The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-21

Total for year
to date ...... 2O7Gi,l3i %. 5S3,sl9 Dec lsl0,GSj
Reports Cleaned by the Stockhold der
from what it calls reliable sources are
to The effect that some of the large pro
ducing anthracite companies are cut
ting the July circular prices 1t was
slated Thursday that the Lshigh Valley
was filing orders on egg at SO So per
ton, or 90 cents below the circular,
while both the Reading and the Valley
had made a still deeper cut into the
price OF stove. The figures given (S3 6j
at which this sizy is being sold is 81
cents per ton below the circular. Tne
story, however, lacked confirmation in
official circles, out the street gave it
ersdence, as it is known that cutting
has been in force by other companies
for some time past, and the Reading
and the Lqhigh Valley have only met
them rs u matter Of protecting their
own interests.
A portion of the report Of Chief
Bolles. Of the bureau of Industrial sta
iistics Of this state, is devoted to the
Sweat shops in Philadelphia. The
persons engaged in making ready-made
clothing are Of various nationalities
At the present time large NUN Der OF
Russians are employed, US we'll as q
considerable number of Americans:
but the inquiry showed that nearly all
of them are Of foreign parentsge, whose
parents, in most cases, followed the
same pursuit.. Two hundred and thirty.
seven shops were visited by the agents
Of the bureau. In many cases not more
than 400 or 500 cubic feet Of space is
occupied by u person, while the best
informed on these matters declare that
from 750 to 1000 cubic feet OF space
per head is required in shop rooms to
maintain good health. There wsrs 1906
persons employed in the places visited.
or this number $50 were men, 755 wo-
men, 40 boys under 16 and 90 girls un.
der 16 or the employers, there were
915 Russians, 460 Americans, 169 Ger
mans. 98 Poles. 48 Austrians, 81 Hun
garisns, 80 Irish, 20 Roumanians, IS
Italians and IA English.
The Albany Argus has the following
concerning the three famous locomo-
tives on the Central Hudson road: The
300 10 still the queen of all locomotive
Her run Of 1861 miles in 4254 minutes
stands as worlds record, and her
mile in 80 seconds has never been
eQuallsd in this or foreign countries.
But it is more than probable that
within the next few months the New
York Central officials will order one OF
those records broken by another en-
gine, and will then give the 900 an op-
portunity to enter into the record.
breaking business again. Engines 8Ss
and $40 came out OF the New York
Central shops at West Albany, where
the 900 was built. The $40 will be re.
chrislened and will be known as the
TT. They are now running regularly
on the Empire State express and the
company 10 experimenting with them
by running them first on one division
and then another. under differ
ent engineers At present the
900 takes the Empire State
express from New York 10 thi.
city; the 1888 from Albany to Syracuse,
and the $40 from Syracuse to Buffalo.
The other day Engineer Chase with
the SSS left Albany with the Empire
State express thirteen minutes late
The distance, ninety-five miles. was
made in ninety-six minutes Mr.. Dor.
mady says he made the run from Utica
to Albany in ninety minutes the Other
day. Continuing he said: II made
thirteen miles In ten minutes last week.
and Icould have kept up that speed all
day. Considering the run Of ninety
five miles in ninety minutes. believe
that could make 100 miles in 175
minutes. The difference between the
speed which an ordinary engine chr
make and the average speed OF the O09
is shown In run made by that engine
last Thursday. The engine left Syra
cuse one hour and ten minutes late
with the st. Louis express. The train
consisted Of eleven cars and had two