The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-04

GENERAL NEWS
Y OF INDUSTRIES
A Pottsville dispatch assuming to
give the industrial conditions of that
portion Of the anthracite region ut this
time, says: "The Straub & Hsnnum
Told Standard) shirt factory, employing
l25 men and women, has not had an
idle day since last winter, and is filled
with orders from New York and Phil.
adelphia that will keep them going for
months to come. The Tilt Silk mill,
che largest of its kind in the United
States, has been in operation all sum
mer. and employs upward of $50 oper-
ativeA In very busy times il will
give employment TO as many more.
The Ulmer and the Seltzsr Packing
companies are working full-handed.
The former employs over 200, and the
latter over 100 men. There are also two
large clothing manufactures here, and
these have been busy all summer on
winter clothing and overcoats together
employing over 800 men and women.
The repair shops of the Reading Coal
and Iron company. employing SUI
men, are never idle, as they have to
repair and make machinery. locomo-
tives, cars and other material for the
company's fifty-two collieriss. There
has been no reduction in wages at these
shops for years, and wages are paid
every two weeks in cash. The ap-
pointment Of receivers and the assign
ment OF the Pottsville Iron and Steel
company has created no fear Of bad
times among the people here. The
luills are working as usual, and the re-
ceivers announced that they would be
kept running. The company has many
large contracts on hand. and can give
employment for months to come to its
700 employees. The completion Of the
two large coal breakers, one for the
Chamberlain Coal company, near ST.
Clair, and another at the Williams
Coal company's collisry, will insure
work for 1900 more men and boys
within the next few months.
Each day over go, 900 passengers pass
through the train gates Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad compsny's station at
Broad and Market streets, Philadel-
phia. This is considered the largest
number Of people to pass through the
gates Of one railroad company in one
day of any city in the United States.
Chicago, with its twenty eight inde.
pendent lines of railway, ran to and
from its eight railway stations 28, sos
trains during the month of April, 1894
Philadelphia ran during the same
period 40,890 trains. Chicago carried
during the month Of April, 1894, an
aggregate Of 1.750.0OO passengers.
Philadelphia in the same period car
ried an aggregate of $3.50, 1000 passen.
gers. Chicago on its twenty-sight
lines of railway in the month of April,
1894, handled 1872. $40 pieces Of baggage.
Broad street station alone handled
more than that in the same period, and
the total number of pieces of baggage
handled in Philadelphia during April,
1894, was approximately 300, 900. Chi,
cago runs an average of $50 trains q
day in and out of its eight railway
terminals Philadelphia runs an aver
age Of l, 1853. Chicago handles an aver.
age of 10000 railway passengers daily;
Philadelphia handles an average OF
112, 900 passengers. Chicago handles
an average of $500 pieces of baggage
daily; Philadelphia handles an aver
age of $4,000 daily.
The spectacle few nights ago of
train leaving Philadelphia in foursec-
tions, with twenty-five crowded Pull
man sleepers, is. thinks the Press, GER
tainly one that would indicate that
railway traffic at least is not in a stag
nant condition within the limits Of
Philadelphia, The train left New
York in three sections, and when it
left Broad street station another sec
tion had been added. AS made up the
train consisted of thirty seven cars,
seven passenger coaches, two Pennsyl-
vania railroad baggage cars. two cars
Of the Adams Express company and
one United States railway mail car.
This was probably the largest train
that was ever made up for departure
from railroad station at one time.
In the effort now making to find
plan of REQ organization for the Read
Ing Railroad companyso far acceptable
to the owners OF its property and se-
curities as to give assurance of success
popular confidence. says the Philadsl-
by the suggestion that ex-Postmaster
General Wanamsker might be pre-
vailed upon to accept the presidency.
Mr.. Wanarnaker has peculiar qualitica
tions for the task. No man VINO is not
great all.sround man can become a
great merchant. A great merchant
need not take back seat among law
years. great statesmen. great writer's,
warriors or orators. He Is their equal
in talent In the sum total of quail
&cation which given to men right to
Aptainoy he stands in the front rank.
Wanamaker is not "a railroad
i" But he has that grasp of busi-
|llDBs affairs, that knowledge of the
trend and movement Of trade, that IA
cility for clear insight and quick dis
patch in large and intricate affairs, and
that decision, nerve and promptness
which are more. essential than any
technical requirement. 1t would be
matter of rejoicing to see him take up
the tangled thread Of Reading business
and do what he could toward unravel-
ing 1t. Mr.. Wanamaker may be the
man for the occasion. 1t would be
hard to find anyone better qualified for
such an undertaking.
The Iron Trade Review says: The
feeling among authorities in the iron
froA do IA hak