The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-03
ANOTHER TROLLEY
ROAD IS PROMISED
Citizens Street Railway Company Of
Lackawanna County Chartered.
THE CAPITAL STOCK IS szoO,oOo
Directors Are w. l.. COnneli, Plum.
mer s. Page, &. ii. Sceadt, III. IL.
Archer aud p. J. HOran..Thcy In.
tend to Build and Operate a Road
in Scranton and Its Vicinity.

There Is going to be a big street car
war in this town, and II Is going to
take place right away.
Yesterday the Citizens Street Rail-
way company, of Lackawanna county,
was chartered az Harrisburg with
capital Of 100000. and the following as
directors: ExMayor W. L. Connell
Plummer S. Page, president of the
passive Peoples Street Railway COM
pany; Charles II. Schadt. county treas
urer: II. H. Archer. ex-general man.
ager Of the Scranton Traction company,
and p. ]. Horan, the well-known Dun
more capitalist. Electricity will be
used as q motive power.
This company has been quietly or
ganizing during the past few months.
and only q few outside Of the imme-
diately interested parties knew any
thing Of 1t, further than what knowl-
edge was gained from vague rumors.
The fact that this city was not ac-
corded the best of treatment by the
Traction company had much to do in
encouraging the present company to
organize.
Having made all their plans and ar
ranged for every possible contingency
the company threw down the gauntlet.
1t was not surprise. altogether, to the
Traction people, but the strength of the
new company and the known push and
determination of the men composing 1t
is not the most pleasant subject of con-
temptation to the Traction officials.
WILL OPERATE THE ROAD.
The new company Is totally unlike
any of those recently organized, as 1t
does not merely intend to build q
"tenament" road through some few bor-
oughs or townships, but flrst-class.
thoroughly equipped, competing road
within the city limits, not to be rented
to the company now existing, but 10 De
operated by the builders.
1t will not be n paper road. Said one
of the directors last night to Tribune
reporter: "You can say to the people
through The Tribune, and hold me re-
sponsible for the truth of the state
ment, that our company will ask for
twenty-five miles of the city streets,
and If granted to us we will build and
operate a flrst-class, modern street
railway on them"
While the present company controls
by franchise nearly every desirable
street in the city the new company Is
not whit deferred in bidding for twen-
| ty-five miles of streets, some Of which
| are already carried by franchises. The
new company will go into councils and
demand that the old company take ad-
vantage Of the privileges which have
been granted them or give up their
franchises as fast as the two years
time limit expires. They will then make
favorable propositions for the fran
chise on those streets.
The Traction company will not be idle
all this time, as can be verify believed
and the consequence will be that pos
sibly. the greatest franchise fight this
city ever witnessed will occupy the at
tention Of councils during the coming
months.
The details of the new company's
plans are kept quiet, but 1t is reason
able to believe that it will confine its
main operations to the city proper.
The men composing the Citizens
company are as a whole or In part, in
terested in several of the smaller COM
.panies recently organized to build and
| operate extensions up and down the
valley. The proposed new road, which
will gridiron Dunmore and open up the
county along the back road through
Throop and other towns as far us the
valley as Winton. is said to be con-
trolled by the Citizens company.
They also control other spurs and
evidently have another planned, as
there is to be five miles of road built
outside the city according to the provi-
sions of the charter granted yesterday.