Histoire du comté de Northumberland, Pennsylvanie . il Shamokin. Le chemin de fer de Sunbury et de Lewisburg, qui s'étend de Shamokin à Sunbury et Lewisl) urg à West Milton, a été ouvert en juillet 1883. La Shamokin Street Railway Company a été organisée le 23 juillet 1889, et incorporée le lendemain avec une capitale de trente mille dollars. Les membres actuels du Bureau sont les suivants : Président, E. C. Ham-ilton; secretarv. Dr J. J. John; trésorier, Martin Markle; administrateurs: E. C.Hamilton, Dr J. John, R. S. Aucker, Ferdinand Tretter, John H. Gable.E. G. Seiler, H. Rothschild, John Clifford, H. R.

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History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . he Shamokin. Sunbury and Lewisburg railroad, extending from Shamokin through Sunbury and Lewisl)urg to West Milton, was opened in July, 1883. The Shamokin Street Railway Company was organized on the 23d ofJuly, 1889, and incorporated on the following day with a capital of thirtythousand dollars. The present officers are as follows: president, E. C. Ham-ilton; secretarv. Dr. J. J. John; treasurer, Martin Markle; directors: E. C.Hamilton, Dr. J. J. John, R. S. Aucker, Ferdinand Tretter, John H. Gable.E. G. Seiler, H. Rothschilds, John Clifford, H. Rohrheimer, J. H. Conley, and John Schabo. An electric street railway is in course of construction, the line extending from the power-house at the corner of Pearl and Pinestreets to the intersection of Spruce and Second, by way of Pine, Shamokin, Independence, Market, and Spruce streets. THE SHAMOKIN COAL TRADE. In 1826 John C. Boyd opened a stone coal quarry on Shamokin Creekopposite Yosts planing mill. Ziba Bird was the miner, John Runkle wheeled. .^^^^^.^^^ SHAMOKIN. 615 the coal to the bank of the creek, and Casper Keed and Samuel Startzelhauled it to Boyds place near Dan^-ille, whence it was transported in arksto various points on the Susquehanna river. The growth of this great in-dustry is exhaustively treated by Dr. J. J. John in Chapters X and XI ofthis work. The collieries of Coal township, upon which the prosperity ofShamokin so largely depends, are the Cameron, Luke Fidler, Neilson. BearValley, Sterling, Burnside, Henry Clay, Buck Ridge, Eoyal Oak (Alpha).Enterprise, Excelsior, Corbin, Hickory Kidge, Hickory Swamp. Gartield, Lancaster, Eureka, and Big Mountain. GENERAL INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS. At an early period in the present century Abraham Cherry built a sawmill on Shamokin creek at the gap, opposite the Cameron collierj-. This wasthe first industrial establishment at Shamokin; about the year 1828 it passedto a Mr. Hoots, who furnished ties and rails for the Dan^ille and

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