The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-11
pared with the same week last year, of

pared with the same week last year, Of
s25, 600.
The Schuylkill canal is again open for
navigation, and boats are being received
from New York for regular service be-
tween points in the anthracite coal region
and Philadelphia.
The fire in Packer colery No. 8, belong
ing to the Lehigh Valley Coal company,
has not yet been extinguished but is still
giving the company a great deal OF aux
lety and expense.
Some years since, Eugene Debs, now at
the head Of the American Railroad union,
with four Others, organized the "Broth-
erhood of Railroad Brakemen," in ca
boose in the Port Jervis yard.
Samuel NJ Downs, has resigned as
train dispatcher on the Delaware, Sus-
quehanna and Schuylkill at Roam junction
ana is back at his old desk in the Central
railroad Office, at Mauch Chunk.
David Jones, who has been shafting for
the Penn Anthracite Mining company,
has unearthed some very fine veins ut
places where coal was not expected. The
property in consequence has become much
more valuable.
The work of pumping the water from
Mid Valley slope No. slope has been
commenced. A railroad is to be con-
structed on which the coal, an abundance
Of which exists, will be taken for prepara-
ton to No. breaker.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad company
mas now returned to the Reading company
all the borrowed engines, the coal trade
having settled down to its normal proper
tions,. enabling the Valley to handle it
with It's own motive power
The Montour Iron and Steel company,
winch had been compelled to close part
oil It's works on account of the scarcity of
coal, started this morning in full. Coal
mas commenced coming again and no
trouole is anticipated from this source in
the future.
The Baltimore and OHIO Railroad com.
pany and the Baltimore Rsal L tate and
Improvement company have filed in the
Recorders office ut Baltimore mortgage
tol Sl5, 100000 to tho Mercantile Trust
company, of New York, to secure the
Issue OF bonds.
a delegation of old Pennsylvania rail
road employees, all members of brother
hood organizations, have notified General
Manager Provost that under no condition
would they strike, and further they would
at once notify him Of the presence Of any
labor agitator among them.
Isaac Christ, superintendent of the Ta-
maqua Manufacturing company, spent
last Friday in Mt Carmel formulating
plans for a complete transformation OF
the coal cleaning system at the Mt. Car
mel colliery. 1t Is Operator Fighters in
tentlon to make this what is known as
wet breaker.
Thomas c. Platt. who has been ap-
pointed receiver Of the Southern Central
railroad, has taken possession of the prop.
erty. He has issued circular order TO
agents and employees instructing them to
obey all orders Of officers of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad company, which is agent
for the receivers.
James Drummond, outside foreman for
the Morris Ridge Coal company, has re-
signed and returned to his former homo at
Scranton, says the Shamokin Dispatch.
His position is now filled by Jacob Howen-
stein, who has been carpenter at this
colliery for number Of years.
The work of remodeling the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western station at
Bloomsburg has been started. The build
ing is TO be cut in two, the upper half, or
freight department, to be moved further
up the track toward Center street, and the
other half, or passenger and ticket depart
ments. to be moved ON line with Market
street.
The coal traffic on the Philadelphia and
Erie and Philadelphia and Schuylkill Val.
ley divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad
still continues very heavy. The trainmen
are kept busy night and day. The Phila-
1elpha and Erie division officials are able
to handle their traffic with their present
force, but a new crew will be put on the
Philadelphia and Schuylkill Valley divi-
sion this week
The Pennsy lvania railroad reports that
the quantity of coal and coke originating
on and carried over its lines east of Pitts
burg and Erie for the week ended June
80 was 237, 354 tons. of which POI, 1893 tons
were coal and 3d. 96l tons coke. The total
for the year thus far has been
Q, ,5S2, 730 tors, compared with 10,3l0, 1856
tons in the corresponding period of 1898 a
decrease of 3, 727, COG tons, of which 5,3l9.
329 tons were coal, decrease of 9, l6S, 500
tons, and !, 1858, 40l tons coke, decrease of
i5S, T97 tons. :.