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OT SCRANTON.
SCRANTON
Is the Third City of the Keystone State.
Js a Great Convention City.
Has a handsome City and County Hall which cost 1,000,003.
Has a new Postofiicc. '
Area of City, 12,200 acres.
Population over 100,000. ,
Has Three Theatres, many Public Halls, Forty Public Schools, Scvcntv Churflhcs. 1
Ik Twenty Hotels. , 1
Has1 Three Hospitals and Infirmaries and Two Asylums.
Has an inexhaustible Pure Water Supply, daily capacity 35,000,000 gallons.
Has possession of unlimited Klectric Power. " "
lias a Board of Trade Iluildiiitf which cost $250,000.00.
I las 150 Manufactories and 30,000 Operatives. ,
lias 200 Acres of Park. ,
lias Eighty Miles of Klectric Street Railways. ,
Has One Hundred Miles Railway Tracks, Seven Lines. 1
Has Twenty Miles of Asphalted Streets.
Has Two State Armories.
Mas Trolley Lines to PecKvillo, Olyphant, Throop, Taylor, PittalQll
streets Lighted with Klcctricin. ' '
las the Cheapest Coal in the World .
I, the Most Healthful Large City in the United Sates,
Has Three Flour Mills.
Has the Largest Coal Supply in the World.
lias Three National lianks; capital $650,000, surplus $1,195,000.
lias Five Savings Hanks; capital $530,000, surplus 8270,0:0.
I ias One Trust Company; capital 8250,000; surplus $90,000.
I i as Two Free and Several Other Libraries, Colleges and Clubs, a Historical Society, a Masonic
Temple and Society of atural Sciences.
Coal Shipments in 1 Rijfi. '20.000.000 tons.
ssecd Property Valuation. $2o.o.x,o(X).
Has ,1.1 intimated Real Property Valuation or $100,000,001).
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limpse 0! Attractive Feaftir?s of the
Home of Industry of Nortb?ast
Enterprise Which Has in a Few Y
a Thriving- City from a Howling
Wilderness.
Hade
History of the Settlement and Growth of Pennsylvania's Host Progressive City and Her Suburban Aux-iliaries-A
Glance at the Anthracite Coal Industry, the Railroad Facilities, Educational Interests,
City Government, Parks, Water Works, Manufacturing Enterprises, Real Estate and
Building, Etc,
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11 ILK not lcsally rc-cog-nlzi-il
by tin' courts, theio
in now no lancer ft
MUPstlun that "Greater
Scranton' Is a thins ot
reality. It Is largely ilun
to ciuerprlMng nelBhbors
that tbo 'Electric City"
Is known to the wcnlil a: tin- liomu ot
iJiopie.sa .ind enter:i'i!-e. It is hugely
due to the thrift ami Industry of thu
luistllns llttlo villages henabuuta who
have s-tooil phuulcler to FhouWi-r with
Scranton In the furthering of Ins-tltu-tlons
that make a community inos-per-mil,
that we are today envied umonif
tbo cities of the earth. The chain ot
wlde-aale boroughs which reaches
from Carbondnle to MuoMo may In
truth be designated as "llreator Scran
ton." From a coitimeu'Ial btandpolnt
they are ns much a part of "dreater
Scranton" as thiuigh joined together
In a single municipality. No olliclal
map shows the outlines of this gleat
bulnes-s center of Northern I'ennsyl
vanla, but Hi social and buslnehs In
tercourse Scrinton and her entenirls
lnir iielghburs are unit?.! as 0110 fam
ily. Their Interests are In common,
and the success of ore means profit
und prestlto for all. Scranton and the
towns within a ten-mile circle of the
cltv probabl contain a population of
140,000. It is a population that Is on
the Hood tide ol business activity. A
few yeais ago the effect of the general
depression In business circles nbout
the country was felt in many locali
ties In the valley. Hut the clouds have
cleared away and the wheel of In
dustty mo again humming. All up
and down the Lackawanna valley tho
llrst rays of sunshine that steal over
the Moosle, range at einly dawn beam
iliiwn upon thrift and inospcilty.
Thtiiuuh the means of rapid transit
J ifTotded by steam and trolley roflds,
Scranton and nor slstar towns are as
one. and only wait legislative action to
consummate legally what has for years
existed in fact thrtugh tho natural
coursu of events. Admliably hltuated
as the eenteilns point of halt dozen or
more Important railroad lines, tho Im
portance of th city as a shipping ma
th, n tan scarcelv bn estimated. These
facilities ns well us the aniplo means
of carrying on n gov rnment of great
magultiulo form ninny of the icasons
why tho various boroughs hereabouts
should be Included In "lircaler Scran
ton. ' The benefits of postal service,
police and Hie piotyctlon. that are to
n certain extent denied our neighbors,
would be a boon to many who are forc
ed to live outside tho present city
limits In order to obtain tho comfort
of home that cannot bo had In alleys
and garrets.
The magnll'.cent public buildings, the
schools nnd tho libraries are capal'de ot
accommodating1 the wants of hundreds
who aro now denied admittance be
cause they do not reside within tho
city's limits. Scraiiton's prosperity
and progress has "been proverbial.
When a closely (tilled federation of
municipalities is accomiillsln--d then
our gieatest era ot growth will begin.
The lematkable nttractlvencFS of
Scranton Is ono of the chief soutccs
that should tend to assist In Its devel
opment. Bet up ton lf not only noted
for Its healthfulness, but It Is aUo a
plrai-ant city In whlih to reside. With
Its handsome public and privuto build
ings, btcad htreets. elegant pave
mints, and rapidly-doveloj ing parks,
It becomes second to nonp as a local
ity In uhlch a family may be brought
to mtnhood and womanhood amid sur
roundings that lead to culture and
prictlcal knowledge of tho woild.
A but kward glance at the career of
Scruutuu uuniut fall to Jmptesti one of
the substantial rapidity with which a
city may develop in this ago of prog
ress. Whcie a h'andful of sturdy pio
neers less than a halt century ago
pitched their tents, what do wo see?
An estimated p.(jttlon of 110.000;
over 20,000 roglsiJ2KW voters: school
property valued ii 'ifearly Sl.oon.ooo;
average bank deposits of J10.000.000;
tho Ilnest public buildings, churches,
nmusemrnt houses, store and olllcebulld
Ings.and private residences In the state.
The .marvelous and substantial
giowth, thrift and enterprise of Scran
ton has probably been unequalled by
any city in the countiy. flight In the
centre of a locality that has been peo
pled for over a centurv It has sud
denly attained a growth that almost
surpasses the Inflated booms of tho
typical western mushroom city. With
in the recollection of many of Its In
habitant ft wilderness has been trans
formed Into a modern city ahead of
many of its class In general improve
mnnt nnd enternrlses. which ushlst in
making a thriving town. Through tho
push and ability of its leading citizens
Scranton, which only a few years ago
was the nbodo of tho denizens of the
fotest, Is now one of tho most pi ogres,
slvo cities In the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
The llrst settler of Deep Hollow, ns
the Klectric City was designated In
17SS. was Philip Abbott. In the month
of May. Mr. Abbott came from Con
necticut and erected a log hut on the
banks of the Hoaiing Prook and sub
sefpiently established the tlr.tt Scran
ton Industry, In tho erection of a prlml
tlve grist mill. The mill stones were
of native granite and tho running gear
was marked for Its simplicity, thf en
tiro plant being nothing more than u
sort of corn-cracker, which reduced
thu train to turn;
Not a nail was used in the constiuc.
ttou of the mill and tho chisel ami mal
let wcio not utilized. Tha holt con
sisted of a deer skin well tanned and
perforated with numerous hole;.,
through which tho Hour was fciftcd.
In OS the slto of the city was know n
as Slocum Hollow, which title was le
talneil for many years.
In 1S31 the name of Slocum Hollow
was diopped and that of Scranton win
substituted for the progressive town
which then had about 2,000 Inhabl
tanti. The population of tho borough
In 1S5J wns 3.000; In HGO it was 0,000; in
1ST0 It was .",.".000, and In 1SS0 it had
been increased to 45,123. Tho census
of 1S0O showed that tho population had
doubled again.
The discovery of Iron oro In the vicin
ity In 1S3C attracted Messrs. Ilonn,
Scranton and other capitalists to th-
resources of tho Lackawanna vnlb'.i ,
and In 1M0 tho nucleus of the powci.
ftil corporation, the Lackawanna lion
and Steel company, was formed. The
company, w hlch Included Colon-l
George W. Scianton, Selden T. Scran
ton, Snnford cirant. William Henry ami
Philip Mattes, built tho first iron fm
nace in this section.
The Iron oie proved to bo of nn In
tel lor quality and the mines on t tie
Moosle mountain, oust of tho city,
were abandoned. Hut tho diseoveiy of
coal niado It possible for the Iron In
dustry to continue as one of tho thiol
enterprises of Scranton.
Tho Lackawanna valley Is Included
In tho northern coal Hold, which Is tha
richest in tho world.
iSTKKL HAILS,
Although known to the world aa n
coal city, Scranton produces steel ralH
of a quality unsurpassed, tho output
from tho Set anion mllbi being one-
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