History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . eastward as far as Adamsburg, l)y the 10th day of Sep-tember, 1871, and great excitement prevailed, people from near and fargathered to see the first train, consisting of a locomotive, one passengercoach and six trucks enter the town on that day. John Ross was theengineer. By Octol)er 80, 1871, the rails were laid to Selinsgrove, andon November 1st, the first train was run from Lewistown to first car load of wheat was shipped from Adamsburg, on November10th, 1871, by Henry Houser. On November 20th two passenger t
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . eastward as far as Adamsburg, l)y the 10th day of Sep-tember, 1871, and great excitement prevailed, people from near and fargathered to see the first train, consisting of a locomotive, one passengercoach and six trucks enter the town on that day. John Ross was theengineer. By Octol)er 80, 1871, the rails were laid to Selinsgrove, andon November 1st, the first train was run from Lewistown to first car load of wheat was shipped from Adamsburg, on November10th, 1871, by Henry Houser. On November 20th two passenger trainswere run from Lewistown to Selinsgrove, one left Lewistown in the morn- HAILIJOADS OF IJKAVKH SPRIXCS ing, running to StlinsgVdVi and returning in the evening, the other U-av-ing Selinsgrove in the morning and returning in the evening. Tlie fir^tear of stove coal, sliipped from the mine to Adamshm-g, arrived onNovendter 2.)th, ISTl. On r)ecend)er 1st tlie first passenger train runthnmgli to Smdiury. The telegrapli i)oles and wires were put ui) as far. ORAOINO THH SUNBIIUY AND LEWISTOWN RAILROAD. (Prom a photograph taken by Pphraim Romig in 1<S71 at a point a short distance west of thepresent Hcrald building. The man at the extreme left with the spike hammer is Milton 1. Smith;the one at the extreme right with a crow-bar is William J. Klose and the man behind him with aspike hammer, is Irvin Kinney.) as Adamshurg, hy the 20th day of January, LSTi, and mail was first ear-ried hy train on this rail road, January 2:^), 1S72. Everyhody was enjoying the use and henetit of the railroad untilDee. ol,l<S74, when the eompany shut up shop, removed all rolling stock,and suspended operations. The eompany found they had an elephanton their hands, the road was condenmed and sold hy the sheriff, and thestock holders certificates were not worth the paper tliey were printed on,however they make a handsome railroad souvenir. After the road hadpassed into the hands of new managers
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