The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
MOOSIC LAKE RAILROAD MAY
ENTER WAYNE
Beginning at Roads Terminal 1t May
be Built to Salem Before Spring
Burke Brothers Behind Pro-

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be Built to Salem Before Spring
Burke Brothers Behind Pro-
ject.
Owing to the proposed Lake Ariel
Street Railway being unable to get a
city franchise in parts of Scranton,
another trolley proposition has
sprung forth. 1t is fathered by
Timothy and John Burke and the
American Railway Company. 1t is
an extension of the Scranton, Dun
more and Moosic Lake railroad from
the Moosic Lake terminal to Lake
Ariel and possibly to Hawley, with
extensions from the main line to
touch smaller towns in Wayne coun-
ty. 1t is claimed by Mr.. Burke that
the road from Moosic Lake to Ariel
may be finished to Salem, Wayne
county, before next summer, Salem
being half way to Ariel from Moosic
Lake. In an interview with a Scran-
ton Truth reporter on the scheme
Mr.. Burke said
| have been thinking about the
extension for long time" Mr..
Burke said to Truth reporter "In
fact, the original intention when the
Moosic Lake Line was built was to
extend it to Lake Ariel and from
there to Hawley.
Farmers in that country have
been urging me to make an extension
for their benefit, and for the benefit
of the road. We will tap a great
virgin field, where there is now NO
railway facilities of any kind, and
we will have no opposition.
Experienced railroad men have
heard of the proposition to reach
Lake Ariel by way of Moosic Lake
and they declare that this route
would be the shortest and the least
expensive to build, as the country
through that section is comparatively
| level.
Lake Ariel is twelve miles from
Moosic Lake and the construction o.
the road from Dunmore to Moosi(
Lake overcomes all of the Difficult
ties that would beset any route tha
began in Scranton, with Lake Arie
as the objective point.
General Manager Frank Caum ad
mitted that he and Mr.. Burke have
| been over the territory and that i
is not improbable that the American
Railway company will become inter
ested in the project.
Calls it Logical Route.
That would be the logical wa.
to reach Lake Ariel, and the vas
are no railroad facilities of an
kind" Mr.. Caum said. From a.
investment standpoint, it is my opin
ion that the road would pay, as
will cost very little to construct com
paratiVely speaking.
1t is true that Mr.. Burke and
have been over the territory in a
automobile, looking over the route
1t is only a short distance froI
Moosic Lake to Lake Ariel, les
than twelve miles, l believe, an
through a country that is compare
lively level.
OF all the section in this part c
the state that l have seen, the couI
try back of the mountains afford
the best and least expensive oppol
|, tunity for the construction of raj
way line. Moosic Lake is over 2
600 feet elevation above sea leve
Lake Ariel is considerably lower, bI
the downgrade along that distanC
will not be more than ninety feet
the mile.
a. The route would be almost d
: rect line between the terminals, an
, if the extension is made to Hawle
the line would still be direct one
: General Manager Uaum said thi
= the decision to build the road woul
= be largely up to Timothy and job
. Burke, as they practically own II
! Scranton, Dunmore and Moosic Lal
. railroad, which is the tTackage fro
g the end of the Drinker street line
t the Scranton Railway company
. Moosic Lake.
r The American Railway compan
Mr.. Caum said, would be interestt
in the project as an operating col
pany, the Moosic Lake road bell
e operated on the Burke right of W;
d under a lease.
d Later, Mr.. Burke declared that
e will take the matter up with Il
IS Philadelphia officials OF the Amer
: can Railway company as soon as
/ can arrange a conference.
e The people in that section
l. he said, :" are anxious for the ro
e to be built, and they have sent sc
d eral committees to see me about t
J. matter. l am in favor of the prop
5. sition, and you should not be surpr
l. ed If the road is completed to Sale
s. before next Summer. That is or
i six miles from Moosic Lake, a
t. could be easily accomplished.
/ 81 should like the construct
1t work to go right ahead, and exte
lc the line to Hawley, but II we cam
! do that, we will build the road