The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-04
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.


forty-five railroads increased 3O2 per
cent. in gross earnings.
The Reading company is to mine
100000 tons of coal in January, which
Will mean half-time for the miners and
laborers and the Reading railroad men.
The company can mine and ship to
market 20 per cent. of the allotment,
but the output is about only SO per cent
The coal tonnage of the Reading rail-
| road for the week ended Dec. 80 aggre-
gated 146123 tons, a decrease as COM
pared with the same week in 1898 of
51,G77 tons. For the fiscal year to date
the shipments amounted to 925,009 tons,
against 1,097,137 tons for the correspond
ing period in 1893.
On Wednesday the miners after re-
porting for work at the Cranberry and
Crystal Ridge collieries, near HaZleton,
were informed that operations there
were shut down indefinitely, and they
were advised to return unused powder
and similar supplies. One thousand
men are thus thrown out of employ
ment.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal
company on Tuesday put into effect a
new kind of ticket. The single ticket
is of blush tint. On a return ticket,
the outgoing coupon is of yellowish
color and the return of red. The out
going ticket must be used before mid
night of the day following its sale, and
the return ticket within thirty days
from tine date of sale. No stop-over
privileges will be allowed
AS is customary at the beginning of
new year, the Pennsylvania Railroad
company has just ordered large sup
ply of steel rails for use in renewals
and in new construction. The con-
tracts call for the delivery of 10000
tons of rails, and are divided between
Edgar Thomson Steel works, the Cam
bria Iron company and the Lackawan-
ma Iron and Steel company. 1t is be-
lieved that this will be about One-half
the company's requirements in 1895,
and that in all probability some 10000
| tons more will be ordered later in the
year. In 1898 the Pennsylvania rail-
road used 81 900 tons of steel rails. Last
year, when the amount of new con-
| struction fell off greatly in consequence
| of the extreme depression prevailing,
only $4,000 tons We're used. The price
at which the contracts for the new
year have been placed has not been
| officially stated.
Three hundred persons attended the
| much advertised meeting of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Stockholders Protec-
tive association, held in Philadelphia
| Wednesday night. John NJ. Hutchin-
son, eX-secretary-treasure of the lie.
! high Valley road, called the meeting to
| order and Silas w. Petit was elected to
act as chairman. Speeches in criticism
OF the present management of the road
were made. Finally Mr.. Hutchinson
stated that he believed that while sue
| cess may probably not be on the side of
| the dissatisfied stockholders at the com
! ing annual election, yet in the end the
| desired state of affairs would be Sc
| cured. He thought that the present
management would have a majority of
the votes. Chairman Petit appointed,
in accordance with the wish of the
meeting, the following persons to rep
resent the association at the annual
meeting and to carry into effect the
purpose of the resolutions: Evans r.
Dick, Charles II. r. Triebel and How
ard N. Van Cort.
The meeting Of general managers and
sales agents of the anthracite coal
trade held on Monday adjourned pend
| ing the report of a committee of three
which was appointed to gather data
regarding the capacity of mines, the
form of the reports of production and
shipments, etc. The information will
be used by the general body in perfect
ing an allotment basis. The president
of one of the anthracite coal compa-
MES, in speaking of the above, as well
as on the attitude of the Reading CON-
pany towards the trade, said: The
Reading company, through Mr.. Harris
has always been for harmony among
anthracite producing and shipping in
terests and appears to consider this
| the principal object to be attained al
the present time. This harmony it is
proposed to use to advance prices, or
rather carrying rates. think there is
no doubt whatever but that something
will come of the present situation.
have seen, as yet, no disposition tc
kick over the traces. When the commit.
tee, which has been appointed to ex,
anime the circumstances of production
in the case Of each of the principal in.
terest reports finally, / think we silal
all of us be inclined to accept its con-
clusion in rather liberal spirit"