The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-14

shut down indefinitely owing to the
| lack Of sufficient skilled labor and 9TH
er minor causes.
The Northwestern has arranged to
run the new buffet smoking and library
car on its overland Limited" through
to San Francisco, instead of only to
| Salt Lake City, as at present.
A local branch of the Five States
| Milk Producers association was or
ganized recently at Athens. Fifty
| four OF the most progressive and prom
| inent farmers thereabouts were en-
rolled.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western company has decided to re-
place the bridge over the Susquehan-
ma river at Pittston with an iron and
steel structure. The change will be
made in the spring. The plans are
now in the hands of prospective bid
ders. The present bridge was built in
1874.
Joseph w. Harrison, of Mauch Chunk,
was recently promoted to the position
of assistant yardmaster to John Il. Nc
Ginley OF the Coalport yard of the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey. John
McGee was appointed assistant 10
Night Yardmastcr G. Z. Brelsford, Of
the same yard. Both are experienced
in handling trains.
Following closely upon the discovery
that hemlock timber could be used 20 Il
decided advantage in the manufacture
of print paper, comes the announce
ment that an increase of 81 per thous-
and above last years prices of $l0.50
and $1l, was decided upon by the lum-
Der manufacturers and dealers of the
state at u recent meeting.
The Rochester Railway company has
adopted a novel carrier for cigars, and
will place a number OF them in its
cars. The device is made of niclteled
tin, and has places for four cigars, the
idea being that when a man boards a
car with a lighted cigar, which he
desires to save, he can place it iTr the
carrier until he leaves the car.
a very severe and prOportionately
successful test was made on the
Honesdale standard gauge branch last
week. a train Of the standard wide
gauge coal cars was taken over the
entire road to Honesdale and back. 1t
was very stormy day and, the drifts
were pretty high along the mountain.
The trip was made in good time.
The Falls Creek Herald says the
breaking Oft of traffic arrangements
between the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg and the Philadelphia and
Erie would indicate that the latter road
has other arrangements for that Sec
tion. At any rate a gang of surveyors
from the latter roads force were at
work last week down the Allegheny
Valley road.
a difference seems to have arisen
between the farmers of Western New
York state and the Beet Sugar Refin-
ing company of Binghamton, n. y.
The farmers say they cannot afford
to raise sugar heets at the price now
quoted in the market and the Refining
company claim that the prices are high
enough now. 1t means that the same
old rate will continue, or that the re.
lining company may go into the farm
ing business themselves, or quit alto
gether.
The Philadelphia Record tells of a
railway engineer named William Blue,
who was master of locomotive No. -
one of the tlues in the boiler of his pet
engine blew out, and he was stalled,
blocking the main line. His report TO
the division superintendent was unwit-
tingly as follows: Engine two blew
out fiue: what'li 1 do? Bill Blue"
In twenty minutes Bill got this an
swcr: bill Blue: You plug that flue
i'm engine two, and pull her through,
in time to get out of the way of TWEEN
ty-two."
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western company is rebuilding a culm
burning locomotive at it's shops in this
city. This engine which will weigh
100 tons, will be the largest on the
Lackawanna system. The cylinders
will be 22x30 inches. The greatest di-
mensions on the locomotives now run
ming on the company's lines are 20X2i
inches. The new engine is to be a
'pusher" on coal and freight trains
climbing the heavy grade from Scran.
ton to Lehigh Summit. 1t will have q
steam pressure of 200 pounds 10 the
square inch.