The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-13
TALES OF
THE TROLLEY.
Electric Railways to Penetrate All
Parts Of the Region.
MANY SCHEMES ON FOOT
A Suggestion That the Old Lines Are
Taking an Interest in Travel by
Electricity Many Possibilities.

There is considerable speculation as to |
the future OF the electric railways in this |
region aud it was increased by a recent |
publication in one of the county papers
to the effect that the Traction Company,
the Lakeside and Pottsville railways were
about to combine.
The reported combination was purely
imaginary. Nothing definite in that
connection can be stated at the present
time, but the basis of this article has been
CLEANED from gentleman who is well
posted on the different electric railway
interests in this region and may be ac-
cepted as about as near correct as any
thing aside from a positive announce
ment.
There is no doubt that the Schuylkill
Traction aud Lakeside Railway compan.
les will eventually be controlled by one
corporation. A consolidation is an Rc-
knowledged certainty. Ii is well known
that nearly all The men who have an in,
terest in one company are also interested
in the other, and little more than a public
announcement is required to make the
combination complete. ~
In the event Of a consolidation the two
roads will be under the management OF
E. w. Ash, who has so efficiently super
vised the interests of the Traction Com
pany.
But before the consolidation can be
perfected there are several matters to be
adjusted and one of them is the compile
tiop of +ba coDnoctin,, 1inlr or Gilbartor
The track which was torn up in the riot
of August 21st, 1898, is still out of place
and the transfer system is still in vogue,
but there is reason to believe that this
embarrassment will soon be overcome,
and the line between Gilberton and Nah
anoy City will be once more through
one. This is one of the matters that re
quires adjustment before the conso!ida
tion Can take place, and public opinion
warrant the belief that the link will be
completed at no distant day.
In point of extension the Lakeside
Railway Company is very anxious to
reach Lakeside, but it holds the stand
that it is not fair thatit should contribute
to the prosperity of that summer resort
without prospects other than returns in
fares. The company wants concessions
from the ptoprietors of the resort and it
is qaite likely they will get them before
the opening of next spring.
If the Lakeside Railway reaches Lake
side a through electric railway connection
between Shenandoah and Tamaqua may
| be looked upon as a certainty
| 1t is more than probable that the war
now being waged between the Inter Coun-
| way interests will soon be settled and the
railway from Tamaqua to Lansford will
be completed Considerable work has al
ready been done on this branch, Mr.. p. j.
Ferguson, of Shenandoah, is inter
e. ted in the Tamaqua-Lansford Railway
Company aud the Importance OF having
shenandoah connected with Lakeside can
readily be imagined. The Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company now has
a monopoly of all traffic between this
part of the region and Lakeside There
is a bare possibility that the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company may some day
control the Lakeside Railway Company.
Mr.. Ferguson is also interested in the
Hazleton- AudeGreid electric railway
that is reaching towards Silver Brook.
This road will eventually strike Delano.
and then-there you are line from
Locust Dale to Hazleton, Tamaqua and
Lansford.
The Tamaqua. Pottsville electric rail
way project is still in an embryo state,
but the opening of mine workings in the
territory to be covered will soon put new
life into it.
The Pottsyille Traction Company is
planning to extend its lines in all direc-
tions It will in time reach Schuylkin
Haven, Port Clinton and Hamburg and
on the latter system will probably make
connection with the Reading system at
Temple. All the rights of way have been
secured and the roads will be constructed
very soon.
The proposed extension of the Pottsville
system to Frackville, which originated
with the Sadler syndicate, will hardly as
! sumo material proportions within year.
Should this branch be constructed the
line must necessarily be a competing one
( as the contributing population is not larga
enough to support lines such as are oper
ated in Shenandoah and like places. Such
a road would ultimately lead to an elec-
tric railway connection between Potts
vile and Shenandoah,
An application is about to be made for
a charter by new Pottsville Traction
/ Company. The objects of this company
have not been made known. but it is
rumored that extensions 10 points north
of the Broad Mountain are proposed,