Reading Company to survey belt line and cut rail tickets
The article outlines plans for a belt line around Reading, surveys by the Reading Company, and commissions cut for local ticket agents of the Western Roads. It notes a new electric road in China and rail improvements along the Ebensburg branch to straighten curves and reduce wrecks. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western board composition is listed with multiple names and schedules.
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China
Reading Company
Reading
Ocompanies
Pittsburg
Eastern
Ebensburg
Kaylor Station
Commissions Cut Hit Regional Rail Ticket Agents
Ticket agents across western railroads in the region face pay cuts after western lines stopped paying commissions on eastern sold tickets. Agents relied on monthly commissions, often $50 to $100, to supplement salaries, and the change reduces earnings for many in the state.
Pennsylvania Extension to Cambria County Line
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans several improvements in Cambria County and Cambria Division including an 18 mile new survey from Wintondale with a 1 percent grade. The route will mostly avoid curves and run along the Black Lick creek. It aims to shorten the Altoona to Pittsburgh trip by nearly thirty miles.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cambria County
Cambria
Wintondale
Black Lick
Pennesylvania Railroad Company
Altoona
Northern Pacific Buys Everett and Monte Cristo Line
The Northern Pacific Railroad purchased the western section of the Everett and Monte Cristo railroad and its terminals in Everett Washington. The eight mile line from Snohomish to Everett expands NP terminals to support growing Pacific coast freight and increases direct competition with the Great Northern in Everett.
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Northern
Standard OU
Everett and
Monte Cristo
Everett
Wash
Great Northern
Snohomish
Northern Pacific
Moller Plans Electric Railway Linking Tien Tsin Foreign Quarter
Chrys Moller returns to secure equipment for an electric railway in China to connect the foreign quarter of Tien Tsin with the walled city of about 1,000,000. English and Japanese capitalists hold the franchise, the first such line in the Flowery Kingdom. The three mile route runs through a densely populated street.
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Chrys Moller
Sioux City
America
Tien Tsin
China
Flowery Kingdom
Patent safety elevator patenting stock under way in Portland
A stock company forms to manufacture a newly invented patent safety elevator by J. H. Moon of Portland Oregon. Reading advances rapid survey for a belt line around Reading. Buffalo Rochester Electric Power and Auto Co of Buffalo organizes with 5 million capital to buy locomotor patents. Edmund K. Bronner named superintendent of motive power for Michigan Central. Electro Magnetic Engine Co of Philadelphia buys a Watson patent with 1 percent stock to inventor. Automobile Manufacturing Co of New York forms with 100000 capital and buys a Gillette electric motor patent, giving inventor 1 percent. New Haven railroad pays off 2260000 in first mortgage bonds and 450000 in mortgage certificates, saving 44660 annually. Search Light Acetylene Gag Machine Co of Binghamton applies for charter, patent purchased by the above company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Moon
Portland
Oregon
Reading
Buffalo- Rochester Electric Power and Auto Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Edmund K. Bronner
Michigan Central Railroad
Robert Miller
Bronner
Michigan Central
Electro-Magnetic Engine Company
Philadelphia
P. B. Watson
Automobile Manufacturing Company
New York
M. P. Gillette
New Haven Railroad
Derby
Search Light Acetylene
Binghamton
Ships That Have Never Been Heard From Since They Sailed
Recent calamities at sea focus public attention on ships that never return. The article notes dangers of ocean travel and contrasts maritime peril with land risks, highlighting the enduring mystery and allure of vanished vessels.
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Philadelphia Press
Uscate
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D.L. and
W. Board
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Board
Wildcats, Soutn
Lam—O. Miller
Lamj. Burkhar
P. Cavansune
O. Frontfelker
McLane
Warrick
H. Bush
M. Madigan
Puller
Peckins
A. m
South
O. Barrett
M. Moran
M. Murphy
C. Cawley
McGovern
Wildcats
North, Sa. m
J. BE. Manter
1A. m
T. Doudleun
Tra C. Wrightman
Norwich
N. V
Electric Road
United States
Saratoga
Insurgent
Patrick Fletcher
Chesapeake Capes
France
Constellation
Truxton
Nevis
East Indies
Pickering
Benjamin Hillar
Guadaloupe
Ageibie
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Decatur
Algiers
John Lubrick
Washington
Levies
Neill
Drury
Yarnell
Perry
Lake Erie
Josiah Tattnell
Epervier
Straits of Gibraltar
Tattnell
Hood
Connolly and Wallace
Scranton’s Shopping Center
Scranton
Connolly & Wallace
Naton Avenue
The
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Toranton
Wilkee Marre
Ainnurkerer
General Office
Scranton, Pa
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues
Japan
Vanulty
Wyoming Avenue
Third National Bank
Depositary OF
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William i, Peck
Dey & Brooks
Densten
Spruce Street
Office Hoare
Laplin & Rand Powder Co
Repauno Chemical Co
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