The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-20
news OF OUR INDUSTRIES
Happenings OF Interest to the staple
Trsdes aad Particularly 20 tho Trade
In Iron. Steel and Anthracite Coal.

This country possesses half the rail-
way mileage of the world and half of
the $l.O0O.0000OO invested In electrical
industries.
An authority on jewelry estimates
that there Is at least 500. 100000 in
vested in this country In various kinds
of gold and silver ornaments.
The people of the United States use
on an average 100000 postage stamps
OF all kinds each and every day of the
year, or a total of about 4, $3.50. .000, 900 per
| annum.
A Boston syndicate has purchased
for s2.OOO.OOO everything In Morse. Wis.
except the schoolhouse. 1t Is the in
tention to establish there the largest
| tannery In the state.
The Union Steel plant. at Alexan-
| dria, Ind, has resumed operations. This
| mill Is by far the largest industry In
the gas belt, and when in full running
| order will give employment to 1000
men. The plant covers an area of 30
| acres.
Electric power, compressed air, steam
| power and the cable are displacing the
horse as a motive power on the street
| car lines of Paris. No less than six
different methods of traction are EN-
ployed in different parts of the city.
The one thousand new thirty-ton coal
| cars ordered for the Reading railroad
will be delivered about Aug. l. This
is not an addition to the equipment.
but merely replaces the small six and
twelve-ton black-end cars that have
been worn out and dismantled since
the receivers took possession of the
property.
A Troy firm Is making ten OF the
largest valves ever manufactured In the
world. They are for the new water
works system in Allegheny City, Pa.
Their weight Is $4,000 pounds each, and
they will stand pressure OF 200 pounds
to the square inch. Their dimensions
are: Length. 16 feet; width 5la feet.
The longest, largest and most expen-
sive railway bridge in Continental Eu-
rope Is that across the river Vistula,
between Forden in Prussian Poland
and Culmsee In Germany. 1t was
opened for traffic In December. 1893,
and Is 1,45O yeards in length. 1t was
begun in 1Ss9 and cost 100000 marks.
exclusive of the piers.
The bloomsbury Manufacturing COM
pany. of bloomsbury, Pa. has contract
| ed to build the machinery required in
the new building of the Magee Carpet
company, of Bloomsbury. 1t is ex-
pected to be completed by March I. 1896.
This contract. with other work en-
gagged, will keep the company employed
for year.
The meeting of the individual anthra-
cite coal operators on Wednesday re-
suited in the appointment of COM
mittee consisting of T. II. Watkins.
Mahlon S. Kemmerer and f. b. Sturges.
who are authorized to draft a letter to
the coal carrying interests, setting forth
the unfavorable condition of the trade
and to make an endeavor to bring
about a remedy. In an interview in
Philadelphia. Thursday, Mr.. Watkins
said: while there will be difficulty
in arranging a basis Of tonnage, which
seems to be the only plan for stable
foundation for the trade, | believe it
can be brought about. There should
be a penalty for noncompliance with
the agreement, and 1t is possible that
commissioner to represent the trade
with such duties as the Trunk lines
commissioner. would facilitate the car
rying out of any programme that might
be agreed on. All the talk has been of
tentative character The trade is GER
tainly in a demoralized condition, and
1t Is urgently necessary that some i'm
mediate steps for relief be taken. This
can be done only by concerted action by
the presidents of the coal-carrying COM
panies. and 1t Is hoped that they will
take the matter up and settle 1t before
the fall trade begins. At this moment
there seems to be little disposition to
do anything that will tend to the i'm
provement of prices The tonnage
question is and has been paramount.
but the time has come when a wider and
more liberal view ought to be taken
which will conserve the interests of
everybody In the trade