The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-11-18
ON THE RAILROAD
BRIEF NEWTON OFA wEEN's ~
INGs On THE RAIL.

short Paragraphs That viii be of Interest
to the Railroad Bows
1George Strohm, a Valley brakeman,
hit by the Coplay bridge last week, is
up aud around again
tGeorge Emmett, of Second street,
who sustained fracture Of one Of his
legs in collision at Packerton some
weeks ago is getting along nicely.
+ Work at Weatherly foundry is
assuming its old time proportions,
prior to the Reading deal. All the
moulders laid off at that time are
gradually being reemployed.
1George Sandherr, of town, Le-
high Valley brakeman, had his rigl
hand caught between the bumpers of
two cars at Mahoning siding on last
Monday and sustained severe injury.
t Al O'Brien, of town, fireman on a
Valley passenger engine for Engineer
VIII HoHord run extra in the latter's
place one dav this week while viii was
taking well earned holiday Messrs.
Huford and O'Brien are two of Lehigh-
toms most promising young men.
7 Two Lehigh Valley freight trains
collided at Bear Creek Junction, on the
wyoming division, on Saturday morn
ing while one of the trains was pulling
out of siding Richard Wagner, Of
West Pittston, conductor, jumped and
sustained painful wounds about the
head and hands.
I A general change has been made in
the system of steam heating the cars in
passenger service on the Lehigh Valley
Rail Road. The system formerly in use
was McElroy's. Since Saturday last the
Sewel system is be used all along Il q
line of the road. The officials believe
the latter to be the safer and more
efficient plan.
tTho Lehigh Valley officials have
received word to seek among their old
employ es for a man, "A years old, feet
5 inches tall, weighing l70 pounds. good
looking, a switchman bv trade, who is
wanted for assisting strikers in wreck
ing trains and cutting telegraph wires
on the Chicago & Northwestern Road
last June, at Harvard, I'll.
I From the time the Reading combi-
nation was established tickets Of the
New Jersey Central aud Lehigh Val.
ley X. X, uetWeen New ork aud Phil
hpsburg aud Easton and Scranton have
been interchangeable round trip
tickets on either road being good to
return on the other. In a few days how
ever this custom will be discontinue.
aud the two companies will return to
the old system, heather company ac
cepting the others tickets on its trains
beetwen the points stated
/ The Lehigh Navigation directors
have declared a semi-anuual dividend
of 3 per cent to stockholders oa record
on October 81. The half year has been
the best the company has known in
recent years. The profits from coal sales
and the receipts from railroad were
never as great. Over 100000 was set
aside for the sinking fund, an ex-
ceptionally forward. The net earnings
for the year are said 10 be between Z
and per cent,
+ The right of a person paying for a
seat in railway train to have same
furnished him is, it is well understood,
subject to the demands made by sud
den and unusual influx Of passengers.
though ali are occupied, as uy some of
the passengers sleeping on two seats
and others being filled with baggage, a
railway company will be liable, it has
been decided, for its conductors re-
fusal and failure TO furnish a passenger
paying therefore with seat upon pro-
per application.