The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-04
LAUREL Linz 8 PROPOSES TO
EXTEND To HONESDALE
THE ELECTRIC CITY ANXIOUS
TO REACH RICH WAYNE
COUNTY SECTION.

Inc ItOdu VIII lOuCn Nay aug bli1-
hurst, Moscow, MadisonvilIe, Hol-
listerville, Hamlin, Ariel, and
HOnesdale by the Way of Clemo
and Hoadleys.
That an electric line is to pierce
Wayne county from Scranton at a
very early day is certainty. Just
who will build and operate the road,
and whether there will be more than
one line of road can only be the sub
ject of conjecture. Timothy Burke,
the head man of the Moosic Lake
railroad, has stated positively that
his company will begin the extension
of the Moosic Lake line to Lake
Ariel this season; but his announce
ment had hardly had time to begin
to soak in" ere another Scranton
to-Lake Ariel project is heralded to
the public details of which were
published in the Scranton Tribune
Republican of Monday, March 8.
We publish the article in it's entire
ty, as follows:
From Scranton to Lake Ariel and
Honesdale by way of the Dunmore
branch of the Lackawanna & Wyo-
ming Valley (Laurel Line) and
thence to Wayne county, is the latest
chants that rich farming territory
East of the Moosic mountains and in
Wayne county. In connection with
the plan there came report that the
Laurel Line is backing the new pro-
ject, with an idea of extending its
lines into Wayne county and touch
ing a farming territory similar in
many respects to that now tapped by
the Northern Electric street rail-
way company, says the Scranton
Tribune-Republican of to-day. The
plan as now proposed is to have the
Lackawanna county terminus of the
new Laurel Line branch of new rail-
road, in Dunmore at the Laurel Line
station. From Dunmore to Nay Aug,
through Elmhurst, Moscow, Madi-
sonville, Hollisterville, Hamlin, Ariel
and Lake Ariel and by spur route
| to Honesdale. This is the third
proposition advanced for a railway
to Lake Ariel One plan, that of
w. ]. Davis and others, provided for
entering Scranton by way of pri-
vate right of way tapping the boule-
ward properties and reaching Scran-
| ton by way of River street and Front
street, South Scranton. The Ridge
Row street railway company propos-
| Aug Park and through streets of the
Central city. Both plans, according
to the men interested in the latest
proposal, would have required the
expenditure of a large amount of
money to purchase right of way,
coming by way of the mountain and
NATURALLY contending with heavy
| grades.
Promoter of the New Road.
Gerald Macdonald, president of
the Macdonald Construction COM
pany, according to report, is the man
who is putting through the deal for
the new road but when asked last
night about the report, Mr.. MacDon-
aid declared that he had nothing
to say" General Manager M. e.
| Higgins, of the Laurel Line, denied
| that his company had any plans for
an extension but admitted that the
plan which it is reported is being
promulgated by Mr.. Macdonald is
feasible that the cost would be rea-
sonable.
Quick Trip to Lake Ariel.
That the proposed Dunmore-Lau-
rel-Line-Lake Ariel route would re-
quire fifty minutes for trip from
Scranton to Lake Ariel, which would
bring the lake nearer than Moosic
Lake and Lake WiDola is one of the
claims that have been made for the
new route. Seventeen miles is the
distance from Scranton to Lake
Ariel by the new plan, and fifty
minutes to make the trip is contrast
ed by some with the eighty minute
trip to Lake Winola and the fifty
five minute trip to Moosic Lake.
Another advantage claimed for the
Dunmore-Lake Ariel route is that
it would cost only $4,000 a mile
whereas some of the other Suburban
railroads cost at the rate of 100000
a square mile. Moscow and Elm
hurst are growing towns, and the
country probably would develop as
rapidly as the section Northeast OF
the city has grown since the North
ern Electric got under way.
Would Benefit Wayne County.
The opening of an electric railway
line and the waiting for country to
develop is a common plan, General
Manager Higgins of the Laurel Line
said yesterday, in discussing the lat
est Lake Ariel plan. He denied that
the company proposes to make any
extensions, but declined to commit
himself on the question of a prob
able traffic arrangement being made
with a company that would build a
railroad from Lake Ariel to the
Laurel Line station in Dunmore.
"The Laurel Line would probably sit
up and take notice." he said, If a
company offered it an avenue of en-
trance to Elmhurst, Moscow and
Wayne county.
Just when the deal will be con-
summated cannot be stated, but de-
velopments of the next month will
probably disclose some of the de-
tailed plans of the promoters of the
new road; or the new branch OF the
Laurel Line, as the case may be.