The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-27

Conductor Z. T.. Duffy, of this city,
has in his possession an interesting
relic of the early days of railroading
on the Lackawanna-time table NO. j,
of the Northern division of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and western, is-
sued April 5, 1869. 1t Is made especial
" interesting when described by Mr..
Duffy because he is one OF the rev
surviving railroaders who used 1t ana
can tell of the incidents of those days
when passengers on the "hyer," some
times took a hand at helping load up
the tender with fuel from one of the
big wood piles scattered at frequent
intervals along the whole length of the
road.
The time table Is a single sheet 5X1o,
printed in about the same style OF type
as is now used, the table on one side
and the rules on the reverse. The IN
structions printed beneath the table
consist of forty-two words and deal
solely with the rights of first-class
trains over second class. and second
class over third. The rules are ten in
number No. 1 deals with the rights or
coal trains going north against those
going south; No. 2, deals with cross
ing bridges and trestles; No. 3, with
extras; No. d. with passing keyser
Valley junction: No. 5, with mine en-
gines; No. 6. with late trains; NO. Z,
with the designation Of what is to be
regarded as Factoryville station: NO.
s. with Factoryville tunnel; No. 2,
with the rights of one first class train
over the other, and No. 10. is an an
division
rules will be observed generally on the
Northern division.
Six trains are listed on the table,
Nos. /, 3, 5, Z, 23 and 81. No. 1 was the
mail which left Scranton at $50 p. M,
and arrived at Great Bend at 60 p. m.
Returning it left Great Bend at $50
a. M, and arrived at Scranton at a..
m. The distance is As miles Mail
trains now make the run in an hour.
No. % was an accommodation; No. 3,
a freight, and the other three. coal.
The freight and coal trains were sched-
uled to make the trip from Scranton
to Great Bend in six hours. and they
did-sometimes.
Conductor Duffy was a brakeman
on train No. Z. His conductor was
Amos Carroll. who later became road
master on the Delaware and Hudson,
and is now farming at Factoryville.
The mail train was run by Lynn
dudley, of Binghamton, and Louis
Sayres, of Binghamton. recently de-
ceased. Emery Dekay. now conductor
on Trains 1 and 2, was brakeman on
Conductor Dudley's train.
William Wolfe, of Scranton, now con-
ductor on the wreck train, was con-
ductor of No. 3. the single freight train
that ran in 1869. John King, now de-
ceased was conductor on the accom-
modation Erastus Finn, deceased,
was conductor on No. s. and James
Ganvorr, now in the west; William
Blake, deceased: James Sergeant, de-
ceased and Elias Smith, deceased, late
of Elmira; Thomas Summerton. of
Great Bend, and John Read. OF Great
Bend, deceased, ran the other coal
trains and the extras.
w. f. Hallstead was superintendent;
Garrett Bogart, dispatcher. and Watts
Cooke, master mechanic.
The Lackawanna was then single
track road extending from Great Bend
to Hampton Junction. At the former
place it connected with the Erie by
crossing the river from what is now
Hallstead The Jersey Central was it's
eastern connection.