The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-18
Lakeside Railway Officials are
Highly Grati6ed.
A VISIT BY OFFICIALS
The Centre Street Grade Crossing Of the
Lehgh Valley Railroad Has Been
Abandoned and it is Now Proposed to
Cross at Oak Street by Bridge.

The Lakeside Electric Railway is doing
an excellent business for a starter, in fact
| the returns from fares have been so grati-
| flying that the company will run four cars
| regularly as soon as two additional turn
outs can be made, which will be accom-
plished within the next few days. Oneof
the cars made returns for 3!O passengers
! on nine-hour run Wednesday.
Only two cars are run on the branch at
present, one leaving each terminus stimuli
| taneously. The actual running time
from terminus to terminus is 21 minutes,
remarkably good time, but the manage
ment say the time will be reduced as
the new cars and rails have the trough
edges" worn OFF and the bonding and
wiring of the road is more complete
There is no return current wire between
Jackson's patch and the Mahanoy termi-
nus, but 1t will be put on during the next
| few days.
The pleasure tourists over the road are
quite numerous and they find the trip a
delightful one. The Journey over the
hills from Gatesville to Mahanoy City
| affords a splendid view of all parts of the
| Mahanoy valley as far west as Ashland,
which in itself is great attraction and a
| trip up and down the heavy grades and
over the famous SwitChback
Many visitors have viewed the arr nge
ment of the power house at Mahanuy
| City with admiration. 1t is undoubtedly
| a remarkably completed plant. Every
| thing in it seems perfect The company
seems to have given attention to details
| regardless OF expense. The two great, vet
compac', automatic compound kodak
| WOrthingtOn engines, combined with the
great genel ators, are marvels OF mechan-
| ism, They work with the smoothn ass and
! regularity of a first class sewing machine
| but with much less noise All the parts
work in Oil There is tank in each en-
gine which holds IS gallons of lubricating
| oil. 1t keeps every part of the machinery
well supplied and need be filed but once
| a year.
The switch board in the power house is
another attractive feature. The iudica-
tors are in glass cases with brass trim
mings and all the switches which must be
operated by hand and cannot therefore be
covered are placed upon neat marble slabs.
The whole plant is as much superior to
the one at Girardville as a Pullman
palace car is to an ordinary passenger
coach.
Hon. ID. ID. Phillips, the treasurer of the
road, is in full charge of the office at the
Mahanoy City terminus. Owing to tn
absence of Capt. Bailey in philadelphla,
this week, he has been general hustler
ductors, taking time OF arrivals and de-
partures and experimenting the opera
lions generally.
The offices are located at the Centre
street terminus of the line and consists of
two neatly furnished apartments on the
first floor The front room is nicely
carpeted and furnished with a banking
counter, a safe, a handsome parlor heater
and a round topped desk. The rear room
is neatly furnished for meetings of the
officials, The offices are located near the
power house, so that all officials and en-
ployes at the Mahanoy City end are
within easy reach and may be consulted
at any time.
The eight-wheel cars will be run reQu
larly after next Monday They seat fifty
passengers comfortably and run over the
road with even better motion than the
smaller cars. The trucks of the large
cars work upon the pivot plan, which
does away with the slightest lurching and
jolting of the bodies.
The first car leaves Mahanoy City at
$3.50 a. m. and the last leaves Shenandoah
at 10 p. M, but this schedule is only a
temporary one. 1t will soon be changed
and cars will run from n. m. until mid
night. This change will be made as soon
as the additional turnouts can be com
pleted. One will be located above Glen
don and the other midway between Shen-
andoah and Jacksons
The company is at present employing
twenty eight men. OF these the two
regular crews are Patrick Welsh motor
man, Howard Medlar, conductor; John
Fl, James, motOrman, and Daniel Wal
ters, conductor.
It is quite likely that the hitch in con
nection with the complet on of the SheL-
andoah end of the line will be adjusted
tomorrow. The Lakeside company has
abandoned the idea of crossing the Lehigh
Valley tracks on Centre street and to-
morrow a meeting will be held at Nah |
anoy City and Shenandoah to de / q |
upon change of route. 1t is proposed to |
run south on Bowers street from Centre |
to Oak, and then run west on Oak, by |
bridging the Lehigh railroad, and make |
connection, in the event of ConsOlida- |
tion, with the Schuylkill Traction Com |
pany's line at the corner Of Main and Oak |
streets. |
Tomorrow a party of the Lakeside |
Electric Railway officials stockholders |
and directors, among them President
Dallas Sanders and John A. Johann, OF |
Philadelphia, will arrive in Mahanoy
City They will make an excursion to |
Shenandoah over the electric and meet |
Rollin II. Wilbur, general superintendent |
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, to con
suit on the Oak street bridge project. At |
p. m the party will return to Mahanoy
City and dine as the guests of Mr. p. Cor |
man, proprietor of the Mansion House.
The afternoon will be devoted to a bust
ness meeting and at 6;37 p. m. the Philadel |
phia officials will start for home in their |
special p, & r. car.
Treasurer Phillips stated yesterday that |
Civil Engineer Mark Bowman is finishing |
his surveys for the Lakeside extension OF |
the railway as rapidly as possible and |
that in course of week or two the con |
tract for the construction will be awarded |
1t is calculated that the extension can be |
finished within two months and the com
pany hopes to have it completed by
August lst.