The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-03

and returned at o'clock. President
Truesdale and General Superintendent
Clark spent the interim together con-
sulting over the matter of keeping the
road clear.
Several thousand men were stationed
in gangs along the whole length of the
main line all of Saturday and yesterday
repairing the breaks caused by the
flood. General Superintendent Clarke
and Division Superintendent Rine re-
mained up all night directing the work.
Nearly all the other officials likewise
put in Il straight twenty-four hours
shift
Two trains for New York were start
ed out yesterday afternoon, one before
and the other after the presidents
special. News of the resumption of
traffic was sent to all the big hotels in
the two valleys, and when the first
train pulled into the Scranton station
headed for New York, two hundred be-
lated passengers, including many from
Wilkes Barre and the Tim Murphy
company from CarbOndale, set up a
rousing cheer.
ACCEPTED TICKETS.
10 save possible hardships the Lack
awanna officials gave out the an
nouncement that tickets of foreign
companies, even though out-of-date,
would be accepted. A poor woman
with several children who had trans
portation on the Delaware and Hudson
and Lehigh Valley from Carbondale to
Philadelphia was furnished with a pass
to New York and ticket on the Penn
sylvania from there to Philadelphia.
The Tim Murphy company had Della
ware and Hudson and Lehigh Valley
transportation to New York. The Lack
aWanna company accepted it. The
"Our Minister company went to New
York on the Lackawanna and thence by
the Pennsylvania to Wilmington, Del,
where it is billed to play tonight.
The first train to be sent north yes
terday, one made up here to take the
place of the 1.55 p. in flyer. The $50
p. m. train from New York came
| through all right and proceeded north.
1t was only about an hour late.
On the Bloom" division of the Lack
awanna, things are not quite so rosy.
The Plymouth and DanVille stations
are reported to be floating about like
huge houseboats and the tracks in that
locality for several miles are under
water. Superintendent Rine and a
number of officials We're down there
yesterday.
The Delaware and Hudson company
resumed traffic Saturday and kept it's
road open continuously. Only one
track could be used yesterday where
| the washout occurred at Miners Mills
Neither the Ontario and Western or
Jersey Central made any effort to run
| trains. They expect to be opened up
today.
| Street car traffic was resumed early
Saturday morning and no Interruptions
have since occurred.
DALTON CREEK.
The creek running through Dalton
| became a fierce, rushing river Friday
and overfiowed it's banks in many
places. People living on the lowlands
had to move with their stock to higher
ground, An abutment of the new stone
arch culvert was washed out and the
| bridge collapsed. 1t was feared that
the Glenbuln dam would burst and
persons living in the track the water
| would take If released deserted their
| nOllltS until lllc udlStl ldA
The Scranton Tribune was the only
! paper to reach the upper valley Satur-
| day. 1t cost many times the value of
| the papers and no end of really thrilling
experiences to distribute the papers
| through the flooded valley but The
Tribune got there just the same" on
| the Olyphant flats, two Tribune men
with team and wagon, drove off the
road in fog, and got into water that
made the horse give up walking and
took to swimming. The occupants of
the wagon stood on the seat, but even
at that got their feet wet, Some of
the papers We're soaked but not made
illegible.
The Elmira Telegram printed its
| Scranton edition here. Local Manager
p. A. Barrett anticipated the possibil-
ity of the tie-up of the Lackawanna
and made arrangements that insured
to the local readers the delight of an
hour or so with Casey" ct al The New
York and Philadelphia papers arrived
here on the Lackawnna yesterday af-
! ternoon.
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