2 The Dallas Post NEWS Sunday, November 28, 2004 DREDGING (continued from page 1) said the department may seek outside reviewers with expertise in areas such as underwater life. The plan calls for creating a 60-foot-wide channel — about twice what it is now — with a uniform depth of 8 feet behind the Marina Pointe townhouses. The channel would be about 300 feet long. Armand Mascioli, a partner in the townhouse development, has said up to 30 new boat slips would be built behind the build- ings once the dredging is com- pleted. Carmon said water quality is the primary concern in decid- ing whether or not to grant a permit. “The whole issue is water quality and wetlands,” he said. At the hearing, Russell James, an aquatic biologist whose firm Mascioli hired to manage the dredging opera- tion, said that environmental and economic issues must be balanced. “I love the environ- ment, I love Harveys Lake, but there’s got to be a limit between what should and shouldn’t be done to protect this communi- He recalled how the area around the lake has improved in the last 20 years. “It’s not a bad thing to make money. That’s what makes the world go ‘round.” Dr. Fred Lubnow, from Princeton Hydro, an environ- mental consulting firm hired by the borough to develop a water management plan, said that Harveys Lake is designated as a high quality, cold water fishery, where trout and other fish can flourish. He said dredging could allow more harmful phos- phorus to get into the lake. “Wetlands reduce the phos- phorus load going into water bodies,” he said. “If the wet- EE ..-_- il DE Bia a] “We're supposed to be stewards of the earth. Well, guess what; we're doing a lousy stewardship.” Thomas Mulcavage President of Harveys Lake Beach Association lands are impacted with no mit- igation involved by either recre- ating or protecting them, youre going to increase your phosphorus load.” Matus said he agrees that wetlands act as a natural filter against phosphorus, but ques- tions why more emphasis isn’t placed on stopping them before they get into the water. And he discounts implications that dredging a relatively small area of wetlands will kill off all the wildlife. “It’s a specious argument,” he said. Carmon doesn’t expect DEP’s decision to be the end of the controversy. “We would anticipate some type of legal challenge, no matter what the decision.” Thomas Mulcavage, a shared owner of Sunset Beach and President of Harveys Lake Beach Association, was more blunt in voicing opposition to the project. “We're supposed to be stewards of the earth,” he said. “Well, guess what; we're doing a lousy stewardship.” Written testimony will be accepted until Friday, Dec. 3 at DEP’s Wilkes-Barre office. Write to: Marina Pointe Water Management Program, Dept. of Environmental Protection, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre PA 18711. Post correspondent Camille Fioti contributed to this article. IN SERVICE Air Force Airman Janet W. Merithew has graduated from basic miliary training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman. studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremo- ny marches, and received physical train- ing, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations. In addition, airmen who com- plete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Merithew is the daughter of Laura Grosvenor of Susquehanna, and Richard Merithew of Poplar St., Dallas. In 2004, the airman graduated from Mountain View High School, Kingsley. Near the end of its life in 1939, the Wilkes-Barre to Harveys Lake trolley passed under the bridge at Harris Hill Road in Trucksville. TROLLEY (continued from page 1) He did this, Wert explains, to receive what was called emi- nent domain, which, by legal right, allowed steam railways to acquire the land they needed by condemning it. Lewis, infuriat- ed by Reynolds’ bold move, hired over 100 track gang mem- bers to destroy a new Wilkes- Barre & Northern track laid down near the Lehigh Valley station, now the Dallas Post Office. The gang, Wert said, tore up the tracks, and upset two rail- way cars filled with gravel over the area where Reynolds had laid this new track. After Reynolds won a court battle that prohibited Lewis from interfering with the Wilkes- Barre & Northern, Reynolds was allowed to continue con- struction of his line. In 1897, however, tragedy struck Reynolds’ company. A passenger car .came loose going up an incline near Trucksville, rolled back down the tracks, sped downhill, jumped the tracks and plowed into a Luzerne residence, killing one person who lived in the house. “Can you imagine the panic on that car when it started going downhill towards Luzerne, running wild?” said Wert. “It was like a roller coast- er. Nothing could stop it.” As a safety precaution after- wards, Reynolds began to use the steam engines to push pas- senger cars instead of pulling them up the mountain. In June 1897, the steam train finally reached Harveys Lake. The Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co., interested in Reynolds’ company, took it over in February 1898. The line was then converted to trolley cars, Wert said. But with the invention of the automobile in 1903, the trolley gradually became obsolete. People began using their own vehicles instead of the trolleys, and in 1939, the trolley service discontinued operation. Remnants of the old trolley line still run alongside Toby’s Creek in the Birch Grove area, where the rail bed is framed between the rushing water and M towering cliffs. curpAck =» DETOWN JULY 1931 HARVEY'S LAKE WILKES-BARRE RAILWAY TROXELLS SWITCH ROBINSON CUTBACK SEPT. 1931 EAST DALLAS CAR BARN ST. NICHOLAS CEMETERY MT. GREENWOOD CEMETERY ap by James A. 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