The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-26
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES


A prominent Philadelphia anthracite
shipper is quoted in the Times of that
city as saying "For years the bitum.
inous men have been pushing their
product into markets that should have
been controlled by us. They have used
every means in their power to supplant
anthracite, even though they had to
sell their coal away dewn TO 1t. The
market once secured, they took good
care to hold it. Gradually but surely
our coal is being crowded out OF
the manufacturing establishments
1t has even been pushed to our
very doors. At least two railroads that
tap the anthracite district are using
soft coal in their locomotives. Now,
however. the hard coal men have an
opportunity TO recover their lost
ground. They have the finest coal on
earth in quantities that are almost in
eIhaustibls. During the continuance
Of the strike they should use every hon.
orsble means to push II to the front.
Their own interests and the interests
Of the miners demand 1t. II the former
show q proper disposition to do so they
will undoubtedly receive the hearty
cooperation OF every minsr In their
employ.
Thomas II. Watkins, OF the we'll
known anthracite firm Of Simpson &
Watkins, while a. the Bellevue in
Pbilsdslphis Iuesosy ebstted enter.
tainingly with reporter for the Fhiis.
delphis inquirer. Dir. Watkins said
that ne thought there was no danger Of
the miners strike extending into the
anthracite regions. There is no organ
iLItton among tue anthracite miners.
he added, which is effective There
are no grievances that / know of The
only trouble Is that our miners are not
given continuous employment, az the
mines must be SHUT down when there
Is no demand for coal The shutting
down Of bituminous coal mines has
stimulated the demand for some sizes
Of hard coal, and the prospects are con.
seQuently better for keeping the an
thrscite mines in operation.
Master Mechanic +. B. GTifith. Of
the Delaware, LackAwsnns and West.
srn road, hss, says the Railway Ga-
zette, adapted to whitewashing the
method used ut the Worlds fair tor
painting the buildings. lie has fitted
up freight car with two reservoirs
and three ordinary air pumps Steam
IL taken from the locomotive or any
stationary boiler conveniently at hand
by ordinary couplings The air is con-
veyed from these reservoirs through
piping or hose 10 the operator, who
sprays the lime over the building to be
whitewsshed. To each nozzle are at
tached two lines Of hose. one carrying
the whitewash and the other the air,
and the flow OF each is regulated by
valves. The noEzles may be attached
at the end of long arm. enabling the
operator TO reach heights inaccsssib ble
to the brush except by scsffoiding.
The sheriff OF Monroe county will on
May 8, at Stroudsburg. sell the Penn
sylyanis, Lehigh and Eastern railroad
at the instance Of stookholdsr who de.
sire to divsst the mortgage held on the
road by the New York Security and
Trust company Of its lien. JR. Perry
Of Wilkes Barre holds 151 Of the 450
$l000-bonds issued by the mortgsEeor,
purchased at 90 cents on the dollar
Liddon Flick of Wilkes-Barre holds 60
bonds and certain Pittston capitalists
about 80 bonds. The Pennsylvania,
Lehish and Eastern railroad will run
from Tomhicken. LuEsrne county to
Mattamoras, Pike county. where it will
connect with line eighteen miles long
TO the noted Poughksepsis bridge, aud
then with other lines to Boston. The
right OF way has already been Sc
cured and twelve miles Of the road
have been constructed from the Malta
snorss end, where the litigation, which
II Is now expected to terminate. began.
The road will run from Tomhicken,
through White Haven aud thenee
along the mountain back of Wilkes.
Barre to Stroudsburg, where it will
connect with the Wilkes Barre and
Eastern and thence on to Pike county
and Poughkespsie bridge The road
will tap all the great anthracite coal
fields Of Pennsylvania and large lam
Der region, and will be the shortest
route to Boston and the New England
states. Another scheme recently
formed by the stockholders 10 to con.
struct line from Wilkes Barre To
Williamsport.
The following the monthly statement
Of business of the Peunsylvania Rail
road company. All lines east OF Pitts
burg and Erie for March, 1894. az com
pared with the same month in 1893
A decrease In gross earnings Of 81 1888. :
629.s decrease in expenses Of 1.O6S. 1888
decrease in net earnings of $l15, BAT
The three months of 1894 as compared
with the same period of 1893 show Q
decrease In gross earnings of 50, OH, 663
decrease in expenses or $2.959.