The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-04-29
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INGs ON THE RAIL.
short Paragraphs That Will be OF Interest
to the Railroad Bows.
! 7 A large force of men are at work be
low White Haven, building the Cent
rails double track between Tannery and
Rockport. Steam drills are being used
to expediteithe work, and steam shovels
will also be employed soon.
It is said the Reading Receivers
have been notified by the Attorney
General of New Jersey that the Easton
q Amboy Railroad mustt be parted
from the Reading, and that this fact is
giving the Reading directors consider
able trouble.
Of the many relics of the civil war
to be seen at the Columbian exposition
none will have a more pathetic interest
than the famous old engine, General
With which James J. Andrews and bis
squad of Federal scouts made their ia
nous run on the Western Atlantic road
in Georgia, April u, 1862 The engine
was turned ont Of the Rogers works in
1904 and continued in service till 1890
and with the exception of few restor-
cd parts will appear at Chicago exactly
as it did when the famous run was
made. Of the twenty-five raiders eight
Including Andrews--were hanged,
eight escaped, and the other six were
exchanged in 1868.
! The New Jersey Central Railroad
has begun work upon branch to run
from Perth Amboy to Bound Brook.
The new route will shorten the Cen
trails time between Philadelphia and
the shore about forty minutes.
1.-THE repair hands on the Catasauous
and Fogelsville Railroad, who last Nov.
ember had their period of labor reduced
from 10 to hours per day, on Monday
again commenced to put in lU hours, at
l2 cents per hour.
! Engine No. 26, on the Valley is
out of the shops, looking as neat and
trim as new pin. AL Sitter pulls the
throttle and Harry Weidaw looks after
the fire. Both are from town.
! Wm. Waterbor, Valley section boss,
gave red tickets to four Americans
from this neighborhood and put in
their place seven Hungarians.
! A joint union meeting of divisions
2ol, b. of L. e; 154, o. r. @; 251 B. of.
f. l3l o. r. I, and 100 B. R. R. IT.. will
be held in Aliens Opera House Tams.
qua, Pa, Sunday afternoon, April 20
1888, at half-past o'clock sharp. Ad-
dresses will be made by all the promi-
nent leaders of the local organizations
and several other well-known speakers
programme will also consist of vocal
and Instrumental music. All railroad
men and others interested are cordi.
oily invited to attend. Committee.
Z. B. Henry, N. zerbey, NJ. R. Moore.
q. j. Carroll, and U. S. Brobst
Engineer Robert Klotz. of TTpion |
Hill, brought north to the Packerton
yards, one night recently two new and
handsome locomotives that are to he
on exhibition at the Chicago Fair
one was Norfold & Western, No. 800
and the other was No. $40 AR
duplication has been made by the
receivers of the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad Company to the United
States circuit court to grant authority
for the release from the Readings con
troll OF the Easton & Amboy railroad
and the Lehigh Valley Terminal
Railway Companies, and for the carry.
out instead, of trackage agreement
WAlch has been prepared between the
Reading and those companies. Judge
Dallas made an order referring the
matter to George L. Crawford. the
special master, to hear testimony upon
the proposed surrender and beginning
oi the trackage agreement, and report
to the court the advisabilily of grant
ing the requests.
7 The resignation Of Joseph S. Harris
as president of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company was offered and
accepted Monday morning at a meet
ing OF the Board of Managers and.
Edward B. Leisenring, member Of
the board chosen to secceed him.
I A curious locomotive with double
connecting rods, invented by John P.
Shaw, has been forwarded to Boston.
The double rods obviate the necessity
OF the counter balance en- the driving
wheels and make running smootherand
easier The wear on the track is also
much less, as the counter balance
strikes with blow of nine ton at every
revolution. The locomotive is said to
have record Of lO2 miles an hour.