The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-10-10
READING EDITORS TOUR.
THEY PAY A VISIT TO THE
MINES.
NEARLYA HUNDRED In THE PARTY
st. Clair, Frackvllle, Gordon,
Minersville, Glen Carbon, Shen-
andoah, Mahanoy City and
Other Places Visited.
HUNDRED IN THE PARTY

OIhOl L ltlCO5 1bAJ0us
ry~%c u4NSR HE first excursion ofthe
acI ~ Inns Reading Press Club to
| r<y(lRS S kAXR the anthracite coal re-
W 'M lsS8 gions took place yester-
y/M\&R 81 day. The members of
-S1I3rT& Y the club, accompanied
~ %eYAA Sy lady 'h9,s friends, TigSs ssp,..onl .ao
tatives of the Philadel-
phia newspapers @. R. Deacon, press agent of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad COM
pany, and a number of officials of the com
pany, left Reading at s:31 a, m. on special
| train of three cars one of which was
palace car with dining room attached. A
brief stop was made at Port Carbon at 9:0l
and thirty-one minutes later the excursionists
arrived at Fnckville, at the head of Maha-
noy plane. Here they alighted and spent
forty five minutes viewing the scenery of the
valleys and mountains and examining the
machinery of the plane. At 1920 the party
returned by the same route to Schuylkill
Haven and proceeded to Cressona on the
Mine Hill and Schuyllill Haven branch, ar
irving at 11:l2 a. m.
This part of the trip afforded the excur-
sionists an opportunity to inspect engine
houses, machine shops. and the scales that
weigh coal brought from Gordon plane, but
the stop was a brief one and the party
pushed on to NInersville and Glen Carbon,
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stop of about an hour was made for lunch,
which was served in the dining car. Shortly
after l o'clock the excursionists were lowered
over both planes They then iourneyed to
Mahanoy Plane and at that point were
| switched on the Shenandoah branch. The
not arrive until 3. They were accompanied
by General Superintendent R. G. Luther, of
the P. g. R. G. & 1. Co., and were received by
many of the mine officials of this and the
connecting districts. The train was run up
to Indian Ridge colliery and the visitors
spent over an hour inspecting the mines.
| In speaking of the trip the editors said it
was one of the most enjoyable and interest
ing they had ever had. They were particu-
larly well pleased with what they saw in and
about the mines in this section, 1t was
novel sight for many of them and some said
they intend in the near future to spend
several days in Shenandoah so as to get full
benefit of all that may be seen in the great
works for the production of anthracite coal,
Some of the excursionists expressed surprise
at finding town like Shenandoah in a nest
of coal mines. Cyrus T. Fox, of the Reading
Press Bureau who makes frequent trips to
this section, said "Why, this is the greatest
town in the region. You should be here on
a pay day"
Shortly after four o'clock the excursionists
started for home, going from here to Maha-
noy City, then to Tamaqua and Port Clinton,
and from there to Reading.
The roll of press excursiOnists was as fol-
lows August Bendel, Literatur Biaet;
A. N. Burk kholder, John NJ Geiger jesse G..
Hawley, Alfred G.. Jones, J. D. Missimer,
w. Frank Mohr, Joseph s. Mccullough, and
John w. Rausch, of the Eagle; George w.
Brown Edwin r. Gerber and II. II. Hammer
of the Telegram; Frank T. Coe, btgieSide;
John B. Dampman, Marcus B, Eaches, John
H. Early, Lewis G.. Early and Charles w.
Gerhart, Of the Morning Herald; John H.
Focht, Robert L. Leyburn, William Sterrett
and Thomas G. Zimmerman, of the Times
Cyrus T. Fox, of the Reading Press Bureau !.
Thomas II, Jones and A. d. b. Mackenzie
of the World; William Rosenthal and John
Weller, of the Post; Milford N. Ritter
Nelos; Charles B. spatz, Boyertoloa Demo
kratj Harry E. Hart, Birdsboro Dispatch (;
Henry Seibert, adler.
The guests of the club were Mrs. +. Il.
Aulenbach Mrs. A. Bendel, Mrs. George w.
Brown Mrs. Frank T. Coe, Mrs. j. B.
Dampman, Mrs. Marcus b. Eaches, Mrs
John II. Focht, Mrs. Cyrus T. Fox, Mrs. John
N. Geiger, Mrs E. R. Gerber, Mrs Charles
w. Gerhart Mrs. E. Gragg, Mrs. A. s. Jones,
Mrs. K. l.. Leyburn, Mrs. Deb. Mackenzie,
Mrs N. W. Major, Mrs. John ID. Missimer
Mrs. Joseph S, Mccullough, Mrs, John w.
Rauch, Mrs. W. Rosenthal Mrs. William
Weller, Mrs. T. c. Zimmerman, and Mrs.
George w. Keim Misses Raueh, Annie f.
Bechtel, Ellen Brown, Laura NJ. Geiger
Helen Hawley, Grace Missimer, Lulu Shaier
and Bessie Stole; Messrs. Charles r. Deacon
E. J. James and Bonneville Keim Masters
Mccullough, Weller, IL. Raymond Brown,
Walter j. Brown, Paul Dsmpman, Harry B.
Fox, Samuel shafer and Harry sterret.
The mine officials who received the excur-
sionists and their guests in town were Dis
trict Superintendents j. j. Bradigan and
William Broughall, Inside and Outside Fore
men Morgan Davis, T, j. Campbell, d. II.
Lauderman, Fred. Carl John W. Morgan,
T. J. James, Marshal Baugh, and ~ J.
Owens, and Mr.. F, C. Reese and r. J. Davies,
the r. & r. station agent.
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