The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-18
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

Under the terms OF an order issued
late Saturday afternoon by Superin-
tendenr A. II. Vaudling, Of, the coal de-
partment of the Delaware aud Hudson
company, all the mines operated by
that company will until further notice
work on nine hour time. The Gravity
road, which has been working broken
time since last December, will now be
worked all day and the shops will alss
be required to work full time The
miues Of this company are now filing
large orders for lump aud CRATE sizes
of coal. for different railroad compa-
MES, to be used for steam purposes in
transportation. where heretofore soft
coal had been used, and the stimulus
these orders give to anthracite coal
sales is very considerable.
The entire system of the New York,
Susquehsnns and Western from Jersey
City to Wilkes Barre has been acquired
as route of shipment by the National
Express company. according to 'Aras-
pa" The new line furnishes the Ma.
tional people with very complete belt
line and the route being great deal
shorter than any Of the competing
lines running between these sections
and New York city, q considerable say
ing of time Is realized III the shipment
OF goods between these points. The
circuit cars run from New York to
Yatesville junction, thence by way of
the Delaware and Hudson to the juuc-
tion of the New York, Lake Shore and
Buffalo road at Voorheesville, after
which they are turned over to the New
York Central and hauled back TO Now
York city. Solid car loads of express
are received and delivered daily at
Yatesville. As yet it requires only
four messengers to perform the work
but as soon as the people become more
familiar with the qualities of the new
route this number will be increased.
and already the business is expanding
The executive committee of the
Trunk Line association met in New
York Thursday, and among the Quos-
tions considered were the claims OF the
Lehigh Valley railroad for larger
percentage of west bound passenger
Traffic out of New York city. Hereto
fore the company has been receiving
only per cent. Of the total, while
lines of less importance were given Il
larger percentage. The LehiGh Valley
some time ago demanded as its share
12 per cent. Of the total and upon fail
ing to secure this flooded the market
with cut-rste tickets between New
York and Buffalo. A disastrous and
far reaching rate war was averted
only by the association agreeing to
take up the question Of granting an in
creased percentage, whereupon the
Lehigh Valley withdrew its cut.rate
tickets. At Thursdays meeting an
agreement was reached with regard to
the distribution OF business between
New York and Buffalo, subject to ac-
tion by the commissioners ou any
point of dispute which might arise 1t
is believed the Lehigh Valley secured
approximately what it asked for. The
question of the proper percentage to be
allotted to the Lehigh Valley on its
through business to the West was also
taken up, but action was deferred un.
til Thursday next. when the executive
committee will again meet in New
York.
The anthracite coal sales agents at
their meeting Friday in the Office of
Coke Bros. & Co., in New York, were
perfectly harmonious, and the charges,
which IL was reported would be made
against certain companies, were not
presented. The charges which were to
have been made against two of the
largest carriers were for mining more
than their quota of the allotment Of
tonnage for this month, as well as for
selling large quantities of coal for de-
livery during the next two or three
months at May prices or less. The out
put OF anthracite coal for the past two
weeks WILL exceed 100000 tons. and
this excessive quantity has led to some
bad feeling on the part Of several Of the
companies who have been restricting
production, while their competitors
have been mining and marketing all
the coal possible, without much regard
to quota or price. 1t was believed that
unless better understanding is had
between the interested parties, and
those companies who are charged with
both over production and cutting
prices will promise to change their
methods of doing business and live up
to the agreement on tonnage and
prices, there is likely to be trouble.
In explanation OF the question why
the south side of Wilkes-Barre is call
ed Rolling Mill Hill the Record says:
In 1910 that portion of the city was
thickly covered with forest A clear
ancs was made on the side Of the hill
where No. colliery OF the Lehign and
Wilkes Barre Coal company and
breaker now stands. In that year the
firm Of Chambers, Biddle & Co erected
a rolling mill at the cost of 100000.
and during the operation Of these works
for year or two Wilkes-Bsrre increased
greatly in business and population,
which according to PeaIce's annals in
1e4O, Is given as !, ,7OS, and the mill was
then sold on debt due the Wyoming
bank and purchased by the Montour
Iron company and removed to Dan
vile. The Scranton furnace was also
commenced in 1S4O and was success
fully blown in for the first time in
1841.
Says Saward: 1T is somewhat
amusing to note the comments OF the
various newspapers here on the fact
that anthracite coal was used in the
recent builders trial of the new cruiser
Minneapolis although the time was
the best made by any of the new
cruisers on the builders trial trips.
The daily papers say that owing to the
poor quality Of the fuel the vessel was
unable to make as good time rs she
should have done. They probably fail
to recollect that 1t has been but very
few years since the Cramps would use
nothing else but the Lehigh Valley
Coal Company Highland coal in any Of
their trial trips of government and
merchant vessels. and with the best
results; but the miners probably bs-
gan to consider their coal invaluable
and charged too high price, and the