The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-18
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

III INDUSTRIES
The new electrical works of the
Westinghouse company. east Of Brin-
ton station, will be dedicated next Sep
tember. Preparations are being made
for a red-letter day as the company
VIII not spare energy or money for its
success. 1t has been arranged to have
the dedication take place during the
national encampment and all the vet
erans will bs given an invitation
to attend. President Cleveland
and many other notables con-
nected with the national govern
ment will be invited. and Hon. Thomas
b, Reed will be asked to make an ad-
dress The wives of the Westinghouse
employees in the Plttsburg shops will
serve the dinner, and it will be spread
on tables in the upper stories of the
new Briuton works. There are to be
number Of bands of music; the dec
orations will be complete and the cleo
trical display will be worth going
miles to see These works are perh APPS
tho largest electrical works in the
world.
A falling off OF % par cent has al.
ready been noted by the large carriage
factories since the trolley came in
vogue; and now comes London in.
ventor who wants us to believe that he
has devised scheme which will make
horses back numbers altogether. His
scheme is for an electrical carriage.
The cells. which weigh 800 pounds.
are stored under the seats and sufficient
power can be carried to propel the ma.
chine upward of 50 miles at the rate Of
eighteen miles an hour. over average
roads. and with four people aboard,
any intermediate speed being attaina-
Bile. The striker" ut the drivers left
hand sets the motor at work, the lever
in front of the driver applies the power
to the car by "a carefully graduated
ana ingenious friction gear; this
is practically the very essence
of the construction. The car is
steered by means Of a small
wheel on the front lever, and there is
unlimited brake power at the drivers
foot. The tires are built to the design
OF the inventor by the Leyland com.
pany. They are twenty-four inches in
diameter by four in width The total
weight, including cells, is 900 pounds,
and it may be moved by hand with
the greatest euse, the frams being Of
cycle material throughout. including
ball bearings everywhere. The body
is Of ordinary wood.
l: is tile general impr ssion that no
coal is mined in Mexico This is mis-.
take; the fact is that Mexico sends
coal 10 the United States. 1t is not
sent in large quantities, but consid-
erable portion Of the output Of the
mines at Salinas, SIu F"isse, Hondo
ind Alamo is sent to the United States
over the Mexican International rail.
road. and enters through the port of
Piedras Negras. The difficulty OF min
ing, the poor quality OF tne product, and
thelack Of transportation facilities have
delayed and even stopped operation in
the coal fields of SONS districts The
most valuable coal mines yet found in
Mexico are near S IN Marcidl, along the
Gulf of California, extending north to
the Arizona line. Tue coal from this
region is all anthracite or semi-anth-
rncite. An English company was
granted concession Of 900 600 acres
in the district, but failing 10 comply
with the agreements. the concession
WAS giv5n to n Mexican company.
Ole reason for the loyalty OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad compiny's EN-.
ployes. as shown by the fact that in
seventeen years there has not been a
strike of auy magnitude oG that sys-
TEN, is explained by John F. Miller,
general superintendent of the Peunsy's
southwestern lines, to be due to the co
incidence that not in tho last twenty
years had the pay Car failed to be at
certain point on certain day of each
month. aud tue pay train dii not from
month to month fail to be at sucn
point on the tina scheduled The pay
trains on the Pennsylvania lines are
scheduled 10 run on certain days, and
on time as carefully as are other
trains. and every employe knows just
what hour Of each month hs can yet
his pay. While all over the country
the railway companies are paying with
much greater regularity than few
Years ago, there is not on many roads
AS much pains taken 10 have the pay
Car at certain points regularly each
month. Another point in favor OF
Pennsylvania methods is that it is bet.
ter to reduce the force than to cut the |
pay of the men; consequently through
the depressed times the Pennsylvania
lines have made no reduction in pay OF
trainmen.
Pittsburg adVicss say: For the first
time in more than year there is a
general operation of the iron and steel |
mills of this vicinity, and the same is
true of other iron districts. This week
there has been more work done in
Pittsburg mills than in any other one
week during the past fifteen months.
With very few exceptions, all tho mills
are running full time, employing all
their hands In addition to the general
resumption among the mills, the blast
furnaces in blast have been
increased from six to fifteen in
the Pittsburg district, and the in
crease IN output amounts to II 10
tons. Ths increase here Of furnaces ia
last was 0 Of the 10, and the increased |
output OF pig iron was Is. 1lt tons in
the Pitisburg district. Secretary John