The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-19
PRYTHERICH NAMED
FOR BLEWITT'S PLACE
Result of The Examinations for Mine
lrspectOrships.
RODERlCK TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
Board Finishes Its Work, Saturday,
and Forwards RecOmmen endatiOus to
Harrisburg. List Of the Applicants
and the Percentage Made bv Each.
Sketch Of the New Inspector and
Examinations.

After session lasting thirty days,
the board of examiners of applicants
for mine inspectorship in the First and
Second districts, on Saturday last, rec
commended to the governor anJ secretary
of the commonwealth that the present
incumbent in the First district, Edward
Roderick be appointed to succeed him.
self and that Henry OWEN Prytherick.
Of Peckville, be made the inspector in
the Second district in place of Patrick
Blewitt.
The applicants with the percentage
made by each were as follows:
Edward Roderick. North Main avenue. SO
Henry owen Prytherich, Peckville " SO
Jenkin I. Reese. North Hyde Park ave-
D. +. Hughes, Wiikes-Barre, .............7
Evan p. Davies. North Hyde Park ave-
.ue ...................S6 sd
William I. Wilson. Dunmore .Ss
Mllliam 4. Evans. Lincoln avenue ISL
Patrick Blewitt, Scranton 30
Ihomas PrOtheroe, Dunmore .........7l
William s. Jones. Hampton street I'll
Henry Owen Prytherich, who is rec
commended to succeed Mr.. Blewitt, is a
native of Wales and "a years of age
He has lived in this country about six
years and Is at present employed as
mining engineer by Jones & Co., of
Archibald. Before coming to this coun-
try he had a wide experience in the
mines of South Wales. and also in Aus
tralia.
BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS.
All that portion of the Lackawanna
| coal field lying northeast of East and
West Market street in city of Scranton
and Slocum and Drinker streets, Dun
more. including the coal fields of Sus-
quehanna and Wayne counties are in
cluded in the first district. That por-
tion of the Lackawanna field lying
southwest of East and West Market
streets and west of Slocum and Drinker
streets in the borough OF Dunmore to
the Luzerne county line Is included in
the Second district
Mr.. Roderick's term expires during
the first week OF November Mr.. Blew
tits term ended October 4. but he holds
over until his successor Qualities. Mr..
Blewitt was first appointed a mine in
spector 25 years ago. He served four
years, when he was succeeded by W. s.
Jones. At the expiration of Mr.. Jones
term, he again succeeded to the office
and has held it ever since, During the
interval between his first and second
terms, he served as city engineer and 1t
might be said that he moulded the city
of Scranton. geographically speaking,
for at that time II was in Its early pro-
| cess Of formation. He made an excel
lent record in both offices.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
The following composed the board
| which conducted the examinations
John +. Snyder, general mining engi-
neer of the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western company; Martin Miller, of
the Connell Coal company's mines;
Vaughn Richards. of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western mines, Price,
burg; Andrew Allen, general mining en-
gineer of the Pennsylvania Coal COM
pany: Peter Flannelly. Of the Della
ware and Hudson company's mines,
Carbondale. Emil Bonn acted as clerk:
Thirty questions were propounded
and about two weeks was taken up IN
answering them, The remainder of the
thirty days in which the board was In
session was consumed in inspecting the
papers and making out the percentages.