The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14

and is 1896 feet long and 1O6 feet wide. Ad-
joining the main building on the north
east side is an addition called the wet
breaker" Here the coal is washed On
the west side is another addition for the
dry coal. The coal is brought from the
shaft several hundred feet away in cars
drawn by an endless chain to the footApf
the breaker. 1t is hauled up long plane
to the top Of the breaker by means of an
other endless chain. AT the top the cars
are taken in hand by an automatic dump
ing apparatus which dumps the cars ana
sends them back on the empty track.
The coal after being dumped runs down
a chute, and over the Coke cscillatng
bars when the fine coal is separated. The
lump coal then passes on down into the
hopper at the bottom where 1t is ready
to be loaded into cars. a new improve
ment is the automatic feed tables, when
do away with two men who were former
| ly employ ed. From the top the coal runs
into a large set Of crusher rolls and then
passes to the merchant rolls, which crush
it into egg, stove nut and the finer sizes.
1t then passes through the large screens,
In what is termed the dry part. From
the screen the broken and egg sizes pass
down to where The pickers take the slate
out, after which 1t goes to the pockets
The smaller sizes pass into the main
screen, thence TO the Sldle plCheTS anu
down into the pockets.
In what is termed the wet room, the
| fine coal in the bottom of the cars Is
prepared for market. 1t first passes
| through the mud screens to the main
screens, where a stream of water Is ap-
| piled and the egg coal separated. The
separated egg coal is picked and then
passes down to the pockets. The stove
coal and some smaller sizes from the
,oil In
which are nothing more or less than me-
chanical washers. Their action is much
| like the old fashioned up and down churn
| dasher There is constant stream CT
water on the coal and the up and down
action sifts the dirt from the coal There
are four jigs for the stove, four for the
nut, two for the pea and two for the buck
wheat sizes. After leaving the jigs this
coal is picked and then goes to the pock-
cts. The bony coal from the pickers and
| jigs runs to a set of rolls where II is
crushed into quite small sizes. Directly
beneath these rolls is another set of rolls
much finer. After passing through there
ii is elevated to the screens and after GO
ing through the different processes finds
its way to the pockets.
The belt room is located in the center
of the breaker, and through this room
runs the great belt to the main shafting
where the power is separated and con-
yeyed by smaller belts to the different
pieces of machinery. The engine room
is located in the center of the breaker or
| the ground floor. The motive powe.
which drives all the machinery of the
breaker is a large 20 by 4S inch stroke ell,
gine. The steam to run this engine Ii
conveyed by means OF a siX-inch pipe
from the boilers located at the shaft
1000 feet away. The jigs are run by q
smaller engine, located in the west side
of the breaker, and another engine ::
used to hoist the coal up the plane.
The new breaker is ohe of the larges
and finest in the valley. 1t is built OF pint
and hemlock. The capacity is 1900 ton!
whereas the old breaker only had a ca
pacity of 1000 tons. About 600 men will
be employed about the breaker and mines
be employed.
According to the New York Journal ]
Pierpont Morgan will equip the nine rail
roads which he controls with the third
rail system of electric propulsion, doin!
away with steam entirely. He is largel!
interested in the General Electric com
pany The Journal says: More than q,
900 miles of railroads come within tn
scope of Mr.. Morgan's great plan, stretch
ing from Boston to Portland, Oregon, an
in the south to Florida and Mississippi
These roads, together, represent capital
iZation of 81, ole, $50 259. With the eXcep
tions of the New York Central and New
Haven roads they can only be sure diVi
dend payers by the strictest economy o
operation. BY the Introduction of tn
third rail- system, Mr.. Morgan propose
to bring about an easy reduction in tn
running expenses sufficient for dividend
and a sinking fund to discharge the cos
of the Improvement. Roughly estimated
the cost of electrical equipment on thi
q, ,367 miles of road will be S547, 900. .
this amount the New York Central witt
its 52S0 miles, will bear Sl05, co., ,0O0 and tn
New Haven, 2,O2S miles, S4O46O,00O. III
cost of equippiEg other roads will be
Erie, S,77 miles, $745O,OOO; Philadelphi
and Reading, 1877 miles, $25, ,54O,0OO; Lehig
Valley, 1884 miles, $5S,SSS,OOO; Southern
railway, 4,752 miles, $95. .0i0,0 900; Northern
Pacific, 4346 miles, $685. 900; Big -Four
2435 miles, S4S,70O,OO0 and the Chesapeak
and Ohio, &3 miles, &,2l5,OOO. Practically
the whole Of this amount-S5i7, $40 OOO-wi
pass through the treasury of Mr.. Nor
gan's electrical works, leaving there 4
the shape of manufacturers profit 25 pc
cent, or $l36, 900. The patents for tn
system which Will bring in this princel
revenue are valued now at $4,000. 900. Blu
this direct profit is not the only gain tina
will fan to the lot of Mr.. Morgan. Gen
eral Electric stock is now quoted at 3S5i
1t will be worth 300 Mr.. Morgan and hi
associates control $25, 100000 worth of tn
stock. the market value Of which is S.
100000. The gain there will be $66 $50 OOl
This S65, $50, 600, added to the direct man
ufacturer's profit of Sl36, ,SS5,0 900, will brin
the total profit up to $203, 135, 900, to sa
nothing of the increased earnings of tn
railroads in which Mr. Morgan has con
troll, or of the commissions which tina
astute financier will earn in floating tn
$500 100000 of new equipment bonds, essen
| tial to the deal"