The Morris County Traction Company
Founded in the late 19th century, by the 1920s the electric trolleys of the Morris County Traction Company connected the major towns of Morris County and were a regular feature of the downtown landscape.
In an attempt to lower operating costs, the Morris County Traction Company switched from “two-man” trolleys (one driver and one attendant to collect fares) to “one-man” trolleys.
Plagued by shrinking patronage throughout the 1920s, The Morris County Traction Company began switching routes from electric trolley service to gas-powered bus in 1926. In 1928, the last electric trolley mileage was permanently closed. Later that year the Company entered foreclosure and was sold to the Public Service Corporation which continued to service some lines and would eventually be integrated into the New Jersey Transit Corporation in 1980.