The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-27

FS here at 10 a. m from |
Grardvile on the |
Philadelphia. and Read. |
ing Railroad Company's palace car Beatrice"
The car stopped at the limerick street cross.
ing of the Lehgh Valley Railroad and the
visitors walked up to the Kelley Run colliery
Two hours were spent about the collery, the
visitors being under the guidance of superin-
tendent Thomas Baird.
The Board also visited the ground on the
James McNeal tract applied for by the Col
umbia Hose Company of town for the pur-
pose of establishing picnic ground.
The visiting party consisted of Hon.
Edwin S. Stuart, Mayor of Philadelphia
Hon. James L. Miles, President of the Selec.
Council of Philadelphia; Hon. Edward M.
Paxton, ex-Judge of the Supreme Court and
one of the Receivers of the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad; Hon. Michael Arnold,
Judge of Court of Common Pleas, No. 4;
Hon. f. A. Breezy, Judge of Court of Common
Pleas, No. 2; Hon. Joseph c. Ferguson,
Judge of Orphans Court of Philadelphia;
Hon. F. c. Brewster Solicitor for the Girard
Estate; John II. Converse, John X. Cum
ming Hon. William B. Mann, Dallas San
ders, Esq, the Solicitor for the Board of
Directors; Joseph U, Crawford, of the Penn.
sylvania Railroad Company; George d. Nc
Creary City Treasurer of Philadelphia;
George Il. kirkpatrick, Superintendent of
City Trusts Heber S. Thompson, Chief En-
oriu of ba ri
Esq, Frank NJ. Highley, secretary of the
Board of Trusts; Dr. N. Wiley
Thomas, Professor of Chemistry at
Girard College; Henry C. Russell, assistant
to the secretary of the P. & r. c. & l. Co. /;
General Louis Wagner President of the
Board Of Directors John B. Granger, Mine
Inspector for the Girard Estate R. c.
Luther, General Manager of the P. & r. C. &
1. Co.; W, c. Lathrop Col. d. P. Brown, Ex.
Senator King, Francis L. Brewster, Louis
Bregg, DR.. L. W. Hughes Samuel Bell, Jr,
E. c. Wagner and Louis Holland.
The board left Philadelphia at p. m.
yesterday and arrived at Girardville at 7:55
p, m, dining on the car en- route. At s:3O
this morning a start was made from Girard-
Vile and visits were paid to Packer No. 5
colliery, the tunnel connecting Packer No.
and Packer No. ., Packer No. ?, No. and
No, g. and then Kelley Run.
At noon the visitors left by carriages for
the Lost Creek reservoir, the new reservoir
at Raven Run, and the North Ashland and
Continental colliery. This evening will be
spent in Girardvlle.
Tomorrow morning, at $3.50 o'clock, the
board and its guests will leave Girardville
by special Schuyll1ill Traction Company cars
and visit the new breaker at VIM. Penn.
By special Pennsylvania railroad train they
will then go over the new road of the com.
pany to the Draper colliery and inspect the
horizontal artesian well of the Girard Water
Company at that place. A trip will then be
made to Frackville and from that place a
special P. & K. train will take the visitors
down Mahanoy Plane and to the Girard
Tunnel and Bear Ridge coliery. Special
Schuylkill Traction Company cars will then
be placed at the disposal of the board again
for trip to Ashland, at which point carriages
will be taken for a drive to the Miners
Hospital at Fountain Springs, where lunch
will be served at l p. m. At ? p. m. the
return drive will be made to Ashland and
upon arrival there Traction cars will be
taken for the Hammond colliery. The
breaker and underground working of this
mine will be inspected and the party will
return to Girardville at 8 p, m.
The program for Friday is as follows
Leave Girardville at a, m; arrive at Girard
Manor at $3.50; carriages to farms on Joseph
Evans and Thomas Davidson tracts; lunch at
Brandonville at 11:3O a. M leave Brandon
vile at 1885 p. m. by regular P. & r. train
aud arrive at Philadelphia at 5;l5 p. m.
William D. Seltzer, Esq, the Republican
candidate for Judge, and J. r. Coyle ESQ.,
joined the visitors when they got into their
carriages in front of the HERALD office this
morning for the drive to the reservoirs.