The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-13
NEWS OF OUR INDUSTRIES.

The Lehigh Valley proposes to pro-
vide living apartments for its station
agents in their respective stations
where they are isolated from the town.
Before the close of the present year
the Pennsylvania lines will have Co.
900 freight cars of their own, besides
the line cars, refrigerator cars and stock
cars the Pennsylvania lines are inter-
ested in.
An order has been issued appointing
Sydney Williams comptroller of the
Pennsylvania Coal company, and Its
proprietary companies Of the Erie and
Wyoming Railroad company. Mr. Will
lams will have his headquarters at
Dunmore and will have charge Of all
the business of this company.
The DUPONT Powder company Is Sc
curing all the soda land In the vicinity
of its already immense soda lake hold
ings in NatrOna county, Wyoming. 1t
Is the intention Of the company to erect
large soda works, which will cause an
extension of the Fremont and Elkhorn
railroad.
1t Is believed that an extensive field
of valuable coal has been discovered
within fifty miles of Juneau, Alaska. If
this proves to be SO 1t will, Of course,
mean very much for the development
Of that region. 1t is known that excel
lent coal exists In many parts Of Alas
ka, but the discoveries hitherto have
been remote from the settled regions.
There Is nothing new in the report
that tonnage agreement on bitumin-
GUS coal is being arranged" said Presi-
dent Spencer M. Janney, of the Hunt
ingdon and Broad Top railroad. yester-
day. 'The matter has been talked Of
for months past, and is still under con-
sideratfon. But nothing definite SO far
arrangement of some kind will be per-
fected before the beginning Of the next
coal year, which is the 1st Of April"
The audit of Special Master Craw,
ford. Of the Reading receivers cash ac-
counts for September. was filed Mon
day. The account of the railroad com,
pany showed total receipts of $4,000, ,451,
including $791,139 brought forward on
September I. The payments footed up
81. .232,2 leaving a balance carried for
ward on September 30 Of $968, ,181. The
account Of the Coal and Iron company
showed gross receipts of 81 1921, ,655, in-
cluding $125.773 brought forward. The
payments were 81, $685. .733, leaving bal
ance on September 30 Of s173.922.
A discovery Of anthracite coal is re-.
ported from Iron county, Idaho, which.
II true, will become an important factor
in the future development of that re-
glon. Vast and limitless deposits Of
iron ore are found in that locality, but
anthracite coal was not known to exist
there. There has been much talk of
establishing furnaces and steel works
and It IL known that the Rio Grande
Western has In contemplation an exten-
sion Of It's Salina branch to the iron
fields. Several railroad surveys from
Salt Lake to Los Angeles pass through
this coal and iron belt.
wilkes Barre. Records: The Annora
colllery OF the Lafiin Coal company will
resume operations on Wednesday morn
ing next. The colliery was leased from
the Parrish Coal company Of Wilkes
Barre by q Scranton firm. Reese Brooks
& Co., about one year ago. The COM
pany remodeled the breaker and made
other extensive improvements, but the
breaker Was destroyed by fire just as II
was ready to be operated. A new break
er has been hul1t with modern improve
ments,a nek shaft sunk and now every
thing u ready to begin operations. w.
| q. Thomas, Of West fittston,is the ZEN.
0ra1 m4nGer Of the co1ipany. 1.