The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-19
NINE, MILL AND RAILROAD.

MlNEs ulLn h1ND hhAhAsVhDs
George Giles, of Carbondale," says
the Anthracite, sis the inventor of a
culm cleaner and coal washer which
promises to be adopted for universal
use and at the same time make its
father one of the financial powers of
the country He is in receipt of letters
patent and has placed his models and
specifications in the hands of the Hen
bricks Manufacturing company, which
are now making an estimate on the
cost of manufacturing the machine,
which will soon be placed on the
market. The machine consists Of two
cylinders, one fitting closely over the
rim of the other, forming water tight
joint, and being constructed in a man
ner that permits of their separation
easily and quickly. The upper one is
perfect circle while the lower one is
cone shaped the small end being down.
In the bottom of the tub or upper cylin-
der is a perforated sheet iron plate, be-
meath which is a screw propeller which
forces the refuse out of an opening in
the bottom of the catch basin or lower
cylinder. On the upper side of the per-
forated disc are wings or paddles for
agitating the coal and keeping the
mass lifted from the plate. On one
side of the tub Is a tweer or sluice-
way through which the cleaned and
prepared coal passes. The revolution
of the paddles-set on slight incline
raises the coal to a level with the open
ing and from the tub it is forced into a
screen of shaker, or both. The tub Is
fed by chute or funnel at the top,
regulated by the momentum of the
paddles to prevent blocking or over
feeding. Water Is also fed from the
top, and to every two inches Of water
supplied, three-fourths or one inch
passes out at the bottom Of the catch
basin with the mud, and the balance is
forced through the sluice with the clean
coal. The capacity Of a test machine
built for use at the Fall Brook mine
is one ton in seven or nine minutes.
Its cylinders are three feet in diameter,
the tub being two and half feet deep.
In the machines to be constructed, Mr.
Giles says, the capacity will be governed
entirely by the demands. With re-
quisite power he claims that one of his
tubs will clean ton of coal per minute,
but, he added, that two-horse power
would suffice for the smaller cleaners
The estimated cost of construction of
the machines is $400.
The Philadelphia Press financial edi-
tor regards as very important the ac-
ton which the individual operators
took at their New York meeting. THE
companies, as is we'll known" he says,
bring from the individual operators
some 10000, 900 tons of coal per annum,
for go per cent. of the tidewater price OF
coal at New York. This average for
stove at the present time Is about 81 per
ton at the mines, which Is all that is
received by the individual operators.
The companies put an entirely different
price on coal delivered at Buffalo along
the line of their roads and in Philadel-
phia. At this time while the individual
operators are getting 81 for stove coal
at the mines based on tide prices the
companies are getting $40 at the mines
for coal delivered along the line, at
Buffalo and in Philadelphia. The feel
ing of the individual operators Is that
they are not getting enough money for
their coal or that the price of coal at
other points is too high. The matter is
an extremely important one, as it will
lower the price of coal at practically
all non-competitive points and interfere
with an arrangement which is as old as
the coal trade"
eel.
MINOR INDUSTRIAL NOTES:
The Lehigh Valley shops at Delano
are working thirteen hours day, with
enough work ahead to last for months.
The earrings of the Chicago and East
ern Illinois, for October, this year,
dropped below those of October, 1898,
$129,57O.
The Lake Shore Is running its shops
full time and full-handed, and in some
departments sixteen hours day. The
work is largely repairs.
In railroad circles the revival Of the
Trans-continental association is thought
to be imperative, since the Canadian
Pacific has inaugurated its low rates.
The Wilkes-Barre and Eastern is sur
veying a route from Yatesville to con-
IeCl Will lllt anu w yOIllH5 dllGy
railroad in Piston. A good deal of
coal from this road, as well as from the
Delaware and Hudson, will be run over
the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern.
Six new Babcock boilers, which the
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre are connect
ing at No. slope, Audenried, are now
ready for use. The boilers in position
since the place was first oDened are un-
able to furnish enough steam to hoist
two cars a trip, hence the improve
ment.
]. D. Caryl, superintendent for the
Hillside Coal and Iron company, at
Forest City, for the past nine years, has
resigned his position, to take effect
Dec. l, next. He will be succeeded by
Victor Peterson, an employe of the COM
pany at Scranton for many years. Mr.
Caryl will reside in Scranton.
STOrKS AMI R0NnS