Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-11-22
PICKED UP BY THE WAY.
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE
TOWN AND VICINITY.

Matters of a Local Nature Written Up
and Placed Before the Readers of the
Tribune" by the Saunterer-Something
Here May Interest You.
The retirement of Mr.. Coke from the
head Of the firm Of Coke Bros. & Co.
was one of the principle subjects dis
cussed upon the streets during the past
week. Almost every person had some
view or another of it and and the wild
rumors which are aAoat about the results
that are to follow have actually frighten-
ed some of the timid ones. Among the
latter it is not Mr.. Coxe's retirement
which causes the uneasiness so much as
the curiosity to know what line of policy
will be adopted by the new president in
managing the extensive working force
of the corporations. To this alone is
attributed great significance, because
the gentleman has reputation of mark
ed business ability and is such shrewd
manager that changes are li4ble to
occur from the humblest employe to
those holding the most responsible posi-
tions.
The probability that some heads may
fall under the regime of the new presi-
dent is causing no little anxiety in GER
tain quarters. While it may be all
chatf, there are people who think the
axe will be welded with vigor and by
January l many of the offices, with
their occupants, will be abolished or ex-
perience general shaking-up. 1t is in
this respect where the most fear is en-
tertained and not in the belief that Mr..
Coke will antagonize the interests of the
whole Lehigh region, as well as his own,
in the fight he is making for recognition
as an individual operator. All other
things are considered of minor import
ance, for it is safe to assert that Mr.
Coke has not spent the past thirty years
in building block house.
An invention that is calculated to i'm
prove electric arc lights has been pat
ented by r. E. Meyers, of town, who
has made a special study of electricity
and has brought forth some practical
inventions in that line. His clock regu-
lator, mentioned in the TRIBUNE some
time ago, prevents clocks from vary
ing even fraction of second in
the course of year. His latest inven-
ton, however, is of greater benefit, and
consists of regulator, which, when at
tached to an arc light, causes it to burn
as steadily as an incandescent without
waverng or flickerng. All who have
ever watched an arc light burning will
know how great a benefit is this i'm
provement. The subject has been given
much study by the leading electricians
of the age, and Mr.. Meyers is daily in
receipt of requests for information con
cerning the new attachment.
The regulator has been working sue
cessfully for several weeks upon the
lamp in Mr., Meyers store here, and it
has attracted so much attention from
those interested in electricity that
company has been formed at Scranton
to manufacture them on large scale,
feeling certain that a ready sale will be
found for them. The advantage over
lamp without one is so plain that every
lighting company will have to adopt the
regulator to give satisfactory light.
Nothing would please the people of
freeland better than to see Mr.. Meyers
make grand success of his invention.
He has been in business here for over
three years, coming to Freeland from
Hazleton, where his folks reside. Ray,
however, is Freeland boy, having been
born on Walnut street, and although he
left here with his parents when year
old, he has the Freeland push in him
and is bound to succeed.
The reelection of William r. Jeffrey
to the legislature as a straight-out new
county advocate gives the Hazleton peo-
pie the floor for the present, and there
is nothing surer than that they will
utilize every inch of it to the best posi-