The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-06


hemlock and tamarack. l.5o0. 900 cy-
press, 2,s0o.c00 red wood, with the bal
ance OF various woods. The oak, or
most valuable timber. furnishes over SO
per cent. OF the material. and not only
from choice trees mostly but rom the
young growth. which may make one tie
to the tree, or one tie to the cut. The
idea that the Young wood Is more
/ durable because il Is young, which
seems to prevail among railway man
ayers. Professor Fernow considers er-
| roneous.
ACTIVITY AT STEELTON.-Last
week was busy one at the Pennsylva-
MIA Steel works. Shipments were in
| ecess OF the manufactured product.
| Receipts OF raw material were heavy
| and several good orders were booked.
| The outlook for May Is said to he un-
| usually bright. Wages for the last half
| of April aggregated $72,e00. which is
slightly less than the total for the first
half of the month.
Il |, \
SHORT NOTES:
Chamcey Depew's annual income IL
$4,000
1t is stated that 1,2S2 trains arrive at
and leave Chicago daily. about one
fourth being freight trains.
The man who patented the brass
spring fingers one sees on lamps for
holding the chimney in place received
for many years q royalty amounting to
$500
Ontario is Offering a bounty of 81 tC
every person producing sufficient ore tC
make one ton of iron. and this encour-
agement will probably bring latent
mining energy into strong play.
The quantity Of bananas shipped
from West Indian and adjacent ports
| into the United States now amounts tO
IL, 900 or 14.0G2 900 punches annually
valued at considerably over $4,000. 600
The report of the superintendent OF
the San Francisco mint shows that the
output of gold in California increased
from SlS,S6a.2s1 in 1894 to SIS, ,3l7 In
1885. Thirty-three of the flfty-seven
counties OF the state are regular pro-
ducers Of gold.
Cal, turns out five times more gold
than the Robinson, which is the most
noted Of the African mines. The Utica
employs 200 white men at 81. SO to SO pei
day, while the Robinson has $500 KAT.
frs at so cents per day each.
| Steel paVements are no novelty, hav-
ing been used for some time in the
larger cities and very generally com.
sined with pavilions constructed Of the
same material at Atlantic coast pleas.
ure resorts. Steel country roads, how.
ever. constitute n decided innovation
The Ohio road commissioner has advo.
Gated a new system in this line that will
soon be tried in several states. Ac.
cordins to his plan the rails are laid OF
such shape as to make 1t easy fol
wagons to enter or leave the track. The
comparative cheapness and wide utili.
ties OF manufacturing steel may thus
yet settle the good roads question.
There are to be about 200 railway
stations distributed over the new 81.
berian railway. The rolling stock will
comprise 1900 locomotives, 5000 passen.
ger cars and $4,000 goods wagons. The
passenger traffic will be almost exclu.
sively confined to third or fourth
classes. and the tariff will be very low
The works in connection with this
great undertaking are being pushed or
with much energy, and the work Is ex.
pected to be completed In about si,
years The opening of this line viii
shorten the journey round the world b,
about twenty days.