Susquehanna station
Susquehanna | ||||||||||||||||
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Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960–1976) Conrail | ||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Line (Mahoning Division) Mahoning Division First Sub-Division | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | 3303[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1851 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1966 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1863 | |||||||||||||||
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The Erie Railroad Station in
The railroad converted the hotel into offices and sleeping quarters for railroad personnel c. 1903.
History
The Erie enters Susquehanna
The
The Erie also constructed the Starrucca House, which contained a dining hall that was 120 feet (37 m) by 40 feet (12 m) and was a hotel for passengers.
By 1863, the shops in Susquehanna employed 700 men (up from the original 350) in the community with a $38,000/year total payroll. The master mechanic of the shops, James Gregg, worked to renovate and improve the shops, which were consistent fire risks. Construction of the shops began that year at a cost of $1.25 million (1865
March 1874 strike
In March 1874, the Erie fell behind paying its workers at the Susquehanna shops. On March 15, the day the railroad promised that it would pay its workers, they announced that finances were even worse and would have to delay the payment until March 25. The workers at the shop agreed with the delay, but stated that they were willing to walk off the job on March 25 if they were not paid. That day, the Erie announced that they had to pay workers on other parts of the railroad. Denied their wages, the railroad shop workers told the managers to leave the premises and took over the facilities. They demanded that, if the railroad did not pay within 24 hours, they would begin to stop trains from running.[8]
The railroad responded by firing the leaders of the strike at Susquehanna, which caused things to get worse. The shop workers disabled locomotives and put them in a
The lawyers of the railroad soon learned that the trains down the line were being affected by the strike, only then causing Helme to call-in troops. The railroad offered that, in ending the strike, all but the spokespeople for the strike would get their jobs back, which was refused. With that refusal, the railroad threatened to move its shops to Elmira, New York, which would affect the local economy, causing their support to dwindle further. The strike ended within hours of that, with workers returning to their jobs.[8]
References
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Baggage Department. Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ a b Dahl, John C.(2001). "Great Railroad Stations: Susquehanna, Pennsylvania."
- ^ Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Washington, DC. "Erie Railway, Susquehanna Station & Hotel." Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. Call no. HAER PA,58-SUSQ,3- . Survey No. HAER PA-8.
- ^ "Erie Lackawanna Railroad, Tables 5, 7". Official Guide of the Railways. 97 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1964.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Crouch, George (1869). Another Chapter of Erie. pp. 24–26. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 9780307389763. Retrieved December 25, 2016.