The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-09
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES


Of travel the Lshigh Valley now issues
commutation tickets between Allen
town and the surrounding towns aS far
Rs Bethlehem at rates that make the
fare cheaper than by trolley. The coat
Of q round trip from Allentown 10
CatasauQua is now only five cents over
the railroad, while the electric line
charges ten cents for the same distance.
The success Of such 3 fight depends
wholly upon the number OF passsn-
gers carried; II large. the Lshtgh Val
ley can probably continue tue low fare,
but, If small, 1t will be wiser for the
company TO withdraw from the contest
aud, If necessary. reduce .its train ser
vice, as the Pennsylvania has at q mum
her OF points aloug ita system. In o
general way the steam roads cannot st'
ford to engage In u rgte-wGr with cleo
tric lines, for the reason that there Ia
such wide difference in operating sx-
penses. 1t might bs possible to force
tine trolley Tos into bankruptcy II the
fight were carried on INCREASINGLY for
nn indefinite period, but whR. would bs
the result as regards to steam roads
Could they Withstand the strain upon
their resources The question is =
serious ono for the railroad companies,
and muSt be faced and overcome in
the near future.
Itis noteworthy that the stock of the
Dominion Coal company, which it is
said WAS formed with view to reap
the profit to accrue BY coal being put
on tho free list, was very strong iu Bos.
ton Gts chief markst) last week. IL Is
believed that the Whitney intlusucs IN
Washington, although silent and hid
dea, ia VSry powerful, aud that coal
will either be placed on The free list or
reciprocal arrangement made With
Canada regarding the importation Of
Nova Scotia coal. Naturally, either
fres coal or arssiprocal arrangemsut
would be very important to tho Do
minior Coal company; henco the
strength Of the stock. Very hi2h prices
are predicted for the stock In the event
Q. free coal, as it il figured that with
ne duty on its product the company
would be able to earn q faiE dividend
on its common stock
A new substance, which as yet has
not been suceassiGlly classified. has
been brought 10 the attention OF che
mists, according to the Cincinnati Re-
corder. 1t is called "Traigo Ora" The
discovery came about IN peculiar
manner. A Spaniard, who lived In
Mexico, was, on account Of political
reason, obliged to fee from ths ooun-
try. He went to Paris, but before 20.
ing buried large quRntity OF gold In
stout oaken chest in secluded spot.
Rscently 40 returned and dug up bis
treasure Imagine his surprise to hnd
the chest not filed with shining gold
but with black kind Of powder, wnioh
showed sigma Of animal life, Cbsmi.
cal tsRts have SHOWN thgt the black
mineral. or Enimal-whiGh 1t has not
been definitely determin.d-had con-
sumsd the gold. 4 Qusntity OF Traiao
Ora has been sent 80 Nsw York, whsrs
tho chemists are testing for = msshod
to rsconvsrt it to Its original sOmpOsi-
tion. II iA said that gold is indsstruc-
tiols, ans that some process csn be
adapted whsroby tue gold may be re-
claimed.
Caal dust is the fuel used For the
boilers Of . brewery st Mospll, near
Berlin. 4 GpYrsut of COMPRESSED sir
or steam driYss the finely divided tua
into fire brick combustion cham 0sr,
where, Intimately mixed wisn the
necessary air, it is instantly burned.
Ths blast pipe ig wide and atI, Aud
fitted sooys with tube through which
TIE fuel enters. The mechanism Of the
fan works sisve through which thu
coal pasaCs. The chief disGdvRntsas
Of the system seems 10 be tho high
pressure necessary for tue blast, Whieh
causes considers ols accumulation Of
dust in the huss. A saving Of IS psr
cant. OF the coal consumed Ia claimed,
and oHly one freman il needed for ten
boilers,
Railroad companies whose property
was destroyed by tho late riots IN Chi
cago look 10 that city 70 make good the
damage, Tais was tho casa with Allie
ghsHy county, the people OF which
wanted Pennsylvania to pay for their
lossas, but the state would not agree to
do 90. and therefore that county had to
foot the bill OF damsgaa In the oud
Cook county, Ill viii be forced to do
the same thing in the Chicago case.
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES;
Lehigh Valley car shops at Eassou, arn-
ploying 500 men, will hereafter operate
four days week.
BY abolishiug the export duty on yarn
the japanese government has struck So
we're blow at the Bombay weaving mills.
The cottonssed mills OF the south turned
out cottonseod oil worth SAL 900 last year,
$6,OVO0OO worth of oil cake and meal and
over 81, 100000 worth Of other grades OF oil.
An official OF tho Carnegie company be-
lieves the charges OF fraud in armor plates
wero the result Of conspiracy hatchod In
revenge for the failure Of the Homestead
strike,
The New York court Of appeals has held
that where train dispatcher haa origina-
ted and promulgated az order. and aoc,-
dent occurs, hs 10 acting az the master
and liable IS vice-principaL
The numerous coal nlnss In south arm
Colorado and Now Mexico have beeu re-
opened giving employment 20 thousands
OF men. The strikers went back at the
same wages paid before the strike.
1t is asserted that James 4. Hlghtower.
loom repalrer in the Warsaw, H., wool,
en- mills has not slept for eighteen years
He goes to bed and experiences sensation
of slespineSs, but never closes his eyes.
An ingenious Pittsburger has devised a
clothes wringer which IL operated by cleo.
tricitv If works automatically and ,vhan
tho last piece Is squeezed out boil rings
and the washtub Is turned over aud emp.
tied.
Great success has been obtained In Bel.
gium with the ammonia process Of sinking
shafts through quickssnd, The principle
is that of freezing the qulcksaud by an
ammonia freezer similar to that used in
making artificial Ice.
A new thermometer for registering ex
treme heat is composed Of a liquid alloy
OF sodium and potassium, instead Of mer.
curry The boiling point Of this alloy II
about 100 degrees above. and its freezing