The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-12
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES:


Four of the twelve coal train crews of
tho Pennsylvania rallroads Schuylkill di-
vision have besu suspended,
The ore in the nickel mines in Lancaster
county is exhausted. and they will bo
abandoned
Andrew Carnegie, after giving SAL 600
to tho Plttsbdrg relief fund, has stopped
his contributions.
The jackson and Sharp company Of
Wilmington Del, has received contract
for forty cars for the Dairy company, Of
Pennsylvania, to be used IN the milk trade
on the Lehigh Valley railroad
Oue Of the haldsomest private cars
ever made has been presented by the Pull
man company IT, President Reinhart, OF
the Atchlsou system.
The rate war among southern railroads
Is beginning to assume very serious
phase.
meeting of trunk line passenger
agents Will be held in New York on Tues
dav.
The South Jersey Railroad company has
awarded the contract for twenty-five
tirst- class passenger coaches to Harlan y
Hollingsworth, OF Wilmington. Del, to be
completed by May l5
The Keystone Fibre company has begun
operations in its new building, at East
StrOudsburg IL will manufacture wood
pulp pals. The East SJroudsburg Wood
mill is now running full, with encourag
ing prospects OF good business.
The coke trade /, booming. Over 100, 900
tons were shipped from the Connellsville
| region last Week. the largest amount for
over eight months. The restarting OF iron
aud steel mills all over the country ID the
cans of this boom
a. Crawford, Joseph Work and Joseph
H. Wood all Sf Philadelphia, made tour
OF inspection of the coal property OF Tyler,
McTurk & Co., at New Castle on Satur-
! day. A company is TO be formed, and a
| plant will be put up that will employ 5OJ
| or more men aud boys.
EX.Chef Justice PaX5ou, one OF the
receivers Of the Reading railroad co mpany,
will leave in few days for Old Point
Comfort to enjor = few days rest
Colonel Frank n BarkSdale, the Penn
| sylvanias genial chief OF publicity, expects
10 spend soma tins in Europe this sum
ner
Work on constructing the new line
which IS to connect the Cumberland Val.
| ley railroad aai the Western Virginia &
| Plttsburg railroad will DO let this III lnth.
| The new road Is to bs built between Cum.
berland and Hagerstown.
! East bound grain train rates are again
demoralizsd the ordinary tariff price be-
| ing generally cut.
Owing to the low price prevailing for
iron and steel it has led the railroads in
the New England states to do more iron
work, especially in regard to bridges than
ever before.
The Cumbarlanl Valley Railroad com
| pany has placed an order with the Pennsyl
yania Steel company for 1000 tons Of stee
rails, which are TO be made at the Steeltoa
plant. These rails are to be stored at White
Hill and from thence will DO distributed
along the system.
The Erie has So locomotives, 6Sl passeu
ger cars and ~ 4j7 freight cars, 1t own,
and controls O7j miles Of track.
| The Pennsy lvania railroad IL the mos
important raj road in the world in the OK
tent and variety OF its traffic, the amount
of its earnings, the number Of its em
ployes, and ths amount Of capital invest
ed.
In the past year the railroads Of th,
state paid in taxes s6G9 S5S G7,