The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-02

CoEton Yard to SaYre-HoW ms
viii Affect His Former Clerks
Other interesting Information Con-
cerning Varying Phases of the Key.
stone Commonwealth Business In
terests.
Says the Philadelphia Times: Sam
uel Higgins, assistant superintendent
OF motive power on the Erie, will leave
that road to accept II halter position.
He goes to the l. shigh Valley TO assume
the supsrintendency OF motive power
Of that road. Mr. Higgins is still
Young man, laking month of being
"a years old. His entire railroad expe
rlence has been gained on the Erie sys-
tenn. He entered railway service in
1881. an apprentice in the mgchine
shop. Hs arose rapidly to the general
Of the Susqushauna shop.
from which position he was promoted
in October. 1895, to the position OF as,
sistant engineer Of the motive power
At the Expiration of two
years be was made division master
mechanic. and on April II, 1892,
was appointed TO thu posi-
ton which he now occupies, Mr..
Higgins is popular Off .ial and he
goes to his new position with the
heartiest good wishes of his colleagues
ana assistants " Mr. Higgins is an ap-
pointsS Of General Manager Voorhees,.
He will have direct charge of all roll
ing stock and car shops. He will be
assisted at each shop along the sys tenn
by a master mechanic and John S
Lentz, superintendent Of the car de-
partment, with headquarters at Pack.
erton. Mr. Higgins headquarters will
be at South Bethlehem. His position
will be similar to that filled 50 success
fully by Alexander Mitchell, who is
sgain at his old post as superintendent
of the Wyoming division.
Superintendent 0. F Esser took
charge Of the Slyre division yesterday.
All the clerks who were in his employ
on the Wyoming dixision will remain
with him. Assistant Superintend.
Winlack, trainmaeter BArdo, tims-
keeper Spencer aud clerk Scott. Suepr-
intendent Alexander Mitchell will
wave gew clerical force on the Wy
oming division. 1t is said that E. B.
jenkins, who was chief clerk for Mr..
Mitchell while he was superintendent
Of motive power, will be assistantsuper
intendent. The dispatchers will re-
move from Slyre to Wilkes Barre,
which will be headquarters for the
Saye division in the future.
Yard Master Ford Brown, Of the
Lehigh Valley railroad at Coxton, has
just formulated a schedule whereby all
train hands in the employ of the COM
pany are given a certain number of
days work in each month. Asis well
known several crews have been laid of
temporarily owing to dull business. By
the schedule it is Mr.. Browns purpose
to divide up the work between all as
nearly as possible.
A regular passenger service is not
expected on the Panther Creek route
until about Mar l. Until the Weehaw
ken tunnel is completed the Pennsyl-
Tania railroad depot at Jersey City
will be used as a terminus. Tne new
automatic electric block signal system
is becoming completed as fast as posi-
ble, and the initiatory experiments pro
mise the most satisfactory results.
a Chicago dispatch says: "a dozen
representatives Of the great mining
companies of Pennsylvania met here
to agree upon some concerted action to
prevent the threatening decentralization
of the coal trade. 1t was found that
coal had been coming by the railroad:
at the rate OF 2)0 cars day, aud that
there had accumulated in local rail
road yards 4, 1000 cars or 80. 900 tons ot
anthracite. The delnurrage now
amounts to $4 coo day, and the retail
dealers are getting extremely veal
kneed in carrying 90 heavy a burden
| While in Chicago no serious cuts hav,
as yet been made, at most other import
ant points in the southwest the retail
egs had begun to slash II was decided
to stop all railroad shipments from tht
mines to the west for tls remainder OF
| the winter.
1t is expected in Harrisburg that mex
Monday ths entire plant of the Penn
sylvania Steel company at Steelton vii
resume operations. All Of the depart
ments except the billet mill aud thre
furnaces are now in operation and tn
billet mill nave heen ordered to repor
for work on Monday
A Stroudsburg dispatch says: Th
hard timeR have seriously affected Nj
ford, the county seat of Pike county
The watch case factory, the princip
industry Of the place, has closed it
doors, and the prospect Of its resumin
soon is not very promising The spit
factory have only two men employed
Ths Excelsior mill is likewise affected
and the saw mill is shut down con
pletely. Other inactive industries al
the winter green and peppermint e.
sence factories
UNDER THE SCREENS.
Schuylklll region coal miners will T
ceive per cent above the $3.50 rate tn
month.
Frederick Bishop has resigned as super
infaudaut NJ thu Dot favil1a Tro,, ,,1 o.,