The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-30
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.

The Southern Railway company has
| awarded II contract for $50 ventilated box
cars.
1t is stated that the rate of Is cents per
100 pounds Is now being quoted on grain
from Chicago TO eastern points.
In December there We're Si2 railroad aC-
cidents in this country, in which twenty
| nine persons We're killed and ninety were
| injured.
Freight traffic over the Pennsylvania
| railroad while still fairly heavy, shows 1t
slight falling OFF compared with the early
half of January
The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
has purchased tifty-tive miles of new steel
rails weighing seventy-tive pounds to the
yard to be placed ON the indianapolis di-
| vision.
The amount of coal transported over
the Huntington and Broad Top Noun
| tain railroad for the week ended Jan. 2G.
| 1895, was 30, ,76S tons, an increase compared
with the same week last year of l2,7OS
tons; for the year to date the shipments
We're III, ,565 tons, an increase of 1873 tons
over the corresponding week of 1894
New York, Jan. 29.-The general sales
agents of the anthracite coal companies
| adjourned after recommending a produc-
| tiOn for February of 10 per cent. of the
June. 1894, output. This will make about
100000 tons for February. No change
was made in prices and no report was sub
mitted by the general committee. The
| next meeting will be held on Feb q.
According to Il member of the minor
| ity stockholders committee" of the Phila-
| delphia and Erie Railroad company the
next move in their campaign against the
| management will be an attempt to secure
certain information they are seeking by
| mandamus proceedings. The questions at
issue refer chiefly to the division of
| through freight receipts between Phila-
dephia and Erie and the lessee of the
road the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
| pany.
1t is reported that the Wilkes-Barre
| and Eastern Railroad company has made
| contract with anthracite coal miners in
| the Wyoming region that will insure it a
| tonnage of 100000 ton per annum This
| will nearly double the previous coal ton
mage of the New York, Susquehanne and
Western railroad which owns the Wilkes
Barre and Eastern. Although the last
| named was opened for business on Oct. l.
| 1t has not yet begun to derive the full
| benefit of its coal carrying contracts, for
| the largest producer 1t has contracted
| with cannot turn over its product until
April !.
| The mechanical department of the Penn
| sylvana has completed the specifications
for a monster freight engine With these
engines il is proposed to haul heavy
| trains at high speed, as the drivers will
be larger than on the class "R" engine,
| the heaviest type now built. The first
| built Will be used for hauling the dressed
meat and vegetable trains a traffic which
| has reached large proportions on the
| Pennsylvania lines. These engines will be
| run only between Pittsburg and Jersey
| City, as the class "R" engine is as heavy
as the company would like to run regular
ly on lines west Of Pittsburg.
1t Is said now that the famous Jeddo
tunnel cases will be settled during the
| coming week and the injunction with
drawn. 1T is said that the farmers living
in Butler valley who have instituted pro-
| Ceedings restraining the company from
| firing the final blasts and releasing the
| sea Of water which Is contained In the
| several flooded mines have become recon-
| Ciled. Agents for the company have been
| at work for "a month or two trying to ef-
feet a settlement. The damage to the
| farm lands will be offset considerably by
| the Increased markets and general bust
ness which is sure to follow the rebuild
ing of the different towns 1t Is under
stood that the opening will take place in
the early part of February. George Scott,
one of the contractors who pushed the
| work to such successful completion,
stated that 1t will take but few min
utes to remove the remaining barrier af-
ter the legal restraint shall have been
| withdrawn. Mr.. Scott says that the sur
veys and final borings came out so exact
| that they viii he able to draw the water
off at any speed desired. 1t is understood
that one of the stipulatlons made by the
| progpcutorS in the case before the settling
was that the water should be drawn off
gradually so that the creeks and fishing
| streams shall not be polluted any more
| than Is necessary. II Is estimated that 1t
will take three months to clear the mines
| after the tap Is made.