The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-03
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

The list Of trunk line new railways
10 rapidly growing-on paper. The
latest: William G. Mayne, of Philadel-
phis. general solicitor OF the Blue
Mountain railroad. which is to be built
from Harrisburg to the Delaware
River, at Portland. Pa. distance OF
140 miles, makes the important state
ment that corps of engineers will
start at Shartlesville. Berks county,
soon and locate different line to Sla-
tiugton to connect with the PouEh-
ksepsie road, which is to be sold to the
Vanderbilt system on Oct 18. This
connection on the east with an extern
aion of the Norfolk & Western and Of
Vanderbilt lines to the Western ter
minus Of the Blue Mountain railroad
will complete. says Mr. Mayne, system
of trunk lines which, for the inter
change of freight and passengers by
the South and West and the North and
East. has no equal in this country.
Second Assistant Po ostmastsr General
Nelson is giving great deal OF atten-
tiou to special mail service in large
cities He has ordered prepared maps
of all large cities showing the surface
car lines with view to having mail
cars run over them. He expects to
give his attention especially to carry
ing mail on electric cars, which runs
from the centers of cities to suburbs
and to adjoining small towns Mr..
Nelson is of the opinion that only on
electric lines running long distances
will is be probable to carry the mails.
Employees in all the departments of
the principal railroads in this state
who were laid off last year on account
Of general depression in both freight
and passenger traffic have had cause to
rejoice within the past few weeks, says
the Philadelphia Times, and now the
great majority have been reinststed.
The general slash in forces on all the
lines which was made during the
months Of December, 1893 aud jan
uary. 1894, not only affected the train
men in both passenger and freight
service, but employees in other depart
ments as we'll The maintenance of
way departments Of oil the lines
TO one-half the regular force. The
cut was also recently felt among tho
operators. and wherever man could
be dispensed with at and Office along
the line he was dismissed. The phs
nomenal increase in freight and passen
ger traffic on all the lines has made it
necessary to strengthen the forces in
ali departments, and if the ratio of old
employees who have been reinstated
within the past two weeks is kspt up
the forces will soon be as strong as
they were before the cut came. The
operating forces have been augmented
and just now extra freight and pas
senger men are putting in full time.
Progress on the new State Line rail-
road from Binghamton to Williams
port, in which Scranton capital is
understood to be interested, is being
made rapidly. The route now followed
is declared to be almost identical with
Scott, president Of the Pennsylvania
system. declared the route between
Binghsmton and Wilismsport the
best prospective railway property in
the United States. Many people, who
ought to know, now think the Dsla.
ware, Lackawanna and Western COM
pany, reputed to be controlled by the
Vanderbilt interest, is behind this
State Line company, and they claim
that the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany is also under the same control.
which would lead one to suppose that
the Vanderbilt interest sought an
outlet to the southwest FOR its
Delaware and Hudson road and to
cover the territory that the Delaware,
Lsckawauna and Western does not al
ready cover. II is a we'll known fact,
according TO the Binghamton Herald,
that the Lehigh Valley is perturbed
over the situation and did they not
think it too late would 60 on and ex.
tend their line to Nontrose, over to
Binghamton. II all this reasoning be
true the new road is bound to be one OF
the most important in this section. and
as link between the Delaware and
Hudson and southwest will shorten the
distance between Boston and Pittspurg
or other cities in that section, more
than l0O miles,
Hazleton ia to have an improved
water supply. The Diamond Water
company has decided to sink a mum bel
of artesian wells, also build new stor
age reservoir with 10, 0000 gallons
capacity. The other day Rufus J.
Foster, OF this city, editor of the Col
lery Engineer, Stanley Allen, secretary
of the National Drilling and Boring
ingrompany, OF Scranton, and Thomas
Mumms. Of Nurem berg, prominent
artesian we'll contractor, went over the
ground. Work will be begun at the
earliest possible moment.
The Baltimore and Lehigh railroad,
with its rights and franchises, and the
interest of the Baltimore Forwarding
and Railroad company in tho same,
were sold at York, Pa, recently to w.
T, Walwortb, of Cleveland, for $S75
The sales was made to satisfy Claim
for $500
The Philadelphia Inquirer pays thii
compliment to one Of the best known
and most successful street railway mer
in the country: John Graham, who
was at the Lafayette last Friday, 10 on,
of the big men in the street railway
business up the state, being general
manager and treasurer Of the Wilkes
Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction
company. Mr.. Graham had, beeu
spending a few days at his place in The
Cumberland valley, and his visit tt
Philadelphia prior to returning t,
Wilkes. Barre will occasion increased
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