The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-21

mentS are under way at tne enterprise
Coal company's mine at Excelsior and
it is probable that the operators will
soon sink a new slope there. This new
opening will be made on the Mcintyre
tract as soon as the location of the
Mammoth vein is definitely determined
upon. The production of this mine Will
be increased very materially when the
Mcintyre tract is once opened up and
developed, as it is mile in length and
comprises the North dip of the NAM.
moth vein-measuring twenty or thirty
feet in thickness-as well as the Skid
more and Nos and 10 veins. 1t Is
estimated that this tract alone holds
5000, 600 tons of coal that can be mined
and shipped
Philadelphia Stakeholder: "The point
has been made by the opposition to the
Lehigh Valley management that no
good will result from the election of
Thomas Mexican, as he is the second
largest individual holder of Reading
stock, and director of that company.
The inference from such an assertion
| Is that Mr.. Mexican would allow his
personal business to influence him In
favor of the Reading as against the Lee
high Valley, the companies being ma
tural competitors. Such a plea Is not
tenable, aside from the reputation for
| fairness which Mr.. Mexican possesses.
In the first place, he Is not only one of
the largest individual stockholders of
the Reading, but has equally large in
terests in the Lehigh Valley, and II is
reasonable to assume that he will do
nothing personally to injure either of
his interests; on the contrary, 1t Is evil
dent that he will endeavor to prevent
any clash betweent the two companies
His election to the Lehlgh Valley man
agement, therefore, may be regarded as
q benefit, as the tendency will be to
operate that company in harmony with
the Reading, not only as 10 coal prices,
but aus to coal rates as well, from which
sources the two companies receive their
greatest income"
Philadelphia Stockholder: 1.-THE So
called Lehigth Wiley stockholders pro
tective committee has not abandoned
hope that John Wanamaker might con-
sent to head Its ticket as candidate for
the presidency of the company. Ac-
cording to a story in circulation the
committee, or representatives of it.
called on Mr.. Wanamaker and asked
him to become their candidate for the
office. He replied, 1T is understood,
that if the committee would guarantee
him support to the extent of 10000
shares he would consent to the use of
his name. What answer was made to
this proposition we have not learned,
but it is believed that the guarantee
was not given. There is little doubt
that the managements ticket will vote
at least two shares for every one voted
by the opposition. 1t Is known that the
management controlled upward of 300,-
900 shares before the committee an
nounced itself, and since then proxies
have been coming in steadily. Unofli-
fetal estimates place the number of
shares the management could vote al
the present time at from $50, 900 to 375,-
900 shares. This is larger number
than was voted last year, and will be
further increased before the election
indeed, friends of the management as
sert positively that President Wilbur
and his associates will have voted foI
them a majority Of the entire capital
stock-about 5000 shares.
Shamokln Dispatch: "On dark nights
the beautiful illumination produced by
the lighted gases escaping from the
smoke stacks around the collieries pro
duce weird but fascinating effect and
but few people are moved by the con,
temptation of the enchanting scene Il
the reflection that the illumination IL
question is simply so many dollars anC
cents going to waste By inserting 6
pyrometer into the base of a Smoke
stack leading from some cylinder boil
ers in the vicinity it was found thar
1000 degrees of the heat was actually
going to waste and with facts starine
us in the face, such improvident waste
ought to be prevented in some way
The question of just what to do is by
no means unanswerable and has beer
already solved in the Wilkes-Ba
and Hazleton districts by placing
vertical water tube boiler In the rea
of the cylinder boilers and instead o
allowing the waste gases to go up tn
stack conduct them by means of brlcl
flues to the vertical water tube boile
and convert that into a smoke stack
, Results obtained by this simple process
have exceeded the most sanguine ex
: pectations of those who have followed
this plan. In one instance at Nanti
coke a 400 horsepower vertical waite
tube boiler developed $50 horsepowe
from the waste heat alone, making
> total of $50 horsepower instead of 36t
. without using an ounce more coal o
! the employment of an extra hant
: These figures will speak more eloquent
=. ly for the utilization of waste hea
: from cylinder boilers than anythin
else, and will give some idea of the vas
amount of heat going to waste all owe
Q the country"