The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-30
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

There was q decrease in the Jersey Con-
trails net earnings in April Of S162, 93l.
Tho ''nesU' slope at the Otto col liery,
Pottsville, is flooded and work will not
resume before neXt week.
For the week ended May &c, shipments
from eighteen reporting Luzerne county
collieries amounted to 40, GAO tons.
Net earnings of tho New York, Susque-
hanna and Western for April were $44, 60S,
against $50, 922 for the same month last
year.
Troutman & Company's Vaudeville shaft
is now ready to resume operations, having
been shut down for a month to make i'm
provements.
Coal shipments over the Summit branch
for the week ended May IL, aggregated
~, IA. ~ tons, and for the week ended May
10, 3, 204. % tons.
Coal shipments over the Norfolk and
Western have increased TO such an extent
that the company's motive power is said
to BIO inadequate.
President Joseph S. Harris, accompanied
by several expert mining engineers, on
Saturday made a tour of inspection Of all
the Reading collieries.
Gross earnings Of twenty-five roads for
the third week Of May decreased II. 55 per
cent, and sixty. nine roads for the second
week in May decreased 1871 per cent.
The Minnesota supreme court reverses
.ne ueetiion u ahe we coutS' anu m nO OniI
drive ticket scRlpers out or Minnesota.
American locomotives have been adopted
as the standard for japanese railroads. In
numerous tests the American engines
SloWeu tnelr superiority over tnose OIL al
''hei n"'lonS
James q. York, vice-president o. the
lronton Structural Steel company, ex-
planned his new method OF rolling steel
shapes, at the social meeting OF the Scran-
ton Engineers CLUB, last evening.
The Reading railroad system REPORTS
that its coal shipments Estimated for the
week ended Nav &c were l2l, 900 tons, of
which lG,0O0 tons were sent to Port Rich
moud and IS. 900 tons to New York waters.
w T. Tiffo,y oP WiILas-Rarra bos haen
annointad station agent Mt Mountain Porl,
tp tokn effact :Jnne1 A = HitcbIar Of
Plymouth. was Yesterday appointed Ply
month ticket agent for the Valley rail-
road. The office is a new one.
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connecttoh WIN SGe MSsLeou ue"IJ, ous
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some c~ontraulceoIy sCnteLnehts aiiegeu W
nave oeen maue ny tne PleSenC heaulns
management
Coal Freight Agent Crandall, Of the
Erie railroad, reports that the stock OF
soft coal on MS ROAD IS very low, ana otner
lines are making similar statements. Inc
Lake Shore, IL IS reported, mas given no
tice that 1t VIII seize all the coal mat
comes into It's nands.
The total number of industrial employees
idle as a result of coal scarcity is placed at
80, 600, and the total number idle owing to
the strike, which now appears likely to fail,
is 2l0, 0GO. In other industrial lines 25,OOC
men are reported idle as a result OF strikes,
making the total NUMBER now IDLE go OO.
Pardee % Company, OF Hazleton, issued
orders on Saturday to work double shifts
in their No. 3 colliery. A night force oil
miners have started in and the colliery
work to its fullest capacity. The demand
for anthracite is growing daily as nearly
all the coal at tidewater has been con-
sumed since the beginning OF the soft Goa
strike.
The company Of Pittstonians who have
been boring for coal on o tract of land in