Evening journal., 1900-10-11

Personally Conducted Autumn Leaf
Tour to Mauch Chunk, switch-bacIS
and Glen OnolSo via an Entirely
New Route
For Saturday next, October 10. the
Philadelphia a Reading Railway Com
pgny has arranged for a trent In the
way OF a personally-conducted select
one-day tour to Mauch Chunk, Glen
Cnoho and a ride over the Switchhack.
This trip vii. be made over an entirely
new route.
A special well-equipped train, con-
sisting cf first-cass coaches, viii leave
Wilmington, French street. at Z a. m,
running via Reading then to TamaQua
without q stop. AT this point the Ia
maqua and Lansl1rd trolley cars viii
be boarded for an eight-mlle run TO
Summit Hhl (the town on the top OF
the mountains), running through Pan
thsr Creek valley, right in the heart OF
the anthracite mining region OF East-
ern Pennsylvania, passing numerous
coal breakers and huge culm banks,
through the model mining town OF
lAnsford. also the burning mines. a
stretch OF coal land which has been on
fire for more than forty years. the
smoke OF which can be seen coming
from the ground at all times, and,
strange to say. man has never been
able to extinguish It,
IL was In this valley that coal was
first discovered IN Pennsylvania IN
1871 The mines In the Panther Creek
valley district are the only ones OF the
entire anthracite region OF Pennsyl-
vania that are In operation at the pres.
ent time. these not being affected by
the strike.
AZ Summit Hin the excursionists will
have time 20 visit the burning mines
and workings. At this point special
cars VIII be provided for a trip over the
Switchback railroad (through the
Switzerland of Ammica). which IS one
Of the remarkable feats OF early raii-
road engineering ana enjoys the proud
distinction Of being the oldest railroad
IN America, having been In operation
since 1927 Originally designed as q
means OF transporting the precious
black diamonds TO the market. Il has
long since been given over TO carrying
delighted excursiOnists. thousands of
whom enjoy this ride annually.
The magnificent scenery which greets
the enchanted eye at every turn (espe-
c.ally this season OF the year, beggars
description. Once you are carried 10
the top OF a lofty mountain. the cars
gradually glide along by gravity over
its slnuous steel path to the base OF an
other to again be drawn TO the top
and the exhilarating ride by gravity Is
repeated all The while viewing nature
lin Kaleidoscope changes. Such, IN
brief. Is the experience OF q person who
lis fortunate enough to take advantage
lof this world-famed trip.
Tho exceedingly low rate Of $3.50 has
been named. covering the entire trip
side trip may be made TO Glen
lOnol1o. tickets for which can be pro-
cured on the train at an additional
cost OF Is cents. On the return the
last car will leave Switchbask staten
(Mauch Chunk at D. m, over the
Plains OF Mt. Pisgah and Mt Jefftr.
lson. the former an almost sheer ascent
Of 1922 feet and the latter 2070 feet
The special train VIII leave Tamaqu,
at $50 p. m, running on fast schedule
arriving at destination (home) at al
early hour.
Information cheerfully furnishe,
upon application to Philadelphia an,
Reading railway agents, or addressing
G. B. Kaufman, travelling passenge
agent, No. 81 North Sixth street, Read
ing. who wiz accompany the excursio.
with his assistants.