The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-02
Industrial and Commercial.
coal output from the Schuylkill region
of 1,250,O0O TONS
IINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES:

MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES:
The Atchison's earnings for the
third week If October decreased $40, ,444
Anthracite producers say their opera
tions are being hampered through lack
of care.
w. p. Worth & Bro, Of Coatesville,
will erect new tube works near the Via
duct Iron works. -r
Mr.. Mcleod. for wonder, Is not be-
lieved to be in the race for the Lehigh
Valley presidency.
The st. Paul net for September de-
creased $161, ,55S; for three months the
net decreased $334,662.
The Philadelphia, Reading and
New England Railroad company has
restored 10 per cent. cut in wages
Judge Morris, of Baltimore, decides
that the Baltimore and Lehigh Rail
road company must pay it's employees.
The lines in the Central Traffic asso-
citation have fixed upon Nov. II to ad-
vance grain and provision rates east
bound.
A meeting of the joint committee Of
the Trunk Line and Central Traffic as
sociations will be held in New York
next Friday.
Six to ten east bound roads are said
to be cutting rates, and the new east
bound pool agreement seems to be alto
gether dead letter.
An order has just been issued by the
Lehigh Vallty, stating that conductors
will be held responsible for the loss of
tools and equipments from their train
cabooses.
The Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad
company has been reorganized, and w.
II q al taI
Is to be converted into standard
guage road at once.
The Cumberland Valley railroad yes
terday increased the working time of
it's machine and blacksmith shops one
hour each day. Heretofore the shops
have been worked eight hours.
The BeSsemer ore production of the
Lake Superior district this year will be
the largest ever mined. The total pro-
duction of ore for the season will reach
7,250,000 gross tons by the close of navi-
CATION.
The Readings coal tonnage for the
week ended Oct. 27 increased over last
year 15,37403 tins. Tonnage for the
year to that date aggregated 10,9S5,-
467.19 tons, a decreast over 1898 of S54,-
662.12 tons.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad company
has recalled the order reducing the
wages of employees In the Weatherly
shops. Work will be resumed at the
old rate. The shops will work six nine
hour days a week hereafter.
c. p. Huntington has bought for Pa
cific coast delivery block of 5000 tons
of camel (English) steel rails at low
price. This Verifles the assertions re-
peatedly made by American manufac-
turers that they are in danger of losing
the Pacific coast market
Shipments of Lykens Valley coal
over the Summit Branch railroad We're
the largest last week in the history of
the mines, having aggregated 1886
tons, an increase over the same week
last year of 2,916 tons. For the year
to date shipments aggregate 459, ,G56
tons, an increase over the correspond
ing period of last year of 65. 900 tons.
The Railroad Gazette, in it's last is
sue, gives list of accidents occurring
on roads in the United States in Sep
tember, which shows that there We're
146 accidents, in which fifty persons
were killed and 126 injured OF those
killed thirty were employees, five pas
sengers and fifteen trespassers; of those
injured, eighty-four were employees,
thirty-tWo passengers, and ten tres
passers. Among the unusual acci-
dents noted was that on the Lake Erie
and Western at Lafayette, and that at
Columbus, o. During the month there
were two accidents which did consider
able damage from the explosion Of boil
erS of locomotives