The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-16

Tonnage-Oiher News OF Nearby
Industries Brightly Photographed
The importaucS of Coke Bros. Il Co. 8
new deal with the Lehigh Valley aside
from the fact that it undoubtedly
heads off Coke Bros Il Co. from ex-
tending THAR own road to Il connection
with the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western aud the New York. Susqus-
hanna and Western at StroudS6ur2, is
explained bv the fact that it means
fully 100000 tons more Of coal busi-
ness for the Lshigh Valley. The ben5-
fits Of this great tonnage will be OBJ.
tanned without the outlay ofone cent on
the part of the company, as the Della
ware, SusQuehanna and Schuylkill
railroad will furnish its own cars and
motive power all the way from the
mines to tidewater, and will also sup
ply the crews. The long standing
sult Of Coke Bros. i Co. againt the Ls.
high Valley before the Interstate com
merce commission will, 1t Is
said, be withdrawn or compromised.
The new traffic thus obtained by the
Lehigh Valley is portion Of that for
merly controlled by the Reading under
au agreement entered into between
Coke Bros. Il Co. and President Nc
LeOd. but wnlch was cancelled by ths
receivers last summer on the ground
that the rates paid were Improbable
to the Reading and Disseminated
against other shippers. The Delaware,
and Schuylkill railroad,
in anticipation of tlis agreement. nego.
tiatious for which have besn pending
about three weeks, has ordered ten new
engines and 1000 hopper gondola cars.
These, with the 500 cars ordered last
summer, will give tham | 800 cars, and
prevent Coke Bros. Il Co from being
against in the future in
the matter Of cars
Announcement is made in the Pitts
ton Gazette that work will soon bs be.
gun on branch railroad, to be con-
structed from the main line of ths new
Wilkes-Barre and Eastern at point
above Mil Creek to the Erie and Wy
oming Valley railroad main line, near
No. q shaft, The route was surveyed
last summer by corps of Wilkes Barre
and Eastern engineers Its course is
from the main line along II side hill in
Plains township to the old brick tav
srn on the Back road, along this road
to the old No. ii slop3. themes to the
Erie and Wyoming Valley main
line. The new branch will bs
constructed primarily for the pur
pose of enabling the Wilkes-Barre
and Eastern to handle per
centage of the output of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal company mines, but no
doubt when the road is once in good
running order, freight an passenger
traffic arrangement will be entered
into, whereby Wilkes Barre and Z Ist.
ern passenger and freight trains will
be run into the Broad Street station of
the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad
thereby established another direct route
from Pittston to New York, and also
a connection at Wilkes Barre with the
Sunbury branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad, which is to be extended along
the west bank of the river to the
Wilkes. Barre and Eastern Station a
Wilkes Barre.
For the month of January the D9la-
ware and Hudson Canal company ship
ped from Houesials G2, $50 tons of coal
and piled 1927 tons They had on
hand at the close Of the month. l03, 033
tons on the Honesdale docks Tue totaI
amount Of coal mined and shippsd by
this company for the first month o.
1894 was 2iS, S,9lS TONS against 81, 4,673
tons, mined and shipped during Janu-
airy last year.
W. W. Ruley disclaims having at
tempted to make any estimate Of uu.
mined coal in this state. and the figures
which are going the rounds of the
press, purporting TO set forth the result
Of his investigations in that direction
are characterized by him as unwar.
ranted and misleading. Mr.. Ruley hat
evidently been made the victim o
some statistical adyenturer.
The decision Of the stockholders o
the Bethlehem Iron company to double
the capital stock to $40, 900, 900 is re-
garded by many as move to f1restal
possible competition from the Cambria
Iron company and other companie
which are preparing to make driv
in the steel rail department 1t is said
that tue Bethlehem oompanys increase
will be used to rebabiltats the stee
rail mill, so that the company Can
compete in the manufacture OF rails
with any other company.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
Is testing new system OF car vsntila
ton which ia the result OF the joint ef
forts of ]. II. Elder. c, Linstrom. C.
Harris aud w. Todd, all chief inspec
tors for the company In this system
there is no change made in the lowe
yentilator, but instead Of the Ions
window panels above, large tin tube
about seven inches in diameter arr
projected in their place These com
municste between the inside Of tht
coach and the outer air, and on tn
outside there is large cap over tn
end, arranged in such manner as Il
release the impure air from within. It
the body OF the tube there Is a system
Of screens which serve to exclud
smoke OF cinders. These ventilator
can be so arranged as to regulate the
draught, thus maintaining an ever
temperature within the coach
The figures Of the Reading railroad
Worlds fair business have recentl
been computed by the officials Of tha
company, and made very handsom
showing, The total receipts were $4S8,
974 40, divided as follows Day coacl
and special excursions. $ll5, "a
regular tickets from Philadelphia, S27l
145.1 Philadelnhia aud New Yur
division. SCI. a98 II main line and Wi
Transport division, $7S 295 5l TIL
showing 10 all the more r0markabl
when ii is remembered that at tho open
ing of the fair in May the Reading wa
not regarded as factor IN the througl
| travel, and that IL had many powerful