The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-13

who will likely be made chairman of
the Atchison board or its president.
The Delaware Valley and Eastern
railroad has ordered its.rails, which will
arrive in about two weeks. There are
over one hundred men at work on the
| construction, and more are going on
every day.
meeting of the presidents of the
| Trunk Lines association will be held
early in November. There has been no
meeting of that body since last July,
and many differences originated, which,
up to this time, have not been settled.
All the employees of the Lehigh Trac-
ton company are insured by the COM
pany. This is done in order to protect
the men in case of any injury, or per-
haps death, that they may sustain in an
accident.
The Pennsylvania company has re-
sumed its personally conducted tours
to southern points. These trains are
made up of Pullman cars and run as
specials two or three times q month
during the fall and winter.
The collieries Of the Cross Creek Coal
company, which were expected to work
full time this week, closed down Thurs
day at noon for the balances of the week.
All of the Lehigh Valley Coal COM
pany's collieries are also idle.
A large and important portion of the
Cross Creek Coal company's stripping
was flooded by the recent rains. No. 2
slope was damaged in the shape of
washouts in the road leading down the
mine and disabling of pulleys along the
line.
Commissioner Farmer, of the Trunk
Line association, has appointed Oct
10 as the date for the meeting between
the Trunk Line and Western Passen-
ger associations in relation to the emf
grant troubles. The meeting will be
held in New York.
The Oneida breaker started upon full
time Thursday and expects to hoist at
least 900 cars per day. This will be the
first time the breaker has ever run to
its full capacity, as only one side has
been running since the colliery started
about three years ago.
New Haven papers state that Septem-
Der was one of the best months in the
history of the New York New Haven
and Hartford, large increase in both
through passenger and freight busi-
ness being shown as result of recent
traffic alliances formed with roads west
Of New York.
An inadequate water supply at the
Coleraine breaker for washing purposes
necessitates the construction Of an ad-
ditional pump or one Of greater capa-
city. The latter has been decided upon
as the most desirable, and a GAINESVILLE
pump will be put in position at an early
date.
The Boston and Albany has just
placed an order with the Schenectady
Locomotive works for four of their
heaviest build of passenger engines
and four consolidated freight engines
and six switching engines Of the six
wheel type. The passenger engines
will be much the same as the Garstang
in use on the Big Four.
Beginning with next week it is eX-
pected that at least five days per week
will be worked at the Coleraine colliery.
When the connections will have been
completed with the "Pennsy," it is evil
dent that the colliery will work steady,
and even additional time. The stripping
output is daily increasing admitting of
the employment Of more men. All the
men will be restored immedi-
ately.
One Of the Erie managers says: "It
may be that the improvement in gen
eral business is small, but the improve
ment in railroad tonnage Is pronounced.
Our business between Salamanca and
Chicago is larger than it has been at
any time for three years. The only
short tonnage is coal. If we had the
usual volume of coal to move out our
capacity to handle tonnage would be
inadequate
A fund of $4,000 will be subscribed
by more than 1000 persons in Pitts
burg, with which to make test suits
against the Duquesne Traction COM
pany. The people are afraid Of the rap
idly moving cars, and want them
slowed down. An effort will be made
to ascertain whether a street car COM
pany has the right to collect fares from |
passengers who are obliged to stand in |
the over-crowded cars.
The new addition to No. 2 Silver |
Brook breaker Is equipped with every |
known modern appliance arranged pur-
posely to receive the output from No. l |
slope and the adjoining strippings, but |
the development is baked by a volumi- |
nous obstacle. The officials find it i'm |
possible to run the new addition with |
the present supply of steam and 1t will |
remain idle, consequently, until q few |
sets Of boilers are fitted up. No. may |
not be closed until after the new year.