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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1899
Page
4
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces retirement for all employees aged 70 and over, affecting 950 men. Last day of work set for December 23. Pension details: 1 percent of average monthly pay per year of service, based on last ten years, plus optional relief fund supplements. Office at Broad Street station handles pensions.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will pension off 90 veterans who last work December 1. The move extends to Northern Central, Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore, West Jersey and Seashore, and Philadelphia and Camden Ferry employees. Eligible are 65 to 69 year olds with 30+ years service who are physically disqualified. A pension board, led by the president, will oversee the department, with officers named by the boards of the partner companies. Those who reach 70 by January 1, 1900 will retire and be pensioned on the first of the following month.
Wayne county court last week heard a suit by William Leipe’s heirs for 15000 against an Erie Railroad design brake. Leipe, a brakeman, sat on an adjustable brake wheel on a foreign car and fell beneath the train. Plaintiffs allege an obsolete brake and improper instruction. defendants say the brake was common and fatality arose from improper use. Judge Purdy granted compulsory consult. Lawyers listed.
Second Vice President Young of the Delaware and Hudson Canal company states overs have been placed for forty two locomotives of the latest type at about five hundred thousand dollars and for four hundred freight cars at a cost of four million dollars. Next year the Pennsylvania railroad will invest more in improvements than ever before, purchasing many new cars and locomotives and upgrading several terminals. Cold weather halts work west of Havre on the Great Northern, with limited progress to keep the line operable. Forty miles of track are laid between Havre and the Rockies, with extensive roadbed, ballast, bridge, and culvert upgrades. On the Cascade division fourteen miles of track are being laid and altered to remove curves and avoid bridges.
Readers express opinions under a Tribune heading, with authors named but no responsibility assumed by the paper. Letters are published when accompanied by the writer's name.
A poorly written unsigned piece by three high school boys provokes a school assembly confrontation. The students failed to back the principal’s reception, leading to outbursts by self described “Belligerents” and resulting in lost pennies and damaged reputations.
The letter challenges claims of a Ring ruling Scranton High School noting no belligerents held posts for three years, praising school movements and criticizing opposition. Edward Kirkbride and John A. Horan signers deny disruption and assert ring alignment with teachers and officials.
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