The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-01-21
ON THE RAILROAD.
BRIEF MENTION or a WEEKS no
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Short Paragraphs That Will he Of Interest
20 the Railroad Boys.
lin addressing carpenters union
at Scranton Wednesday Grand Master
WorlmanPow6erly said;Tam asocialist
and ] say &c without blushing If the
avowal brings condemnation, I am
willing to take it. am one Of G5,O00,-
600 socialists i'm this country. ] be-
lieve the railroads are public highways
and should be nationalized, aud that
the telegraph system should be owned
aud operated by the government. The
people own the election system, streets,
public schools aud are we afraid to 60
a step farther and own the railroads
and telegraph which are more essential
to the public ~
TT has been given out by a Central
Railroad official that another arrange
ment has been perfected whereby a
passenger car will be taken each day
from the Pennsylvania road at Phillips
burg and run through to Scranton, and
a car from the Central will be taken
by the Pennsylvania at Phillipsburg
for Philadelphia. This will give the
Pennsylvania an opening to Scranton
which it has thus far found impossible
besides furnishing new route for the
Central to Philadelphia, something it
has apparently desired to obtain for
some time.
+ Lehigh Valley engine No. i2l has
just been rebuilt at the Easton shops.
The engine is built after the pattern of
3Ol, but is larger in Hany respects
rhe boiler is ffty-four inches in diane
ter, and the driving wheels are five and
a half feet high.
I The New York division of the
Reading Railroad has received eight Of
the fifty engines which are now being
turned out by the Baldwlus. They are
of the compound type and are being
fitted up with Smiths patent exhaust
The remainder of these engines will be
delivered within the next few months.
( An order went into effect on the
Pennsylvania Railruad recently to the
effect that all employees of that com
pany must either sever their counec
lions with all organizations, labor and
otherwise, or give up their jobs This
is drawing the lines too fine; but it
will only tend to bring the laboriug
man to realization of the fact that
''uuited we stand; divided we fall" Let
them unite
I Among the many millions of pas
sengers carried on all the railroad lines
Of Pennsylvania during the year end
ing on Jan. 30 last 70 were killed. OF
this number "a were killed in a wreck
on the Pennsylvania railroad at Har-
risburg in June. The number Of pas
sengers injured during the year was
6s5. The total number of passengers,
employees and other persons killed was
l,4s0. The total number injured was
$500. The whole number of persons
killed who were not passengers or en-
ployes, was 951. OF this number it is
estimated, IS per cent lost their lives
while lying on the tracks while under
the influence of liquor
+ The stockholders of the Lshigh
Valley Railroad Company convened in
annual session at the general offices OF
the company Tuesday, and the meet.
ing's interest was intensified by a gen.
tie "kick" on the part of one or two
small stockholders against the lease of
the property to the Reading Company,
because they (the stockholders had
not been consulted in the matter pre-
vious to its consummation. Joseph
Wharton presided and at the conclu.
sion of the reading of the annual re.
port by President f. p Wilbur, Lewis
Elkin began forceful condemnation
of the directors in leasing the road
without consulting the stockholders
Samuel Elliiu his brother also took a
hand in the discussion and wanted to
know whether any provision had been
made in the lease for the proper pre-
servation Of the property of the lie.
high Valley Railroad during the con.
tinuance Of the lease.
/ The total tonnage Of the Valley
Railroad for the year ended November
! 30, 1892, showed an increase of G9G,77l
tons, while the number of passengers
carried increased 2Sl,lG Reference is
made to the lease with the Reading, to
the standing Of the company's capital
account at the end Of the year. to the
work that has been done on the new
lines, to the addition of equipment and
rolling stock. The total mileage of the
company al the end Of the year, includ.
ing second track, franchises, sidings
etc, was 2,36S,O5 miles. The operations
of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company
are also given and show shipments OF
coal amounting to 4,55O,533 tons, as
against l,633,O95 tons in 1891, and g.,
9Gj,O7l tons in 1890.