The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-05
news OF OUR Industries
Happenings Of Interest to the Staple
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
in Iron, steol and Anthracite Coal.

It Is stated that there Is plan to
induce all the coal-carrying companies,
| as well as the individual operators, to
sign an agreement to maintain prices
as we'll as to regulate the total output.
and to enforce this agreement 1t Is
probable that q clause will be inserted
imposing cash penalty for any In
fringement.
Ii is said that the Reading company
| will build an additional breaker at
Brookslde colliery. At present there
are five slopes in operation. The aver
| age nunlber OF wagons hoisted daily is
$50. This number can he increased to
1000 cars, with additional machinery
for cleaning the coal.
On the accommodation of Special
Master Crawford the United States cir
| cult court has authorized the Reading
railroad receivers to purchase addition
al equipment to increase the company's
business. The new equipment consists
Of 1000 hopper gondola coal cars, from
the Pullman Palace Car company. at a
cost Of $4S9.50 each, Involving an ex-
penditure Of s4s9.5OO
Greater activity, is reported in the
anthracite line trade and also at New
England points. The buying was stim-
ulated by the belief that prices, which
are lower this week than last. are close
to, II not at the bottom. Dealers argue
that they run little risk in buying at
present prices and have acted on this
belief. The Reading and Lehigh Valley
both report heavy movement. Of coal.
h,,t oil Ahar tc 1ftt1o In,
1t for them.-Philadelphia Times.
Chicago. Aug. Am important
street railway decision was rendered
by Judge Tuley In the suit Of the Cen
eral Electric Street railway to COM
pei the Chicago Street Railway COM
pany to allow the electric company's
cars to run for a short distance over.
the Chicago's lines. Judge Tuley de-
cided against the electric company,
holding that the railways are not pub
lie property and can be controlled ex-
clusively by the company operating
them.
Washington, Aug. 4.-The forthcom-
ing review by the geological survey Of
the mineral resources of the country
will show that the production Of alum
mum in the United States in 1894 was
100000 pounds. The imports were val
ued at'SA110. Bauxite, which Is an oxide
Of aluminium, has been found in suffi-
cient quantity to be commercially valu-
able In only three localities In the Unit
ed States. They are New Mexico. Ar
kansas and the Cocsa Valley Of Georgia
and Alabama. Aluminium. the review
will say, has now found the position in
the arts predicted for It and the de-
mand is increasing.
A New York dispatch stated Friday
that "the committee appointed by the
Anthracite Coal Operators' association
at Manhattan Beach recently to tke
action relative to bette-.ng the coal
trade, has sent letter to the presi-
dents Of the various companies setting
forth the very deplorable conditions
and contending that those who are re-
sponsible should lend their efforts to
q rehabilitation" No trace Of such
letter could be found among the local
coal companies. but . member Of the
executive board OF the association said
letter Of an entirely different char
acter was bsing prepared, but beyond
saying It was to secure certain data for
the board, he declined TO impart any
futher information. From ! another
source. however, II was learned that
there 10 . strong likelihood Of intereUt.
ing Developments arising from this let
ter. but for the present. their character
will not be revealed. # ss