a resident of Wyckoff, had been the impetus for the bill, as he represented local industries, who wanted out of Saddle River Township.

[22] As a result of the fracas in the Assembly, officials on February 29 called for a meeting and hearing to be held on March 4 at the Social Circle clubhouse near the local school in Dundee Lake.

At least one senator who supported the bill stated that he did not prefer breaking up a municipality without a justified cause as Dundee Lake would take out 2,000 of Saddle River Township's 3,500 people.

[26] Governor James Fairman Fielder signed the Ackerman bill on March 22, stating that the incorporation would be dependent on a local vote in April 1916, but the expectation was it would pass.

The East Paterson Borough Council requested that Public Utility Commission force the railroad to change the name of the station to match.

[32] Saddle River Township police responded at 11:55 p.m. but could not handle the fire as it was burning due to lack of nearby hydrant water.

[34] By the morning of January 22, no cause for the fire had been determined, but Ernest Laird, Jr., a teenage rider, noted that when the Motorailer reached Hackensack station, a knocking sound in the car developed and it grew louder as the train accelerated.

[39] Marcalus and Du Mont came back to the East Paterson Borough Council on the night of April 15, 1953 to restart progress on the construction of a railroad spur on River Drive.

Charles Rais, a local resident, noted that the 1950 ordinance granted by East Paterson gave permission to Du Mont to build the spur.

The President of the Chamber of Commerce asked about safety, noting that the market Street/River Drive intersection was already a dangerous one with 34 accidents in a year's span.

[41] The Council asked a Susquehanna engineer, Andrew Blyker, if the railroad crossings could be elevated or depressed to eliminate car traffic issues, but stated that the Marcalus's plant location would affect the ability to do so.

[41] However, at the May 21, 1953 meeting, the Borough Council were stunned to find out they could not make the final decision on whether to grant Du Mont and Marcalus their rail spur.

Brower told Cammarano that the report would be ready with an ordinance on July 2, the next Council meeting, if Messineo gave them the legal go-ahead.

Local residents and officials returned in force for the meeting, stating that the proposed ordinance would set East Paterson "back 50 years" and "hamper freedom of traffic".

James Campbell, one of the Councilmen, stated that a 12-hour survey of traffic at the River Drive and Market Street intersection reflected a 1,000 cars per hour rate each day.

Hunter added that any new tracks should be elevated or depressed and not interfering with automobile traffic, especially in a time where municipalities were working to eliminate grade crossings.

Argentero and Molnar felt that the railroad spur had become political and with everyone at arms over the first reading of the ordinance, that they wanted it handled in a less angry environment.

[51] At a secondary hearing on May 14, the Public Utilities Commission announced that their decision was to allow the Susquehanna to move its freight agent back to Passaic Junction station.

Public Service Energy and Gas were sent to turn off electrical power to the smoldering depot and defense authorities rerouted traffic away from River Drive.

DeMaria stated that the station, which by that time was being used for maintenance purposes, such as storing of supplies, was a complete loss due to the fire damage.

[54] Angelo Powella, the East Paterson Building Inspector, announced on November 19 that he approved a permit for the Susquehanna Railroad to demolish the charred remains of the station.

[6] New Jersey Transit proposed a single side platform stop at Mola Boulevard in the renamed Elmwood Park in its Passaic–Bergen Rail Line in 2007, which would have run between Hawthorne and Hackensack.