The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-03
THOSE MOOS|C CROSSINGS
Judge Gunster Has Made kaowh His
Fipal Decision In the Natter.
MUST TUNNEL IN ONE PLACE
Al Moosls station Electric Road Car
Gross at Gradc-TrastiOn Offlc Are
Sstisfied-WOrk Besun On Jessup
Rosd-Thc Taylor Extension.


Judge Gunster yesterday made known
what decision he has arrived at In
reference to the crossing at Moosic.
where the hne OF the Scranton and
Pittston Traction company and the
Delaware and Hudson railroad tracks
meet ut right angles. The court Will
allow the street car company TO cross
the railroad tracks ut grade at the
Moosic station. but the street cars must
20 Under the railroad tracks at the Sec
ond crossing on Spring street.
A Tribune reporter interviewed the
officials OF the street car company and
learned that the action OF the court, as
far as the second crossing Is concerned.
Is entirely satisfactory. and without de-
lay the contract will be let TO tunnel
the railroad tracks and go under them.
This crossing. Judge Gunster declared.
would be too dangerous to cross at
grade as there is wide curve right be-
low 1t. and there would be no telling
when a passenger train might come
wheeling along at a high rate Of speed
and das,a into a street car filled with
passengers.
The question was asked Of one Of the
street car officials II the action Of Judge
! Gunster In regard to the second cross
Ing would be appealed to the supreme
court. and he said positively no; II the
court Is of the opinion that It would be
the street car company does not want
to aim at doing anything which will be
against the safety Of its passengers and
is entirely willing to abide by the de-
cision and bore tunnel II will not be
difficult matter to do by any means,
as the approaches on both sides Of the
| railroad tracks are inclined.
Crossing Not So Dangerous.
The Moosic depot crossing Is NOT so
dangerous. as the trains either north or
south bound near 1t under full control
and up and down they can be seen COM
Ing in time to prevent an accident.
There are three other crossings be-
tween Moosic and Pittston and the mat
ter Is pending I'm the Luzerne county
courts. and 1t Is expected that q settle
ment will be reached soon. The Trac-
ton company will be satisfied with the
decision of the court In these cases. too:
but does not expect that any impossible
conditions will be imposed. Not any Of
these three crossings in Luzerne county
are very dangerous to cross at grade,
ard the expectation Is that the court
will dissolve the injunctions restrain
ing the street car company from going
across.
| With the exception Of the FIVE cross
ings and about 5000 feet of track along
William street. Pittston, the line is
built from Scranton to the Lehigh Val
ley station on Water street In that city.
| Judge Gunster has not filed his opin-
ion yet, but when he does the street car
company will proceed at once to lay the
Moosic station crossing and begin on
the tunnel at the second one.
An electric road will be in operation
between Scranton and Jessup by the
middle of September. The company
that will own and conduct II Is the
Lackawanna Traction company, ex-
Congressman Lemuel Amerman, presi-
dent. The contract of building the
road has been let to Joseph Page, a
brother Of Contractor p. 8. Page, and
he placed gang Of men at work yes
terday in Throop borough.
Matters Not Yet Decided.
Mr.. Amerman was seen yesterday
afternoon at his Office in the Coal Ex-
change. He said 1t has not been decid-
ed yet whether the street cars will run
through from Jessup to Scranton, or
| !, OF h.. hn Oh t~n
ferred to the cars Of the Scranton Trac-
ton company on the Green Ridge Peo-
pies line.
The Jessup road will run down
through Throop borough and connect at
the present terminus Of the Peoples
line. However. 1t may be arranged
so that the cars will use the People, 8
tracks and run through to Lackawanna
avenue without change. Another mat
ter that has not been definitely settled
Is whether a power house shall be built
near Olyphant. or motive power rented
from the Scranton Traction company.
These are matters that will be satisfac-
torily settled at the proper time; suffice
1t to say that 1t Is the aim Of the COM
/ pany to give good and regular service to
Its patrons along the proposed line.
| BY the end Of the week the track will
be laid as far as Rendham on the Tay-
lor extension, and 1t will be kept UP
steadily until It is laid to Duryea to
connect with the line built to that
point from Pittston along the back
road. The workmen yesterday had fin
lshed the extension as far as the lower
portion of the borough and heretofore
at different points patches Of track
| have been put down.