The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-07
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

The Wilkes Barre and Wyoming
Vallev Traction company has just re-
ceived consignment of new cars, ne
cessitatsd by its steadily increasing
business In the number are six trail
ers, four double truck and four single
truck cars, all OF the best make and all
open or summer cars Under the efi-
cient superintendent of John Graham,
one OF the best traction managers in
the United States, the Wilkes Barre
and Wyoming Valley company has en-
joyed a prosperity wholly unforeseen
by its lGost enthusiastic projectors.
is patronage is steadily growing. its
lrackage expanding and its popularity
among the masses of the people aug
mentiug daily. On the West Side of
the SusQuehauna river it has been in
strum.ntal in transforming stretcht
Uf barren farm land into link of
thriving villages. connected at inter
walls by small groups Of pleasant new
homes; and it will be only question Of
time when the same development will
follow the course Of the trolley system
on the opposite bank. Superior service
and equipment, combined with Ii b.
erel management have achieved these
results. and will achieve still better
ones in the years to come,
The iron industry says Dan, has
not yet recovered from the coal miners
strike A large and somewhat lasting
reduction in the demand for iron Is
the natural consequences of disturb
ances affecting railway earnings. The
demand for iron products does not ap.
pear better and prices are again
tending downward in spite Of
the general feeling that an advance
must follow tho termination Of
the miners strike. Textile manu-.
facture do not show improvement.
Interruption of traffic is felt in these
industries, but much more the uncer-
certainty now far foreign goods may
be delivered at lower prices than do
mestic after new duties take effect, and
behind these causes of hesitation lies
the fact that, with many hands out of
work, and wages reduced for others,
and prices of farm products exceed
iugly low, the buying power OF the
people Is greatly restricted.
The failures in the second quarter of
1894, according to Dun, were 2,734
during the week have besn Isl in the
United States against 334 last year, and
81 in Canada against 90 last year, with
10 important disaster as yet since the
new half year began. The amount of
liabilities in commercial failures was
$37, 555. 973 against 1858, 9S2 179 in the
fret quarter Of the year and 1921. 541.
239, including all reported in the sec
ond quarter of last year.
The rumor having been recently re-
vived that the Offices of the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad company now
located in Carbondale, would be re-
moved to this city soon after the COM
pany's occupancy Of the new Lacka-
wanna avenue station, o representative
OF the Carbondale Leader intervie wed
Superintendent Manvills on the sub
ject and was assured that there was
III buO no
ut the Bridge street station and soma
of those in the other Scranton offices
will be transferred 10 the new station
but the present force in Carbondale
will remain undisturbed After the
opening of the new Scranton station
the branch between the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western depot and
the Delaware and Hudson sta
tion at Green Ridge will be abandoned
for passenger traffic. The Delaware,
LacLawanna and Western company
owns the track as far as Vine street, the
Delaware and Hudson the remainder.
The branch road will be used princi-
paly for the Dickson works. The pres
ent Vine street building of the Della
ware ard Hudson will be used for stor'
ing books end papers, at least until sucl
time as some other disposition will be
made of it. 1t ia not known yet what
is to be done with the old Bridge Street
depot The company is pressed FOL
room there, however. and it is not IN.
likely that the building may be torn
down and the ground utilized fol
switching purposes.
Says an Easton dispatch: Ex-em
ployes of the Lehigh Valley company
who have been out Of work since this
strike on that road last winter are be-
ing induced by western agents to 20 to
Chicago to take the places OF the
strikers on the western railroads. 4
number OF men who took the strikers
places on the Lebigh Valley have given
up their Jobs and also gone west. Tue
men who have gone west had their fare
paid and are promised S4 per day,
OF the total number of deaths Il
employees on account of railway acci-
dents last year. 433 were due to coupling
and uncoupling cars, ,64 to falling frou
trains and engines. 70 TO overhead OBJ
structions, PAT to collisions. and 1853 Il
derailments the remainder being dut
to causes not clearly defined. An as
signment of casualties to the oppor-
tunity offered for accidents shows
empioye to have been killed for every
800 men employed, and to have beer
injured for every 28 men employed
The most dangerous servics is that O.
trainmen, and for these the statistic
show employe to have been killed TO
every 1t5 trainmen. and 1 smploye Il
have been injured for every 10 engaged
in the service.
The bituminous coal operators of the
Ilearfeld and Beech Creek regions tC
the mum Der Of twenty five met at th
Philadelphia Office of the Bsrwind-
White Coal Mining company yssterda,
for the purpose Of discussing the strike
situation and taking action thereon
Edward J. Berwind, president OF tn,
Berwind-White company. acted a
chairman of tho conference, which be
gan it's secret session at II o'clock
The conference ended at 1 p. M, ant
then the following resolution whicl
mad been adopted unanimously givei
Oni: