The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-03-12


4The "boysn along the road are won
dering what Mickey" Schoch has done
with his whiskers.
THE new Baldwin passenger engine
No. 1856, recently built for the Central
railroad, is expected to be n record
breaker. II it constructed on altogeth-
er new principles.
Engine No 16, which has been in
the Weatherly shops for some time,
was turned out Saturday after being
remodled, No. 416 was also rebuilt and
sent to the Wyoming region,
tCoal crackers need not assist in
getting out engines or assisting after
leaving the main track. This Is only
on the Lehigh division and the en-
gineers are beginning to kick.
THE Lehigh Valley coal company
employed 1547 persons at its coal
mines, worked 1854 days last year;
mined 499,611 tons Of coal; had fatal
accidents and 13 non-fatal, and pro-
duced 99.922 tons Of coal per each life
lost.
IA Lehigh Valley conductor and en-
gineer who are popular with the boys,
run foot race on the tracks from the
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other day. Both claim the race. The
conductor claims he was started for a
ten mile race and was fully "winded"
for that distance, but the engineer just
winks at him and smiles.
THE adjustment of se old-style
small coal cars has been decided on
by the Reading and Jersey Central
management. The little cars have been
the cause Of many destructive and ex
pensive wrecks. They are 50 light that
when a trains speed Is too suddenly
checked they "hump" in the middle Of
the train with disastrous results.
tThe Baldwin Locomotive Works
have just constructed for the Pennsyl
vania railroad, a powerful locomotive
with six massive driving wheels, each
six feet in diameter. It is constructed
with speed In view Of ninety miles an
hour.
tat has always been the policy of the
Reading Railroad, since / have been
president" said President Mcleod, of
the Reading railroad, recently, ito
foster local Industries along our lines,
and that will be continued over the en-.
tire new system. Instead Of the new
deal hurting the industries Of the
Lehigh Valley, it will greatly benefit
them.n
tit is currently rumored that j. II.
Olhausen, of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, and at one time the popu-
lar Superintendent of Mahanoy Divi-
sion C the Reading road, will be made
genera. manager Of the combined
roads. This is important news to this
region.
tan conductors on the Lehigh
Valley, Jersey Central, Beach Creek,
New York & Long Branch, Lehigh &
Hudson River and P. &. r. railroads
have been given orders to recognize all
tickets, mileage books, passes, ETC.,
issued by either of the above named
roads as good over the others, com
mencing to-day.
/ The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany have began curtailing their ex-
penses by discharging a number of
their hands at Weatherly. Several of the
coal engines and their crews are idle
also, and the situation is considered
alarming by many who seem to realize
the present state Of affairs.
/ Under the new combination, ship
pers along the lines of the Central r.
r. have received notice that a demur-
rage of S1.00 per day will be charged
for detention of forty eight hours after
receipt of same. This will be a hard
ship in many cases, while in others it
will have the effect of more prompt
ness in unloading, or compel the com
pany to retain cars at shipping points
until the consignees can promptly
handle the same.