The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-22


in blast on Jan. 4, was 1877, which was
the smallest number in blast at the
beginning Of any previous year. On
July /, 1893, the number OF furnaces
blowing was 22G. The stocks of pig
iron which were unsold in the hands
Of manufacturers or their agents on
Jan. /, and which were not intended
for their own consumption aggregated
G62, 06S gross tons, against 506, 1lG
tons at the heginning of 1893 On
July |. 1898 the stocks of
unsold pig iron. amounted to $40. al
tons. The total production OF Bessi-
mer steel ingots in 1898 was 3,I93, 524
groas tons against 4,16S, 435 gross ions
in 1899. showing a decrease in 1898 of
1,044, 0ll tons. or over 25 per cant The
production in the last half of 1893 was
less than half the production in the
first half. The total production of
Bsssemsr steel rails in 1898 was /, 033.-
853 gross tons. against l, 45S, 732 gross
tons in 1892. decrease of 422, 3;9 tons
or almost 90 per cent. These figures ex
clude the com paratively small quantity
of standard rails and larger quantity
Of street rails, which were made by
manufacturers from purchased blooms,
The new traffic alliance which the
New York, SusQuehanua and Western
has made with the Wilkes. Barre and
Eastern is in the nature of expected
news, since the latter road practically
belongs TO the former The only point
in the new deal worthy Of particular
notice ia the recently manifested eager
ness Of New York railroads to tap the
coal fields.
The Wilkes Barre Times proposes
that the miners Of Luzsrne county
hold mass meeting to encourage RAp.
resentative Hines in his opposition to
the free coal clause. Apropos it adds:
"Specious ploas have been formulated
in support of free coal, hut it stands to
reason that when influential politicians
az Whitney, Hewitt and other noted
Democrats organize great coal com
pany in Canada, they expect to make
money, and good deal of money, not
| by the sale of the product in thu do
minion. but in the United Slater. Thr
fact becomes more deeply impressed
when it is found that these same men
are interested in railroads and vesssls
running from their mines through
Canada. 1t is fully demonstrated that
coal can be mined in Nova Scotia and
landed in Boston, Fall River or at any
OF the lake,ports cheaper than Pennsyl
vauia coal The Whitney syndicate,
made up almost entirely of American
spectators, understand this and had
the free coal item put into the Wilson
bill These facts furnish fine object
lesson for every miner in Pennsylvania.
It must reveal to them the disaster that
will follow the passage OF bill admit
ting coal free Of duty All that anI
man is required to do to convince him
self that there is big job In the prem
ises somewhere, is merely to recall the
close relations existing between Mr.
Whitney and President Cleveland.
EK-Sheriff A. B. Stevens, formerl,
manager of the Stevens cOlliery. anC
who still makes his home in West
Pittston, is now interested in coal min
ing operations In the Schuylkill region.
He has, says the Pittston Gazette, sc
cured possession Of tract Of 239 acre
of good coal land in Schuylkill town.
ship, of the county of tho same name
One test slope has been driven ol
the property already and a sscout
is now being started. The engine
and other machinery necessary for tn
work were made at the Vulcan works
in West Pittston, and were shipped to-
day. There are three veins of goo
coal on the property, and Mr. Steven
says that they lie in such shape as t
make the 28S acres worth in the neigh
borhood of 400 acres In this section.
large new breaker ia to be built, bu
work on this will not bo started unit
spriDg
| A process by which scrap steel ca
be heated and rolled into shape is i
use at the Jefferson Iron works, Steu
bsnville. o. Harden q Woods, the IN
ventors, after much work, finally per
fscted mineral composition, which
with certain chemicals when mixet
with the scrap, enables it to be heated
rolled and welded without melting