The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-20
OPENING UP THE Street
An Entrance 10 the ElmhurSt Boulevard Is
Now Being Constructed.
TRACTION COMPANY Doing work
II Is Grading Mulberry Street From
Prescott to Arthur Avenue-The
Nay Aug Line Will Be Continued
Along the New Thoroughfare to
Nay Aug FalIs-6oulevard Will Be
Completed August Is.

During the recent and prevailing
spell OF talk and hustle over real estate
deals and paving, sewer and building
improvements, very important piece
OF work lain operation aud has been lost
sight OF In theswirl and whirl of enter.
priaes located particularly in the cen
trail city-The opening and extending
of four blocks of Mulberry street from
Prescott to Arthur avenue is alluded to,
Additional importance is attached to
this statement from the fact that the
Scranton Traction company will build
its Nay Aug line on this street and
TO the falls. Incidentally the new route
will make the Transit connections with
the terminus Of the new Elmhurst
boulevard ut Arthur avenue.
The Lackawanna Iron and Steel cCm-
Dany, which owns the area bounded by
Linden and Vine streets and Prescott
and Arthur avenues, formed compact
with the Traction company during Mr..
ArcEer'S regime, whereby the Traction
company was to open and grade Null
berry street to Arthur avenue. and in
consideration therefor were 10 be
granted the privilege OF extending =
single track through tho strset to Ar
thur avenue, where turn nothward
ward Nay Aug falls would be made.
For some time the Traction company
hos had small force of men working
on the extension. aud the street has
been made fairly passabls to Colfsx
| avenue.
WORK NOW BRING PUSHED
Engineer Mates Of the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel company, recently called
on General Manager Beetem aud ask .d
that "a larger force of men be employed d
and that the work b. more rapidly
performed, Mr.. Beetem said that
while he supposed two years was the
time stipulated in which the work
should be completed he was perfectly
willing to increase the force of labor
ers aud finish the extension this season.
He accordingly instructed Mr.. Fox,
the compsny's engineer, to proceed
forthwith with an increased force and
hurry the work along,
| Since this talk between Mr.. Mates
and Mr.. Beetem the Traction company
has made grade in the middle OF the
street and will soon lay track for
dirt cars. When this advance in the
grading is reached it will only occupy
u few weeks more to make Mulberry
street an approach for carriages going
to or coming from the terminus of the
boulevard. In this connection it may
be mentioned that the material for the
boulevard bridge over the Roaring
brook is expected next week aud the
bnilding of the structure will only oc-
cupy two weeks time.
The present passable route for car
riages to the boulevard terminus al
Arthur avenue is via Mulberry street
to Wheeler avenue, to Linien street
and thence TO Arthur avenue. Hdr
rison avenue is open only portion o
the distance from Mulberry to Linder
street Linden street from the present
terminus on the hill is not passabls fo
conveyances until its junction will
Wheeler avenue, which explains thu
MULBERRY Whesler-Linisn route t
reach Arthur avenue and the boule
ward.
Colonel U g, Schoonmaker stated t.
II TRIBUNE reporter yesterday that th
boulevard would probably be com.
pleted by Aug 10