The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-12-24
RAILROAD NOTES


Short Paragraphs THAT will be OF Interest
to the Railroad Boys.
/ The Allentown Chronicle says: 1t
is stated that John Taylor, the former
general freight agent of the Lehigh
Valley railroad, and now general traffic
manager for the Reading, is slated for
a dictatorship in the Boston d Maine
System, recently acquired by the
Reading. The PHILADELPHIA Press has
it that eventually Mr.. Taylor is to be
made the general manager of the entire
Reading System.
+The Lehigh Valley Company is en-
gagged in grading new roadbed for its
tracks between Highland and Sandy
Run, owing to the old roadbed being
undermined and very dangerous.
tOur exchanges have been publish.
ing an item relative to the rumored re
moval of the Adams Express company
from the Lehigh Valley division of the
P. & r. system, and the probability
that the Adams would be succeeded by
the United States Express company
A. n. Viking of Buffalo, assistant sup
erinteudent of the Adams company,
positively denies the statement, and
has Mr.. McLeod's authority for saying
that no arrangements have been made
for the changing o express service on
his lines.
1.-THE new electric lights in the yards
of the Central Railroad Company of
New Jersey, at Mauch Chunk were lit
on Wednesday night for the first time.
All the lamps are stationed in the upper
yard, extending from the round house
to Nesquehoning Junction.
( One of the most successful trade
unions in the country is the Order of
Railway Teleerapers. This is due to
the intelligence of telegraph operators
as a class and as "a whole. There is no
brighter class of young men in the
world than the telegraph operators.
tBrakemen get l. cents day and
wine on Spanish railroads. Conduct
ors receive 26 cents, wine and cigaretts
telegraph operators do not get any
pay but they are given a plot of land
which they can cultivate between times
and the proceeds of the truck farm is
their salary. They also act as station
agents.
1.-THE Reading railroad company is
determined to have its own line be-
tween Harrisburg and Rockville and a
tunnel will be cut through the noun
tain. Coal shipments on the Pine
Grove Division in order to reach
Harrisburg over the company's own
lines must be sent via Lebanon. If
sent viaRoclyille it must be transferred
to the Pennsylvania railroad. The
western shipments via the Harrisburg
~ Pittsburg Division have increased 50
rapidly lately that an independent lire
between Harrisburg and Rockville is
regarded as absolutely necessary
Work may be commenced soon.
+ Altogether on Saturday and sun,
day lll7 loaded cars of coal passed
over the Lehigh Valley east from Pack.
erton. During the same time llOl
empty cars passed west over the road
The freight traffic included $50 loaded
and 473 empty cars. This makes a tota-
of 1890 cars on an eight wheel basis, OF
l59,625 feet, on 30 miles of trains, the
length Of the ears averaging 37ls feet
This is the heaviest run OF cars thai
ever passed over the Lehigh Valley il
one day. The passenger traffic augu
ments this remarkable record by sew
eral miles. The suupendous work wa
performed without any delay whatever
TO passenger trains.
: The Pennsylvania Railroads Off
cials have been annoyed for some timr
by the failure by "a number of thei
passenger trains to run ON schedul
time, An investigation led TO the dis
coyery that much valuable time wa
lost in the embarking and disembark
ing Of passengers at stations. 10 rem
edy this evil notices will be placed il
all prominent places along the com
pany's lines requesting passengers Z
I alight from and board the trains a
4 quickly as possible
+ Since the new order, has gone int
effect for which Jersey Central coa
( trains are run to Port Richmond owe
e the North Pennsylvania road instea
of Eli1a5u.hport, a great deal Of al.
satisfaction exists among the crew
They claim that they do not earn neu
j as much as they did when they ra
over their own road to ElizaDethpor
e They do not get paid any overtime an
= their day frequently runs into eightee
7 hours North Penn. freight crows an
y not paid overtime either. They an
4 paid by the trip, and trip frequentl
If consumes nearly u hours.