The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-05-06
ON THE RAILROAD.
BRIEF MENTION or A wEEK's 10.
GSGs o. THE RAIL.

short Paragraphs That will be Of Intereat
10 the Railroad Bows
! John kresge, OF Pache erton. is OF
indefinitely for burning Valley engine
| Engine 20 run into the side Of a
coal train drawn by engine l99 in the
Fackerton yards, the other day.
7 Engine SS on the Valley Is on the
night shift in the Mahoning yard Wm.
/ Newhart is engineer; VIM. Tyndall, Gre
men, and Bert klotz is conductor.
Ed Reichard, of town. is an extra
Lehigh Valley fireman atatty isa
| Jim dandy.
Dan T. Sehoch Is braking on
jamestown run Look out for signals
/ Tilgh Arner, once Of this place, now
OF Coplay, is an extra brakemen on the
Valley.
/ Willoughby Ritter, of Rockdale.
formerly of town, is an extra Valley
/ brakman.
! al Smith, Of the coal dump, is out
after q long illness with rheumatism.
Z In connection with the recent bill
before Congress providing for autom
attic couplers for freight cars it is in
teresting TO note that over 1000 patents
for such devices haye been granted.and
that large number of applications arc
on the file in the Patent Office await.
ing the decision of the Examiner.
I 1t is said that the loose talk about
the superiority Of American railway
service will subside, when the people
get back from the Fair. Railway trains
from all over the world will be on exi-
bition. ORe that has pulled in already
from Canada is of solid mahogany.
The interior is built on the Spanish re-
naissance plan Of architecture
Alfred Beunicuf, a I.ehigh Valley
brakeman, who jumped from = train
near Easton and saved two persons
from drowning, is dying from consump-
ton in poor house in Lehigh county
Pa, the cold bath and subsequent eX-
posure having taken deadly effect.
| Contributions are being taken up for
him by Mauch Chunk lady Good
for this kind woman.
I A system Of disinfeotion is being
perfected by the Pennsylvania and
other railroad companies, by which all
cars used in the transportation of inn
migrants from eastern ports en- route
TO the west will be fumigated and puri-
fed TO prevent the spread of germs Of
any disease which NAV possibly be i'm
parted to them. Freight cars will be
subjected to the same process of puri-
| fication,
! The gross earnings Of the Central
X. X. of New Jersey for March were
81 ,223,50O, an increase of S47,759, oper.
ating expenses S7j9,620, an increase Of
s9l,6lo; and net earnings, s46l, ,O69 a de
crease of S44, los. From January [ to
March 81, the gross earnings we're So
3SS, ,l21; an increase of S99,25S; operat
ing expenses, S2,e72, ,121, an increase of
s245, l49, and met Sl,2lG,9O5, decrease of
l45 49l
! The Reading receivers applied TO
the court for permission TO purchase
| $500 new coal cars II was stated that
the company now has 5000 worn cars of
obsolete pattern, and that the presenl
equipment is entirely inadequate for
the transaction of the heavy coal busi-
ness of the company. The purchase
of the cars to be made by the payment
of 10 per cent. and the giving of 81
equally divided notes
The Reading railroad company has
concluded negotiation with the Grand
Trunk and Niche Plate lines for the
running of four through trains each
way daily between Philadelphia and
New York and Chicago. The arrange
ments 20 into effect May IA. On that
date connections will be made to and
from the terminal with all the New
York Bline Line Trains except the five
hour flyer. The route will be from New
York to Niagara Falls, the sleeping cars
will be run.