The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-04-11
The Carbon Advocate
SATURDAY, APRIL IL, 1891.
RAILROAD GOSSIP.


fThe brick addition to Valley depot
at Hokendauqua will be used for the
post Office.
tCommencing on Monday night a
through car from Philadelphia to
Mauch Chunk was put on the Valley
road.
tThe Lehigh Valley has recalled its
monthly passes, and it is said will issue
no more to its Employees. The purpose
is to compel the men, to live where they
work, or leave the road.
1Six hundred immigrants went up
the Lehigh Valley in a special train last
week. They were taken on board at
New York and run through to Buffalo
without change The Lehigh Valley
does a big business in this line, ano
frequently runs several such special
trains week.
Towing to the resignation of G. S.
Hallman the following promotions
take place in the Packerton Forward
ing offices: A. S. SNYDER, succeeds
Geo S. Hallman; A. e. Dreibelbies,
succeeds A. j. Snyder; j. L. Boyer, sue
ceeds A. e. Dreibelbies; G. q. Brink
man, succeeds J. L. Boyer; Lewis
Dreibelbies, succeeds @. E. Brink
man.
tSecretary of Internal Affairs Thomas
j. Stewart has issued the annual report
concerning railroads, doing business in
the State, and among other features he
shows that the amount of capital stock
paid into railroad corporations in this
State is S799, ,9S7 PIG, an increase of over
S250O00O00 since $780, Ten years ago
the funded debt was 589,374,027; now
it is 1895, 100000 greater. The companies
employ 176,945 persons.
THE Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
is surveying a route through North
amption county which, if built, would
side track Allentown and the Bethle-
hens Just as the Pennsylvania Railroad
will side track Philadelphia with the
Trenton cut off. A force of engineers
are surveying route from Laury's to
Easton, for a short line for through
trains. They are at work for several
routes. It is doubtful whether the line
will be built for some time. Ifit should
be built it will shorten the distance from
Slatington to Easton by nine miles
thereby reducing the time of through
trains.
TT is a fact that engine Ago has the
best record of any locomotive on tho
Valley. 1t is an old story for her tC
MAKE le llO ulllbo BbbWbbn - ~ l.
junction and Easton in three hour:
aud a quarter, while the run from
Mauch Chunk to Easton is scheduled
at one hour AMI ten minutes. JOIN
Rhofing is engineer, William Mont
agae, fireman; Thomas Oates handle
third brake; Alfred Werkheiser, seconC
brake; James Conway, cracks coal; Dan
Crilly is on the flag; Ed Deiterline fill
the CHOOSE; Phil Carroll, does pilo
work and Henry Schaffer is conductor
1t is Jolly crew and the old 400 is
daisy that can't be beat.
is. q. Wilkinson, Grand Master o
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
has discharged Charles T. Salisbury
John G. Glenn, Charles w. Flanders
John O'Rourke and r. S. Bodma1
Grand Trustees of the Brotherhood
The Grand Master gives his reason 70
this action that the Grand Trustee
failed to make a proper examination o
the books of the Grand Secretary an
Treasurer and of the editor of the Train
mems Journal, and to place the edito
under bond, and the Grand Trustee
usurped authority in issuing circula
containing untrue statements and i
overruling the action of the sevent
annual convention on two points. M
Salisbury denies the authority of I'll
Grand Master to discharge them, {
they were elected by the Brotherhoo
and says they are still serving, regari
less of the order.