The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-14


It's Pathway at a Grade Some
Cheering Signs of Returning Con-
fidence in the Business World-Tom
johnson Gobbles Up a Rival Trolley
lne-Varous Notes of Industrial
Interest
A dispatch from llarrisburg yoSter-
day To the tHSct that the Pannsy ylVania
railroad intended to fight to tho bitter
end the Pennsylvania Traction cOm-
pany which contemplntes tina conatruG-
tion OF . trolley llne from HSrrisburg
TO Philadelphia - denied by David w,
Seller, one OF the oompany's solicitors.
The Pennsylvania railroad. he says,
recognizes the fact that the trolley
roads werO perfectly legitlmlts enter
prises, aud as to opposing their con
struclion on the ground that they cams
iu competition with the steam roads.
there is nothing in It, The question
which most seriously concerns the
Pennsylvania railroad, so far Hs the
construction Of trolley roads 10
concerned, Mr. Sellers says aud against
which decided action will be taken, Is
| the crossing of these roads of the COM
pany's tracks at grade. The PsnnSyl-
mania has spent many thousands Of dol |
lars in getting rid of grade crossings |
and 1t would DO defeating the purposes
| of these great expenditures and at tho |
same time would greatly increase tho |
dauger OF tho travelling public. IT the |
trolley lines were now permitted to |
cross tho cOmpany's tracks at grade. |
The Pennsylvania railroad. Mr. Sellers
continues. had several trolley lines |
parAlelling Its tracks, but noas OF them |
cross them at grade. and no opposition |
on tho compauyS part had bsen offered
| to their construction.
| IL is rumored that an examination |
for mine forsmel vii! besheld early in
May.
Signs of returning conf lsnce in
manufacturing circles continue. All
the departments of this Cambria Iron
works ut JohDstowD, which have been
idle, resumed business Tuesday morn
ing The JohnStown Steel works at
tho sans place also started up after an
idleness of three months. About 2 900
men went to work for tho two corpora
tions. l. is announced that the
Braddock Wire works plant at
Rankin. near Pittsburg, holds the rec
ord since Saturday. turning out more
ste'l than any other single roll rod
mill in the world. The racord has bsen
held for number Of years by the Jol-
let, Ill, Wire works. whose rod mill
turned out 243 tons OF wire rods in
twelve hours The output of the Brad.
dock works for Saturday, turn Of
ten hours. from a. IN. till p IN was
254 tons. breaking the record by eleven
tons. \ big run of steel was made ev-
CRY day last week, which indicates tno
receipt Of large orders.
Pittsburg and western shipments Of
coke are reported a5 being about up
to the standard, bui a considerable in
crease in business Ia looked for during
the present week Prices have under
gone no chance. Furnace coke Is still
! quoted at 81 ton. and is selling in
many instances at s. cents. The larg3
operators practically cOatrol th9 mar
ket. The prices are too low for the
small producers to run their works Mt o
profit, aad until furnac, coke goes
above 81 ton they will probably re
main idle, The West Virginia OPERA
tors are also being driven from the
market. Each week. as their contracts
expire in tho west and rthwest they
are secured Cor renewal by agents from
the Connellsyille region.
Judge Simonton filed n long opinion
Monday afternoon in which he de-
clined to disturb the judgment hereto
fore entered in the case involving taxa.
i tion by the commonwealth OF the L.
high Coal and Navigation comDany's
! capital stock for the year 1899 and
. gives judgment for the state for ths
whole amount OF the claim
Rumors OF price-slashing are again
. current In anthracite circles. The
Philadelphia Stakeholder is authority
? for the statement that Rnv company
= will sell at SO s. net for stove, and sales
, are reported at even lower figures. The
sales agents are expected TO announce
spring prices on thu 20sh inst, bnt in
view of tho apathy OF the trade Mt
i pressntit IL Ia doubtful whether the de-
a Inand will improve even though prices
.. are reduced. The western trade Ia I'm
! satisfactory. both ~ to demand and
- prices The inquiry for pea and buck
: wheat seems large, but Ia merely be-
cause ths comp Inie9 are mining less OF
q oil siz,s. Stocks are GCcumulating at
; oil points.
, Ord,rs have been booked whereby
(; the Bethlehem Iron Company's steel
!, mill will continue ruauing day aud
. night until the end OF tho month. Ths
mill has not run more than n fortnight
at any timo for more than year. Fif-
teen hundred hands arc employed.
(; The strike inAugurated ten days ago
= nt the mill Of tbs Est Lebanon Iron
= company, by tho puddlsrs against n re.
ductlon In wages, has been declared off
:. and the mill yesterday resumed work.
+, A compromise schedule OF wages bs-
tween f2. 80 and 80 per ton for puddlers
Z was agreed upon.
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES:
The Norfolk and Western Railroad com.
pany has closed n contract with tho Oleve
land, Akron and Columbus railroad
whereby tho latter secures for n term ol
" years the partial use OF the formsr's terml
70 malls at Columbus.
i The Lackawanua IL spending large SUM
y OF money on improvements, especially OF
tho Morrls and Essex division, where II Il
on an extensive scale, raising tho road.
hsda rndncinp uralaa and GRADUALLY doinu