The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-22

Ihe Lafiin Coal company whose
breaker was burned down at Latin sew
eral days ago, has begun to rebuild the
structure and has about completed the
foundation walls. Mr.. Culver, the
architect, will soon have the plans
ready and the contract for the frame
will be given out soon.
City Treasurer George D. McCreary,
who was member of the Lehigh VAL
ley stockholders committee, has in
formed the chairman, John N. Hutch
inson, that as his old business partner,
George II. Myers, of Bethlehem, is a
candidate on the management's or
regular, ticket, and not desiring to an
tagonize him, he will withdraw from
the committee.
Coal was run through the new Max
well breaker at Ashley for the first time
on Thursday. The machinery was
found to work well. A large number
of visitors We're present, some Of whom
were Charles Parrish, e. II. laval,
general superintendent of the Lehigh
and Wilkes-Barre Coal company; Will
lam H. Herring, outside superintend-
ent; Morgan r. Morgan, inside superin-
tendent; William II. Richards, mining
engineer, and H. w. Saums, assistant
superintendent. Mr. Charles Parrish
touched the button which set the ma
chinery In motion. 1t is the largest
breaker in this region and the largest
shaft in the world.
Wilkes-Barre Record: "Israel w.
Norris, treasurer of the Lehigh Valley
Coal company, was in town yesterday.
In speaking Of the opposition to the re-
election OF Mr.. Wilbur, he said it was
engendered principally by stock brokers
who have no interest in the company.
Some Of them don't own a cents worth
of stock, and their motives are so trans
parent that their blow and bluster de-
ceives no one. Mr.. Wilbur will be re-
elected easiy, as he will undoubtedly
receive majority vote of the entire
capital stock-about $780, 900 shares. Mr..
Morris has been connected with the
company for years and is one Of the
brainiest and most upright of the entire
staff entrusted with its direction"
Shipments of anthracite coal for the
week ended Dec. Is, according to figures
compiled by the Bureau of Anthracite
Coal Statistics, show that the restrict
ing policy agreed upon by the various
interests has not been closely followed,
as the total mined was S7S,362 tons, a
decrease compared with the same week
last year of only 10,145 tons. There is
nothing significant in this, however, as
the mines In the Lehigh and Wyoming
regions will suspend operations today
FOR the remainder of the year, and the
Reading may do likewise, though at
this writing nothing definite has been
decided upon in the latter case. 1t is
probable, therefore, that the agreed
output for December-about $500, 900
tons-will not be largely exceeded.
Shamokin Dispatch: "The Scranton
and Wilkes Barre capitalists who are
about to establish a plant for produc-
ing electric power from culm or refuse
anthracite coal, think they have a sure
money maker, and we hope they have
III their plan succeeds they will be do
ing great good, not only to them
selves but to everybody in Pennsyl-
vania as well. Their plan of generat
Ing power to send to New York and
Philadelphia and complete with the
electric power houses in those cities
may seem chimerical and may come to
nothing but that they can supply elec-
tric power to the nearby towns and
cities reasonable. If they do nothing
more profitably than clean up the vast
piles of culm now going to waste they
Will be doing good thing"
The Maxwell breaker, just completed
by the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal
company at Ashley, Is 40 feet high
and in length is l7S feet1 10 inches, while
its greatest width at the back, extend
Ing the whole width Of the chutes, is 12l
feet. From the front of the breaker
back 20 feet the width is 25 feet 0 inches.
and then for "a feet it is 40 feet inches.
and the remaining IA feet it is 121 feet
Wlde. In the breaker there are fifteen
screens, seven pairs Of rollers, one pair
OF eleyators 80 feet high, and two pair
OF Sflfeet high, and two scraper lines,
eacR ia feet long, This massive break
er has capacity of 1000 tons per day
and 1000 tons of prepared coal can be
stored In It's chutes. The interior is
strewn with electric buttons. by which
the machinery can be stopped In an
instant by signalling the engineer. II
required over 5000 feet of wire to COM
piete the circuit. There are also seven
teen hose connections to guard against
fire. The shaft, which will furnish the
coal TO the breaker Is IA by Sc feet.
which allows for the use of four car
riages. Two of these will hoist from the
Baltimore and two from the Red Ash
veins. The Baltimore vein is tlready
reached at a distance of $50 feet and
the shaft to the Red Ash is down 800
feet Of the proposed 1000 feet. The
shaft Is timbered with the best Georgla
pine which was shipped directly from
Georgia and Florida. The work of
sinking the shaft has been going on
for upwards Of two years and is being
done by Davey & Wasley. This break
er and mine will give employment to
about 1900 men and 1t Is thought II will
pegin full operations about April /.
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Buffalo Stock Market,
BY the United Press.
Buffalo, Dec. .-Cattle-Receipts l.5OO
head, on sale, so head; market opened
steady 10 shade tlrmer, closed with sales