The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-13
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.

Taylor & Co., of Scranton, have pur-
chased from the Reading Coal and Iron
company the Johns breakers at st. Clair
No improvements are being made in and
around the Stockton collieries of L.nde-
man Il Skeer. This ia accounted for that
the lease expires this year.
One Of Frank Pardee's patented j.gs 10
being put into use in the Cranberry break.
er. When in working order 1t will do
away with the services Of about ten boys.
The machine shops at the Hazleton Iron
Works are very busy at present turning
out new breaker machinery for the coll
lieries Of A. Pardee & Co. and A. s. Van.
Wickle.
The Delaware. Lackawanna and West.
ern contemplates the erection of several
score houses at Leemine. Several new
private roads have been built by this COM
pany at that place since the company has
the new shafts.
A mechanical stoker Is in course OF con.
struction at Drifton shops to be used in
large boiler house In France. This is
the first Of a great many that will be
erected and shipped to foreign parts.
1t is said by the Wilkes-Barre Record
that the old Hillman mine, near Parsons
which has been idle for several years. will
be opened in a few days by Simpson &
Watkins. the extensive operators. This
will give employment to couple Of hun.
dred.
The great plant Of the Bethlehem Iron
company is now in full operation and an
official states that there are over 400 men
on the pay roll. 1t is believed that the
armor plate department will shortly re-
ceive large orders, and in that event the
working force will be still further in.
creased.
The Carnegie Steel company has broken
ground for two blast furnaces at its Du-
quesne works which will be the largest
furnaces ever constructed. each having a
capacity for producing $50 to 500 tons Of
pig iron per day. Upon the completion
of these furnaces two more are to be built
at once.
David E. Phillips, of Mahanoy City, has
invented shaker coal screen. One Of the
best features OF II Is that 1t does away
with the vibration SO noticeable In other
screens. 1t is now in course of construc-
ton at the Hazleton Iron Works. and Will
be given a practical test at the Buck
Mountain breaker of the Mill Creek Coal
company some time this week.
Improvements still continue at the Lau-
rel Hill colliery. Last week two new jigs
were placed in the breaker. They are
known as a wooden jig and are an i'm
prOvement on the iron machine. The new
boilers at this colliery are now In position
and work on a new boiler house will be
commenced at once. A trestle to haul pea
coal from the breaker to the boiler house
is being erected.
Ground was broken on Wednesday by
the Reading Coal and Iron company for
what will be one of the largest coal opera.
tons in the country. The work is the
sinking Of new shaft at Wadesville coll
liery and the reopening of these mines
after an idleness of about fifteen years.
1t is stated that $500,0OO has been appro-
priated for this work and the plans are on
an extensive scale.
The new slope Of the Lehigh Valley Coal
company at No. 2 Yorktown is now almost
down to the basin. The slope Is now over
1,lN feet deep and two shifts Of men have
been put to work to hasten its completion.
The vein to be tapped is the Buck Noun
tain. When the basin is reached con-
tracts will be given out at once for the
driving OF tunnels east and west. This IS
one Of the most substantial collieries m
the region. Superintendent Hayes says it
will last fifty years. The breaker has q
capacity of 1000 tons daily.