The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-02-18
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TO the Railroad Boys
The Pennsylvania Railroad will in
the future heat its passenger oars on
the Sunbury and Hazleton branches
with steam. All the cars on the main
line have been heated by this process
for years.
The Pennsylvania Railroad was se-
verely taxed during last year TO supply
enough cars to meet the coal demand
10 meet the demands of the coal ship
pers 1t has been decided to build at
least 1900 new coal cars.
/ In line with the policy of President
Mcleod to give greater diversity to the
interests ofthe company, G. w. Sheldon
n Co. have been appointed import
agents of the Philadelphia and Read
ing system OF railroad lines to look
after foreign traffic imported through
theports of Philadelphia and New York.
l observed locomotive In the railroad yards
one day;
Il was was waiting in the herondhouse, where the
locomotives stays;
1t was painting tor the Journey; it was coaled
And il had box the fireman was allug full
OF sand.
It appears that locomotives cannot alway get
grip
Vh ',lSiI I s'enuel IRON pavement, cause the
And when they reach a slippery spot their
tactics they command,
with sand.
An exchange says: Gan the con-
ductOrs, brakemen and uniformed
employees of the PHILADELPHIA and
Reading were notified Monday that an
inspection Of their summer uniforms
will be made on Wednesday. Feb. 15
The employees on the Mahanoy branch
Will be inspected at Delano, and those
OF the Beaver Meadow and Hazleton
divisions will be inspected in Halle.
ton. This, no doubt, will mean more
new uniforms
! The Reading Railroad Relief Asso-
citation continues to make gratifying
exhibits of the organizations excellent
work. The statement for January, 1893,
shows payment aggregating SlS,9943O,
OF which there was paid on account of
deaths, sS,uOu; on account of accidents
and disablements, S6,793.50 and sick
dtsablements, S4,20080. The total num-
ber of cases reported during the month
was l,9fS. There were seventeen death
claims paid, eleven from accidents and
six from natural causes.
The New York Herald saws. The
Readings president has name capa-
ble of being pronounced in more diff
ereut ways than that of any other rail
road man in the world Perhaps this
is an attribute of versatility. Here are
some of the pronunications most gene
rally used: McLoyd, McLoud. McLade.
McLed, McLid, Mcleod, McLud. Nc.
Iced. None of these is the pronuni-
cation used by the possessor of the
name. He utters it in this way. "Mc-
Lee cd"
I The Easton Express says "Henry
s. Mates has been promoted from as
sistant freight agent to freight agent
at the Lehigh Valley freight depot at
Easton, vice william c. Alderman. Mr..
Ackerman has been assigned to ether
| duties, probably to devote his entire
attention to the soliciting of freight in
this locality, which position he has.
been filling for some time in connec-
tion with his position as agent. Mr.
MATES has been connected with the
| office for some time and is a popular,
efficient officer"
I A movement which has the active
encouragement of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company has been
started to construct a railway through
the northwestern part of Schuylkill
county. The residents of Reading and
Bernville met Monday at Reading and
took the preliminaries toward further
ing the enterprise so far as to construct
line from Reading to Bernville, thir.
teen miles, over the route of the old
Union Canal. This line it is proposed
to extend, passing over q portion of
the abandoned South Mountain Road.
/
The Reading Railroad officials have
issued the following notice to agents
and conductors, by order of G. q. Han.
cock, general passenger agent: "Com-
mencing with this date, agents will
discontinue the sale of clerical tickets
to points on or via the Pennsylvania
Railroad, leased or controlled lines,
excepting that such tickets can be sold
from Lehigh Valley points to Potts
Vile, and to and from Shamokin, as at
present; also to points on or via the
Pennsylvania Railroad between Wilkes
Barre and Pottsville by agents author
lied to make such sales, i'm accordance
with circular dated Dec. %, 1892"
/ General Traffic Manager Taylor. of
the Reading system, has issued the
following circular to all the freight
agents ofthe company: ave are advised
! thao une SleNelauuI NluclnnauJl, Chlca-
go and st. Louis Railroad Company
will, for the present, decline to receive
any freight, in carloads or less, from
connecting lines at Cincinnati OF
Columbus, Ohio, destined to points on
OF reached by the way of their system,
except shipments of live stock, perish
able freight and coal for company's use.
Until further advised Central States
Despatch or other shipments for points
on or reached by the way of Cincinnati
or Columbus and the Cleveland, Gin.
cinnatti, Chicago and st. Louis Rail.
road will be diverted to other rnntas =