The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06

ferod that improved machinery Will
lessen the cost of productions: for the
mills operated by the combination are
fitted up with the latest patterned SER
vice, which can not possibly in this
age be improved upon, and even mt
that under the schedule per ton re-
ceived at trust price, the combination
is not earning any dividends. Lastly,
If there were any posi- bility Of the dis
ruption of the Steel com bnation
through the cut in prices as the out
come of the new mill at Youngstown.
as apprehended in the Pittsburg dis
patch, the news surely would have
reached the officials of the Lsckawanna
Iron and Steel company, not one of
whom has heard a whisper about it.
The Spring Brook Water company,
in which Governor Watres and ex-
Congressman Amerman Of this city
are interested, is to have competition.
The name of the competitive concern
is the Consumers Water company OF
Wilkes-Barre. This company's capital
stock is $4,000 divided into forty
shares. The directors are E. I. Long,
Thomas English, E. B, Long, B. f.
Mahoney and George II. Butler, the
latter Of whom is treasurer. The
charter of the Campbell Ledge Water
company has also been filed. formed
for furnishing water in Wyoming and
Lnckawanna valleys. The capital
stock and directors are the same as
those of the Consumers Water COM
pany. The business Of the company
will be transacted in Wilkes Barre
The company intends getting it's water
from the Susquehanna, above Camp
bells ledge, near Pittston, and viii! ex-
tend its pipes to all the towns along
the line, east and west side, as far as
Wilkes Barre 1t will be pumped into
q large Distributing reservoir.
Says the Philadelphia Press: "The
first series of weekly xperiments
which the Traction company wi II make
with the creations of ambitious troll
ley fender inventors, was made yester-
day on the line of the Erie avenue
branch, Thirteenth aud Fifteenth
streets lines. Two tenders were tried,
but the experiments were decidedly un-
satisfactory. The fret fender tried
was one Of heavy iron screening bent
as a scoop and attached beneath the
car to the wooden guard in front of the
wheels. A dummy, Of scarecrow mien
and sand interior, was laii on the
track hundred feet or so in front Of
the car. The Car came whirring along.
The body was struck by the guard. n
screeching noise was made as the car
came along, and the poor dummy was
dragged for fifteen or more feet Had
t been a living man at the beginning
OF the experiment, an ambulance and
a corps of physicians would have been
necessary at the end. The spectators
then boarded the car for a trial on the
road. Several times loud humps were
heard under the Car, but no attention
was paid to them. When Broad and
Erie avenue was reached and the test
about to be repeated, IL was discov-
cred that the fender had been
badly twisted up. probably by con-
tact with stone on the road. The
party boarded the car and returned to
the depot, the inventors orestfalen.
but full OF explanations. Another test
will be given to this fender next Thurs.
day afternoon.
the second fender tried consisted OF
two portions, series of loops of strong
wire jutting down in 'front.' and an
other series OF loops attached to a
beard. in front Of the wheels, standing
out horizontally, and about two inches
above the ground. The first expert
ment was conducted in the depot. The
dummy was scooped up by the rear
loops, but was carried along and partly
dragged over the ground. When the
dummy was laid head on towards thc
trolley car. the whack with which the
fender hit the head would have caused
4 fracture OF the skull at least. 1t was
determined, however, to make stree,
trial. The Car proceeded up Broad
street to Venango street, and there the
dummy was laid On the uneven Bel
sian blocks svrface. The car shot to-
ward If, there WAS Il Will of noise, ana
in whirl OF dust the dummy was
dragged over the Belgian blocks.
Death, or horrible mutilations would
haAe been the fate OF human being
und5r similar circumstances. When
the dummy was pulled out from under
the Car it was discovered that several
Of the loops had been twisted and torn
away. a promising fender, constructed
oa ' shaped plan, with the top OF
soft rubber, will be tried next Thurs
lay"
The principal descriptions of pig
iron produced in Great Britain in the
tirst half of the year 1894 were as un-
der:
1884,
Tons.