The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-04

OF INDUSTRIES
On May Is. 1894, a disastrous fire
visited No. 2 shaft of the Hillside Coal
and Iron company In Forest City, des.
troying the engine house, fan house
and boiler room and machinery. Since
that time large number of men have
been busily engaged in the rebuilding
OF the plant which will be completed
soon. The new plant consists of four
separate buildings, namely. hosting
engine room, fan house, boiler room
and building for the electrical appa.
ratus The hoisring sngine room is in
size, 27 IT. by 81 it,, and contains
sacond motion engine from the Vulcsn
Iron Works. of Wilkes.Bars; sizs, 1S
by "a, capable of hosting a ear of coal
in ~ seconds from the bottom of the
shaft to ths surface, a distance OF 300
IT. W. X Reese is the capable
engineer. The fan house contains
M excellent engine and fan and
IL compl-ts in every detail.
The boilor room contains nest of ten
large boilers which supply the steam
for the outside machinery aud the
steam pumps in the mine. The slz4 of
this building ia SO by 90 The slsctri-
cal building will soptsin three electric
generators and two high speed engines
which will furniQb the electricity for
haulage purposes In No. 2 shaft and
the Forest City slope, and also for an
electric pump in the shaft. At present
but one engine and generator are in
position. the engine being OF 300 horse
power and makes 175 revolutions per
minute. The generator IL of S5-horse
power. The two other generators and
engine are expsctsd in short time.
This building is forty-ivs feet square
James Jennings has charge OF the ma.
chiuery in the building. All of thu
above buildings are csiled and have
matched floors. and are we'll lighted AMI
Uuilt. The roof OF each building has
teen covered with preparation calle
rock rift. and are fire-proof from any
sparks. The fan house is also covered
with galvanized sheet iron.
Each building is receiving coat OF
white, ana presents neat appearance.
The shaft tower is one of strength and
durability. The grounds around the
building have bssn graded which adds
greatly to the general appearance. ].
T. GHlldger, the outside foreman, is OF
an inventive turn OF mind, and has in
troduced davice which is very simple
aud automatic in its workings for the
throwing out OF position the dogs" on
The carriage as it reaches the top OF the
shaft, thus pei mitting the car to leave
the carriage without any assistance. 1t
is great labor-3aving contrivance for
the hsaiman. The 'dogs" on the car.
riage are also of Mr. GalIager's inven-
tion. Two cars of coal were hoisted
on Saturday, and yesterday hosting
was done all day. So commences
plant as model and substantial and
perhaps more 30 than any plant in the
anthracite coal regions of this section
Great credit belongs to j, D. Caryl,
who has suparintended the work so
faithfully aud well. ]. F. Gallager has
been assisting the work in thorough
manner. John E Free is the eleclri-
clan and James Mayer chief machinist.
The Readings coal tonnage last
week. 275. .6S1 tons, was 4O,665 tons
greater than for the same week Of last
hn tnl 60
ended July 2S WAS S7S,615 tons This
10 equal to an average Of 81 $40 tons
daily. and II the same average SHOULD
hold good for the three days not
yet reported, the shipments for the
month of July should have aggregated
971, TAT tons, decrease as COM
pared with the preceding month, when
they amounted to 1,247,9 tons, the
heaviest movement in the history of
the complny, OF 275 $50 tons For the
year to July %, inclusive, the Road
ing's tonnage has amounted to 7. .603, 93S
tons, against S,5l3,56 tons for the cor
responding period last year, a decrease
Of 0O0,62 tons. The recent increase
reported by the company is proof to
the. Stockholders mind that President
Harris means that it shall have the
percentage Of production due it.
The Buck mountain slope of the
Girard Mammoth coliery, formerly
known as the Cuyler colliery at Raven
Run, is to bo worked again. The place
was formerly owned by tho Heaton
Bros, but is now the property of the
Reading Coal and Iron company. 1t
has been filled with water for number
of years, but orders have been issued to
have the water pumped out as soon as
possible.
The re-consiructed Draper collierv
is now said by those who know to be
one OF the hest equipped breakers
in Scbuylkill county, The screens OF
the breaker are arranged in terrace IA
hion-commencing with the steam
boat screen and continuing down to
tue broken, egg, stove. chestnut, pea
and buckwheat down TO rice coal
There is an additional screen for the
dirt, bony, etc. The coal being thus
prepared looks like 50 many gems when
in the cars. The breaker Is aiso pro-
vided with four tubular boilers OF the
Reading company make and =
large pair of engines are being
erected 10 hoist out OF the new
Primrose slope, on the third
lift. The slope 10 enc Of the finest In
the country, The tiiahsr is Of the bssi
pine and In perfect position, every leg.
collar and tagging showing skilled
workmanship. The vein OF coal Is OF
,bs finest quality, averaging ten feet.
While the breaker was idle psnding re-
pairs work WAS pushed in tho fifth lift
of the mine, and there is 40-teot vein
Of the finest quality Of coal waiting to
b. mined in that lift.
In view Of the fact that a blast Oh
Tuesday cracked the coal in the bot
tom OF the MAXWELL shaft through to
the Red Ash vein, the Wilkes Barre
Times prints the following interesting
facts. The Jahiph md VILLAS -R.rr.