The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.

The collieries of the Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre Coal company have been ordered
on full time for the remainder of the
month.
The Dickson Manufacturing company
have received an order for three large
passenger locomotives for the Delaware
and Hudson railroad.
"Pennsy's" superintendent at Altoona
denies that his mems wages are to be re-
duced. The eight-hour shopmen will re-
sumo on ten-hour basis next week.
Lehish Valley mine runners near
Wilkes-Barre, to the number of 800 have
won their strike, and returned to work at
Prospect, Oakwood and Midvale collieries.
The report that the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road company contemplates n radical re-
duction in its subordinate official force
Is pronounced wholly untrue by Vice Pres
ident Hartshorne.
Frederick J. Kimball, president, and
Henry Fink, were yesterday appointed re-
ceivers of the Norfolk and Western rail-
road on order of the United States cir
cult court for the western district of Vir-
ginia, at Richmond.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad company
intends stocking the trout streams of
Bradford Sullivan and Wyoming counties,
OF which there are many, also all streams
emptying into the Susquehanna, with
black bass and other fish.
The coal tonnage of the Reading Rail-
road company for the week ended Feb. Q
amounted to 300, sos tons, against III ,O72
tons In the same week last year, an in
crease of 45,i32 tons. Prior to last week.
for the fiscal year to that date. the COM
pany reported decrease of G20t tons, so
that on Saturday last the company's tom
mage was 1927 tons greater than for the
same period the preceding year.
1t was recently said that "the check de-
lvered last week in New York to Thomas
A. Mcintyre for $4,000 900 and some odd
thousands carried with Il the largest
transfer of a sum of money by check ever
known in commercial operation in this
country, possibly ever known in the treas
ury department, and some of our bank.
ers think It may have been the largest
single check ever issued anywhere in the
world" The largest check ever drawn in
this country and possibly In the world
hangs in the office of the treasurer of the
Pennsylvania railroad a Broad street sta
ton, Philadelphia. This check was drawn
June Z, 1881, by John d. Taylor, treas
urer Of the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany, for sl4 9i9, ,052. 20 in favor of III. =.
kidder, Charles NJ. Catting, Henry l.,
Higginson, Charles T.. Bowditch and Will
| lam Merlat, jr., committee in payment
| for the stock Of the Philadelphia, VII.
| mington and Baltimore Railroad com
pany. 1t attracted much attention at the
Worlds fair. where 1t was shown in the
Pennsylvania Railroad company's ex-
hibit as "the largest check ever drawn In
| the United States"
The following paragraph from the Phil.
| a lAls In I.... lao. .s, t....
| for dts inaccuracies. one OF which Is the
assertion that the Pennsylvania railroad
contemplates cut In freight rates. Thai
the railroad officials have unequivocally
| denied: 1.-THE uncertain attitude of IN,
| Pennsylvania railroad on the coal freight
question arouses great apprehension in the
anthracite trade. Evidence is said to be
In existence that agents of the Pennsyl
vania have offered stove coal at a deliv.
cred price that would net the producing
company but si.95 Mt the mines. provided
| the full regular tolls were paid. 1t is fur
| ther said that II a large quantity Is taker
the price will be made such as woult
leave but SIZE for the mining company
1t is, of course. impossible for any one t
say that the freight rate has been cut, be
cause the coal Is sold delivered, but elthel
the rate has been cut or the coal com
pany Is selling at an absurdly low price
AS the Pennsylvania controls the Goa
company, 1t makes no difference to tn,
railroad company whether the rate Is Gu
or the price of coal is cut as II amount,
to the same thing In the long run, and o
course 1t means absolutely no differenc,
to the buyer. The disorganized condition
OF the trade Is shown by the fact that tn
Pennsylvania will take $i.95 for stove
the highest priced coal made, whereas tn
Reading Is refusing to sell pea at $i.d0
The other companies are apprehensv,
that the Pennsylvania will make an opei
cut and. as stated before, II Is elaine,
that some hint Of this has been given"
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