The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-18
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS,

Tie co''ieries of the Lehigh Valley
system suspended operations yesterday
Tor the balance of the week.
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation com.
pany's collieries in Carbon county have
beer closed since Monday evening for
want Of cars
IL is understood that the net earnings
OF the Wllkes-Barre and Eastern rail-
road since Oct. l will probably exceed
S5O,OCc, or considerably in excess of its
fixed charges.
General superintendent Miller, of the
pennsylvania lines, in an interview at
indianapolis, said two-cent passenger
rate is inevitable, and when 1t comes
1t will be permanent.
The Central Railroad company has
adopted a new lantern frame to he
USED for red lights. 1t is known as the
tsuby standard copper frame Any era-
ploye usIng the frame for a white light
is liable to be suspended.
Frederick II. Horlacher, of Mauch
Chunk, expects to get a fortune ont of
coal dirt bank that has accumulated
on his property at Weisport, Carbon
county, having been washed down by
:lie I.enigh river from the mines. He
purchased a washer and gets about
100 tons of pea coal daily which he sells
A 81 ton. He thinks there are 10000
tons of coal in the pile.
Miners in the Schuylkill region are
inCenscd over an expected notice of tho
Reading Coal company that % cents
a month will be added to the amount
deducted each month as payment 10
the beneficial fund, and that cen.
Will be charged for each tool sharp
ened. The officials deny that the order
VIII be issued, but the men claim to
have heard from a good source that Il
is contemplated.
The Allentown and Bethlehem Rapid
Transit itompany's electric road, with
its twenty miles of lines, has been form
ally merged into the Allentown and
I.chigh Valley Traction company,
owned by Congressman Tom l.. John
s1n and his brother, Albert l.. Johnson.
The combined system now reaches nine
teen different towns and villages, and
the lines will be extended to a number
of towns along the East Pennsylvania
rdilroad in the direction OF Reading.
The capital of the combined compa-
MES is S4,o00,O00.
The officials at some of the collierias
near f!aa, a,eton are making preparations
tc load box cars with coal. At some
or the collieries chutes are arranged to
lead these cars as easily as the SIN Ii
jimn'eS IN case of necessity, but al, are
not oqdipred in this way and hen q
the alteration. All the box cars that
will be leaded with the precious min
eral a'c tC be shipped to western point.
Wilkes Barre Record: THE WppI-
ward Celery of the Delaware, Lau<a-
wanna and Western company has hcca
idle since last Wednesday in ord"" Il.
make some extensive improvemeI s
alout the breaker among which Is he
putting in of CoXes patent dumps.
These dumps are of the latest make and
their introduction will not only make
work much easier at the head of the
shaft but will likewise rid the head
tenders of much Unnecessary work. The
new 36-foot fan which the company
Is putting in place for the past few
weeks will be started in few days.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern has made many improvements at
this colliery of late and the result is
that it Is one of the best equipped on
the West Side