The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
COMMUNICATION IS
AGAIN OPENED UP
Trains Once More Running in and Out of
Scranton-Aftermath of the Big Storm.
The Floods on the South Side.

only one railroad leading out of
Scranton remained unopened at IL
'clock last night. That was the Blooms
,urg division of the l.ackawanna
Water from the Susouehanna over
flowed the tracks at Avondaln to Il
lepth of several feet and completely
closed the road below plymouth. The
water was reported to be reccding. last
night. and by daybreak. Superintcnd-
"nt Rinc said, the, tracks ought to be
uncovered
The LackaWanna road was also
blocked at Nestal but by using the
parallel tracks ~ the Erie between
Dwego and Binghamton, delays were
obviated.
The Jersey Central below Wilkes
Barre and the Iehigh Valley at vari-
ous places were still blocked last night
but the Pennsylvania was opened
through to Harrisburg and from that
point almost Ill the state was acces-
sible.
The Lackawanna people spared no
money or labor to open up traffic, and
would have achieved its purpose Of
beating out all it's competitors to New
York and Philadelphia had it not been
for the pervcrsc conduct of the Della
ware river.
TROUBLE AT THE GAP.
Shortly after midnight. yesterday
morning, there was every prospect that
the road would be opened at daybreak
The work Ot repairing the damage at
Elmhurst. Gouldsboro and Pocono had
progressed so far that at a. NJ. word
WAS sent to all the hotels to appisc
HE guests anxious to get away in n
hurry that the LackawHnna would
start Il train south early in the morn
ing. not later than 1.30 o'clock.
This message had hardly been sent
when word came that the Delaware
was rapidly rising. At midnight it's
waters were two feet below the level Of
the track. At daybreak. through tho
whole length of the gap" there was
five feet of water on the tracks This
condition continued until noon yestcr-
day, when the waters began to reccde.
as rapidly as they had risen. and at 3
p. III. the message to Superintendent
Rine WAS that the tracks were clear,
and that Il party of officials on Il hand-
ear had inspected them and found them
uninjured.
1t was thercupOn decided to start n
train through for New York at $50 r.
IN. This was done, and it made the trip
without incident.
4 train from Buffalo that escaped the
Nestal washOut by taking to the Erie
tracks. from Owcgo to Binghamton.
reached here at 9.25 and shortly after
wards proceeded to New York. Four
through Lackawanna trains from Buf-
falo We're sent to New York by way OF
the Erie from Owego. The Erie was
sing the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western tracks west of Owcgo.
FIRST FROM NEW YORK.
Train No. %. due here on the I.acka-
Sanna from New York at S.55 p. m..
got through in good time. reaching
here at $40. 1t was sent on through
@ Buffalo This was the first train
rom New York since 11.30 p. m. Satur-
lay.
Two local trains each way We're run
between here and Bnghamton yester-
day. the trouble up the line having
been fixed up without much difficulty.
Trains will resume their regular
schedule this morning, Superintendent
Rine said last night, except on the
Bloom Trolley cars are running
from Bennett and Kingston to Wilkes
Barre and will meet all I.ackawanna
Tains today.
The first train to get started for New
York yesterday was on the Delaware
and Hudson. The LAP p. M. train
made connections with the Pcnnsyl-
vania at Wilkes-Barre and sent pas
sengers through by way of Harris
burg and Philadelphia. AT 30 the
Erie and Wyoming sent Il train to
IackawaXCn to connect with the Erie
for New York Both these trains car
ried American Federation of Labor
delegates and other storm-bound vsi
tors, but the most of the travellers
waited for the opening up of the
Lackawanna.
The Terry McCiovern theatrical
troupe took Il sleeper at the Lacka
wanna station Saturday night, expect
ing to be in New York in the morning
and Brooklyn the next night, when il
was to open an engagement at one
of the theaterS there. ON waking
Sunday morning and finding them
selves still here with no prospects Of
getting away for Il day or two, they
prepared to make themselves at home
at the expense OF the Pullman COM
pany.
PoRTER's PROTESTED.
The porter protested that they would
have to vacate the car, but the re-
used to so, arguing that they had en-
Tered the car with the understanding
they were to have herths therein unit!
iIoboken was reached, The Terrible
Terry and his company kept posses
sion of the car until yesterday at
noon, when word came that New York
could be reached by way of the Della
ware and Hudson and Pennsylvania,
Passenger Agent NJ. l.. Smith returned
all the money the company had given
up for transportation and sleepers ana
let them have the free use of the
lackaWanna baggage car, in winch
their trunks and stage trappings We're
stored. The ear and the company got
,In the Delaware and Hudson train,
and at 1.42 We're started for New York.
The Al Reeves company, which
played at the Star the last three days
of last week, could not get away, and
the Hurry Burly company, which was
to play there the first three days of
this week, was unable to get up from
Newark. Manager Harrington can
celed the Hurley -Burly company and
held the Al Reeves show for three
more days.
The Perry. Odell 4 O'Dee company
hound from Reading To Binghamton
by way of the Jersey Central and
Lackawanna, could not get out of
Renlinc