The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-06
Industrial and Commercial.
MINE. MILL AND RAILROAD.


The village of Duryea, in Billy Hines
district, is a striking evidence of the
beneficent influences of the protective
tariff system. Duryea, commercially,
bears no relation to its status five years
ago. Then the Pettibone tract had not
a single house on it. Now every lot on
Main street Is sold and built on, with
one exception, and those lying between
Main street and the Lackawarina river,
are nearly all sold, and villagein that
locality has sprung up with a popula-
ton equalling the population of the
original village. F. b. Dills has sold
nearly all Of his land, and the Benedict
estate will soon be offered, thus taking
up all the available land on Main street
and in the busiest part of the town. lots
50xl50 commanding $3.50 to $500. The in
crease in population, which uow num-
ber about 1000, is not confined to crude
labor, but good percentage Is fairly
we'll educated, law abiding people, from
among the better class of mechanics,
carpenters, engineers, ETC., who make
their influence felt in the community.
When William Connell, Simpson &c Wat
kins, and others started in to develop
the coal lands, they builded better than
they knew, for in addition to the pros
perity of their individual interests, they
have given to the counties in which
their collieries are located, practically
two new villages, of which Duryea is
by far the greater commercially. With
a population Of 1000, this village has ~
general stores, drug stores, furniture
and undertaking establishment, liv-
cry and boarding stables, blacksmith
shops, l wagon shop, ! hotel and II
restaurants, barber shops, meat
shops, / iron fence factory, l cigar fac
tory, 1 confectionery and ice cream and
oyster house, together with several
smaller interests. There Is an excel
clint public school system, but the five
buildings are crowded almost beyond
their capacity, owing to the trebhng of
the population since their erection. The
Methodist church, the only one in the
vicinity five years ago, is over-crowded
now, and the Baptist and Presbyterian
people have each erected house OF
worship in that period, as well as the
Polish people, who have most impos-
ing edifice and an active priest OF their
faith working among them and con-
ducting a parochial school. If Hines
and his ilk can be silenced on election
day. and the railroad companies be
induced to give Duryea the attention
that increased growth necessitates
there is a bright future for the coming
borough of Duryea. The people or
Duryea need freight depot for the
tons of freight now handled at great ex-
pense from Lackawanna and Pittston,
and above all they need the service OF
passenger trains, that at present do not
stop there, especially the early train
north and the late train south.
The chief representatives of cold
rolled steel in this country are about
TO meet and form trust, whose object
will be the betterment of prices on that
product The prospective meeting VIII
probably be held in New York some
day this week, and will be attended
chiefly by eastern men engaged in the
manufacture of the article in question.
1t is only within the past two or three
wears that cold rolled steel has come
into the market as an active CONNER
cial agent. Hardly had it been intro
duced, however, before 1t began to
threaten the prosperity of the hot
drawn steel. The price, though 21s
cents per pound for large quantities Is
far from being a satisfactory one to
those who handle the cold rolled steel.
There are about half a dozen establish
ments in this country engaged in the
manufacture Of cold rolled steel.
Thrre of them, known as the sheet
mills, are located at Pittsburg, where
Is also situated the mill of Jones &
Laughlin. The Union Drawn Steel
mills are at Beaver Falls and the COM
pressed Steel works at Boston.
The Hudson Bay railway project has
succeeded, it is said. The route will be
kom Winnipeg through the fertile
Baphin country to the Saskatchewan, a
distance of 300 miles, thence to the
mouth of the Churchill river on Hudson
bay 400 miles through fine timber re-
! gion and one rich in minerals. The
Hudson Bay Railway company has al
steamship connection at the terminus
bn the bay. The aggregate cost will
Exceed $10OOOO,OO0.
Among the changes made owing to
the purchase by the Lehigh Valley
Goal company of A. Pardee & Co. S
Laurel Hill, Halle Mines No. 6, No.
] and South Sugarloaf collieries are the
following: Newton Boone, who for
several years has been the superin-
tendent of the carpenter force of Par
dee & Co., will act in the same capacity
for the Lehigh Valley company. John
Strack will take Mr.. Boones place.
Mr.. Bachman, who has been coal ship
per for A. Pardee & Co., will act in
the same capacity for the Lehigh Val
ley company, with headquarters at the
Church street office. Jerry McAvoy,
until late inspector for Pardee & Co.,
will succeed him. Besides these
changes, there is rumor that the ma
chine shop of Pardee & Co., at Laurel
Hill, will be abolished and merged into
the Lehigh Valley shops.
The anthracite coal trade, in the
opinion of the Philadelphia Inquirer, is
entering upon a new epoch. Hereto-
fore the business has been controlled by
a few large companies, the Erie, which
mined per cent. of the total product,
being the only concern that had a