The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-23
ADJUSTMENT Is In VIEW.
Railway Officials Confsrriug with p. J.
Mulherin and Louis Repp.

Railway Officials Confsrriug with p. J.
Mulherin and Louis Repp.
Several conferences have been held
recently between officials OF the Lacka-
wanna Street Railway company and
=. ]. Mulherin and Louis Repp, the
Old Forge property owners who took
legal steps to prevent the company
from laying trolley road in front of
their properties on the main road be-
tween this city and Pittston.
While an agreement has not yet been
reached between the company and
these men II Is reported that matters
are so shaping themselves that within
month the company will be able to
lay Its tracks from Rendham. the pres
ent terminus Of the road, to the county
where connection will be made with
the lines Of the Wyoming Valley Trac-
ton company. That will give direct,
continuous line OF electric roads from
Forest City to Nanticoke, passing
through this city en- route.
At present the line OF the Lackawan-
ma Street Railway company IL operat-
ed as far as South Taylor by the Scran-
ton Traction company. At the expira-
ton Of a week the cars Of the Traction
company will be running to Rendham.
A clause In the franchise under which
the tracks were laid provides that
tenders must be used on the cars. Just
as soon as the Traction company sue
ceeds In equipping the cars of that
line with tenders the patrons of the
road will be carried as far as Rend-
ham. No one can tell when the link
to Duryea, connecting with the Wy
oming Valley Traction company's road,
will be completed, but some are of the
opinion that 1t will be in operation
within four months.
On the East Side Of River.
Every effort Is also being made to get
the line on the east side Of the river
which runs through Minooka, Moosic
and Duryea through to PittstOnA Al
though the Delaware and Hudson Ca
nal company has taken an appeal to
the Superior court from the decision Of
Judge Gunster In the Moosic crossings
injunction proceedings, the officers of
the Scranton and Pittston Passenger
Railway company are confident that
they will be allowed to cross the Della
ware and Hudson tracks In the man
ner prescribed by Judge Gunster.
The crossing to be used near the
'Moosic station, where the track Of the
trolley company will cross the tracks
Of the Delaware and Hudson Canal
company at grade, Is being prepared.
and workmen are excavating at
Starks Patch, a short distance fur
ther south, where Judge Gunster d.
rected the trolley road to pass under
the steam road.
At Smithville, in Luzerne county,
where the electric road has to cross
the Leh!gh Valley and Delaware and
q mil hn
used to carry the trolley road over
both railroads. 1t is now being con-
structed.
The only other obstacle to the COM
pletion Of the road exists In Pittston
city, where there Is dispute as to the
manner in which the rails shall be put
down. The dispute interferes with the
construction of the last link Of the road,
about 5000 feet in length. This last
mentioned obstacle Is by no means an
insurmountable one, and In all proba-
bility will settle itself to the satlsfac-
tion Of all concerned in the very near
future.
Two Injunctions Mile.
The construction OF the lines down
the valley have been beset by all man.
ner Of difficulties. but they have been
overcome one by one and only a few
now remain. When these are sur
mounted there will be two lines to
Pittston and all of the small towns on
both sides of the river between the two
cities will have direct communica ton
with Scranton.
In the construction Of the road on
the west side of the river the company
was served with an average Of two in
unctions for every mile Of track laid.