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EXCERPTS FROM |
THE HISTORY OF DALLAS
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By WILLIAM PENN RYMAN
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(Editor's Note—Myr. Ryman's History of
Dallas was written in 1885. It is important,
then, for the reader to remember that when
Mr. Ryman uses the present tense he is speak-
mg of Dallas it was in the 1880’, not as it
is in 1937.) !
EEE EEE ENON REE RE ONT EE EERE P ASE ERA RRR a 00}
The telephone line to Wilkes-Barre was com-
pleted and the instruments connected about three
Dok in the afternoon of a day in November,
At about that time the writer rang the signal
bell and got an answer from Dallas.
The surprise and wonderment were very great
and we could at first hardly realize that we were
talking to each other nine miles away. This was
the first regular telephone line constructed in the
vicinity of Wilkes-Barre and up to that time was
the longest distance anyone in the vicinity of Wil-
kes-Barre had attempted to talk.
The curiosity and incredulity of the people
along the line about Dallas and Harvey's Lake,
when told that machines were being put up by
which one could talk at Harvey's Lake or Dallas
and be heard at Wilkes-Barre were very great.
Some laughed at it as a joke and’ would not
seriously consider the possibility of such a thing
for a moment. Scores watched the work, however,
with increasing attention and earnestness as it ap-
proached completion. As the day and the hour of
its completion drew near crowds began to assemble
‘at the Harvey's Lake and Dallas offices until, I
‘am told, they amounted to hundreds, who had as-
{sembled to have their predictions of failure be-
lieved.
When they were persuaded by hearing and
recognizing that the voice of the speaker was ac-
{tually as far away as Wilkes-Barre they began to
try and explain the “how” and “why” of it.
) With most of them, as with the majority of
mankind, it was incomprehensible, but a few know-
ing ones at Dallas explained it easily enough, I am
told, by an imaginary discovery that the wire which
had been strung upon the poles to Wilkes-Barre
was hollow, and thus the voice was easily carried
so far as that through a tube.
THE RAILROAD COMES
To Albert S. Orr, more than to any other per-
son, is due the credit of starting and pushing the
enterprise of the Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake
Railroad until it had to and did become a reality.
For many years a short line from Wyoming
Valley via Dallas to the New York state line had
'been talked of. ;
Once, about the year 1868, a survey was made
from Mehoopany down via Bowman's Creek, Kun-
kle, across Chestnut Ridge, and through Dallas vil
lage, but this survey did not find a practical route
ton account of steep grades and deep cuts.
| In the summer of 1885, Mr. Orr called one
[warm afternoon at the law office of George W.
| Shonk on Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre and be-
gan to talk about some valuable timber land and
{lumber interests belonging to John Shonk, the father
(of George, situated at Ruggles postoffice, beyond
| Harvey's Lake.
In the course of the conversation, Orr asserted
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| Wyoming Valley to Harvey's Lake which could be
!built and equipped for a very small sum, probably
$100,000 to $150,000 which, when built, would
not only enhance Mr. Shonk’s lands but all others
{along the line.
This idea at first struck Mr. Shonk favorably,
{but when he began to think of its cost, compared
| with his bank account at that particular day, the
Inotion became ridiculous to him and he remarked
[to Mr. Orr that he could not talk about building
a railroad, calling attention to his then small bal-
ance at the bank.
| “That makes no difference,” said Mr. Orr. “I
‘have no more cash on hand than you have, but I
will take $5,000 in the road and will find some
way to raise it. I want you to see your father to-
‘night when you go home and talk it over with him.”
Mr. Shonk did as requested. Much to his sur-
prise, his father was not only much interested but
lagreed to take $25,000 of the stock and to get
Lothers to ‘take some. * Mr. Orr in the meantime
| called on Mr. Troxell, owner of a large body of
‘land at Harvey's Lake and Messrs. Ryman and
‘brothers and Joseph Shaver and others owning land
‘at Dallas and from each got not only encourage
| ment but agreement to take some of the stock.
| With this assurance Mr. Orr began at once
Ito secure right of way, to have surveys made and
to make application for the charter.
ENTER LEHIGH VALLEY R. R.
| Mr. Orr spent most of the balance of the year
11885 in getting the right of way, in which he was
very successful, having secured a large portion with
no cost. Early in the spring of 1886, everything
being in readiness, and the organization complete,
the directors met and let the contract for grading
to Mr. Orr.
Hardly was the ink dry on his contract before,
lone bright morning, May 30, 1886. Mr. Orr was
{at work with about one hundred Hungarians grad-
ling this road as it now lies, beginning at‘a potnt
near the old White mill dam in Luzorne Borough.
Mr. Orr continued his work with unabated
seal for nearly a month when the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, through Mr. Albert Lewis, seeing the ad-
"vantage of this road and its importance to a larger
| system, began negotiations, and within a few days
i purchased the franchise and all rights of the new
| company and proceeded to finish it. In this way
| the road was built much better and more substant-
lially than it probably would otherwise have been.
| The work was not pushed rapidly, but was
| done well, and on Thursday, December 9 1886,
the first locomotive passed through the village of
[ Dallas. The road was not open for general busi-
I ness and travel, however, for several months later.
| Under the management of the Lehigh Valley this
railroad prospered far beyond expectations. The
| lumber and passenger traffic grew rapidly and soon
jattracted attention.
(Continued Next Week)
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