The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-02
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

on. and the second division embracing
all the collieries from Mahanoy City to
Gilberton, and including the Shenau-
doah district col.ieries Heretofore all
these collieriss have been embraced in
one district, Montroe T. Schrt fflar
having charge Of the entire field.
Under the new order Mr.. Schreffisr
will continue as division superintend-
ent of the district, having charge of
the collieries from Trevorton to Gill
berton. Mr.. Schre f1sr's headquarters
will continue to be at Ashland. The
second division will be in charge of
John Skesth. Of Mahony city,
former district superintendent OF
that district. His headquarters
may be at Shenandoah. David W.
Price, who for the past six years has
been the superintendent Of the Ashland
district, has been appointed assistant
to division Superintendent. Thomas
Doyle, of the Pottsville district collier
lee, embracing the eollieries from Ire
mont to Silver Creek. Mr.. Prices
headquarters will be at Pottsyille Mr.
Price will be succeeded as superintend-
ent Of the Aslsnd district by Thomas
Campbell, at present inside foreman at
Indian Ridge colliery, at Shenandoah,
who will have his headquarters at Ash.
land. William Richards. inside fore
mon at the Boston Run colliery, has
been appointed to succeed John Sheath
as superintendent of the Mahanoy City
district, and will have his headquarters
at that place. These changes went into
effect Monday.
What is known as the Otto-Hoffman
roke.making process is soon to be in
troduced in this country with impor-
tant results. The process is noted for
producing high grade of coke from
inferior Goals, and also by saving the
gases and by-products OF the combus-
tion of the coal. The nams of the COM
pany represented by the above named
gentleman is the Otto Coke and Chemi-
cal company, with headquarters at
Cleveland, the principal parties inter
ested being the Messrs. Mather, of
Cleveland, and the Cambria Iron COM
pany, Of Johnstown. Today practi-
cally the entire production Of coke in
the United States for metallurgical
purposes is made in beehive ovens.
which allows all the waste gases and
other products of the combustion Of
the coal to escape into the air. The
centre Of the coke making industry is
in the Connellsville region, and the fuel
produced here is the standard blast fur
mace fuel. The Pocahontas Flat Top
district is also producer of high grade
metallurgicsl coke. The close proxi-
nifty Of the Connellsyille region to the
great centers of iron and steel manu-
facture, the low price of mining the
coal, and the steady demand for coke,
have made the producers somewhat
conservative in investigating any new
processes proposed to supersede the
present satisfactory, although waste
full, beehive method. To considerable
extent the position of the Connellsville
region in the matter of ovens has in
fuenced the other producing districts
throughout the country. According to
the claims made for the Otto-Hoffman
process all this may be changed, and
inferior coal can be made to produce q
high grade Of coke. while at the same
time giving certain valuable chemical
substances which contribute in large
measure to the expense of operation.
According to the Sun Williamsport
is underlsid with anthracite coal The
discovery was made last Saturday
when the workmen who are engaged
in sinking an artesian we'll at the Eli.
son electric light plant found the dusky
diamonds at the depth of 112 feet. A
minute examination was made OF these
as the drill kept driving deeper ant
into the earth. Godfrey Hess, of th,
Edison company, made miscropic in.
vestigation. and when he had finished
he said: "Gentlemen, / claim that W,
have found three foot vein Of an thra
cite coal. 1t may grow to be four, five
or even ten feet in thickness. We mus
must wait for the drill to determin
the depth. There 10 no telling wha
the extent Of the vein Is in width, bu
I am satisfied we have discovered an
thracite coal.
On Oct. 3 the Southern Railway com
pany will hold q meeting In Richmond
Va, which is looked forward to with
good deal Of interest as it may hav,
some bearing on the future of tn
Queen and Crescent. In few month
this giant system has been organized
the cancellations easily consumm ated
and the various interests are SO please,
with the development that it is a gen
eral theme Of conversation in railwa,
circles. The Southern Railway com
pany already operates 4,500 miles o
road. and owns it. with the exception
OF 491 miles from Goldsboro to Atlanta
and in addition, operates 15O miles O
waterways. The parent line, the Rich
mond and Danville, in the beginnin
owned but 145 miles. As result @
the reorganization over thirty corpora
tions, whose affairs aud securities wer
interlocked in every conceivable way
and almost in hopeless confusion, ar
united in one company. Thirty board
of directors and thirty sets of separat
accounts disappeared simultaneo ously
All this has been accomplished sine
May l.
MINOR INDUSTRIAL notes.:
John Messeroll, a large shirt manufact
urer Of New Brunswick, N. j., on Monday
started up his factory on full time for th
first time in two years.
Preparations are under way for the maj
ufacture OF cotton goods at the old Wasl
ington Mills, Gloucester City, which hav
been idle for three years.
Work has been resumed In the big COZ
tinuous tankhouse No, 9 at the Alton, III
glass works. This factory will run da
and night and employ 800 hands
Trainmen on the Pennsylvania line' o
October ], donned their winter uniform
A fnll suit including overcoat, costs s32 |
S98. Each traihmanl now has to pay fc
his own suit ON nearly all roads.
Stewart & Co.'S. wire mills, at Eastoi
Idle since last Jannary, resumed operation
Monday, having number Of orders q
hand. New machinery was recently pt
in and more will be added, and the fore
will be increased
Coke Brothers & Co., have begun wor
with force Of 400 men, to drain the o.