The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-27
LORRAINE.
AT CLARK'S SUMMIT. THAT pICTUR
ESQUE SUBURB OF SUCH PIE.
NOMENAL GROWTH
Eighty ono Handsome Residences,
Church, Store and School Buildings
Erected Since June, '92-S12s,OOO
Spent in Building There Already.


Erected Since June, '92-S12s,OO0
Spent in Building There Already.
To describe in detail the rapid growth
to Clark's Summit during the last three
years would be too much of an under
taking. Briefly outlined the history of
this beautiful and accessible suburb is
as follows:
Early in 1892, Wood, Harmon & Co.,
justly known to fame as 1.-The largest
suburban real estate operators in the
world" came to Scranton in search of
a desirable location for a suburb. After
an exhaustive examination of various
properties, they visited Clark's Summit,
at that time merely railroad station
on the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, with a few scattered dwell
ings around it, inclusive of a couple
of small stores, a chapel and a school
house half mile away, with popula-
tion of scarcely more than a hundred
souls. Wood, Harmon & Co. at once
recognized the possibilities of the place
and Immediately bought the most de-
sirable piece of land on the market,
christened it Summit Park" and be-
gan to spend thousands of dollars in
laying out winding avenues, broad
streets, building sidewalks, planting
trees and in other ways beautifying
this charming place. Summit Park
was opened to the public May 8, 1892.
On that day over three thousand peo-
pie We're carried out in specials trains
at the firms expense.
Summit Park was an instantaneous
success; every lot was sold out in one
day. A year after, Wood Harmon &
Co. bought the adjoining property,
Summit Park Annex" laid it out in
the same attractive manner and sold it
with equal rapidity.
The result of the foregoing is that
public attention has been attracted to
this delightful section, and Clarks
Summit has consequently grown more
rapidly in the last three years than any
other of Scranton's suburbs. Eighty
one handsome buildings at an approx
mate cost of $125,OOO have been built
there since 1892.
Notably among them the Methodist
Episcopal church, at cost of 81, 500,
the South Aington high school, costing
$4,000, in addition to many important
business buildings, costing respectively
$4,000 to $4,000 each. The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad. in
response to public demand, has recently
greatly increased the railroad facilities,
Train No 20 leaves Clark's Summit at
6.25 a. m, arriving in Scranton at $50
a. M, thus enabling the working man.
clerk or mechanic to get to town in
good time for business.
Train No. 22, another early one. also
leaves Clark's Summit at 1882 a. M.
arriving in the city at 7.50 a. m. Eve.
ming trains leave Scranton for Clark's
Summit at and $40 p. m. The time
occupied in making the trip "a IL
minutes. The railroad fare to Clark's
Summit by Communication is only SK
cents.
One Of the surest indications OF the
growth of a place is the increase In
school enrollment. The number of
scholars in the South Arlington graded
school is gyeater today by 40 per cent.
than 1t was two years ago.
To add still further to the value of
Clark's Summit, we understand from
E. l.. Harmon, Wood. Harmon & Co.'s
Scranton manager, that the firm has
lately purchased the most desirablo
portion of the Nichols estate, which is
being cut up into over three hundred
handsome building lots. This new sub-
division will. be known as Lorraine"
Lorraine is bounded on the south by the
Factoryville and Arlington turnpike, its
southern territory lying in the busting
village Of Clark's Summit, while its
northern portion is only three minutes
walk from Clarks Green These rapidlv
growing villages will be directly con-
nected with Lorraine by Main avenue,
which starts with the intersection of
Winola road with the Factoryville and
Abingdon turnpike, and runs northward
right through Lorraine to the Philadel-
phia and Great Bend turnpike at
Clark's Green. Lorraine will be for
maily opened to the public on Thurs
day. Decoration Day, and two free ex-
cursion trains will leave Scranton sta-
ton, Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern main line, at 1890 a. m. and Lac
d. m.