in a frog war at Hopewell in early 1876. The National Railway won the battle, and the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad formally opened on April 27, 1876. The M&S was sold under bankruptcy to the Pennsylvania Railroad on November 28, 1879. The alignment was officially abandoned by the Pennsylvania on January 29, 1880. It was soon dismantled, since it no longer served its purpose to block the National Railway. The abandoned grade of the west end of the line became Jacobs Creek Road. Station listing References Notes Railroad History Database State Legislatures, New York Times March 16, 1870 page 5 New-York and Suburban News, New York Times April 10, 1873 page 8 Railroad Matters in New-Jersey, New York Times February 9, 1874 page 8 Railroads (display ad), New York Times July 11, 1875 page 8 Railway War in New-Jersey, New York Times January 7, 1876 page 1 Railroad Affairs, New York Times January 8, 1876 page 2 The Excursion to Philadelphia, New York Times April 28, 1876 page 7 Notes from Different Roads, New York Times November 29, 1879 page 2 Predecessors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Defunct New Jersey railroads Transportation in Mercer County, New Jersey Transportation in Somerset County, New Jersey Railway companies established in 1870 Railway companies disestablished in 1879