The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-25
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

Beginning tomorrow the Now Jersey
Coal exchange will start upon its eighth
annual excursion to the coal regions
The itinerary arranged by it is as fol-
lows: Leaving Newark, Tuesday, at
9.20 a. In sharp. will run directly to
Upper Lehigb, Pa, dining at the High.
land Deli. l. 300 feet above tide water
Leaving Upper Lehigh about p m.,
will run directly to Scranton, with
supper. lodging and breakfast at
the Wyoming. After supper at
Scranton an opportunity will be given
10 visit the LsckawaunS Iron works,
where the process OF manufacturing
steel rails will oe shown. Wednesday,
June 27, through the courtesy OF the
Delaware and Hudson Canal company,
special train will be provided,
leaving Scranton ats q. 10. for Car
bondale. From CArbondalc the trip
to Honesdale and return will be made
over the gravity road of the Del
aware and Hudson Canal company,
stopping at Faryiew, and at Honesdale,
the head of the Delaware and Hudson,
canal At Honesdale the loading of
honts snd the storage plant will be In
apeeted Returning to Scranton in tlms
for dinner they will leave at p. IN for
Wilkes. Barre. remaining at the Wyo-
ming Valley hotel until after dinner
on June 2S. At Wilkes-Ba arrange
ments have been made for those wish
ing to visit the collieries at that point
Returning the excursion will leave
Wilkes Barre about q p. m, June %,
IN time TO connect at High Bridge, n,
j., and Bound Brook, n. j., with con-
vehient trains for members, and will
reach Newark about p, IN,
This suggestion Of q misunGerstand-
ing which may lend into the courts is
taken from the Carbondale Leader:
"Some weeks ego w. W. Watkins and
David Hughes purchased OF the Nealon
estate the coal underlying tract
known best az "Sandyt field" and be.
gan the erection of a shaft to mine the
coal which Is said to be OF considerable
quantity and good quality. 1t has
lately come to their knowledge that the
Delaware and Hudson company have
had three shifts of men engaged on the
territory diligently extracting the
dusky diamonds, and at their present
rate Of working there will be nothing
left to mine when Watkins s. Hughes
tave their shaft ready to begin opera
tlonS
Owing to the loossnins Of tho tim
hers Of the Reading compsny's Locust
Spring col!iery at Locust Gap, caused
by recent rains, large amount of de-
>bris has fallen in from the top, thus
rendering it impossible TO run trucks
containing the tanks, to the bottom of
the slope. This colliery was drowned
out by the late freshet and fears are en-
tsrtainsd of the slope caviDg in. Work
will be be begun Immediately to tim
be- up the slope and prevent any more
falls. In the meantime the pumps will
be run to their utmost capacity 1t Is
faared that this collisry will not bs
able to resume operations for some
timo as it will take several weeks to |
clean up the dsbris after the water Is
sufficiently lowered. As soon as the
slope is timbered and everything In a |
safe condition. the tanks will ba put on
again and every effort made to get the
water out by August,
Last, but not least, comes the am
nonia motor for street cars, It was
fied the other day in New York
Chicagoans would say they tried it on
ihe dog-and from all accounts it
worked splendidly. This is what one
spectator said Of it: "The motor is
built like that of an ordinary trolley
car. but the machinery occupies COM
partment in the middle about one. third
Its size The motor is not intended to
carry more than dozen passengers
itself, 'but can always draw trailer or
two. The machinery is operated from
the platform by means OF lever.
Twenty-Five miles an hour is about the
speed attainable. This sys-
tenn Is more economical than gas or
steam. Its mechanism is simple the
danger small. and 1t is easy to operate.
A complete system could be introduced
1t ia claimed, for one-tenth the cost Of
d trolley road. The motor WAS run up
and down about quarter Of mile OF
track, and proved satisfactory in all
workings. As yet the car has not been
equipped with brakes, but it was stop
ped by reversing the power. Ca one
OF its trial trips The motor was not
stopped quick enough, and it crushed
into a thirteen-ton fat car and knocked
1t about thirty feet"
The recent transfer Of Archibald
Rogers, Of New York, of his stock in
the Cornwall and Lebanon railroad to
g. Dawson Coleman, giving to the lat.
ter a controlling interest in this i'm port
mt little stretch Of roadbsd occasions
no end of conjecture. Mr.. Rogers
stock amounts approximately to more
than half Of the total stock of the COM
pany, The entire capital in round
Numbers ia about half G million, of
which Mr., Rogers hold about 5000. 600,
which, by the deal. go9s to Mr. Cole
man. The railroad is twenty-Sour
miles long, and connects with the
Pennsylvania railroad at Conewago.
The transfer Ia OF interest to small
stockholders, for evidently the balance
ut power lies with the holder OF Mr.,
Rogers stock, who will throw his
weight Of bis influence either for or
against the small stockholders as op-
posed TO the Lackawanna Steel com
pany. Consequently it is to their in
terssts to know which way the now
holders will lean. In view of this fact
1t ID OF interest to recall the fact that
this week the junction between the
Cornwall aud Lebanon road, and the
tracks at the North Lebanon furnaces
was Effected The business interests
Of the North Lebanon furnaces are in
connected with the Lloka-
wanna Steel company, which is large
Of the iron from these fur
naces. Hence 1t is more than probable
that the Lackawanna compauy's inter-
est in the railroad will be supported by
Mr.. Coleman.
The coal traffic on the Philadelphia
and Erie division OF the Pennsylyanis