. The street railway review . TRIC RAILWAY. THE first run over the tracks of the Scranton &Carbondale Electric Railway Companys line,from Scranton to Archbald, Pa., was made Sep-tember 29 and signalized the consummation of the com-pletion of five months work, the linking of the most com- ville and Archbald, affording direct communication withthe city for all these outlying towns. The Carbondale Traction Company, which runs fromCarbondale to Archbald, was organized by A. H. Chad-bourne two years ago, and no sooner was this road inoperation than he organized a company to procure thefranchises fo
. The street railway review . TRIC RAILWAY. THE first run over the tracks of the Scranton &Carbondale Electric Railway Companys line,from Scranton to Archbald, Pa., was made Sep-tember 29 and signalized the consummation of the com-pletion of five months work, the linking of the most com- ville and Archbald, affording direct communication withthe city for all these outlying towns. The Carbondale Traction Company, which runs fromCarbondale to Archbald, was organized by A. H. Chad-bourne two years ago, and no sooner was this road inoperation than he organized a company to procure thefranchises for the rest of the towns along the this in view, the Blakely & Dickson Street RailwayCompany was organized by local parties in these outly-ing towns, with William Walker, of Mayfield, as presi-dent. As soon as this had been done and the franchisesgranted to this company, Mr. Chadbourne interested Chandler, the Philadelphia banker, with formed the Scranton & Carbondale Company, at a. LACKAWANSA COAL BRliAKER AT PASSING UNDER BRIDGE OF GRAVITY ROAD. plete interurban connections in the state and the joy ofthe manager. The Scranton & Carbondale Traction Company is theconnecting link between the Carbondale Traction Com-pany on the north, the Scranton Traction Company inthe middle and the Wilkesbarre & Wyoming on By a very favorable operating agreement with theScranton Traction Company, the cars of this companywill run from the center of Scranton, with a populationof over a hundred thousand, up through the valley,through Providence, Dickson, Olyphant, Blakely, Peck- A PASSING ; UNDER TRESTLE OF CULM DUMP. capital stock of $2,000,000 with the following officers:President, George A. Fletcher, of Mitchell, Fletcher &Company, Philadelphia; treasurer, Alfred _N. Chandler;secretary, J. N. Noblit, of Philadelphia. These, with Noblit, Philadelphia, and S. D. Pettit, of Scranton, arethe directors. The company acquired
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