The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-28


BE introduced and Details So Ad-
jIsted as to Facilitate 6usiness-Ac-
tivity in the Anthracite Trade Is
Rather Mild just Now-Other In
dustrial GIeanines.
Further insight Into tho character
and composition of the new American
Steel Casting company of Chester shows
the following steel plants TO be inter
ested in the trust The Standard Steel
Casting company of Chester, the Nor.
ristown Steel company. the Sharon
Steel Casting company Of Sharon, the
Solid Steel Casting company OF ALI
ance. o.; the Syracuse Steel Foundry
and majority interest in
the capital stock in the Pittsburg Steel
Casting company The capital stock is
81 200 600 and an issue Of 500. 900 in
bonds WAS made. The bonds were usei
10 buy the Standard plant in Chester,
ail OF the other concerns taking stock
in the new company President BolA,
Treasurer Williams and Managing Di
rector Daniel EIan will all reside in
and the great business, which
will class with Carnegie'6. will bs
from that city. 1t IL further
stated that the consolidation OF inter
ests Is ia no way trust an1 not in.
tended to squeeze tho trade. o. the
contrary, the very considerable lessen
ing of expense to individual firms will
enable the union to bring the price of
steel castings down to thar OF iron cast
lngs The new concern will commence
business on April l. The statement
that il is intended to antagonizs Carne-
gle is in no way true, as Carnegie does
not make steel castings,
A Duluth dispatch says that the ont.
put from the iron range in St. Louis
county for the coming season is practi-
cally determined. 1t will bs in the
uei shbOThood of 5000, 900 tons, an in.
crease of nearly 1900, 600 over that Of
last year. OF this total about half
will be shipped nv the Minnesota Iron
500 600 tons from the Chand.
Ter mine and IN equal amount from
the NOrmtu and Iron King mines in
the MesabA range. The Intentions of
Mr. Rockefeller as to his properties on
the MesaOa range have not ho.n def
Eitely announced, but it is certain that
the output Of the consolidated mines
with that of the Biwsbic, leased by
Mr.. Oliver. of Pittsburg, and tho Mis-.
sabs Mountain, controlled by Mr.. Kim
berly, of Sharon, vii! exceed l. 0OO, 900
Ions.
II tho sales agents at the meeting in
New York tomorrow rednce prices it
may act as stimulant. but the Phila-
delphin Stakeholder thinks there IS
room to doubt whether it will The
trade is awaiting the announcement of
spring prices and spring rates to tide
wster not yet adjusted 1t is, how
ever, by no means certain that activity
will Immediately follow such announce
ment The trade has learned wisdom
hy following waiting policy, and The
belief very generally prevails that
there will be mora or less shading
Of prices even after the spring
circular is issusl. Among the larger
producing companies there is evinc9d
a desire to continue working in hsr-
moDy, to limit production to demand,
and to maintain prices, but more
restless feeling exists among the
smaller companies and individual
operators. The latter know, however.
that their only opportunity for profit is
10 work in sympathy with the larger
companies; they view with apprehen.
lion possible repetition of develop.
meuts like those prior to the time
when Mr. Mcleod guided them safely
oye2 the verge Of bankruptcy.
The Real Estate Trust company Of
Philadelphia placed on record at
Wilkes Barre yesterday mortgage
against the Pittston Street Car com
psny Tor $20O, ,OOJ. The money is to be
used to equip the road with electricity
The eminent French scientist, Gas
ton Tisssnder, describes an absolutely
new method Of determining the qpan-
uty Of foreign gas contained in air by
the passing Of the GASEOUS mixture
through sonorous tubes. Ths inven-
yion is credited TO NJ. f. Hardy. q dis
tinguished French physician. who calls
it tho formenephone, aud intends it
primarily for the detection Of fire damp
in mines. One of the best detectors OF
gas yet known is the safety lamp, but
it has the radical objection that the
aureoe around the fame which indi.
Gates tho presence OF dangerous fumes
does not show itself until such a quan-
tity Of gas is present az constitutes a
critical danger The formsnephona.
on the contrary. gives the indicstion
in O few seconds. The princi 3.S On
which 1t is based Is that wh-n tTo
organ tubes. giving the sans p.tch,
are subject 10 the influence OF two
equal blasts Of pure air, the sound pre-
duced iS identical. Bat, everything
else being equal, il one Of the tubes is
blown into u mixture OF air and gas
of different density, the sound of the
tube is correspondingly modified,
and the vibrations produced arc more
or less frequent as more or less gas is
mixed with the air. This occurs with
such unvarylng results that NJ Hardy
has been able TO lay down a regular
scale of vibrations and their signih.
canoe for the guidance OF those using
his invention. The apparatus consists,
briefly Of two blowers. or pairs OF bel
lows, enclosed in tight-air metallic on n-
vslopes. One OF these cases contains
pure air only. and to the other is con-
ductOd by pipe the air Of the part of
the mins to DO tested. The air in each
receptacle is blown by the disengage-
msnt Of weight on the top Of tho bel.
lows, whereby downward and forcible
pressure 10 Immediately produced. into
the organ tube with which each recep
tacle is provided. The resultant sound
is so intensified by a special adaptation
of the microphone and the telephone
that it can be distinctly discsrned and
u comparison of the difference ia SQUAD
of the two tubes gives an absolute in.