Soft coal measure delayed in councils amid electric light clash
In a select council meeting the soft coal abatement ordinance faced third reading delay as opposition grows over electric light funding and city projects. Fire department work to rebuild the General Phinney engine triggered debate and procedural rulings, while paving and sewer bids and other ordinances moved on.
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Select Council
Fire Department Committee
Potect Council
Hache
Chittenden
Wagter
Roche
Lackawanha Loon and Steel Company
Dickson Company
Wagner
Moneurerie
Lansing
New York Board of Health
Soft Pont Boon Usd
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Iron and Steel
Buch
Ince
Rovhe
McCann
Melvin
Lehigh Valley names successor as maintenance head
Richard Caffrey resigns as general engineer of maintenance of way effective December 1. G W Berg of Jersey City will succeed him. The Lehigh Valley Coal company will take North Ashland colliery after January 1, previously run by Reading and part of the Girard estate. The Readings lost money after a decade of profit, and Lehigh plans to ship coal to Continental mine. A coal store debt dispute in Sullivan county ends favoring miner Thomas Gildea after questions about double standard pricing. A New York Wyoming and Western railroad engineers group surveys Pike county routes for a new coal road to tidewater, visiting Milford and other sites. Ravine mine cooling continues after fire with water, keeping temperatures near normal. Changes in Lehigh Valley Coal foremen assignments follow the new Prospect breaker and Exeter colliery openings. The railroad plans double tracking over Wilkes-Barre mountain. officials dispute immediacy due to cost and safety concerns.
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Richard Caffrey
Lehigh Valley Railroad
G. W. Berg
Jersey City
Webster
My. Caffrey
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
North Ashland
Reading
Girard Estate
Lehigh
Continental
Ashland
Sullivan County
Bernive Coal Company
Thomas Gildea
Comany
Gildea
Act of Assembly
New York, Wyoming and Western Railroad
Pike County
Berunton
Tidewater
Hudson
Co. W. Courtright
Twelve Mile Pond
Nichocronk Lake Villa
Milford
Crizemean House
Thuymondiskill
Sussex County
N. J
Gadie
Pittieton
Lehigh Vatley Coal Company
Prospect
North Wilkesbarre
Edward Smith
Murtby
John HH. Keeler
Exeter
West Pittston
Keeler
Robert Nesbitt
Lehigh Valley Rilroad
Wilkes-Barre
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
Possible New Coal Operation at Fishbach Tract Spurting Interest
A Pottsville paper reports interest in a Fishbach upper-end coal tract Schuylkill County with bore hole tests conducted last year. Daniel Williams of Scranton, a coal operator and relative of the Williams political family, is seen researching the site with other prominent miners. While some doubt new works due to car market conditions, others predict opening the tract and building a breaker in coming years, citing profitable investments and existing nearby operations.
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Fishbach
Schuylkill County
Pottsville
Daniel Willams
Scranton
Park Tetel
Terins
Minky Towel Mtr
Willams
Ie Company
Pishbach
Williams
Hiner
Potteville
Wililaine
Miners Journal
Auestion
Fiehbach
Willaims Woll
Willaine
Chat
Con. Kheeemon Alerpun 6
Williefuerre
Wworlthy Ines
Heresty
Daniel Williwarm
Congressmin
Willams Haa Ald Utth
Biin
Stere
Willan
Philadel
Fishhoch
Elena
Phitteville
Js Altor
Pring and Goo Management
Weer
Anhems
Beginning of Our Navy in Late 19th Century Speeches
In a New York Chamber of Commerce address, Alexander J Onr notes that William Witwer helped lay the new navy foundations under Secretary Arthur, not Whitney or Chandler. He cites first steel-ship outs under the 1885 act, listing Chicago Boston Atlanta Dolphin and subsequent cruisers and monitors built or authorized, highlighting their armor and armament.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alexander J. Onr
William ©. Witwer
Haber
New
Ave
Whitney
Chandler
Cleveland
Arthur
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Dolphin
Naval Advisors Board
Hows Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Newark
Charleston
Yorktown
Petre
Puritan
Tone
Land Amphitrite
Terror
Ground floor remodeled into pleasure resort store
The text announces a full ground floor remodel featuring oak fixtures and a mahogany vestibule with about 120 feet of plate glass windows. It describes the store as a pleasure resort where customers may spend time whether buying or not and emphasizes a welcoming atmosphere.
Opening Night Celebration Promises Free Entertainment
Everyone is invited to attend a grand opening event featuring free entertainment and a welcoming atmosphere. No goods will be sold during the event and attendees are urged to come and enjoy a full evening of festivities from start to finish.
Festival of Music List from Georgia Camp Meeting
A Georgia camp meeting program lists selections and medleys including The Idol's Eye Rosalind Macbeth Forget Me Not The Bride and Jolly Night. The lineup features overtures melodies and intermezzos with a final Medley.
New Departments Open With Holiday Candy Selection
New department promises purity and high quality confections. Main Floor Left Aisle near entrance features a large 100000 holiday presents range and easy choosing. Main Floor Center offers further selections for shoppers in Scranton.
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Scranton
Foundations of a Navy Built Under Arthur and Chandler
The article recounts how the United States, lacking prior steel ships and wrecking gear, founded key ordnance facilities in Washington and Watervliet. It notes Secretary Whitney advancing naval power, speed, armor clads, and torpedo development, with battleships and cruisers following latently from the Arthur presidency and Chandler secretaryship, shaping early U.S. naval construction.
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Niki
Bert Yomal
Thomas
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Sven
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Eleanor
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New Providence
Common Council
Providence Road
North Main Avenue
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First Ward
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T. H. O'Mara
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Jackson
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Monroe Avenue
Oldwan
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Quincey
Fine
Mytile Streets
Ninth Ward
Elect
Wheeler Avenue
Pine Street
Gibson Aspect
Oxford Street
Fifth Ward
Ninth
Meridian Streets
Daniel Williams
The
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Silks
Daylight Department
Pennsylvania
Bauer
Stationery Department
Wee Resse
Walton Holmen
Tarbert
Walta
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Elmore
Rosalind
Georgia
von Bouba
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Tropic
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Ordnance Fac
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American Steel Works
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New York
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