The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-04

Tho Lawrence breaker at Duryea has
| been abandoned and hereafter the coal
mined at that colliery will be prepared
for market at the William A. coliery, a
short distance away.
An order has been issued by the Cen
| trail Railroad of New Jersey retiring
| from service engineers over 80 years of
| age. When an engineer reaches that pc
rlod In life he will be transferred to some
! other position.
Following is the route of the proposed
| new railroad between Wiliamsport and
| Scranton, 1t crosses the Susquehanna
| river at La Grange, Wyoming county,
and passes Lake Winola. following the
| lake until the hotel il reached. 1t then
runs between the main road and the cot
| tages, and goes through the woods be-
yond the lake into Mill City. Clarks
| Summit is also passed and the road comes
| into this city through Legetts Gap above
| Providence.
| An ordinary passenger car on a steam
| railroad costs from $1,000 to 5000 ana
| weighs 5000 pounds or nineteen tons. a
| mail car, which costs from $1,000 to ST.
| and is shorter by about one-quarter than
| the ordinary passenger coach, weighs
| 32 0GO pounds of sixteen tons. A bag
|
| weighs 5000 Uounds of fourteen tons,
and costs about as much as a mail car.
| A sleeping car is more expensive than
| any of the others and 1t weighs a good
| deal, more. A plain, simple, but dur
| able sleeping car costs anywhere from
| S. 900 to $4,000. and an ornate elaborate,
| luxurious sleeping car with observation
| attachment, literary annex and culinary
| department costs anywhere from $1,000
| to $4,000. The average weight of a sleep
| ing car Is from 10000 to 400 pounds, or
from twenty twenty-five tons.
| Reports from New England manufac-
| turing centers indicate that the industrial
| revival which began early in the year
| is steadily progressing. In many places
| old factories are being taken by manu-
| facturers who have confidence in the fu-
| ture. A number OF new factories are be-
| ing erected in the mill towns, and sew
| eral places report the outlook more
promising that 1t has been for years.
The cutting out of the Radebaugh tun-
| mel on the Pennsylvania was completed
| last week. In It's construction 10000
| brick were required, and 80 men have been
| employed on the work since July / arch
| ing the tunnel. Every brick used was
| subjected to a chemical analysis and hy-
| draulic pressure. The tunnel is con-
| structed for a double track. The cuts ap-
| preaching the tunnel are wide enough to
admit of laying four tracks, and 1t is
probable that in the not distant future
| another tunnel will be cut, connecting
| the tracks which are laid in the cuts ap-
| preaching the tunnel.
Thirty-nine years ago the first train
| over the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and
| Chicago entered Chicago, and Henry
| yt-hn hn Dtrin han
train is now running regularly between
| Fort Wayne and Chicago.
| 1t Is stated that movement is on foot
| which will make a more direct line be-
| tween Cleveland and Indianapolis than
| any now operated the Cleveland, Lo-
| rain and Wheeling and the Cincinnati,
| Hamilton and Dayton connecting their
| lines via Lima. o.
| On a prominent railroad which now has
| about two-thirds of its freight cars
| equipped with automatic couplers the ac-
| cidents to employees in coupling cars in
| 1896 equaled Ill per cent. of all the per-
| sonal casualties on that road during the
present year, as compared with 2S.6 per
| cent. in 1891.
The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal
| company yesterday shipped $50 tons Of
| Honey Brook lump coal TO San Francisco
| where it will be used in the United
States mint. The Honey Brook coal is
| in demand for use in the mint and an
| nually the Lehigh and Wilkes-BarTe fills
| large orders. The coal will be inspected
| at tidewater by a United States naval
| officer and will then be taken by boat to
| the Pacific coast. - Hazleton Plain
| Speaker,
| Briggs collery, of the West Side, will
| commence operations at 7.30 o'clock IN
| stead OF o'clock in the morning as be-
fore. The new order went into effect yes
| teTday morning.
| The fire at the Buttonwood mine has
proven a stubborn one and 1t has not yet
been entirely eXtinguished number of
| experienced miners of the Parish Coal
company's COllieries at Plymouth have
been at work assisting the local men in
| fighting the fire. William Carne and Da-
! vid Jones were overcome by the after
damp on Wednesday while working with
| the fire fighters. A notice at the breaker
| is to the effect that the colliery will re-
| sumo work on Monday, Wilkes Barre
| Record,
| MOTHERS PRAISE Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, because, by it's great blood
enriching qualities, It gives rosy cheeks
and vigorous appetites to pale and
puny children. -
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