The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-04-08
ON THE RAILROAD,
BRIEF MENTION or A wEEK's 20
INGs ON THE RAIL.
Short Paragraphs That will he Of Interest
to the Railroad Bows.

Short Paragraphs That Will he OF Interest
to the Railroad Bows.
tThere are Ais more railway employ
ees in Pennsylvania than IN the States
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois aud Massa-
chusetts.
I The biggest locomotive works in
the world is the Baldwin works in
Philadelphia which employs 39lS men
and boys.
! 1t Is said we may expect express
competition IN the Lehigh Valley about
May lst, when the Adams will open a
line on the c. r. r. of n. j.
I The tracks of the Central Rail
Road of New Jersey are being relaid be
tween northampton and Siegfried's
Bridge with twenty pound steel rail and
put into first class shape for the heavy
travel aud traffic expected this sum
mer.
I A new order went into effect on all
lines of the United States Express Co
Saturday. The order is that no per-
son the age of 2l years shall be employ
ed as Express Manager.
/ The gross earnings of the central
Railroad of New Jersey for February
we're 81, ,l0O,605Ol, a decrease of S37,-
67SS9; operating expenses, $3.50, ,3236o,
an increase of S53, ,7O5.OS, and net s4l4,-
33141, a decrease of S9l, l,3s397. The
net earnings from Jan. to Feb. %, in-
elusive, were S75l, 1882, decrease of
Sl02, ,332.23.
I The Readidg Company has shipped
to the Chicago fair l63 uoXes contain
samples of all the sizes and varieties of
coal mixed and prepared at their mines
in the Schuylkill region. In addition
to the coal, there was included In the
shipment collection comprising forty
one different tools and implements
used by the miner. The entire exhibit
will be placed in cabinets among the
| Pennsylvania exhibit in the mines and
mining building.
| + With regard TO the statement that
( DreXel d Co. and Brown Bros. Il Co.
were not going to take up the 81, 100000
| of second mortgage bonds of the Read
! ing Rail Road which mature Oct.l, but
would only buy the coupons or improve
ment mortgage bonds as they fall due
Gen. Louis Fitzgerald, ofthe committee
of the general mortgage bond holders,
/ said; "These second mortgage bonds
come ahead of the general mortgage
] DOnuS. we expect iudb OpeyeT " 20
will extend them as originally agreed
with the rate of interest reduced from
| : to per cent If they do not DreXel
& Co. probable will, Anyway, these
bonds will be provided for and will
cause the company no trouble
I First Vice President Voorhees,, OF
the Reading system, made a tour of the
Lehigh and Wyoming divisions, Friday
Himself and party occupied the Lehigh
Valley private car, No. 354. Supt. vii.
bur,of the Eastern Division, ,accompani-
ed the Vice President as far as Mauch
Chunk Supt. Esser, of the wyoming
Division, had charge of the party from
Mauch Chunk to L. and B. junction
The contractors who will build the
Central's double track are now at work
erecting large boarding houses at Les
lies Run and 'Drifton Junction, and
have already received several carloads
of tools. In addition to the new double
track, third track will be built al
brakes Point. 1t will he two miles
long, and will be used by passenger
and fast freight trains in rounding
coal trains. The new work will begir
as soon AS the weather will permit