The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-08-05
ON THE RAILROAD.
BRIEF MENTION ORA wEEK's DO
INGs ON THE RAIL.
Short Paragraphs That Will be Of Interest
TO the Railroad Boys

INGs ON THE RAIL.
Short Paragraphs That Will be Of Interest
to the Railroad BOYS.
tit will be remembered tina the last
bill signed by President Harrison com
PEELED railway companies to equip all
their cars with automatic couplers and
air brakes within FIVE years. Both the
Reading and Pennsylvania systems are
complying with this requirement as
rapidly as possible.
/ The Hazleton Plain Speaker says.
The Beaver Meadow, Hazleton and
Mahauoy City Electric Railway will be
one of the largest roads in the State.
The run will be from Beaver Meadow
TO Mahanoy City and thence probably
to Pottsvlle, distance OF about 40
miles.
/ Snowman Main received $4,000 in
cash from the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and in addition the company built for
him train of thirteen new cars, paid
for all repairs, purchased enough
wagons to make up the number Main
originally had. The company also
paid all costs of maintenance for the
people, animals and stock connected
with the show for the ten days they
were idle at Tyrone after the accident
tThe train runners of the local Phila-
delphia and Reading office are now
working eight hours instead of twelve
hours as heretofore. The change is Il
very agreeable one to the men as the
strain resulting from twelve hours
work was a severe one. The change is
a decided improvement and lessons
to great extent the chances of mis-
take resulting from overwork.
During last year the railroads of
this state, according to Secretary
Stewards report, paid out $50, ,i69, 1885, 30
in dividends. The number of railway
shares issued in this state is IA, ,339, ,750.
The total cash realized on capital stock
is SSsI,474,73l. The capital stock as
authorized by law is Sl,O71 ,993l69 ~
The reports of telegraph and telephone
companies of the state show that they
employ total of b, ,233 persons.
trhe Reading Railroad will start a
new through freight line from the sea-
board to Chicago Oh August first. 1t
will be called the "Reading Dispatch '
The freight will be run over the Lehigh
Valley and Grand Trunk Lines.
/ There was union meeting held at
Easton Sunday afternoon by the organ
lied employees of the Reading Railroad
Company residing in that locality
The meeting was largely attended 10y
locomotive engineers, locomotive fire
men, conductors, trainmen, and tele
graphers. 1t is understood the mer
are confident Vice President VOORHEES,
will deal honestly and justly with then
so far as he is able. General Chairman
Hughes, of the Brotherhood of Tele
graphers, who was one of the com
mittee to wait upon Vice Presiden
Voorhees, yesterday denied in the mos
= positive manner the reports that hav,
been published TO the effect that it il
the intention of the grievance com
mittee to ignore Vice President Voor
hees and appeal TO the receivers of the
l company to have their claims adiuste,
and anew scale of wages adopted.
I C1ers have been issued 10y the Le
3 high Valley Coal Company that only f.
5 100000 tons of coal are to be sent t
market during the month of August
This is one million tons less than usua
j. and will cause an idleness of three day
per week at number of the collierieI
I The Central Railroad of New Jerse
Is reducing the force of its employe
u snd has issued instructions to all il
forPmen to suspend on August lst a
the hands that hsve been engage
since June 1st The order will affeC
d only two or three at the Mauch Caun
IS shops. 1t is said that another orde
n will follow to reduce the force pc
cent.
k tThe Pottsville shops of the ReaC
a ing are kept very busy at presen
nearly 1000 men being at work. Fift
s. two locomotives are undergoing r.
h pairs, and all machinists who desii
d are privileged to work overtin
Wednesday and Saturday nights.
1f THE Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie
ID Boston Rail Road, extending ninet
three miles from Slatington 10 Cam
is bell Han, n Y, viii be abandoned /
e. the Reading Rail Road Company
ne midnight tonight. About one hundrS
men will be thrown out OF emplo
is ment.
tJohn Campbell, master mechan
y, at the Deleno shops of the Lehil
n Valley Company, has bean transferr,
TO the same company's shop at Buffa
of NY. Heleft for that place on Mo
'ir day evening and assumed his new pos
tion Tuesday. Mr.. Campbell held ii
or position for twenty-three years.
tRollin wilbur Lodge 354, b. of K,
on will hold fair and festival and dan
er in Laury's hall Welssport on the eve
ings of September IA, l5, and is. ~
go committee on arrangements are l..
he J. Strauss, Alvin II. Miller aad Anna