The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-13
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

Under the terms Of an order just is
sued by Superintendent Alex Mitchell
Of the Wyoming division of the Le-
high Valley. all engineers and tremen
will hereafter be nader the direction
of the master mechanics and road fore
men of engines, except when on duty
on the road. The master mechanics
and road foremen will also have charge
OF the assignment of engines and the
runs of engineers end tiremen. Here
torore the dispatchers had charge of
nil engineers ana firemen, but they
were not sufficiently familiar With
such duties
George Cromwell, general manager
OF the Indiana Iron company, of Nun
Gle, Ind, an institution which sue
ceeded in keeping its mills running
during the past year. says regarding
the outlook: Il think that by next
fall the iron business will pick up and
will see a general resumption in mills
all over the country. The stocks on
hand in most of the warehouses are
being cleaned out and better prices
will follow"
At today's meeting in New York of
representatives of the eastern trunk
lines it is thought the problem Of the
cancellation of through rates will be
settled finally. Eastern officials unnni-
lnously favor the continuance OF the
present system. but acknowledge they |
must yield to the demand Of western |
lines. The basis of equalzing rates
via the different functions will be that |
western lines will stand the loss on |
westbouud TONNAGE aud eastern lines |
on eastbound. Owing to the much |
: larger eastbound tonnage the eastern
lines will be the greater sufferers. To |
attempt to figure out the details of the |
equalization would be idle, as there are
junction points every twenty miles be-
tween Chicago and sSt. Louis and n |
dozen or more connecting lines for
short distances between eastern and |
western roads. All rates will he based |
on the sum Of the locals and through |
billing will be used as at present, the
position OF the shipper not being chang.
ed in the least. On grain via Chicago
for example, at the 20-cent rate, Chi
cago to New YORK. the through rate
will be so divided as to mako the East
ern proportion 10 cents. In no case
will there be a greater difference than
10 per cent. OK the rate, the average
being under per cent. This, in turn,
will be nearly evened up on traffic in
the opposite direction, making loss
in gross earnings to eastern roads OF |
barely per cent. by the cancellation
Of through rates.
A nest of four boilers has been put
In place about 9. 900 feet southwest of
the Vandling breaker. A correspond
ent of the Forest City News says The
boilers are TO be used to generate steam |
for hosting engine, which will be To-
Gated near the boilers, and for the |
steam pumps in the mines. An eighth |
inch bore hole has been put down,
about 400 feet west of the boilers to |
carry steam down to run the pumps. A |
6-inch pipe is put in the bore hole cas-
ing and 4-inch steam pipe is placed |
inside the larger pipe. Between the
outer edge of the bore hole and the
first pipe cement is run in. Northeast |
of the boilers another eighth inch pip.
will be put in, which will carry a rope
from the hosting engine down into the
mines and which will be used to pull |
cars to the maiu level. A three -oighths
inch pipe for speaking tube, and an
electric bell signal will also be con-
vsyed from the mine to the top by the |
same bore hole. Ground has been |
broken for the water tank which will |
supply the boilers 1t will be 20z19 |
feet in dimensions and will have a Ca
pa,ity Of about 5000 gallons.
MINOR NOTES OF INDUSTRY:
Fire on Monday threatened the Lattimer
breaker for time, but was eXtinguished |
without great loss,
For the next few months A. S. Van |
Wickle's new Beaver Meadow breaker will |
be forced to its utmost capacity.
The Beaver Brook colliery shipped 40 |
cars via the Jersey Central to tide water |
ou Thursday and about the same amount |
Friday.
The Cooke Locomotive works at Pater- |
son are entirely shut down, no men being |
employed there except those necessary to |
keep things in order.
The striking miners of the Silver Brook |
colllery returned to work yesterday. The |
slate plckers get 5 cents more per per day |
and the outside men 10 cents more.
Some time ago it required ten hours to
Drlng from 2OO to 25O cars to the surface at |
NO, yorktown slope. Gne day last week |
3OS cars wore hoisted out in nine hours.
The Lake Erie and Western shows an |
increased business receiving and forward |
ing at indianapolis 49S loaded cars, fifty |
nve more than in the week ended June 20. |
The shipments of anthracite by lake thus
far this season show decrease of l9g 1877 |
net tons as compared with 1893 and de- |
crease OF 81, GIG net tons as comp ared with |
1892.
The Pennsylvania lines are doing better,
last week handling at indianapolis 1850 |
loaded cars, against 3, 1856 in the week |
ended June 2, aud against 9, 464 in the cor
responding week Of 1893.
In rock drilling contest at Suburban |
park, Wilkes Barre last Friday, Lewis |
Bevan and party, of Miners Mills, drilled
seventeen inches in ten minutes, winning
prize OF Sl5 against four contestants.
The train crews on tho through line of
the Wilkes Barre and Eastern change at
Stroudsburg. Those between Wilkes
Barre ana Stroudsburg make two round |
trips day, and between New York and |
Stroudsburg one round trip.
Lizzie p. Ryman, widow of W. S. Ry- |
man, who was killed at the Halle street |
crossing Of the Central railroad at Wilkes.
Barre, June G. will sue the company for |
&5W0 damages charging reckless run |
hlng OF the cars over the crossing
Says the Stroudsburg Times: John
Whlte has been changed from the mail to |
conductor of the fast train between