The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-29
NEWS OF OUR INDUSTRIES.
happenings of Interest to the Staple
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
in Iron. Steel and Anthracite Coal.

Says President Roberts, of the Perm
SylvanLn Ia!!Toad, who Is just back
from tour of inspection covering the
entire read: "T'here mas been a ne
markable Improvement in the business
situation in both the east and west dur
ing the past few months. Business of
all kinds is better and the witer gives
promise of still greater increase in
activity in all directions. The rene wal
OF prosperity was striking, especially
In the west, where the farmers have
had an unusually large corn crop. Our
ROAD has been greatly improved in
every respect since the last annual IN
spech.on, but still there is always op-
portumNy for improvement. On i.e
eastern system the principal work con-
templated is "a continuation of the re-
vision and strengthening of the hcse.
We propose to take out more of tie
CURVES and I'm fact all that we possibly
can. In the west we will lengthG.! our
double track and add to THE equipment
IN var.ous ways. We have ordered
5000 freight cars, which will b. built
and delivered DURING the year. At
Fjttsburg we contemplate the building
of a new freigllt STATION, and q. Cp.um-
bus, o., a similar structure will S.,Crtly
be erected. The bridge over the Olio
be completed during the winter.
There hats been considerable talk,
says the Wilkes-Barre Record. of late
about the Le'high Valley railroad put
ting on a record breaking train be-
tween New York city and Bultlro. TO
run daily and make the distance n al
most Incredibly s'hIort time, making
only a few stops. 1t was thouGht that
the train would be put ON In a few
weeks, but the Record learned ON Sat
urday that it will not be put ON until
the spring schedule, as the engines and
oars will be specially built during the
wirter for the fast run. The train
win average a mile a minute, which,
considering the mountains, will be a
great feat.
A mining superintendent from the
SdhuylkFll region who was in Wilkes
Barre om Saturday, told a Record man
that There was a great scarcity of
miners around Pottsville. Within the
paSt few years Scranton and Wilkes
Barre capitalists have invested coed
deal of money I'm THAT vicinity. Some
of the new concerns are the Mine HILL
the Chamberlain. the East Ridge, Sill
verton ard Taylor. AT least 1000
mand stimulated by all the new works
Tine STATISTICS Of coal shipments from
the Nova Scotia collieItes for the nLne
mcnths ended SEPT 30 show a decrease
of 244, 600 toms compared with the ccr-
responding period last year. Gambler
land shows a falling off of $1,000 tlons
Pictou, $1,000 tons, and Cape Breton,
135, 900 tons. This is notwithstanding
the operations of the dominion Co,al
company. Had 1t net been for tlhese
the decrease i'm Cape Breton county
would, 1T lis safi. have been 100, 900 tons
more than it was.
General Superintendent Wilbur, of
the Lehig,h Valley, has issued an order
that any employe detected i'm throwing
coal from the tenders of engines, or
from cars. win be dismissed from the
service of the company. This order
wars made necessary because some fire
msn have been wasting coal by throw
ing 1t out Ito frierds along the line.
When the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company awarded a contract for thirty
locomotives some time ago to the Bald
win Locomotive works, the option was
reserved to increase THE number to
fifty, GIN the same terms. The COM
pany last week avaied itself of the
option, and an ouder for twenty atddi-
tional engines has BEEN placed
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has placed with the Pullman Car COM
pany am order for $50 coal cars of S0,-
900 pounds capacity. Another 15&go to
the Buffalo Car works. The coApamy
has ordered the construction of 500
goudola cars al. the company's shops at
Altoona
An increase of $25,715 in net earnings
of the New York. Susquehanna and
Western railroad is reported for Sep
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