The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-18

Railway company for western terri
tory
The Wilkes-Barre Traction company
will extend to Mill Creek by way of the
Bennett colliery, uniting with the sub
urban line at Wright's Corners.
A war between the rival street car
lines in Savannah has been in progress
all summer, ana fares have gradually
been reduced until yesterday one of the
lines announced two rides for one cent.
The western roads are again agitat-
ing the establishing of joint Offices at
the principal competitive points, think
ing this will lead to a solution of the
traffic problem,
The Pennsylvania road has fixed uni
form rate of SO per month on all en-
ployes' tickets for thirty-five miles out
of Pitsburg, which Is considerably be"
low any former rate.
The Reading company intends to
build a large storage plant at Port
Richmond to cost about $4,000, it is
estimated that the plant will save the
company $3S,OOO a year.
Joliet, ILL.,, is booking a fine of 500
a day against each of the six railroads
which pass through the place, because
they neglect to obey an ordinance for
the elevation of the tracks.
The Pennsylvania railroad freight
agent at Chicago says general business
Is very quiet but it was equally quiet
year ago, and he does not look for much
falling off in freight earnings from last
year.
In dressing down an axle at the
Pennsylvania shops at Fort Wayne,
Ind. recently, a machinist turned off
a steel shaving twenty-five feet long
This is two feet longer than the one
exhibited at the Worlds fair.
Thomas e. Platt, of New York, holds
5,02i of the 5000 shares of stock issued
by the newly chartered Galeton and
Coudersport railroad, which is to run
from Galeton to Coudersport, Potter
county, a distance of twenty-siX miles.
The Southern lines are building a
good deal Of new equipment. The South
ern railway, last week, let contract
for 800 freight cars; the Atlantic and
Great Northern for 300 box cars, and
other lines are in the market for cars.
Chairman Blanchard, of the Central
Traffic association, has called meet
ing of the general managers of the
roads in the association at Cleveland,
Oct, %, to consider vital questions af-
fecting earnings of roads in their
charge.
The City Railway company of Ber-
lin has adopted the nickel-in-the-slot
plan for seeling tickets during the busy
hours. The improved machines are so
constructed that the coin drops out
again if wrong one has been put in,
or If there are no more tickets.
c. S. Wight, general freight agent
for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
and r. M. Frazer, general freight agent
| for the same system southwest of Gin
| cinnati, accused of discriminating in
freight rates and in charging a rate
| less than the legal one, were convicted
at Pittsburg.
The largest ropes in the world, it is
said, are those being used by a New
| Belford firm, to be used on the driving
| wheel in the engine room of the Chicago
Gable railroad company, There will be
| twelve ropes, each measuring inches
in diameter, II inches in circumference
and 1890 feet in length.
| Statistics show that in the year
ended June 80, 34,7SS locomitives were
in service, 27,600 of which We're equip.
ped with air brakes. There were 1,274,-
| GAG freight cars in use, of which 271 ,2G1
were equipped with air brakes. The
total number of freight and passenger
| Ntll Sp NiulppNu Neio EJJyOtls Iltlt
are now half dozen air brakes pat,
| ented.
The coal tonnage report of the Read
| ing railroad for the week ended Oct 10
shows that the company is doing its
share toward preventing the general
market from being over-stocked. The
total shipments We're 290,439 tons
against 306,5S tons the same week last
year, an increase of 16, ,146 tons. For the
year to date tonnage aggregated 10,349,
595 tons, against II ,262S75 tons for the
same period last year, a decrease of 913,
339 tons.
The passenger locomotives which the
| Brooks Locomotive works are building
for the Illinois Central will weigh sixty
tons, have a boiler sixty inches il
diameter, wagon-top type, and sixty
nine-inch driving wheels. The locomo
tives will have 24l, two-inch flues, ant
be very complete in modern improve
ments. The Mogul engines which th'
| Rogers Locomotive works are build
ing will weigh siXty-four tons, have ].
by "a inch cylinders, and 56la inch driv
| inc yhaa1S