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From: "Jim Guthrie" jguthrie AT pipeline DOT com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:04:06 -0400
Subject: 1901 Scranton DL&W/Erie Phones
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I found an interesting 1901 Scranton Phone Directory on
Line. . .

Of particular interest would be the local railroads -- I
note the O&W had two numbers -- one for its Scranton Station
and one for Park Place, although its coal company --
Scranton Coal -- has several listings; Elk Hill only one;
The Erie's Depot has its own single listing under "Erie" as
does the Commercial Agent in the Mears Building and the CNJ
lists only its Freight Office.

But for all the Erie numbers, you don’t look under "Erie" of
course -- you look under Pennsylvania Coal Company. That's
where you find the directory for the Wyoming Division, for
example (Finally received the Diamond this week -- I need to
study it a bit).

[I've included the D&H's numbers with the DL&W.]

Notice especially E.E. Loomis has head of the coal
department. He took that position after a year as the
Erie-installed General Manager of the NYS&W, and he later
went on to the Lehigh Valley (and is a relative of both
Jervis Langdon and Mark Twain, IIRC).

Serious DL&W historians will note other familiar names too.

For the entire directory, see:

http://www.scwhitegenealogy.com/kennedy/1901ScrantonPhone/index.html

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie


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