The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23


today o! the coal freight agents OF the
R5aJla-. Lah'gH Valley, Pennsylvania,
Jersey Csu,ril, Lscaawauna Erie and
Oatgr,o AMI Western railroads. and
.usly probable attempt 10 readjust
rates from mines 10 tiiewater. the
Philadelphia S;ockhoiieg says There
Are &c preSeu: two sets OF rates. one
cassd upoa 80 per cent, Of the selling
prise .! coal ~ tiewstar points the
o,lsr = fixed rate " ), - p9r ton TO
Perth AmUOy aud s. IS to jersey City.
The Lack savanna and the Jersey Cen
.ral operate on the fixed rate, as Jill
dso tue L.h!gL Valley until G0ou: two
months a.o, wal.s the other roads use
:le 40 per cant. basis. That the two
rates were 80 radically different as to
create iuterua! llsSensions among thu
roads msy be seen from this Illus
.ratCu lake coal that sells at 81
ten at Jersey City. Ca the 10 PER csut.
basis the gOlds tbs: method to obtain
is .Esish Ca:s woll receive Sl.GJ
zoo, while the LSCIGwa1ns sud the
J4rssy Central received 81 - for the
dx=t rate. I: is an open question, how
-y-r. wdetlsr thA latter did receive
this differences. Cawiss would BE- the
81. Ppeg wa5 would pay IS cents ton
more for freight over the Jersey Cen
trll aGl tGs LtCklTanuI than he
could obtain from soms o.her road
Wcet5er the difference was squared
ss the eui Of the month By pay.
neuts Of rebates We are unable to
say, bu. certain it ia that the ship
prs over the two roads named
would not consent to such manifest
discrimination. To make the claim that
:ls s. > rate Is being obtained by
these railroads ssem all the more ri1iC.
ulOus. ii Is only necessary to say that
hgckwhea5 coal sells at tidewater at
81 - per ton, and If the miner and
shipper paid 81 - freight he would
nave ouly ID cents a ton for himself.
and 70 one believes lie could mine Goa.
At any such price. The truth OF the
matter "a, tle roads are all receiving
uto-c tue same rate, though it is OBJ
ta.n=i By C.Iaren. methods. The re-
sol; Is the same, however, 40 that nil
ak ahous the general adoption Of the
% per cent rate 80 basis eutaiiing
enormous losses 20 the companies is
sheer nonsense.
The rspo-: ot J VI Lewis, mine in.
s2actor for the Fifth anthracite dis
trict. for the yeaT 1903 shows that the
tat-l r1mber o' ton3 o' coal mined was
e. 230 J93. There were 1870 persons
-mployed In the mines OK the district
and there were ffty.sight fatal acCi-
dents aud ninsty-1ins non fatal IA
compared with 1892, there were ten
more fatal accidents and n dscreass Of
/ eleven noa-latal aCciienta Compared
/ with 1892. there WA an Increase ia tbs
| tons Of coal mined Of BOG 3i3
The total productions at all Of the
/ Hillside Coal and Iron comDlnys work
| i'gs for last year was 03j i0j G} tons,
/ and the total number u fatal accidents
7as ten Tho Delaware and Hudson
co'isry NJ VaDdling produced llG, -
/ l23 - tons Of coal aad tnsrs was not
ono Fatal accident. Tas total coal pro
ducsd In all tho Delaware and Hudson
. coIlierisS In the frat district ware Q. -
! lb2 iG3 2G tons aud tho tOtal number OF
accidents tia. wsro fatal WAS thirteen
The Reading Railroad company and
tho Jersey Central have joined tho Le-
high Valley In the plan 70 run less
trains over their respective roads on
Sunday. IL Ia given ont that no worl;
will be- done On Sunday that can pos
sitly be avoided. This arrangement
will continue In tore, ouly during tn,
present dull period
The surest indication OF better tImsl
In in the increased shipmsnt Of frsigh
over tho railroads Freight TRAILS Is
daily growing heavier on the Psnnsyl
vania syatsm. At Walls transfer tn
Pennsylvania railroad employees com
menced 10 work over time last Thurs
day night. This Is tho frat time foi
almost year that tho business Of the
company nsoaBsitated suCh work.
Coke operators nrs greatly conc ernet
over tho action Of tho worknKmsn nj
SCOttdale In preparing 10 Organizs
delegate meeting from all parts Of tht
region hss been called TO mast at Scott
dale on March 20
The Ingersol Sergeant Drill com
pany, which recently moved its bi
plant from Now York to Elston hal
decided to erect another brick struo
ture 100 feet long and 100 feet wide
will De used for machine work Thi
, will be put In operation aS soon as com
pleted, giving work to over 100 neN
hands.
1t IL said pss'enenger trains will b
put on the Wilkes Barre and Elster
railroad on June /, or about the tim
the summer cottages are op'n for tn
reception of guests.
, MINOR INDUSTRIAL NoTEs:
The Keusington Rapid Transit Bridg
cOmDauv Of ALLEGHENY with S2 00O cap