The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27
ENERAL NEWS
Of INDUSTRIES S

GuTCNabeS OF anthracite coal on
more liberal scals IRE repori ed, an
trade generally Sc m, little hcm.r.
the result OF severe restriction OF out
put and the cohesive strength shown 10y
- various companies. says tn Phih-
delphia StoCkholier In the tidsw At-r
markets stocks are low, hotn IL the
hands OF dealers and consumers, an
demand is now said 10 b. about sQutl
to current pro uctiou the first time
that condition hU exist d for many
months Prices are still shaded little
under thu cifcul ,r. but the cuttins
only affects certain SIZES, the tonuag'
Of which is not large. Tue strike Of
he soft coal miners Is likely to prove
Of great benefit to the suthracit- pro-
lucsrs. especially il 1t is pretrActed.
AS it will undoubtedly insure large or
ders from many consumers who are
now nsing 6ituminous coal
Reports received at the geological
surv-y from twAnty-thrsa states aud
Two territories give tJtal pro luction
" II 5S1 COZ long tons Of iron ore In
1898 IuIs amount Is smaller than that
recorded Tor any year sine, 1887. and is
a decrease OF almost 20 per cent over
1892 No iucreas- is evident IN any OF
The stat producing oV.r 100 900 'ons
1T iron ore, Keep. in Minn-sot, wa .rt
cwing tp the devrlopm-n, OF the N
ba range AMI tine mWstion %
transport ri n T cilifi the output a..
retset shou 2jJ 200 on-, aud IN Co.
RADIO here, oy.ug to the proiu. tioY
Of iarg mHu "a O' pig irol locally.
bon 80 900 10 N re iron ore W.
r CURED tan were consume iu 1892
h- proportionate dycIu- Of irou or
production during he year was great
~ in Michigan. Wisconsin,. Peunsyl.
vania aud New York
According 10 writer in the Phils-
i-Ipbit Record Pennsylvania and
Reading railroad officials are becoming
seriously concerned over the comp-ti-
tion Of the trolley lines, which in
short time threatens TO cut deeply into
their suburban traffic. The opening
last week Of the new electric road be-
tween Jersey City and Newark, both o I
which communities have been large
feeders 10 the Pennsylvania, brought
the matter strongly home 10 both com
panies, and each IL now considering
what ars the beat m-ans by which II
can meet the new competition and ho,
its own. Thsn there ars the new elec
tric roads Ia De!aw r- county. already
prallsling the "Prunsy's" lines, anl
tas ronds to Woodbury., Msrch4utvll
and Chester. MOI TO 50 ak OF such paprT
prospects as doubls-track electric lines
TO Harrisburg, Reading, New York
and other cities, whioh show no prom
ise as UT Of b coming realities H.
the near future. Il fear thai
the new trolley will hurt us
con ,iderably," said Reading rail-
/ railroad official the other day. "anl We
are now planiug to ace what we can
do to hold our travel Possibly wsshall
| put on some new trains and try to
shorten the time somewhat We can
! hardly afford TO reduce the fare which
Is already a. low as we can afford with
! the service we give. There is no doubt
however, that in the end the trolley
roads will benefit the steam railroads.
They will do this by building up sub
urban settlements and bringing pA,-
sspgers to railroad stations, where they
will prefer to come IN quickly by steam
rather than take long rides in trolley
cars. After time, too, the electric
lines will become so congssted with
travel that many persons who have
been attracted to them at first will re-
turn to the steam roads because Of the
better accommodation and the quicker
time they make. For more than strictly
suburban travel. or short rides between
neighboring towns, don't thing that
the trolley will prove serious com DO .
tition to the older lines"
Already the Lehigh Valley rSilroad
has lost q great deal Of business
through the trolley roads parallsling
its lines, that running from South
Bethlehem TO Allentown and Catssau-
qua having especially diverted travel
from 1t. The extension OF this road to
Eiston will still further cnt into the
Valleys business. Lines In the Ma
hanoy, Lebanon and Wyoming valleys
have also proved formidable compeli
tors to the railroads In those territor-
les. Whether the trolley will be equal
ly successful for long-distance travel
ing is problem that still remains to
be solved. An especially interesting
phase OF this new competition ia pre-
sented in New Jersey, where rec Mt
act Of the Legislature permits street car
companies to handle freight rs we'll as
passengers The consolidated Trac-
tion company, Of Newark, whose lines
reach jersey City. Paterson and many
other places. is about to enter into q
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