The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-22

into two districts in 1895, and that the division
OF the population between the three district.
will be a. nearly equal ss geographical condi.
tions will permit. IL is further observable that
the three districts comprise the three great
centers OF population OF the state to wit; The
Eastern district being the maritime district;
| the western district, the bituininou, coal dis.
trict; the middle district, the snthracite coal
district
The proposed district Is more populous than
such important states ss Maine. New HAMPSHIRE
Vermont Connecticut, New jersey Maryland
| West Virginia, South Carolina, Minnesota, Ne
| brsska, Kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas
| and California, to say nothing Of others OF
lesser note. It Is nearly, II not quite, as large
| as Virginia, North Carolins. Georgia, Wisconsin,
! Iowa. Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee; with
regard to which it Is to be noticed that Ala.
bama and Tennessee have each three districts;
while Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Car.
! olina, South Carolina, Virginia and West vr.
ginia have each two, and the others, one each,
| while Florida, with population of but 800 ,22
--one.twelfth OF that OF Pennsylvania, and one.
| fourth that of the proposed di,trict--is accom-.
modated with two
| The new court is 10 meet at three points in
the district, Scranton. Harrisburg and Williams.
4 port. This is for the accommodation of the
| three different centcrs ot population and com.
mcrcial activity whica are found within it, liar.
hitherto been part Of the eastern district, and
| has had no federal court; but congress as long
| ago as lss2 recognized that IL eventually would
| have, and in erecting the federal building at
! that city provided commodious court room
| and Offices Tor il. Williamspcrt has had ees.
| sions OF the federal court since 1894, and the
| burdens transacted there has more than justified
| their establishment at It.. Scranton, in the great
| northeastern section, is the center Of the an.
| thracitc coal interests, and the attendant indus
| tries, and around it Is found population Of
hully hall million people. 10000 Of which are
| in the city alone. The state courts In the an.
| thracite region are crowded with business a
| considerable portion OF which, with proper fa-
| cilities, would find its way into the federal
| courts. The United States courts have been ap.
| pointed TO sit here once a year since 1855, but
there have been serious interruptions at times in
the sessions OF the circuit court, ov ing to the
| engagements Of Judge Achcson elsewhere, as al.
| ready noted The records Of that court for the
| last five years show the following work accoIn-
| plished;
RECORDS OF COURT
| March term, ls9j Court in session ten days,
| all OF which was given to the trial OF the case
| VI Anna Dickinson. Five other cases wera con.
| tinued untried.
March term, 1896. Court in session ave days
| one tried. Six continued.
| March term, 1897. Court in session ten DAYS.
| Anna Dickinson retired, and two other
cases Sixteen cases continued.
March term. 1898 Court in session seven days.
-Four cases tried by Burlington, j., in absence
| rL.o -, ot,,l
| N,roh ,nr,, 1900 ,,o,,r, :, .,s,io, s;x ao,s
| TIL 80 ,r;,, eo - ,,a, ,tiuaa ,,,, asso.
discontinued. At this term the case Of the
| Traders National bank ". The Fidelity Casualty
| company. suit on the bonds OF the cashier OF
| t,isd ~ pi,,shrr,, to t,,c grcof inconysniencs
| ~ th. n,r,ia, q I,rao n,,r,ar ., ,Io hoai., -
| ,h, RI ho;,,- -a,,,irod 60 ~, ta,,on ,ho, d,.
| t',,ol' sa,, .,',. 80 .,,r,,I'a w 'o" ''"' WIS
| March term, 1900 Court in session ten days
| Two cases tried by Burlington J. Eight cases
| continued, one reminded and two non.prosscd
| One Of the cases tried at this term was that OF
| Martin Vs. the Delaware and Hudson railroad, in
| which the Jury gave q verdict Of $4,000, the
| largest ever rendered in Pennsylvania for per.
| sonal injuries
The worl, so summarized. it is 10 be rcmem.
| bcrcd was the civil work alone and was in addi.
| tion TO that done by the district court which
| has Jurisdiction in criminal cases ONLY The
| record Of the latter is in Pittsburg and is not
| accessible at this writing. On the docket of the
| circuit court at Scranton there now appear -
| civil eases demanding disposition and cases
| In comfy. At this single poiut in the district
|
there is thus a full years work ahead for any one
| indigo in civil matters alone. TO cav nothing OF
| the criminal work and the work TO be articiplted
| in the rest of the proposed district. No scs.
| sions OF the court having ever been held at
| Harrisburg the Vor, 10 he cxpcctcd there can
oulv he estimated. but II is safe to say that
il will he considerable, a large amount of which.
on account Of its being the capitol of the state,
will be suits in which corporations are interested
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| interstate ule.tions which the United States.
| rather than fine state courts ne now; should
| handle
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