[1] It was founded by Hillric J. Bonn who became the first President in 1865 and served for 26 years until his death,[2][3][4][5] and eventually taken over by the Public Service Railway.
The Hoboken lift travelled from near the foot of Paterson Plank Road to Ferry Street, next to Pohlmann's Hall in Jersey City Heights.
The Weehawken lift ascended from the foot of Hackensack Plank Road to West Hoboken (now Union City).
[14] The extension to Newark Ave opened June 19, 1892, with electric cars, passengers changing at Palisade Avenue.
[citation needed] The Eldorado Elevator rose from the West Shore Ferry Terminal at Weehawken to meet the streetcar line that travelled along a trestle to a cut in the Palisades which ran parallel to the Eldorado, a pleasure garden, and then proceeded east and north to the Nungesser's Guttenberg Racetrack.