The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-08

Katz Underwear Co., muslin un-
derwear.
W. G. Blakney Paper Box Co., pa
per and strawboard boxes.
Martin Caufield Steam Granite and
Monumental Works, monuments and
shafts.
Nicholas Hessling, monuments and
markers.
A. Eberhardt, cigars.
e. Pohle, cigars.
M. Hermann, wagons.
McKanna Bros. Cooperage, bar
rels and tubs.
Irving Cliff Bottling Works, soft
drinks.
Maple City Bottling Works, o. E.
Bunnell, proprietor, soft drinks.
Birdsall Bros. Woolen Mills, Inc,
woolen blankets and clothing ma
terial.
Honesdale Pant and Shirt Factory
j. A. Robinson.
Penwarden Manufacturing Co.,
-four and feed, etc.
Wayne Milling Co., feed, flour,
lime, hay, etc.
G. w. White Axe Co., axes, G. M.
Genung, proprietor.
Dexter-Lambert Silk Mill silks
and ribbons.
G.. Smith & Co., cheese and butter.
Honesdale Concrete Construction
Co., concrete blocks and bricks.
Outside of Honesdale there are
also a number of progressive indus
tries in Wayne county. At White
Mills is located the largest and old
est glass-blowing and cutting shops
in this section of the country-Dor-
fingers. They are doing fine
business and have about 500 men in
their employ.
Reifier & Co., acid manufacturers,
Tanners Falls, are completing a
| 100000 plant and expect soon to be
in operation turning out large guam
titles of their well-known product
and it's auxiliaries.
! Joel G. Hill at Lookout is also a
successful manufacturer of wood
! alcohol and charcoal.
The G. H. Lancaster wood work
ing mill at South Sterling is one of
the oldest industries of it's kind and
is kept busy with orders.
! Maymart, Hawley, Prompton, and
other county towns and hamlets are
buisily engaged in the execution of
their products.
Texas township, with popula-
ton of about 4,000 surrounding
Honesdale borough, is practically a
part of the town. Sections of Texas
have been annexed to Honesdale and
! other sections have applied for an
neXation.
Honesdale postoffice serves a pop
ulation of 1900 with mail. The
town enjoys free delivery.
Honesdale has upwards of $50, 900
| invested in an opera house for the
enjoyment of it's citizens.
Its High school is foremost in the
State and furnished a complete pre-
paratory course for college. Within
the past two years 100000 brick
school was erected.
The town has both gas and elec-
tricity. A $15O,000 electric light
plant was erected two years ago,
which is equipped with the latest and
best machinery.
The population, including the i'm
mediate territory within a radius of
a mile, is 5000. 1t is 985 feet above
sea level and enjoys many natural
resources. The Erie and Delaware
& Hudson railroads enter Honesdale
There are two express companies
Wells Fargo and National-and the
passenger train service is good, six
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Delaware and Hudson daily.
Its fire department is complete. In
addition to two steamers, four other
fire companies are within a radius
of less than mile. There are AZ
: fire hydrants in the borough, which
insures good protection, besides two
beautiful rivers which flow through
! the town and help keep down the
, Honesdale is the county seat Of
Wayne and is located in one of the
, most picturesque places in Pennsyl
vania. The Maple City, as it is some
; times called, is not only noted for its
shady streets; beautiful parks anC
| pure spring water, but also as a man
} ufacturing center and place of resi-
dence. 1t is rapidly forging ahead il
= this line which has made it a live
| town and one that is known from the
! Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
/ Gulf to Canada.
" Made in Honesdale'' is a valuable
= asset to any industry locating here
In addition to the above list of fac
tories, two new banks have also beer
founded, namely the Honesdalt
Dime Bank in 1905 and the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank two years later
The other banks are the Wayne
County Savings Bank and the Homes
dale National Bank.
Honesdale furnishes one of tn,
States crack companies, Compan,
) r of the 18th regiment, N. G. p.
which company holds high mark IL
} efficiency for service. The State o
! Pennsylvania recently built a fin,
new $4,000 armory, modern in al
: its appointments, for Company e.
Honesdale is noted for its health
: fulness, its death rate being less thar
E 10 in every 1000 Inhabitants, whicl
: is the lowest in this section of tn
country. 1t enjoys mountain sprini