The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-17

is almost filled and much will not be
done before Jan. /.
The 'air line" between New York and
Chicago brings out some of the most
remarkable propositions. A writer in
the Mauch Chunk papers gets over the
difficulty Of grade between Audenried
and Mauch Chunk by sinking O shaft
1.7OO feet and dropping passengers and
freight down an elevator.
Work was Unexpectedly resumed at
the North works of the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel company last Friday,
and the order on which the mill was
started is said to be one that will last
for few months. The South works
are undergoing repairs and after a
week it is said that plant will also re-
sumo.
The Stevens colliery at Plttston is in
danger of being flooded by a sudden
inflow of water The other night while
one Of the night miners was at work in
his chamber he struck stream of
water which filled the place so rapidly
that he was unable to secure all of the
tools. The water has continued to flow
in ever SINCE and all of the pumping
facilities of the mine have been insult
ficient to cope with 1t. Additional
pumps are being placed in position in
hopes of controlling the flood. The col
liery is still in operation, those portions
of the mine not under water furnishing
the coal.
The material made by the Bonita
Plate Glass company at Moosic will be
much stronger than marble and much
more desirable from sanitary point of
view, and with this process it can be
produced at much less cost than
polished marble or slate and can be
decorated in relief in any color or de-
sign desired. This opens a new article
Of commerce for which this company
have letters patent covering the EN-
bossing process and the casting of plate
glass by rolling on both sides of the
sheet, saving labor in the grounding
and polishing after the sheet of glass
has been annealed.
A new trolley car track was tried be-
tween Fullerton and Allentown this
week which seems to have many ad-
vantages over others previously in use.
While it embraces all the capabilities
Of the old style truck it is as much an
Improvement and advancement on the
latter as electric light Is superior to
kerosene, says the Allentown Chronicle.
The old style trucks now in use are
rigidly fixed to car. Their maximum
distance is TT. 6 in. In the new trucks
the distance between the wheels can be
increased or reduced to suit the length
of any car, and being placed at the ex-
treme front and rear they do away with
that disagreeable pendulum-like and
jarring motion so productive of nausea
whenever a car is run at even a mod
crate rate of speed. So smooth and
easy was the motion that when the car
was run at q forty mile an hour clip
the reporters on board were able to
write down their notes with perfect
ease. The new truck is the invention
of ]. w. Fuller, who spent a year in
perfecting it.
The Dickson Manufacturing company
Is at work upon three large fans for the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company. They are to be set up at the
Woodward, Pettebone and Bliss mines.
They are what is known as Guibal fans
and have an outside diameter of thirty
five feet, nine feet face. The fans have
double inlets II IT, in. in diameter and
are of central disc construction, built
Of plate and shape steel, well braced
from periphery of interior circle to the
heavy cast iron center. Each fan has
sixteen blades. The estimated weight
of each Of the fans complete Is 10000
pounds. The calculated capacity of
each fan at periphery speed of 1000
feet per minute and under a three and
half water guage, is from 25O,OOO to
100000 cubic feet of air per minute. The
fan is connected to a 2S by 40 Dickson
Corliss engine of special design. The
casting Is of steel plate and shape, with
evassee chimney and adjustable V
shutter of construction commonly used
with the Guibal fan.