The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-23
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES


the following interesting paragraph:
The Florence breaker at Ransom put
Its first car of coal through Thursday
morning An interesting story is told
in connection with the starting Of the
breaker. When William Connell came
to this city about thirty-five years ago
he worked all through the mines as
miner, a foreman and us an engineer.
The very same engine that he worked
on in the old Stafford mine was the
identical engine that he started the
breaker with at Ransom Thursday.
Mr.. Connell, after he had set the ma
chinery going, came up TO the head of
the breaker and dumped the first car
of coal,
Gross earnings of 1877 railroad COM
panies for May reflect heavy losses be-
cause Of the coal strike and the gen.
"rnl business depression. Elrnings Of
So, 332 miles of railroad in May aggre-
gated $3G, 154. $40, decrease of III per
cent from the May total last year. the
heaviest decrease from last year shown
iu any month 80 far this year. For five
months 1876 roads earned Sl79,S9l, 0S7. q
decrease of II per cent. from the cor
responding total year ago. Heaviest
decreases are among eastern and CEN
tral western companies, due to heavy
losses on coal traffic.
Taking the statistical returns Of tho
yearly yield of coal in Japan from 1882
10 1891, II, 453. 800 tons is obtained az
tho average annual yield. Estimating
the average proportional annual in
crensa at 10 per cent, it is calculated
that in 1911 the yield will be no less
than 3O3 347, $50 tons. Proceeding in
this way the conclusion is arrived Mt
that tho total yield for twenty five
years to come. computed with the cur
rent year, will be 5l5. 5j2. S26 tons. As
the latest figures given by the Nosho-
musho fix the capacity Of the Japanese
e,nl mines roughly at 7j9, ,720, 600 tons,
and the pr p )rtion available for prac-
ticablc purposes being according to the
experience of England, three-quarters
Of the total capacity, it follows that
the actual amount of coal which the
mines will yield for use is 3G9, 700, 900
tons IT from that amount be deducted
the aggregate annual production in
twenty five years, recknned from 1891,
there remain only 81 237, ,G74 tons. In
other words, in January, 1916, there
will remain in Japan supply Of coal
only sufficient for ten months
East bound freight tonnage showed
l.nrnu., Fynn, rbinono IaaK ,uanl- of
over 1000 tons. This was caused
largely by the cut rates via Peoria and
other southern junction points The
presidents at their New York meeting
did nothing with this situltlon or with
The cancellation of through rates.
Practical freight officials cannot under
stand The non action of the presidents.
The entire eastern rate situation IL now
dependent on the pools from Chicago
and St Louis. These pools must in
evitahly collapse If traffic is diverted
10 other junction points by cut rates.
The only conclusion TO be reached from
the nou-actiOn OF the presidents is that
the pools are Quilt on too ilmsy foun-
dution and are not being carrie out in
good faith.
MISOR INDUSTRIAL NoTEs:
The Lake Shore is again burning soft
conl on nearly all engines.
The ll9 inch plate mill Of the Pottstown
Iron company will be started on double
tuln today.
In Europe these are thirty-three electric
railway systems They use 53S motor cars
an! lj TRAITORS"
An effort is making to revive tho freight
bureau Mt Memphis, Tenn, which passed
Ont Of existence about IL year ago.
The anti-railroad movement Is crystal
lizhg IN the shape OF n certainty that q
commission will be created to fix rates.
Contractor John w. Crcliu put to
work third steam shovel Wednesday
morning at the Silver Brook strippngs
The No. breaker at Honey Brook
owned by the Lehlgh aud Wilkes-Barre
Coul company is working eleven hours per
Gay.
The south Stroud5burg station OF the
Wikes.Barre and Eastern railroad will be
finished very soon. Bert Kintner will be
The agent,
The Erie got 1915 per cent. of the east
bound tonnage out Of Chicago during the
week. ending June 8, and lOSper cent. dur.
ing the week ending June2.
The dismissal of number of train dis
patchers on the Wabash makes it neces-
tary for those retained to be on duty
twelve instead of eight hours,
John Bruce, who last week resigned as
superintendent of the Pittsburg division of
the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg, will
OH Monday return to that position.
Orlando Taylor, late assistant general
passenger agent Of tho Old Colony steam.
ship company, has been appointed general
passenger agent Of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford.
f. B. Thomas, vice president of the Eric,
and its general man nager, allows the super
intendents of the several divisions only
two-thirds the amount of money for ex-
pcnses as compared with twelve months
ago.
1t is anticipated by experts that thou
sands Of tons Of good anthracite will yet
be mined out Of No slope Mt Beaver
Meadow which has been idle for thirty
years, but which is now being pumped out.
The water has already been reduced 275
feet
Under the revised bylaws and constitu-
JlOh VI buo huleIlChu nillWUy Union, an
insurance department is created both for
life and disability benefits butt is option.
al with the members Of the association to
take advantage Of the benefits 1t affords.
Rich coal beds have been struck at Kent
land, Ind, half way between tho Big Four
and tho Panhandle lines, and an effort will
be made to induce one of the companies
named to build road to the newly dis
covered mines. The discovery Of the coal
was made by the sinking Of an artesian
well.
Morea colliery is still filled with water,
and it will take fully week yet before
the same can be pumped out. When this
is done another week will be consumed in
cleaning the mud from the gangways and
removing other debris 1t will be nearly
two weeks yet before work can be re-
sumed.
AT two Of the eight mines on the Indian.
apois and Vincennes the miners have re-
Rumed work which was very fort1nata no