The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-28

that has contributed mora to dsmoral
ize legislation than any other com bina.
tion OF capital ever expected to do. A
coal trust in Nova Scotia, an iron trust
in Cuba and sugar trust ia the United
States join hands to mulct the Ameri E
can psople lin the sacred name of tar
if reform"
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NoTES:
A Reading freight train parted and came
together again at Mahanoy City, wrecking
twenty'eight cars,
The Exeter breaker Of the Lehigh Val
ley Coal company, when remodeled, will
have daily capacity Of l., 200 tons.
The strike of bituminous miners in the
Clearfleld district, which has been on since
April 2l, shows signs Of weakening
Work is being pushed on the new branch
of the Northern Central railway running
from Brady to the Union Coal company's
Scott colliery,
The shipments Of coal down the main
line Of the Reading railroad from Palo
Alto and Cressona Thursday amounted to
over $4,000 tons.
st. Nicholas collery, near Shenandoah
|
cause of fire, reopened Thursday, giving
work to 600 men.
The apparent consumption of iron in
the first half of this year was 2, S69, OILS tons
or about half the consumption previous to
the presidential election Of 1892.
The new 600 foot shaft of the Alden Coal
company recently sunk through the Hill
man and Cooper veins will, it is announced,
| ba ha Of nm larua Of
coal.
The car shops at Weatherly are again
working full time but the railroaders are
only working half time although some of
them make enough extra time to bring it
up to i've days per week.
The Atchison road has announced def
nitely at Chicago that it has at present no
intention of re-entering the Western Pas
senger association, and it will have no
part in any meeting with that object.
The Plymouth Coal company contem-
plates hiking No. IL shaft from the Ben.
nett to the Red Ash veins Everything is
in readiness to begin at once. A new slope
will be sunk 1t will go from the Ross to
| the Red Ash veins
| The Gaylord mine OF the Kingston Coal
company Is hosting an average Of $50
| Iulo uthlils hC bCuucII duu SOOpel NtiuS
are being cleaned up and will soon be in
working order, when daily average OF
400 cars is anticipated.
The fire which recently broke out among
a pile of rubbish in an abandoned strip.
ping belonging to the Lehigh aud Wilkes
Barre Coal company at Audenried, and
which it was feared might cause some
trouble, is now entirely extinguished.
| Tho
T. Rickert & Son, is about complete and
will soon be given a trial. If the machin-
cry works satisfactory the same will be
put in active operation at once. The plant
is replete with all the latest Improvements
in line OF machinery.
Travel to the east and to the northern
summer resorts continues fairly good.
though not up to the mark Of few years
ago. The general depression in business
has robbed many a family Of the summer
vacation on the seashore or in the noun
tains or in the east with relatives.
The Reading Railroad company has is.
sued series OF new rules to their watch
men ut crossings, by which the day watch.
men are required to be on duty from 6 a.
IN to s. .l5 p. m., q total Of over fourteen
hours, for $50 per month. They are also
forbidden to read any books or papers
while on duty.
| Among the years Improvements
wrought bv the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Coal company has been the
driving OF q tunnel from the Red Ash to
the Ross veins in the Woodward cOliery;
the driving OF u rock tunnel from the
Ross to the Red Ash in the Avondale col
liery; and the draining of the Pettebone
mine.
| Vice President VOORHEES,, of the Reading
railroad, in reply to question with refer.
ence to the effort made by employees OF the
company TO secure restoration Of wages
to the rate before the reduction Of last
March said: The company is certainly
not in condition to raise anybody's pay at
present. Our published reports will show
that, and, Furthermore. we have not re-
ceived any requests from anybody for
more wages"
The Scranton and Pittston Traction
company is spoken of by the Philadelphia
Record as "a portion OF the electric rail.
way system OF the Wyoming and Lacka.
wanna Valley, which. when completed,
will be one Of the most extensive inter-
urban electric railway systems In the
world. No less than thirty towns and
villages are to be connected by trolley
with Scranton, Pittston, Wilkes Barre
and Carbondale"
AS typical of the retrenchments neces-
sary in railway circles during these times,
it is said that the Santa Fs operating off.
cials are at work on new train schedule,
which, in great measure, will cover the
present ground and yet enable the road to
save about 81. 600 day. Other reductions
will be arrived at by looping off certain
| luYnripq which plOga rnmnatifinp do
apparently necessary, but for which tie
average traveller cares very little,
The Reynolds Mining company has de.
cided to open the old Union mine at Avon.
dale. They have about thirty-fve acres
OF coal untouched in the Ross and Red
Ash veins. Mr.. Corgan has control Of the
inside work, and within the past three
months has pushed the opening tunnel 175
feet. .Tyrrell e. Co. are now framing large
breaker, 60x50 feet, and it will be pushed
30 as to have 1t erected by the time the
opening tunnel Is completed. 1t is said
that this company has at least / 1000 900
tons Of mineable coal to take out.
The prospect for steady work at the
Stockton Iron works, Stockton, was never
brighter, says the Hazleton Standard. The
shops are kept busy turning out big pumps
and breaker machinery Of every descrip-
JlOH. ouperlhbenu6nD James u. hOuerlCk
has just closed q contract with Superin-
tendent Frank Pardee for two large
pumps to be placed In their Cranberry
colliery,, each to throw 5000 gallons OF
water to the surface per minute. They
have inst completed and delivered a large
pump to the Lehigh and Wilkes-Bsrre
Coal company. Audenried. This pump
will, when placed In position. greatly in
crease said eompany's pumping capacity.
My PHYSICIAN said could not live my
liver out of order, frequently vomited
greenish mucous, skin yellow, small dry
humors on face, stomach would not retain
food. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me.
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