This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
2
In a major railroad development L T Caunfield tonight tendered his resignation as master car builder of the Lackawanna. He will become vice president and general manager of a railway supply company with his successor yet unnamed. A conference of prominent railroad men discussed car service amid the shakeup.
Mr Canfield formally tendered his resignation to President Truesdale on December 2 and plans to become vice president and general manager of a railway supply company in New York. The resignation, not yet accepted, is expected to take effect year end. He is about 46, a native of Elizabeth Town, with a long railroad career from Big Four to Rock Island Pacific, Standard Railway Equipment, and Delaware Lackawanna and Western. He is a leading figure in the Master Car Builders association and Scranton Car Foremen group.
A meeting was held in Scranton Saturday at the office of M. B. Casey of the Lackawanna railroad. Prominent participants included A. G. Thomason from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Car Service association F. S. Jewill of the Central New York Car Service association W. P. Lincoln of the Pennsylvania railroad Elmira H. B. Titus of the Lehigh Valley railroad Auburn N Y M. H. Carey car service superintendent and J. B. Keefe Lackawanna division freight agent.
J. EB. Welsh, traveling agent for the Ontario and Western, spent yesterday in New York. W. EH. Dowle of the Lackawanna at Buffalo and W. EB. Wood of Syracuse, division freight agents, were recent callers at Lackawanna offices. J. Slocum of Pintsch Gas visited M. B. Casey, Lackawanna car service superintendent.
Company C of the Thirteenth regiment under Captain Thomas P. Murphy has issued invitations for the second military ball in the armory on New Year’s evening.
New York traders closed a tense session with a tranquil, dull mood as bank actions curb speculation. The market recovered from early losses but faced heavy liquidity needs and fears of further withdrawals, while November foreign trade data weakened the outlook and a proposed relief fund stirred debate. Total volume reached 1,000 shares. bonds were broad and steady at close.
A fragmented listing shows bids and asks for regional banks and companies, including Lackawanna Dairy Co, Scranton Savings Bank, People’s Bank, and Scranton Bolt & Nut Co, with bond notes for Scranton Passenger Railway and Street Railway mortgages. Also included are New York market quotes for grain, flour, wheat, corn, oats, butter, eggs, and dairy prices, plus local wholesale mood and agricultural items.
Chicago trading notes show quiet wheat with firm tone on bullish statistics. May futures closed higher while other grain quotes held steady or edged lower. cash prices for flour, spring wheat, corn, oats, rye, flaxseed and livestock cuts listed with varying highs and lows.
Receipts today total about 30 000 head with exports of feeder stock and steers mixed. Texas fed steers and prime heavy categories show varied prices from 5.0 to 6.2 per cwt with canners and bulls also listed. Sheep and lambs receipts near 4 000 with good to choice wethers priced around 7.40 to 9.00 and native lambs about 5.00 to 4.50 per hundredweight.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.