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


set of men in the country than the
Chicago railroad officials, says Chi
cago dispatch, il traffic does not con,
stantly increase from this week until
it has reached its normal limit. East
ern lines. especially the coal roads, are
doing an enormous wsstbouud business.
Eastbound trnffi, has not recovered so
rapidly, due largely to the difficulties
still in the west at tho stock yards.
No line dares to work at night, and
nothing like normal business is done
in the day time. The universal opin-
ion is that the traffic outlook is
healthy.
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NoTEs:
Three thousand striking miners have
voted to return to work in the Jeillco,
(Tenn.) district.
Lehigh Valley car and upholstery shops
at Easton will be closed this week on ac-
count Of the coal traffic suspension.
The Lehigh Valley railroad has issued
notices reducing the time Of shop hands to
eight hours day and five days week.
Madoc Thomas, of Edwardsville. has
been appointed inside foreman Mt the
Simpson & Watkins mine at Forty Fort.
The employees at the Reading Coal and
Iron company's Monitor colliery have
struck for higher wages and steadler
time.
The Pennsylvania company is running
Its shops at Fort Wayne and Logansport
but eeven hours day, but will soon in
crease to eight hours.
In the new general offices Of the Penn
sylvaEia in Philadelphia, under one roof,
are found Is, 900 officers and clerks who
transact the business of this company.
A dispatch from the city OF Mexico says
that, owing to the general business de-
preston in Mexico, there will b. but little
railroad building done in that republic this
year.
Official notice is given of the appoint
ment of h. NJ. Bronson "a assistant general
passenger agent Of the Pennsylvania lines,
vice Samuel Moody who will retire on
Aug. l.
The manager of the American Steamship
company says: Reduction in steerage
rates naturally will not bepermanent, aud,
thus far, it has not served to swell our
traffic"
The old engineers of the Reading rail
road. who went west in the last two weeks
to take the places Of strikers on the Wa
bash, are proving, it is stated, very com
petent men.
II. j. Richards, OF Wilkes-Barre, the pat
entee Of the Richards safety lamp, after
filling the position of fire boss in the No
Audenreid miues for the past few
months, has resigned.
A mortgage OF 81, 500, 900 given BY the
Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill
Railroad company to the Trust Company
OF North America, was received in the Of
flee Of the recorder Of Carbon county Mon
day.
The western roads are just beginning to
resume business under normal conditions,
although it will be some time before bust
| ness, particularly in the passenger de-
partment, will be what it was before the
strike.
William S. Spiers, who has been assist
ant general freight agent Of the Lehigh
| Valley for number of years, and who, at
the beginning OF the present lake season,
went to Chicago to look after business in
general in tho west has had his title
changed to western freight agent. with
| headquarters in Chicago as heretofore.
| The position Of assistant general freight
| agent Is abolished.
The New York Central, the New York,
| New Haven and Hartford and several
other eastern roads have become members
Of the international railway congress,
which is to hold convention in London,
| England, in July, 1895. Special prepara-
tions are already making for the event,
which will be attended by large number
Of officials of roads in this country.
The Trunk Line association, it is an.
| nounced, has under consideration propo-
| sition to make II uniform rate Of a half
cent mile per 100 pounds on all freight
handled in the tefritoty the association
covers. This would greatly simplify bnsi-
ness and enable the shipper to know just
what he Will have to pay for freight
charges.
General Manager O'Dell, of the New
York and New England, tells the owners
Of the property that he must have l,000
| freight cars, G. 900 tons of steel rails and a
number OF new bridges, and has but S25,
OOO in the company's treasury to work
with. He wants 81, 900, 900 of receiver s
certificates issued with which to make
| greatly improvements.
P. A. b. Widener, president, and Will
adelphia Traction company, are soon to 30
abroad. 1t is understood that Wi1ener
and Elkins while abroad will make thor
ough inspection OK all the newest European
devices to prevent accidents on surface
| railroa Is with view to applying them to
the Traction system in Philadelphia on
| their return.
The colleries Of the Lehigh Valley Coal
company were all closed down Wednesday
evening, to be idle until ncxs Monday. 1t
is expected that the mines will only work
| half time for some time to come. The
| Reading conpsny'5 colleries are expected
| to shut down for one or two days this
week. The stocks OF coal are full, and the
great stagnation in the west has caused
temporary dullness in the coal trade.
| The Reading Iron company at pottsville
ia daily expecting q large consignment OF
soft coal. Employees of the rolling mill
have been notified to make necessary re-
| pairs preparatory to starting operations
on Monday, morning next. Repairs are
being made to all other departments, aud
it is believed the entire plant Will be put {
into operation in q few days after tn Q
rolling mill has produced enough iron.
| 1t looks as IL the Reading Railroad com
pauy had decided to abandon the use of
Dituminous coal on its freight and coal To-
comotives. Orders have been issued to re.
move the brick Arches placed in the fire.
boxes recently for the burning Of this fuel.
| About eighteen engines in the Shamokin
round house that were altered in this
manner aro now being changed back to
| the old order and will again begin using
| buckwheat coal.
The Lehigh Valley car order has been
| awarded, as announced two weeks ago, to
the Buffalo Car Manufacturing company.
and the Lebanon Manufacturing company,
each company contracting to build 1000
cars. The cars are TO have capacity of
| Gu, 900 pounds each, and are to have Kings
hopper bottom. They will all be equipped
with NJ c. B. couplers, air brakes, iron
brake beams, and will be mounted on Fox
pressed steel trucks.
The Trainmen's Brotherhood has dis
| banded and thrown up its charter, About
twenty five Reading employees in Reading
belonged to the order. Ten train hands
recently lost their positions because they
belonged to this organization, and fearing
| that all wnt,d ba ramoyad n mating yu no