The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-15
GE NERAL NEWS
Of INDUSTRIES

1t Is when we see ourselves as others
see us that the spectacle becomes really
interesting. To this rule railway
circles are no exception. Some Of the
statistics, comparisons and reflections
made by the London Financial News
with reference TO the humiliatiug
showing recently exhibited by Amsri
can railway systems prove this. Not
ing the largo expenditures made last
year to accommodate Worlds fair traf-
&c the News yet finds with regard to
1894 that on 1856 roads, during the
mouth Of March, while tho gross earn
ings fell off 1888 per cent, there
was an almost exactly similar de-
crease OF H. % psr cent. in the net re-
ceipts. Although these roads had q
gain in gross of 50. 249,91S in March,
1893, the net gain was but 1929 37S.
Since the net decrease in March this
year came to 49, 1877, 700. it will be seen
that, leaving out this mouth Of 1893 as
one of exceptional expenditure, there
is falling off OF over $4,000, 900 com.
pared with the corresponding period OF
1892. March, in short. was hopelessly
had. the loss in gross, which wa9 $S,-
SS1, 102 in February and $I071, 4jS in
January, rising to $40. 533, 12l, and whom
we turn to the net we fnd the de-
crease OF SO, l37, 600, or 1872 per cent,
for March, compared with 81, l53 $40 or
1914 per cont, for February. and ST.
13l, 1928. Or s 81 per cent, for January.
Up TO the end OF March, +, adds the News,
beyond which we have not the full re
suits, we see an unsatisfactory move
ment in the wrong direction and such
statements as have come to hand for
April unfortunately show no Improve
ment. 1t will convey some idea Of the
depression prevailing in the United
States when we ada that the reduction
in gross receipts OF 1Tj roads for the
first quarter of 1894 comes TO $30,j23,-
145, OF which 81. III 6j4 is net loss
Sufficient orders for anthrscite are
said 10 he on file in the general head
quarters Of the Reading Coal and Iron
Company to keep all available collieries
steadily scliva for six weeks. Ten col.
lieri0s belonging to the Reading COM
llNAIl III CNlal lhAAA SOuIkJ Itiuhll SuD-
merged. Not alone have the workings
bpen filled with water, hut great deal
of cuIm ard other debris was washed
down the slopes. and ii will require
some time to remove this after the wa.
ter has been pumped out 1t is ex-
pected that the company will oe work
ing full handed within few weeks.
The trouble experienced last year on
account OF the scarcity OF coal cars is
not 30 apparent this year. a number
OF new cars Are being built by thg COM
pany and the old ones are being over
hauled. A large percentages Of this
kind of rolling stock is in the replir
shop mt the present time 1t is also ex-
peCted that considerable more coal will
he shipped during the next few months
than heretofore, owing TO the fact that
box cars are being used for shipping
coal 10 points west. The collieries arc
being placed in as good a condition as
possible. 80 that the work of mining
the coal will not be delayed
Says the Stockholder: "Poople in
terested in tho Scranton Traction sys-
TEN are very much pleased with this
outlook for traffic on the Scranton and
Plttston branch, which will soon be
completed. and which, when in opera
iiou, is expected to prove an Garner
equally rs large as the Scranton and
Carbondale The latter brings the
bulk of its traffic into the city from the
north; the Scranton and Pittston will
obtain its from the south"
Vague hints are being uttered by
friends of Mr.. Mcleod connecting his
mama with pending railway deal OF
even greater significance than any with
which he has yet been identified. No
body seems 10 know definitely what
these rumors mean, If they mean any
thing. 1t is, however regarded as Ger
tain by many railroad men that Mr..
McLaod's talents as an orgahizer of
great enterprises will not keep him
looking for employment.
1t Is expected that by next Friday
the East Side trolley line, which is be-.
ing constructed from Wilkes-Barre
through Plains, Pert Bowkley and Port
Griffith to Pittston will have been com.
pleted to the latter place, when tha ola |
track OF the Pittstou horse Car line will !
be torn up and trolley line su0sti- !
tuted. 1t is thought that trips will he
made on the East Side between Pitts
ton and Wilkes-Barre in thirty mip-
utes. A 10 cent fare ia also among the |
possibilities The line will soon push
on TO Duryea, whore it will beacon to
the Scranton Traction company to come |
and join hands.
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NoTEs:
For the first time in tho history OF the
Wabash Its shops are shut down all over
the system Oh account Of lack Of COAL
r. G.. Matthews has been appointed
general suDerintendent of the Buffalo, II
Rochester and PittsDurg, vice W. II. Bar
rett, resigned.
The Lehigh Valley management is so |
we'll pleased with the business that their |
New York and Chicago line is doing that
they have decided to further improve the !
service between the points.
A special train on the Pennsylvania road
last Friday made the run from Altoona to
Pittsburg without stop, GOV vering the dis
tance at speed OF one mile every ninety
seconds, which, for that part OF the road,
is the fastest time ever made by any train.
There are no signs Of let up in the
Southern rate war. The Louisville and
Nashville announces that 1t is in to the
death, and gives notice that in few days
1t will make sweeping reductions on
freights to all Ohio river points Memphis
and the Southwest territory.
An agreement Of mergsr and consolda-
ton has been executed between the Bed |
FORD and Somerset Railroad company,
BROOKS Mills and Altoona Railroad com
pany, Manns Choice and Hyndman Rail-
road company and Bedford and Blair
County Railroad company. The new cor.
poration is the Pennsylvania Midland |
Railroad company. George B. Orlady, Of
Huntingdon, is president; S. j. Spyker,
son HARRISBURG trepgnrnr -