The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-04

during the sinking of the shaft were
Ross Bodicomb and Thomas Jenkins.
The inside foreman Of the new works
IS Samuel Morgan and the outside ID.
Y. Titfiny, who for many years had
charge of the outside works Of the No.
colliery OF the Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre Coal company at Sugar Notch.
lie 10 considered II very able man In his
position aud we'll liked by botn officials
and the workmen under him. Mr..
Morgan Is also one OF the most expert
tsncsd OF miners and what he doesn't
Know in the line isn't worth knowing.
The building of the breaker was begun
on Jan. 2, 1893 and what little remains
Is to be done to complete 1t can be tin-
ished in three months The height of
immense structure Is no feet, the front
10 ~ feet wide and has y depth of 80
feet. The rear part is 15O wide by 1870
feet long, and the roof covering the
whole slopes back to the rear, which is
"A feet high. The breaker. when in
running order, will employ three hun
dred men and boys, and the additional
new workings opened ut the bottom of
the shaft will employ 700 more. making
total OF 1000. The breaker has been
frequently called the twin of the one
built by the Lahigh and Wilkes Barre
Coal company ut South Wilkes-Barre
several years ago. 1t is certainly fine
structure and reflects credit upon Con-
tractor Tyrell. The shaft is the largest
In the world.
Says the Record: The Jersey Central
flyer, which leaves Wilkes-Barrs daily
At l. 25 for New York, Philadelphia, Long
Branch and Ocean Grove. was unusu-
ally filed with passengers yesterday
afternoon. The parlor car was filled
with Serantonians, and many Of the
Csntraps Wilkes Barre patrons could
not find seats and were forced in the
regular day cars. Peter Carroll, the
baggage agent, checked ninety three
pieces Of baggage for Ocean Grove and
Spring Lake alone. 1t required n
special baggage car to carry the tons
OF trunks. From Phillipsburg to New
York the famous Worlds fair engine,
'45O," with its 6 feet 8 inch drive
whesls, snatches the train at an easy
sixty mile gait across the state OF New
Jersey. The run from Wilkes Barre to
Ocean Grove is made in five hours and
fifty minutes.
Superintendent Robert Pitcairn. Of
the Pennsylvania company, at Pitts
burg, thus disposes of the stories con-
stantly sent out regarding proposed ex
tensions Of the Beech Creek railroad to
PittSburg, giving the Vanderbilts an
other through line to the west: why
should the Vandsrbilt5 kill the goose
that is laying them golden eggs? The
Pittsburg, McKsesport AMI Youghio
gheny is the best paying road in the
Vanderbilt system. The Pennsylvania
railroad has a contract with the Beseh
Creek which is more profitable to its
management than an extension Of its
line to Pittsburg or to the Lakes would
be. and l guess those conditions will
shut out that particular paper rail-
road"
The statements of shipments Of an
thracite coal approximately, as pre-
pared by the bureau of anthracite coal
statistics, for the week ended July 28.
shows an increase over the correspond
ing week last year Of 131, ,475 tons. For
the second week in succession the
Sehuylkill region leads, with an in
crease of 60. 706 tons, while the increase e
from the Wyoming region was 50, 322
tons, and from the Lehigh region II,
446 tons. The aggregate shipments for
tas week were 933, 226 tons, against
SS1. O73 tons the preceding week, 9S5 007
tons the second week of July. and 627,
500 tons the first week; the total for
the four weeks was, therefore, 3427,
OS5. As there were two days more
(not reported) in the month in which
the collieries could be worked, the pro
dustion will be about the allotment
$500. 900 tons, The question which
dlsturbs the minds of coal men, &C.
cording to the Stakeholder, is, Where
did all this coal 90? 1t was not sold,
certainly; in fact, it is estimated that
ouly one quarter Of the total was dis
posed OF, and at the present time the
tidewater markets are reported bare of
orders. If the storage yards were
"over-runnInc" with stocks at the be =
ginning Of July, as was reported at the
time, they must present much more
crowued condition at present. as there
are few loaded coal trains standing idle
on sidings, in this vicinity, at tidswa-
ter or in the mining regions. Consid-
srable coal has, however, been sent to
the west, aud 1t Is not improbable that
list months supply went in that direc-
ton, The statement for the week il
anpandal.