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Gravity R.R. track, in Depot 1000', Erie R.R. depot one 

 mile below, 966', (see Report N.) 



Hawley, on Lackawaxen creek, at the mouth of the Wal- 

 lenpaupack, 9 miles below Honesdale, is another great re- 

 shipping point for the anthracite coal trade, since it is the 

 terminus of the Penn'a Coal Co. 's Gravity RR. which crosses 

 the Moosic range from Dunmore where it connects with the 

 Pittston and Scranton Coal fields ; the coal that it brings 

 from this Lackawanna basin is re-shipped at Hawley for the 

 east on the Erie Branch RR. to Lackawaxen on the main 

 Erie line 16 miles distant.— Population 1870 2,500, in 1880 

 ; level above tide at RR. grade 899'. 



Bethany, 3 miles north from Honesdale, and once the 

 county seat of Wayne, is situated on an elevated ridge be- 

 tween the waters of Lackawaxen (west) and Dyeberry creek 

 (east), — elevation of old Court House square 1440' A. T. 



Villages in Wayne county, with distance from Hones- 

 dale and elevation above tide, are as follows : 



Aldenville, Clinton township, 

 Ariel, Salem township, . . . 



Beech Pond, Berlin township, . 

 Berlin Center, Berlin township, 

 Belmont, Mt. Pleasant township, 

 Clark's Corners, Cherry Ridge township 

 Cold Spring, Lebanon township, 

 Damascus, Damascus township, . 

 Dyeberry, Dyeberry township, . . 

 East Sterling, Sterling township, . 

 Equinunk, Buckingham township, 

 Galilee, Damascus township, . . . 

 High Lake, Buckingham township, 

 Hawley, Palmyra township, . . 

 Hamlinton, Salem township, . . . 

 Hollisterville. Salem township, . . 

 Howe's Valley, Sterling township, 

 Indian Orchard, Texas township, 

 Jericho, Buckingham township, 

 Little Equinunk, Manchester township, 

 Ledgedale, Salem township, 

 Middle Valley, Cherry Ridge township 

 Milanville, Damascus township, 

 New Baltimore, Scott township, . . . 

 Narroivsburg, Berlin township, . . . 

 Nobleville, Sterling township, .... 

 Newfoundland, Sterling township, 



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