The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-24
Scranton and the Lackawanna valley

that greeted their eyes.
About mile from Nay Aug falls the
party came to a half mile stretch OF
road sixty feet in width which had been
rolled to the finish of asphalt. This,
Mr.. Crawford explained, is one of the
speeding" grounds where ambitious
drivers may test their steeds. At this
point a kite shaped one-half mile track
has been surveyed on the mountain top,
and Will be built as soon as the work on
the boulevard Is finished.
Cheering the Stars and Stripes.
AT the camp of Italian road builders
near by the Stars and Stripes floated
from wire stretched across the road,
and from many sapplings at the road
side. The enthusiasm of the pleasure
seekers gave vent in loud cheering as
the vehicles passed under the banner.
Beyond the camp the finished road was
reached, and as the roadsters trotted
around the sharp curves at this point
with Nay Aug and Roaring Brook sew
eral hundred feet below them, the spir-
It's of both horse and driver seemed to
rise In unison, and in minute or two
there was a free-for-all race down the
road, in which nearly every driver
seemed anxious to lead. AS the process
sion whirled past the handsome new
toll house many Of the drivers on heav-
lily freighted vehicles pulled In their
horses and left the track clear.
Levi Patterson, of Carbondale; Lon
Payne, j. Frank Seigel and other
drivers of blooded stock, availed them
selves OF the clear roadway and soon
disappeared over the hill leading down
to Elmhurst.
la q lf1A11 1pct fla,
hotel is closed for the season. The
teams were turned homeward after a
drive about the Schoonmaker plot, and
the racing mania seemed to again take
firm hold of every one who held the rib
bons. When one considers that the
roundabout approach to the Boulevard
made the distance from Scranton to
Elmhurst and return nearly twenty
miles; and that much time was con-
sumed in passing over the gravity road
approach and the Petersburg hills, and
that the entire trip was made in two
and one-half hours, some idea of the
time made by the flyers on the main
road can be gained. The excursion
lists returned loud In their praise of the
road and the enterprising citizens to
whom Scrantonians are indebted for
the unsurpassed driveway.
Members of the Party.
Among the parties who enjoyed the
drive yesterday were: Mr.. and Mrs.
I. H. Watkins, Mr.. and Mrs. e. l.. Full
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. e. N. Willard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs. H. p.
Simpson, Mrs. c. d. Simpson, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. G. Kerr Mr.. and Mrs. Alex.
Dunn, Colonel U. G. Schoonmaker, Mr..
and Mrs. C. B. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. w. Kingsbury, Mrs H. A. Kings
bury, Mrs. Il. p. Kingsbury, Mrs. Mil
ton Blair, Mrs. William Matthews, Mrs
w. A. Coleman, Mrs. u. G.. Coursen
Mrs. Charles Law, of Pittston; Mr.. and
Mrs. Archer Law, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
A. Summers, Mr.. and Mrs. John Fritz
Miss Mabel Fritz, Mrs. w. w. Berry
Mrs. Henry Belin, Miss Belin, Mrs. n
| G. Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII j
| Finch, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Peck, DR.
and Mrs. c. r. Parke, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred White, Mr. and Mrs. G. Parker
Davidson, Mrs. William Silkman anC
party, Miss Archibald, Miss Downs, OF
Germantown; Miss Howells, Misses
Norton, Mr.. A. d. Pierson and Miss
Pierson, Mrs. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Christy, w. H. Geaphart
and family, G. d. Jones, Cur
tbs Crane, DR.. Wentz, DR.. Nc
Donald, William Shelley, Luther
Kellar, M. T. Kellar and party, Franl
Hazard, Roswell Patterson, s. Fl
| Kingsbury, Louis Bunnell Eugen,
] Davis, @. b. Price, Merle ]. Wightman
| I. p. Duffy. Fred Hand, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Merrifield. DR.. Surge, Tx,
| Brown, H. Ladwig, John Burke, Timo
| thy Burke and many Others
| Although work is still In progress, tn,
| boulevard Is now open for publi
travel and can be reached by tn
| Petersburg hill road until the Nay lAul
bridge is completed.