The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-13


scalpers. Such tickets would open
wide field for the scalpsrs if the COM
mercinl men should deal with them
Superintendent Graham, Of the
Wilkes. Barre and Wyoming Valley
Traction company announces. in conse.
quence of the completion OF pending
negotiations, that the work Of putting
the trolley line through Pittston bor-
ough will be begun next week. A
meeting of the Pittston Citizens ad-
visory committee is called for tonight,
when the Traction officials will be
present, and the questions of the grade
of Main street will be decided The
burgess and committee OF council have
engaged Civil Engineer Bartl, of this
city, to give the grade of the street as
directed.
Potter 81 Folwell, sanitary engineers
of Gotham, estimate that the cost of
sewering Pittston borough would be
| Sl0S, 312 80 This estimate includes a
sewer on every street in the borough
limits, and it is estimated that there
are twenty -four miles of street in the
borough. The estimated cost of build
ing sewer on Main street, from line
to line, is SIC, 0s3, and for sewer from
Union street north. to Railroad street
south. under that portion Of the street
that is paved. 81 900 is tho estimated
cost. The sewers on the side streets
will be of pipe, from inches up to 80
inches. The sewer ON Main street will
be of brick. except in one district up
town, where pipes will answer the pur.
pose and it will be nine feet under-
ground. There will bs three other sec
tions of the sewer off Main street built
of brick. The maps and specitications
have been given to Engineer Bartl, Of
this city, for examination. and when
he has gone over them, they will be
presented to the Pittston council for
adoption.
A number of we'll known coal mag
mates and Pennsylvania mining officials
inspected the colleries Of the Mineral
Railroad and Mining company and the
Union Coal company yesterday. They
are making a tour of the mines IN
which they are interested throughout
the Shamokn section of the state and
are being Quartered in General Super
intendent Frank Shepherds private car
aud Pullman sleeper lolanthe, which
is being drawn by special engine,
Among the members OF the party are
General Superintendent Frank Shep-
herd. of Altoona: w. H. Joyce, general
freight agent of Pennsylvania rail-
road, of Philadelphia; Joseph Stick
usy and Mr. Boyd, of the New York
coal firm OF Stickney, Cunningham
e. Co.. W. H Lewis, superintendent
OF the William Penn Coal company
Mr.. Stickuey and son, and Daniel Ell
wards, superintendent of the Kingston
Coal company at Wilkes Barre; Irwin
A Stearns, general manager of the
Pennsylvania Coal companies, and
Morris Williams, superintendent oil
toe Mineral Railroad and Mining COM
pany. They had already inspected the
Primrose coliery at Minersville as vel
as the Lytle collery near the same
place and the William Penn colliery
The engineer of the locomotive was
Andrew Chambers. probably one ol
the best known railroad men in the
United States. His fireman was Mr.
Michaels. Mr.. Cham Oers is the favor
ite engineer of Roberts and has beer
on nearly every railroad in this coun-
try in the capacity of engineer of Pres
ident Roberts official tours.
IAN order has gone into effect or
the Lehigh Valley roal," says the
Plttston Gazette, (Which is not very
encouraging 10 the old employees A
number Of long service engineers oi
first class trains have been transferred
TO second AMI oven to third class runs
such rs freight, coal and gravel trains,
the first class runs being given to the
new non-union engineers who came t
the company's rescue during the strike
last fail. 1t is understood that the
change is made in oId4r to keep tbt
non.uuion men from accepting the in
ducements offered them to 90 to the
west. Among the engineers so far re.
duced is Mumford NOnnemacher, Of
this place, who yesterday completed
his fifteenth year OF service as engineer
on the Valley road and who has been
running one Of the fast express trains,
Pursell and Seerfoss, also old time en-.
giueers on the Wyoming division, have
been reduced, and others are expecting
similar orders any minute. The mel
are not doing much kicking. They ga,
1t would Os useless. They did no
blame Superintendent Mitchell iu tn
least, knowing him not to be rpspon
sible for the order. He has told tn
men that he is but obeyng the orde
of higher powers. and that he opposed
it as much as possible"
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NoTEs:
The Delaware and Hudson has been as.
aessed 81, G26 i20 personal property in New
York.
The Society for the Promotion of Engi
neering education will hold its first annua
meeting in Brooklyn N. Y. Aug 20 to q
Edward Hughes, who was last year bur
CESS OF Hughestown, near Pittston, la
been appointed superintendent Of Johnso
& Co. g mines.
The Employees Insurance association
started on the Reading road when Austi
. Corbin was its president, Is still maintain
ed and highly approved by the receivers o
the road.
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