14 G 5 . 



REPORT OF PROGRESS. I. C. WHITE. 



23 



966' 



27 



925 



32 



899' 



34 



849' 



40 



780' 



44 



700' 



48 



650' 



— 



600' 



Honesdale Station, (Erie R. R. grade,) 



White Mills, " " 



Hawley, " " 



Kimble's, " " 



Millville, " " 



Rowland's, " " 



Lackawaxen, " " 



^ Delaware river here, 



Rate of fall : Belmont lake to Lackawaxen 1350' in 48 

 miles=28'.2 p.m. 



Pennsylvania Coal Company railway levels. 

 The profile of the Moosic mountain range, or the great 

 north and south divide, is given by the Penna. Coal Co.'s 

 Gravity R.R. which crosses it from Hawley to Dunmore 

 (near Scranton), as follows : 



Empty track leaving Hawley 



Hawley, 



Head of Plane No. 13, 1st from Hawley, 



14, 2d » 



15, 3d « 



16, 4th " 



17, 5th 



18, 6th " 



19, 7th » 



20, 8th " 



21, 9th " 



This 



22, 10th 



Above Tide. 

 896' 

 1078' 

 1207' 

 1300' 

 1397' 

 1441' 

 1552' 

 1565' 

 1519' 

 1607' 

 793' 



23,11th " (Pittston,). 631' 



empty track passes through a great gap in the Moosic 

 mountain cut by Roaring Branch, so that it does not show 

 the general elevation of that range. The returning loaded 

 track from Pittston to Hawley passes directly over the Moo- 

 sic system where no gap exists, and there it shows the fol- 

 lowing profile : 



Eootof Plane 1, (Pittston,) 



Foot of Plane 1, 



" "2, 



"3, 



"4, 



" 5, 

 " 6 

 " 7 



567' 

 675' 

 773' 

 813' 

 964' 

 1062' 



(Dunmore,) 1117' 



1268' 



1455' 



1644' 



1822' 



