The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-09
DUNMORE--ARIEL
TROLLEY ROAD
Proposed Electric Road from Scran-
ton to Lake Ariel-Franchise
to Enter Dunmore Asked
Of Town COunCil

ton to Lake Ariel-Franchise
to Enter Dunmore Asked
.. of Town Council.
The projected trolley road to Lake
Ariel has reached a point of devel-
opment where the company which is
to be known as the Scranton & Lake
Ariel Railway company has applied
for franchise from the borough of
Dunmore.
This and one other franchise is
all the new company lacks between
Scranton and Lake Ariel.
The entrance into Scranton will
be over the lines of the Scranton
Railway company, similar to the ar
rangement of the Northern Electric
road And it was for the purpose
of assuring this connection and
entrance into the city that the COM
pany made application Tuesday
night to the Dunmore council for a
franchise along the old Drinker
turnpike, from the line at Roaring
Brook township to Prospect and
Dunmore streets where the connec-
tion would be made with the Scran-
ton Railway company.
Prospect street is where the Drink
er line turns off Drinker street to
reach the Moosic Lake railway sta
ton.
The option on Lake Ariel is held
by Hon. w. l.. Connell and the rail-
road project is not only to develop
the lake but the country between
Scranton and the terminus in Wayne
county, similarly as the Northern
Electric is developing the country
between there and Factoryville.
In fact some of the most heavily
interested in the Northern road are
behind this project But there are
others also interested in the enter
prise.
Those who appeared at the meet
ing of the Dunmore council on
Tuesday night when the ordinance
asking for the franchise was pre-
sented were Valentine Bliss, the
silk mill owner; w. J. Davis, the
tailor; Deputy Prothonotary A. G..
Rutherford, Attorney l.. p. Wedeman
and j. J. Brown, of the former firm
of Carney, Brown & Co.
The ordinance was not satisfactory
and it was withdrawn or rather it
was not formally introduced though
the provisions were made known to
the council members.
The ordinance was not satisfactory
for several reasons. 1t was not re-
garded by some of the members as
specific enough as to being a trolley
or third-rail line and there were
some conditions lacking that some
of the councilmen would have incor-
porated.
One of these it has since developed
was that the road should be asked to
provide for the grading and widen
ing OF Drinker street, where neceg-
sary and pledging to pay the cost as
we'll as maintainence that would fall
on the borough in the event OF the
macadamizing of the turnpike by
reason of it being made a state road
Another was that the road along this
thoroughfare be Illuminated with
arc lights at certain intervals.
These conditions are to be placed
in an ordinance TO be prepared by
Borough Solicitor r. A. Zimmerman
and submitted at a meeting of the
council this week.
The route of the proposed road to
Lake Ariel is through Elmhurst,
Moscow, Madisonville, Salem Corn
ers to the lake. While the condi-
tions are similar to those along the
Northern road the freight possibili-
ties are considered far more promis-
ing. For one thing rich dairy
country would be tapped, from which
the shipments of milk are now made
over the Erie or are carried by wag-
on to Scranton.
When some of the men who ap-
peared at the council meeting or
were believed to be interested in the
project were seen they declined to
discuss the project, but it was learn
ed that the project has developed
so far that an entrance into Scran-
ton through Dunmore borough is
practically all that is needed.