The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-14

Net earnings. S6,,,l@ Inc. Sll6,5B
charges .............. a,l3o Inc. i'nof
Surplus ............. $3s3.055 Inc. STA. .sSi
Rensselaer, and Saratoga
1886. Changes.
Gross earnings. s5Sl, 400 Inc.'f $6l.SO7
Operating expenses. 32o.l53 Inc. 2l,iSS
Net earnings....... S256,2fl Inc. S4OO69
other incoine....... s,54o Inc. 9,Ji5
Total ............... s2s5,792 Inc. s4S,6li
Charges ....,......... 2s9.94s Inc. l431"
Deficit ............. ssi.l57 Dec ss5.2,e
The New York. Ontario and Western
Railroad company reports for the quar-
ter ending Dec. 81. 1895. shows gross
earnings $l.OOS,296. operating expenses
$66I 1868, net earnings $3i0. .92S. other in
come. $2l,250. total income $3G2. l7S,
fixed charges S225.64l, surplus Sl36, ,5S1,
cash OH hand $iS9,SS0.
One of the new electric locomotives
built at the Baldwin works at Philadel-
phia. on the Westinghouse system, has
reached the Westinghouse Electrical
works. at East Pittsburg, for the test
which 1t Is proposed to make prelimi-
nary to the expected revolution of the
present system of railway transporta-
tion. The engine is to be used for
heavy hauling in the East Pittsburg
yards of the company. and will be
given thorough test there at once,
In order 20 ascertain the capacity of
Its drawing power Contact buttons
are placed at regular intervals between
the rails on which the engine is to run.
A slide rail under the locomotive
touches thes buttons one after the 9TH
er, thus keeping up while the engine Is
run constant current of electricity,
which travels from the rail through
the car to the slide rail, and thence to
the buttons. After the engine has
passed the buttons they are left uncon-
nected. so that there is no danger then
from contact with the buttons. A pos
sible speed of 200 miles an hour is
claimed.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western. lessee, reports for quarter
ending Dec. 81:
1896 Changes
Gross earnings......s2. .sO7,G72 Inc. s4a1.i9S
met, Net esrnings...,..sl,77l,eS7 Inc. sES.t rs
Fixed charses..,.... o's,57 Dec. 4s,d-?
Surplus ............ 81. .2l9. .09O Inc. S522 ll2
Saturday the Erie and Delaware,
IsdthdWdIlIld ana western TullTOdu
companies commenced to sell tickets
from Binghamton to Union and return
for % cents. The fare one way is Is
cents. For some time the companies
have been considering the feasibility
of competing with the street car COM
pany and now that the matter has been
satisfactorily settled. the railroad COM
panies will undoubtedly receive a gem
erous share of the public patronage.
The residents of Union and Vestal are
jubilant over the matter. as quicker
service Is offered and additional trains
have been made to stop at both places.
An old car on the PENNSYLVANIA road
has just been sent to the shop for re-
pairs. 1t has a history of especial in
terest to Pittsburg. 1t is the one in
which Detective Hulligan lost his life
and in which Superintendent Hoehn
received two or three bullets in his
body, which he carries to this day. 1t
is the one in which "Blinky" Morgan
and his gang succeeded in resCuing
their pal McMunn, the fur robber.
though numbering the brave detective
in doing so. for which Morgan paid the
penalty upon the scaffod in the peni-
Tertiary annex. The car was about
two years ago turned into freight ca
the road. When ii went into the shops
at Crestline the other dav the work
men discovered bullet holes at differ
ent places, and in investigating the
cause learned that 1t was the car in
which the tragedy took place.
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The fight of large stockholders of Le-
high Valley for more frequent reports
of earnings and more complete an
nual re9ort does not bear much fruit,
according to published interviews with
the managers of the company. They
consider the call for fuller reports to
come mainly from spectators who
want to use the information to move
the stock up and down. The real inves-
tors in the property. they intimate. do
not want this publicity given to the
companyS business, and as one of them
is reported to have said. the investors
do not care to know. They trust the
management and if anything goes
wrong they call the arrangement to
account.
A new bridge has been placed across
the Big Walnut creek by the Cleveland
Akron and Columbus. near Sunbury.
The work was commenced at I o'clock
i'm the morning. and by o'clock there
was passenger train run over it. The
bridge Is a 9O-foot girder and was taken
to the point on fiat cars all in shape ta
drop into position. Immerse derricks
| We're in position and the bridge was
lifted up and the cars run out from
| under 1t. leaving 1t swinging in mid
air. The old structure was then re-
moved and the new bridge was dropped
into position.
mi
| der consideration the application of a
new braking system. which. IL success
| ful, will have the effect of greatly min
| imizing the danger of suburban travel
| Realizing that the highly satisfactory
system of applying brakes by air pres
| sure. generated by steam. could not be
| utilized for electric cars. the ingenious
| engineers of the Westinghouse COM
pany have been experimenting with q
special electric system of automatic
| braking for trolley cars. which may
revolutiOni2e the present unsatisfactory
methods.
| The Union Pacific overland flyer
broke the record for fast running from
Omaha to Cheyenne Wednesday and
demonstra ted shat the time can be cut
down still further from Chicago to the
coast by at least a few hours The
train made the distance between Oma
ha and Cheyenne. 5l9 miles. in 10 hours
and 80 minutes, including q stops and
three changes Of engines. The actua
running time was one mile a minute
for that distance.
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| The first American locomotive engi.
neer. now SO years old. Is now an in.
mate Of the New York almshouse. s,,
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The new box cars of the Pennsylva
mia company's Union line are the hand
/ SnmeSf cars Of the kind aVai. h,iilf