The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-27
utNERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

tion to the freight rates from Philadel-
phia over the trunk lines, as compared
with the rates charged from other
eastern cities The circular, which is
accompanied by table showi ng the
distance of Philadelphia from Chicago
by the trunk line railroads entering
this city is 939 miles The average
distance of Boston from Chicago by
the trunk line railroads entering that
city is 1,152 miles. Boston is, there
fore, 2l3 miles more distant from
Chicago than Philadelphia, yet
goods car be shipped at a
less rate from Boston to Chicago, all
rail, than from Philadelphia TO
Chicago This statement is abund-
antly proved by the annexed table,
showing in detail the rate of freight on
each of the six classes of merchandise
by the several trunk line railroads
from Boston. The rate from Philadel-
phia to Chicago on tirst-olass matter
by each of the trunk lines entering
this city is 90 cents per 100 pounds.
There are three different lines entering
Boston which carry first class matter
from that city to Chicago for 50 cents
per 100 pounds. When it is remem-
bered that the haul Of the Boston roads
is 213 miles longer than that of the
Philadelphia roads, and that the Bos.
ton rate is 4 cents lower, the unjust
and indefensible character of the Phil
delphia rate bscOmes apparent. In
further demonstration OF the unjust
nature of the discrimination to which
Philadelphia is subject, we re-
fer to the fact that Portland,
Me-, which is 1877 miles further from
Chicago than Philadelphia has trunk
line, all rail rates to Chicago on the
six classes of goods, varying from l
cent to cents per 100 pounds less than
those accorded to Pniladelphia upon
the same classes of merchandise. We
desire TO- impress upon the considera.
tion Of the business men Of Philadel.
phia the important fact that the
trunk line railroads which center at
Philadelphia, by their vote and influ-
ence in the Trunk Line association or
pool, consent to tho establishment by
other lines of these discriminating
freight schedules in favor of New
York, Boston and Portland, Me-, and
thereby abrogate the differentiRl
nominslly conceded Philadelphia. II
Mr.. Fields committee wants to get at
some truly astonishing facts in rail-
way discrimination it should investi.
gate the various tolls charged by diff
ferent carriers on bituminous and
anthracite coal, rebates duly accounted
for.
The negotiations between the Brooks
Iron company, of Birdsboro, and the
Phenix Iron company for the purchase
of Jones mines, near Joanna, have
been eonsummated in the purchase of
the ore right In the former company.
The machinery and buildings will be
disposed of at public SALE A competent
mining authority says ore can be mined
at Jones mines at 80 cents at ton.
The bed Of iron ore recently discov-
cred at Galeton is five feet in thick
ness, and is said to be superior to any
iron ore ever discovered in the state.
A river of petroleum is now rushing
from the oil company through the pipe
lines to Philadelphia to load the larg
est feet of bulk oil vessels that has
ever been at that port at any one time.
At least 10, 900, 600 gallons of crude and
refined petroleum will be required to
fill the orders now on hand for this
particular class Of vessels. There are
twelve bulk steamships and two barks
loading petroleum in Philadelphia on
foreign account. The average cargo Of
modern bulk carrier is 1, 800 900 gal
Ions. There are also large sailing yes.
sells carrying oil which are principally
owned in France. The shipments from
the Philadelp phis ports during the past
week aggregated 5,075, 00S gallons.
The total shipments since Jan. have
been s23. SOL, 151 gallons, 1t is believed
that this years shipments will be the
largest ever known in the history Of
this port
G. J. Grammar has been offered and
will probably accept the position of
general freight agent Of the Lake
Shore road. Mr.. Grammar was for
years connected with the Mackey lines,
and under his management as traffic
manager they prospered, but after the
relations of President Mackey and
Traffic Manager Grammar became
strained and the latter left the roads
their business dropped off. 1t is in
timated that President Ingalls, of the
Big Four, recommended mir. Gram
mar to General Manager Caldwell.
The committee OF the Easton board
trade, who waited upon President
Maxwell and asked that the Jersey
Central shop now at Junction be re-
turned to PhillisDurg, have lost hope Of
having their desires grstified This
same committee also urged the COM
pany to build new passenger station
at Phillipsburg. Mr.. Maxwell in.
formed the committee that the COM
pany had united with the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western road in hav-
ing plans made for union station. but
that for some cause or other the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western had
withdrawn. He. however. informed
phO budb WOulu
be ample accommodations, and If the
present arrangements, that of using the
Delaware, Lackswanna and Western
station, was not sufficient, that new
station would be built.
The Hazard Wire Rope works OF
Wilkes-Barre shipped to New York
city wire cable that is next to the
largest in the United States. 1t was
manufactured for the Columbus and
Ninth avenue division of the Broad,
way cable line and is the first Of four
ordered by that company. The rope
is 81, 800 feet in length and is one and
half inches in diameter. 1t is made
from high grade English crncible
steel, every foot of which was drawn
and tempered in the Hazard works.
There are six strands of nineteen wires
each wound over hemp core, the lat
ter forming a cushion and giving elias.
ITCHY to.the rope. The whole mum ber
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