Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
PICKED UP BY THE WAY.
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE
TOWN AND VICINITY.

Matters of a Local Nature Written Up
and Placed Before the Readers of the
"Tribune" by the Notwithstanding
Here May Interest You.
A gentleman from Drifton
informed me the other day that
an order for ten more large To-
comotives has been placed by
the D. S. & S. Company. |
could scarcely credit such a
statement when told, as the
mileage of the road at present
is not large enough to work
such a number of additional
engines satisfactorily, but it
looked more reasonable when
my informant added that they
are not expected to arrive until
the extension in the direction
of Stroudsburg is completed.
A full description of the route
of this extension was given in
this column last August, and
when it begins operations |
have no doubt that the road
will have work enough to keep
the new locomotives busy.
The building of this connect
ing link appears to be sur
rounded with considerable
mystery, and a great many
conflicting rumors are heard
regarding it. Some claim that
the extension is to be part of
the much-talked of short line
between New York city and
the west, and while it may be
partly used for that purpose,
others maintain that its prin-
cipal object is to give the Gross
Creek Coal Company another
outlet for it's coal. That it will
be operated by the d. S. & S.,
whether built by that road or
not, is accepted as fact, and
the increasing of the motive
power of the company makes
it look that way. However,
owing to the many different
reports about the extension, it
is not an easy matter to give
any information beyond the
fact that the road is to be built
to Stroudsburg and work upon
1T may commence this month.
Those who attended the last
show at the opera house had
their doubts about the indi-
vidual who was introduced to
them as Cal Mccarthy, ex-
champion feather-weight pu-
gilist. They thought that the
original Cal ought to be able
to obtain position in a better
company than Mile. Yucca's,
and this doubt attained very
large proportions when they
saw him outclassed in every
respect by one of Freeland' S
local sparrers. For man. who
claimed to have stood up for
four hours before George Dixon
he showed up wonderfully
poor in his exhibition here, but
the confidence with which he
asserted his claims led many
to believe that he was the
genuine eX-champion.
A few days after leaving
here there was an announce
ment in a Philadelphia paper
that Cal Mccarthy was in Eng.
land, where he was knocked
out in one round by a Briton.
That apparently settled the
question regarding the fellow
who was here. He was con-
sidered an imposter by all, but
he was not downed so easily, and
on Thursday last a communi-
cation was published from
Shenandoah in the Philadel-
phia papers signed Cal Nc
Carthy, stating that he never
was in England but is travel
ing with the Yucca Company
and did not get knocked out as
reported. Under the circum-
stances the sports of town are
unable to agree whether or not
they have seen the original
feather-weight ex-champion,
but if he comes this way again
several of them will be willing
to try to do him as Dixon did.
Local politics have been
quiet during the past week,
due, no doubt, to the fact that
the candidates and politicians
| have been restip ~ ~, +b 81,