The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-26
ARE HUSTLING
THE ELECTRIC ROAD STRETCH
ING ON TO GIRARDvILLE.
WORK THUS FAR ACCOMPLISHED
Three Gangs Cramming Work In
to Time-Track Laying Being
Pushed-Wm. Penn Delight
cd With the Prospects.

The section of the valley laying between
Dovey's crossing and the P. & X. crossin
at the lower end of VIM. Penn was scene
of hustle and hustle that put life into the
place.
Three gangs of men we're hard at work
pushing the construction of the Mshanoy
City, Shenandoah, Girardville and Ash
land electric railway with all possible
speed. Two we're engaged in grading,
while the other men were busy preparing
poles for erection laying sills and rails and
spiking rails.
The work accomplished yesterday was of
no small magnitude. A HERALD reporter
went over the ground yesterday and made
notes of the work accomplished.
Thus far 2, ,250 yards of grading has been
done. Stills have been distributed l $50
yards and slls, rails and spikes have been
distributed 800 yards. The poles are dis
tributed along the entire distance of 2, $50
yards.
The spiking of rails and filling in was
commenced yesterday morning and $50
yards of this work was accomplished.
The road starts on the hill above the turn
Of the road at Dovey's crossing, where the
$50 yard trestle is to connect it with the
dirt bank over which the road will pass
when they leave the borough bridge that
crosses the Lehgh Valley track. Passing
along the mountain side towards VIM.
Penn the road gradually draws nearer the
turnpike until they run side by side, About
| 800 yards from Doveys crossing, near the
first house of upper VIM. Penn, the cleo
trio road crosses the turnpike and run on
the right hand side of it. 1t runs close to
the doors of the houses and so close to the
the motor men, with little practice, will
be able to stop the cars at point that will
enable the passengers to step right from
the platforms up to the store counters.
The road continues along the right hand
side of the turnpike to the VIM. Penn
breaker. Here there seems to be stumb-
ling block but that obstacle will be re-
moved before many days. The portion of
the turnpike that runs under the breaker
is not wide enough for wagons and the cars,
so the VIM. Penn Coal Company is making
arrangements to make new supports for the
breaker and leave a clear track for the
electric cars besides the turnpike. Having
n clear road here the electric 70 ID will CON
tinue on the right hand side, past the boiler
houses, to the trestle, about q hundred
yards distant where the turnpike turns
Instead of following tnis turn the electric
road will keep a straight line, crossing tn
turnpike diagonally under the treste and
striking the left hand side of lhe turnpike.
At the place where the electric road starts
to cross the turnpike, there is dirt bank.
Foreman Charles Amour and his men had
graded along this dirt bank and about 200
yards hey ond it at dinner time yesterday,
when the top of the bank slid down and
spoiled the grading. He was obliged to
take his men back to clear away the debris
and restore grade, which delayed him
about two hours in his grade work.
After passing under the trestle the cleo
trio road continues along the left hand side
of the turnpike until it nearly reaches
Bender's store, about $50 yards, when it
again crosses the turnpike to the right
hand side The road then follows that side
to the p. & r. railroad crossing at the
lower patch, where it strikes the old Lost
Creek road and goes on over the swamp
filled with coal dirt, under the old No. 2
trestle, and on past the Catholic church at
Lost Greek and thence along the road that
passes the church in the direction of Con-
ners.
Foreman Patrick Conry started his gang
of sun-burned Italians yesterday morning
at Bender's store and graded to the top of
the hull that leads down to the p. 81 X.
crossing by quitting time. II was not nee
esssry TO dig deep and the grading done
covered about 450 yards. But there were
innumerable obstructions on this section.
Coal shanties, chicken coops and small
stables stood in the way. The people
down that way are so anxious to have the
road running that they volunteered to re-
move the coal and other contents of the
structures, and did so, when the Italians
were directed to remove the shanties to the
places desired by the owners, In this way
the work went on satisfactory to all.
The most formidable Instructions in the
way are old telegraph poles and water
plugs, but the officials of the railway COM
pany say that their pole men and couple
of plumbers will soon set them aside.
Foreman Amour took his gang to the p.
& X. crossing at the lower patch yesterday
afternoon and started to work eastward up
the hill towards Foreman Conry's gang.
Last night the entire road FROM Dovey's .