The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

| The road again changed hands in 1893,
when the entire system, including the
| lines Of The Valley Passenger Railway
company; the Scranton and Pittston
Traction comparB; the Scranton and
Earbondale Traction company, and the
LackaWanna Valley Traction company,
passed under control of the Scranton
! Traction company.
On January J, 1897. the company was
again rcorgani2od under the name of
the Scranton Railway company with
officers as follows: President, c. NJ.
! Clark, Philadelphia; vice president, J.
/ p. Islsey, Philadelphia; secretary, and
treasurer, c. Ford Stevens, Phiadel-
| phia; general manager, Frank SILL
man, jr., Scranton.
Under the new organization and
management the road has developed to
a remarkable degree, and the service
| mas been constantly improved. Tho
company now controls over ffty-two
miles of track and its branches reach
nearly every hamlet from Peckville to
! Tittston; while the Crosstown and
! other lines of the city of Scranton by
! the means of an excellent transfer
system, afford q first-class service to
! the residents of the city. The rolling
!
cars, and also snow sweepers, wreck
/ cars, repair trucks, etc, and over six
ty cars are in actull service daily. The
comfort Of patrons on the various
lines has been heightened by the ad-
dition Of ten new Vestibule cars of the
latest design twenty-eight feet in
| length which are furnished with rat
! tan seats and contain all Of the most
recent improvements suggested by the
street car inventor.
Trips are made every four minutes
at an average speed of seven miles an
| hour. And the rolling stock travels
100000 miles annually. the fare to,
or from any point in the city is five
cents. BY the transfer system, which
has been one of the benefits of the
consolidation of the roads, enc may
ride from the western limits of Hyde
Park to Dunmore corners, Il distance
OF nearly seven miles, for five cents.
| Within the past two or three years
many thousands Of dollars have been
expended in making repairs to the road
beds and many of the lines have been
practically rebuilt during the time.
To the keen observer it will be ap-
parent that Scranton, which won the
title of Electric City" by being
among tn9 ItSt TO use lns motor on
street cars, has not been outlistanced
in the matter of Improvements in the
system and a comparison OF the ten
cent -a-mile service Of a quarter of q
century ago with the splended accom-
modations of today will convince the
reader that there arc ample evidences
Of the wonderful Advancement of the
Electric City and her institutions.
Another feature OF the management
of the road which deserves especial
mention is the personnel Of the employ
es. While it is difficult to secure per-
lection in this important matter at
all times, the utmost care is taken in
the selection of men to handle the cars,
and the apparent freedom from acci-
dent on the road is evidence that rare
wisdom has been shown in securing
men for these positions of responsible
lity. In the matter of interest taken
in the comfort and safety of it's pas
sengers The Scranton Railway COM
pany has not peer in the street car
service of the world.