The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-24
NEWS OF OUR INDUSTRIES.
Happenings Of Interest to tho Stapcl
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
in Iron. Steel and Anthracite Coal.

| During the first week in September
| eiShty-one railroads gained l.A per
| cent. In gross earnings. During the
| second week forty-eght roads gained
| S.GS per cent.
Ohio roads report a greater boom in
coal tonnage than at any correspond
ing time in. their history. Every one of
| the coal roads is already short of cars,
with greater demands certain.
The Ferndale coiliery. at Shamokin,
which has been idle for the past six
months while new and improved
breaker was being built will start up
on the first of October. 1t will give en-
| ployment TO 100 men and boys.
The Baltimore Locomotive works is
bidding on ten locomotives of the mogul
| type for the Russian government, to he
used ON the new Siberian railway,
which has been completed for dis
| tance of $500 miles. The new engines
are to be of the improved type.
The Delaware and Hudson Machine
corps has just finished putting in the
new shaft at the Boston. 1t is sixteen
inches with a 36-inch stroke. Four
hundred fee. of column pipe have also
been laid The tower is now being
placed on the shaft. and it is expected
that coal will be hoisted in three weeks.
Work on the No. Delaware and Hud-
son breaker atPlymouth is being pushed
to completion. a pair of first motion
engines are being put in. The water is
being hoisted out of the shaft, after
which the pumps will he put in. Much
of the machinery has been put in place,
and the breaker will be in operation in
a few months.
Bethlehem, Pa. Sept. 23.-All Is ac-
tivity at the Bethlehem Iron works.
| Extensive improvements are in prog
resS and the plant will soon he the larg-
est in the world. No. blast furnace
has been remodelled and will be light
ed in q day or two. Three new blocks
of heating furnaces are finished. The
plant is running to its fullest capacity
day and night.
The iron and steel foundries of the
Pennsylvania Steel company at Steel
ton. Pa. are crowded with shipping or
ders and have a large force of men at
work. The bridge and construction de-
partmcnt is very busy and making
large shipments. The frog. switch and
signal department is very active and has
day and night turns at work. The ship
mcnts for the past week were very
heavy: IL. 400 tons of steel We're shipped
from the upper yards during the month
of August. The receipts of raw ma
terial continue heavy.
To hasten the work in the Ebervale
mines the Jeddo Tunnel company have
decided to drive another tunnel, about
forty-seven feet in length. and work on
the same will be commenced immedi
ately. This tunnel is intended to drain
the lower lift, for which nine bore holes
have been sunk. This process has been
too slow, however, and so much trouble
has been experienced by these holes be-
coming blocked up, that the driving of
tunnel has been decided upon. The
company are also anxious to ascertain
just how much water still remains in
the mine.
New York, Sept. 23.-President Fow-
ler, of the New York. ontario and
Western RaIlroad company, says: "The
sale of the two large coal breakers and
900 acres of anthracite coal lands near
Scranton. containing between 1000, 900
and 12OO0,00O tons of coal, made by
John Jermyn to the Johnson Coal COM
pany, includes an ARRANGEMENT be-
tween the Ontario and Western and the
New York, Susquehanna and Western
roads. the Susuuehanna and Western
receives a considerable sum of money
and the Ontario and Western secures
large addition to it's coal tonnage,
amounting to 100000 tons annually for
many years to come. The transaction
will be of benefit to the Ontario and tho
Susquehanna companies. and Is looked
upon with satisfaction by the officers
and directors of BOTH