Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-01-14
DRIFToN TO GET THEM
Its Chances for the Car Shops
Considered Good.
THE ID. S. & S. WILL PROBABLY DE-
eide TO BUILD ITS GREAT PLANT
NEAR THIS PLACE-MA I'M
PRovEMENTs- MINING NOTES.

Messrs. Cunningham and Rollins, who
hold important positions under Coke
Bros. Co., returned from Reading last
week. where they made an extensive
examination of the buildings, machinery
and workings of the p. q r. car shops
in that city. Their visit was in the in
terest of the Delaware, Susquehanna
and Schuylkill Railroad which is con-
templating the erection of its shops at
Drifton. The report made by them was
given to the officials of the company,
and it is understood to be a most favor
able one. The d. S. & S. has not vet de-
cided positively in favor of locating at
Drifton, but from reliable source it is
learned that Freeland's big suburb will
get the shops These will be patterned
after the Reading buildings, and the
company will equip them with all the
facilities for constructing the locomotives
and cars for the new road. A large
number of men will be given employ
ment, and if Drifton is fortunate enough
to capture this industry it will add con-
siderable to the business of this town.
The ID. S. q S. movements are guarded
with the utmost secrecy, but Freeland is
not going to suffer from any of them, if
rumors that emanate from the company's
OllCe GILL De Telleu upon.
The plan of centralizing the product
of two or more collieries and preparing
the coal at one breaker, so successfully
adopted by Coke Bros. * Co. at Drifton,
will shortly be followed by Markle & Co.
at Highland. 1t is the intention of this
firm to abandon No. | breaker, which
was built in 1867 and has been in opera
ton steadily since, and carry the coal
from that colliery via loce to No. 2,
where there is breaker capable of hand
ling all the Highland coal. The slate
banks at No. and No. have had their
courses changed so as to meet, and over
this the locie track will be laid. To ac-
compish the work would require years,
owing to their distance apart and Con-
tractor King has put on fifteen carts to
assist in making the connection. This
will make No. 2 breaker the receiver of
all the coal from Highland No. l, 2 and
collieries. Markle & Co. are also pre-
pairing to do extensive stripping near the
Highland school building.
Work at the Hartford Mine, at Ashley,
was shut down on Saturday morning
and all the men ordered to leave. Work
had been stopped for the safety of the
miners, the superintendent fearing a
great disaster. Last week one of the in
side bosses, while making an examina-
ton near the end of the cave in the low
er lift by which twenty-eight men were
killed two years ago, happened to put
his hand in stream of water flowing
out from the fallen rock and coal. 1t
was quite warm. After two days inves-
tigation it has been found that the old
workings, which have not been operated
since the accident, were a mass of fire
for distance of 100 yards. Fears of its
breaking through into the present work
ings caused the shut down. An attempt
will be made to quench this fire by re-
opening the old opening in the hillside
through which the twenty-eight men
were brought out dead. 1t Is expected
work will be stopped for month
An important decision was handed
down Monday morning by Judge Rice.
He decides against the Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. in their applica-
tion for permanent injunction restrain
ing the d. & I'll. Coal Co. from further
ground upon which the injunction is
prayed for is the danger of the water
breaking through into the Holenback
mine, owned by the l.. & W-B. Co., and
the workings of which adioin those of
the Conyngham. The mine inspector
and the d. x H. Co. s engineer differ as
to the extent of the danger, the defend
ants claiming that the barrier pillar can
be so strengthened as to make the break
ing through of the water an impossi-
bility. The testimony on both sides was
carefully considered and the summing
up, which was quite lengthy, gave the
defendants the decision. Had Judge
Rice decided otherwise the d. & H.
would be compelled to stop fighting the
fire with water, and the consequence
would be that the flames would eventu-
ally spread to the Hollenback mine.