The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-25
NEW ELECTRIC DEAL.
SAID TO MEAN EXTENSION
AND RENEWED VIGOR
An Undertaking by Which Seven Counties
WIZ in All Probability be United by
Electric Railway Lines in the
Near Future.

The selling out of the Schuylkill Traction
Company to Philadelphia syndicate is
worthy of more than passing notice. 1t is
gigantic undertaking and will in time de-
velop into one of the greatest electric rail
way movements of the age. One thing the
deal means is an extension of the electric
lines to remote points from the original route
of the Mahanoy City, Shenandoah Girard
Vile and Ashland Street Railway, an eventual
development Of electric railway lines cover
ing hundreds Of miles.
To be more exact: Steps have already
been taken to construct electric railway
lines from Sunbury TO Shamokin, from
Shamokin to Mt Carmel, and the latter road
will be connected with the Ashland and
Centralia line, which is the outgrowth Of the
present Schuylkin Traction Company's line
and which will connect all the towns named
with Girardvlle, Mahanoy Plane, Gilberton,
Mahanoy City and Shenandoah.
The acquisition Of the newly announced
| Philadelphia capital and the purchase of the
! Schuyllsi1 Traction line means the construc-
| tion of direct connecting line between
! Shenandoah and Mahanoy City, the ultimate
construction of a line between the latter
town and Lakeside and a line under, a
charter already granted, from Hazleton to
! Mahauoy City, via Delano and Park Place.
| With line completed to Lakeside atten-
ii on will no doubt be given to the construc
tion Of short line that will connect the
summer resort with Tamaqua and this will
already chartered line from Tamaqua to
! Lansford and Summit Hill.
But this is not ALL With the lines ex
tended to the last named places it will be
found necessary to construct but short line
to make connection with Mauch Chunk and
then will follow linking with the chartered
electric line between Mauch Chunk and
Slatingtou. This will leave but small link
for construction to put the line in connection
with the electric railways now in operation
from Catasauqua to Bethlehem and about a
dozen more miles of road will make a
through electric line from Sunbury to
Easton.
In addition to the above extensions there
will be one or two side issues in connection
with Pottsville, st. Clair and Minersville via
two electric lines already chartered and the
Pottsville line now in operation The upper
region will also probably figure in the great
electric revolution by the extension of the
proposed Hazleton line to Wilkes Barre for
connection with the recently chartered and
much talked Of eighty-mile wind power
l road which is to connect Sunbury, Blooms
burg and Berwick with Wilkes Barre.
Some people may be incredulous and laugh
at the above forecast There were many who
ridiculed the HERALD four years ago when
it advocated electric lines for this section and
predicted their development Speed does
not enter into the question. When the road
are constructed the people will find that they
will be able TO travel from Easton to Potts
vile, Shenandoah, Shamokin, Hazeton
Wilkes Barre, Bloomsbury and Sunbury as
fast, and perhaps faster. than they can on the
Lehigh, Jersey Central and Reading lines o
to-day. The system of travel by electricity
is comparatively in its infancy to-day, but
! when long runs will be called for the speed
will be found at a pretty fair notch Al
: electric line one hundred miles of length, t,
( run from New York City into Connecticut j
s under construction and the projectors promis
) to carry its patrons from one end to the othe
at rate sof about seventy miles an hour,