The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-03-11
ON THE RAILROAD.
BRIEF MENTION OF A WEEKS DO
INGs ON THE RAIL.
short Paragraphs That Will he of Interest .
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of production was Sl.47 per ton.
tEleven box cars loaded with articles
of art from Italy, for the Worlds Fair
passed up the Lehigh Valley railroad
Friday night. They we're brought to
this country on the American man of
war; Constellation,
tJohn Nichol the lost and damaged
freight agent of the Reading System,
is in St. Louis attending thenation con
vention of freight agents. He will be
gone week. Mr.. Nichol represents
the Reading at the convention. He
lives at Mauch Chunk.
An order has been received at all Of
the repair shops of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Co., giving parti-
cular instructions to the employees,
No car is to be allowed to go through
the shops without obliterating the
words "series A, Union Trust Co." The
painters are instructed to paint over
these marks. The reason for this
order is that the mortgage bond, series
A, of the Union Trust Co., of Philadel.
phia, have been paid. This was the
payment that is said to have pFecipita
ted the receivership.
I The commission on the anthracite
coal waste, of which the Hon. Eckley
B. Coke is chairman, hopes to finish
its report this Spring. It will enter
very fully into the matter and should
be a most valuable contribution to
economize science. The present meth.
DDS Of mining and pre- pairing anthra-
cite coal are disgrace to the century
and the sooner we realize this and act
upon it the better off we will be. Mil
lions of tons are lost every year through
incompetency, ignorance and careless
ness.
Last week the parents of Albert G.
Lsntz, of Weatherly, who was in Octo-
Der last killed on the railroad at st..
Nichalas received from the Brother
hood of Trainmen, of which organiza-
tion he was a member 1889 as death
benefit. Mr.. Lentz joined the organi-
2ation in Tamaqua the day previous to
his death, and as every member is
placed on the beneficial list the night
of initiation the opportune step he
took will assist greatly in relieving the
distress of the parents. The Brother.
hood of Railroad Trainmen was organ
lied in town last August and at present
numbers forty members. 1t is doing
excellent work, and will grow in use
fulness and prosperity. -Tamaqua
Recorder
I The proposed Philadelphia & Allen
town Electric Trunk Railway Company
which intends building a line from
Allentown to Philadelphia, will take in
South Bethlehem, Hellertown, Bingen,
Coopersburg, Spinnerstown, Gerysville
East Greenville, Pennsburg, Hillegas
vile, Red Hill, Green Lane, Samney
town, HarleysYille, Kulpsville, Nortl
Wales, Spring Haven, Fort Washing
ton, Florenceton, Chestnut Hill, Mount
Airy, Germantown Philadelphia, Union
town, JeffersonVille. Another branch
runs through Quakertown, Perkasie
aud Doylestown. The capital is s1C0,
900. They have received the right o.
way along the roads of Lower Saucon
The company may purchase the Rentz
heimer cave property, near Hellertown
and convert it into picnic grounC
and park.
] / tAbout co employees of the Lehigl
division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
were discharged indefinitely the othe
day. The signal men, who build watcl
towers, gang of six that works alon
the whole line of the road, were put of
The gravel train, drawn by engine Nc
3 "A, has been abolished. The conducto
was Thomas Murtugh, the enginee
Phil Lauer and the fireman Olive
Stein, all of Easton. There were
, workmen on the train Each divisio
of the Lehigh Valley road has had tw
gravel trains. The number on ever
division has been reduced to one. Th
=, track gangs, headed by James Pasco
, aud James Bowman, the first consist
I, ing of twenty men and the second {
ten men, are also discharged. The me
q out of work do not know when the
4 will be employed. The wedding out
the men has been done TO reduce Il
- operating expenses of the Readir
70 Railroad under the administration {
the receivers.
tThe annual report OF the Philadt
phia and Reading Relief Associatio
organized under the personal directi,
, Of President Mcleod, which has ju
, been complied, makes very gratifyil
exhibit of the organizations mol
work during the past year, Il sho
.. that the total receipts we're 1862, ,7S7 :
= of which 1920 ,s54.l4 was contributed
~ members; 81, ,l37 PC was contributed
% the railroad company, $3.50 was {
rived from interests on investmeu
I" and s545.ss from interests on ba
balances. The disbursements agg
. gated il,lOlOl, including Sl04,S64
W. w for death benefits; 54,53O95 for cont
~ buttons returned, and ss,NOl2 for
" peuses of medical examiners, leayin
el surplus for year of 52l ,6S5.37, maxi
"e the surplus 522s, ,4S0.44. The Assoc
"s tion paid 248 death claims and afford
relief in l3,OOj cases of disableme
Ia OF the disablement cases, benefits
st 1857 accident cases and 1907 $
NV cases were allowed aud the cases clos
on One hundred and eighteen memb
,as died during disablement, twenty
5e- we're In receipt of wages, aud 5,l59
mn covered within seven days, leav
an l,24s on hand at the close of the "
10y The membership at the end Of
fiscal year was l5,2l6,
WIN be Here on the 7th.
INK DR.. w. f, Dancer, Hazleton's s
ary known eye, ear and plse specialist,
be at the Exchange Hotel on FriC
t1fz April Z. The doctor is second 10 n
a.5 in the treatment of the above dIsei
2lt and If you need such services call
% see him.