The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-09
SCRANTON'S Visitors
Distinguished Guests from NeghbOrllg City
Are Looking Us Over.
NEWARN'S MUNICIPALITY HERE
Mayor Haynes and Suite of Four
teen Are on an Observation Trip.
Their Selection of This City Com
pliment-They Didn't Give Us
Warming or Time to Don Sunday
Clothes.

pliment-They Didn't Give Us
Warming or Time to Don Sunday
Clothes.
Mayor Joseph c. HAYNES, of Newark.
N. j.. and u suite of fourteen gentle.
men. all municipal officers, arrived in
Scranton, yesterday ia special car
attached to the 10 p. IN. train on the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey
A short time afterward they notified
Mayor Connell Of their presence, and
the members Of the party in groups
started on observation trips for the 10
calities and municipal departments Of
the city which particularly Interested
them for investigation.
TOOK US UNAwAREs
The party took this city's officers by
surprise; no ono had an inkling of the
visit nor time to put on their Sunday
clothes and give nm extra tonch hOre
and thers to the departments which
were later in the day closely studied.
However, Scranton's officials had no
sympathy with the spirit of Burns
when he wrote, 20, wad some power
the gift ia gle us. tn see oursils AS ithers
see us." The sentiment expressed by
all tho Scranton Off ;ials was that We
would Just as soon be scrutinizsd RS
not.
The members Of the Newark party
are joseph Il Hayes. mayor; George
d. Haynes. mayors private secretary;
john W. Strohan. Lyman L. Kane and
j. n Chandler. police commissioners;
Hugh Kinnard, fire commissioner;
Henry Hopper, chief of police; John F.
NAHUM, superintendent of schools;
James McMoneylsr, warden Of county
jail, John b. Morris, public works
surveyor; W. C. Stewart, fire commits
sioners secretary; William c Artley,
superintendent of fire dtplrtmeut ;
Captain Hopper, division supsrin-
tsudant of the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey; ana Jessie X K.ne.
A COMPLIMENT TO SCRANTON.
The party left Newark yesterday
morning and did not stop until Scran
ton was reached The obi .ct of their
visit is solely for observation, for prin.
ciples to apply to their city govern
ment. That Scranton WAS the city
selected from the large number of mu-
inequalities within 2O0-mile radius of
Newark, is n fact which bestows COM
pliment upon every inhabitant Of this
city They are stopping at ths Wyom.
ing and will return to Newark this
afternoon
Last night the entire party made a
visit to the South mills of the Lacka.
wanna Iron and Steel company, ac-
companied by Mayor Connsll. Chief Of
Police Simpson, City Solicitor Torrey
City Controller Widmayer, Chief of
Fire Department Fsrber and a TRIBUNE
reporter. Eight carriages conveyed
the party to the mills, where, under
the guidance Of Assistant Superintend-
ent Edward H Lynde, they were con.
Quoted throughout the plant. Each
process Of manufacture. from the melt
ing of scrap to tbs finished steel rail
was studied in minute detail, and at 10
o'clock the party returned somewhat
enlightened as to what makes Scranton
| foremost in the rank Of cities.
During the evening it was learned
that Mayor Haynes, Chief-of- Police
Hopper and other of the Newarkites
had visited Scranton on previous occa.
sions, but whether as preluls to the
present visit did not appear.
Today the jaunting will be continued
and the walks about the municipal de.
partmsnts interpreted with visits to
the Dickson works, mines aud other
commercial interests.
WHAT NEwARK's MAYOR SAID.
Mayor Haynes said; 1T has always
been question to non-residents of
your thriving city, excepting those in
itiated, regarding what is the real
cause Of your marvellous prosperity
and growth; am Of the opinion that
it can be clearly traced to the public
spiritednsss Of your citizens collectively
and individually. learn that no pub
lie question is too slight for them to
interest themselves in, for the general
good of the community. Your town,
or city | should say. for you've out
grown your swaddling clothes. wears
AN apparent metropolitan air. | am
glad to see Scranton so free of jobbery
ana machine politics in its govern
ment. Perhaps this is attributable to itf
youth, but its rarely good feature to
cling to-"
Another member Of the party, who
had not previously visited Scranton
sad;"Until this trip was contemplated
aud assure you 1t was quite improm-
tn, understood your city to be place
containing vast mining interest; my
ignorance may be objectionable but
never realized until now how great
those mining interests are; did not
consider your large iron and steel iu-
dustriss and valuable railroad interests,
The present trip 10 a revelation to ms
and in trying to comprehend Scran-
toms financial strength we may b,
swallowed up by the problem an(
miss the 'municipal-o observation par
of the programme.
OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
TIT Is somewhat,of mystery sale
another Newarkite. "how Scranton has
in brief career erected such nonu
monts Of greatness As your public
luildings testify. had to see to believ,
that this young city could so quickly
and msritoriously perfect aud manage
its various city departments, All oil
our party have nothing but praise fol
Scranton in every way the sentiment
can be expressed"
Mayor Haynes said he expressed tn
opinions Of all the gentlemen of th
party In testifying to the courteou
treatment they had received at tn,
hands Of Mayor Connell, Chief of Po.
lice Simpson, the Scranton gentlemen
who accompanied them last evening
and other city officials met by them
earlier in the day