The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
news OF this VICINITY
FOREST CITY.


About S1.lOO was raised by subscrip-
tion of our citizens to grade the site for
the car factory. The engineers of the
Hillside Coal and Iron company will
make the survey without charge. \
limited amount of the stock OF the For
est City Car and Manufacturing com-
pany is still on the market but it has
been almost all taken. The company's 8
capital stock is 500 900. The grading
will be done as soon as the survey Is
made and building viii follow closely.
Experienced miners say that the mine
car, with Gallaeher's patent axle box,
which the company will manufacture,
is by far the best thing of the kind
ever placed on the market, and the
officers are receiving inquiries from
different operators concerning the time
when they will be ready to receive or
ders. by special arrangement with
the Bloomsbury Car company mine
cars are now being built at that place,
supplied with the new patent. for the
Hillside Coal and Iron company, and
the latter corporation proposes to use
these cars exclusively in its mines. The
Forest City Car and Manufacturing
gher's patent and has exclusive control
of it. The new industry will be IL great
thing for this borough, and we hope
will be a start toward making Forest
City manufacturing town.
John kellh, of Pleasant Mount
Wayne county, was a visitor III town
yesterday.
Emory Woomansee, of Newark Val
ley, n. Y, returned home yesterday,
after weeks visit with his brother,
NJ W. Woodmansee, of Delaware street.
y. Il. Bell is sick with pneumonia.
u. c. Bell, of Carbondale, visited rela-
tives and friends in this borough Tues
day. Zip was formerly proprietor of
the Forest house.
A meeting was held Saturday night
in the board Of trade rooms in the
opera house building to protest against
the passage of house bill No. 100 and of
senate bill No. 357. Both these bills
are intended to strike at building and
loan associations chartered outside of
Pennsylvania. AS a number of these
associations do business here and as
one association alone has 1,l0O shares
taken in Forest City, there was con-
siderable interest manifested. The
house bill requires foreign associations
to give bonds in the sum of not less
than $4,000 nor more than 100000 be-
fore they can do busine-5 IN the state,
and the senate bill provides that $780,
900 shall be deposited in cash or bonds
before any such associations can oper-
ate in Pennsylvania. Strong resolu-
tions were passed in condemnation of
these measures, and these resolutions,
together with a generally signed re-
mon1trance, will be sent to the senators
and representatives from Wayne,
Lackawanna and Susquehanna coun-
ties. .......
On Wednesday evening, April II, the
choir of the Methodist Episcopal
church will given an entertainment in
the church edtfice, and the members
are now busy preparing programme.
At q meeting of the Forest City Car
and Manufacturing company, held Fri
day evening, the annual election took
place and the following officers We're
chosen for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, W. ]. Davis; vice-president
James r. Fleming; secretary, James j.
Walker; treasurer, Henry Box; direc-
tors, J. j. Walker, ". j. Davis, James
X. Fleming, L. II. May, Benjamin
Maxey, r. j. Maxey and Henry Box.
A lodge of the Daughters of America
was organized at Higgins hall on Tues
day evening, and the following officers
were elected: Winnie Hyatt, p. c.; DR..
Jennie Young, c.; Mrs. w. S. Bryant
V. c.; Mrs. Joel Haynes, a. p. c.; Mrs.
Jessie Higgins, A. c.; Mrs. Fl. Joseph
A. V. c.. Mrs. Henry Box, treasurer;
Mrs. Frank Hines, warden; May Grin
nell. conductor; Rena Pentecost, re-
cording secretary; Name J. Brown, as
sistant recording secretary; Emma
buckingham, financial secretary; Helen
Dunnier, inside sentinel; Rebecca Buck
ingham. outside sentinel; Mrs. Fl. Box,
Mrs. Frank Hines, Mrs. Jessie Hig-
gins, trustees. The lodge meets each
Tuesday evening.
The Tribune Is by all odds the best
daily paper that comes into Forest City,
1t treats local subjects in an intelligent
manner and does not mislead its read
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