The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-14
TUNKHANNocK INDUsr TRIES.
A woolen Mill and Canning Factory
Are Assured-Other Notes.
Hneclnl to the scranton Trlbune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Tunkhannock, Dec. 12.-George G..
Skinner, foreman of the Triton Hose
company, has made the following APP
pointments, which are 10 take effect
the first of January: Pipemen, Geo.
H. Mcleod w. r.. Arnts, F. II. Jen-
nings, Harold ID. Turn. Ed. Purton,
Harry Courtright, c. |. Asheld. and
Hiram Courtright; plugmcn, Arthur
+. Baldwin. II. Stanley Harding; axe
men, r. s. Brrson, o. II. Kennedy,
Walter Tewksbury, J. Howard Hun
gerford. c. L. Callahan, second assist
ant foreman. will take charge of the
hook and ladder truck and appoint his
help, which shall rot conflict with the
above appointments.
The negotiations that have been go
ing on between the owners of the bob.
hin factory and a company formed for
the purpose Of establishing woolen
mill here. has resulted IT, sale of the
spool plant to the VIC co'cn mill COM
pany The majority Of the stock in
the new concern 10 owned by the fol-
lowing gentlemen: II. w. Stark. w.
y. Keifcr. r. w. Lewis. w. G. Kilt
redgc. and X. L. NorthIop. The real
estate and building of the bobbin mill
belongs TO w. T.. Kcifcr and d. W.
Stark. The contract for the machn-
cry for the wooden mill has been let,
but II will be several months before
the new industry will be ready for
operation. The plant will probably
start about the first cf next July. 1t
is the purpose Of the company to slim
ulate the farmers in this section to
grow enough raw material to supply
the mill and keep 1t Running a good
part of the time on native grown wool.
At the first most of the raw material
will have to be shipped in. The fac
tory will employ n hundred hands.
The management will he in charge OF
the resident owners, but an expert
enced foreman will be engaged to con-
duct the inside workings Of the mill.
This is good news foc our town and
may be the means of inducing other
concerns to locate here.
The canning factory is to be pushed
along rapidly during this fine wealth
er. Hiram CourtriEht, the stone ma.
son. with q CORPS Of men is engaged
in laying out the foundations before
the ground becomes frozen, The main
part Of the building Is G0Xs4, with 4
porch extending across one sid2 IL fent
in width. and acrcss the other side
portion of the distance will be Il
porch 16 feet wide y driveway is
being laid out around the building, 50
that a load of raw material Is brought
in and weighed on one side Of the
building and ther moves on around
to the other side TO be rHloaded.
Wilbur Lott of Nicholson. was Wis
iting friends in town yesterday.
Register and Recorder w. L. Shaw
spent yesterday in WilkosBarre.
Miss Helen Lewis is home after a
three weeks trip in New York state.
During her absence she visited Mrs.
Mary Bernard. at Syracuse: Miss
Hope NorthrOp. a. oxford, ard Miss
Marian Mrtcalf at Elnira, a student
of the Female college.
Papers were signed yesterday turn
ing over the electric light company tn
the new stockholders. the majority os
whom reside in town.
Elmer l.. KOcher, Of Noxen, tax col
lcctor was down, Yesterday, settling
with the county treasurer.