Live News of the Industrial World Coal and steel actions cited
Reports of fires at Kingston Coal Company mine and Carnegie Steel buying old steel rail. Delaware and Hudson expanding with a monster pump at New Castle tin plate mill. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western board listing for Friday February 9 includes detailed shifts for Wildcats South and North, Puller and Pusher crews, and passenger engine schedules with named operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston Coal Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Old Steel Raile
Delaware and Hudson Company
Hudson
New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad Coal and Coke Shipment Report
The Pennsylvania railroad reports coal and coke movements east of Pittsburg and Erie for the week ending February 5 1900 and for the year 1900 to date. Comparisons are drawn with the same period in the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Erie
Near Fire at No 3 Mine Kingston Coal Company
A close call at Kingston Coal No 3 mine occurred Wednesday around 6 am when an oil house caught fire. Samuel Harrison flagged the alarm as flames engulfed the shaft foot. firemen and workers battled smoke and falling debris to extinguish the blaze. The oil house, mine cars, and timberwork were burned. An employe entering for oil with a naked lamp started the fire, prompting brave efforts by several workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston Coal Company
Samuel Harrison
Wilkes-Barre Tecord
Carnegie Steel Buys 20000 Tons Old Rails For Open Hearth Needs
Over six weeks Carnegie Steel has contracted 20000 tons of old rails at 26 to 27.50 per ton for delivery by July. The move reflects a belief of a looming open hearth material shortage as new furnaces rise in the Pittsburgh district increasing demand for scrap and rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
Pittsburg
United Power buys Schuylkill Valley system in rail merger
The United Power and Transportation company has purchased the Schuylkill Valley traction system and will operate it jointly with Chestnut Hill and Norristown Passenger Railway. The deal includes £100,000 income bonds and 4.0 of 10,000 shares, expanding lines to Collegeville and potentially Reading, with other holdings in Teading Chester Wilmington and Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Power and Transportation Company
Schuylkill Valley
Chestnut Hill and
Norristown
Philadelphia
Collegeville
Reading
Teading
Chester
Wilmington
Del
Wilkes-Barre
Tin plate mills reach fifty in New Castle region
For the first time since the tin plate industry began in New Castle, fifty tin plate mills are now in operation. The New Castle works contribute twenty mills, with Shenango's facilities adding the remainder as the local industry expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Shenango
Large pumps and power cuts mark Delaware coal region
Works with 30 mills are in full operation. previously no more than 40 mills ran at once. Dismantling at Delano and Hasleton shops of Lehigh Valley Railroad completed and most workers laid off except four. In Delaware mine at Hudson a massive eighty seven ton Monarch pump from Jeansville Iron Co. is being installed, one of the largest in the anthracite fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano
Hasleton
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Hagleton Sentinel
Delaware
Delaware and Hudson
Hudson
Jeansville Iron Company
Endorsement Debate Shapes Nonpartisan Judiciary Issue
A heated meeting of the bar discusses nonpartisan judiciary aims and minority representation. Statements from Fix Willard and others push for a governor appointment reflecting bar sentiment, with ballots, resolutions, and transmission of the proceedings to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Vaukhan
Stone
James Mahon
Washington
JT. P. Hoban
Torrey
E. J. Newcomb
M. W. Lowry
W. H. Gearhart
Major Penman
Penman
Sills
Gearhart
Cornelius Comegys
Holgate
Jessup
Bar
Newcomb
Burns
O'Malley
John M. Harris
Comegys
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D. L. & W. Board
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Board
Wildcats
South
J. Brock
Fa. m
Mccarthy
G. Wallace
Moe. Binge
M—J. Rowe
W. D. Warfel
W. A. Bartholomew
E. Ketchum
Kearney
P. Gilligan
J. Mecie
G.m
J. Ginley
W. HH. Utihotomon
F. Hallett
D. Wallace
A. Polhamus
V. Colvin
D. Fipuererber
Iem
Merane
Warrick
Puller
south—Martin
M. Moran
M. Murphy
C. Cawley
North
J. FE. Master
O. Randolph
Kelly
Mr. Zimmerman
St A. Zimmerman
D. B. Replogle
House
BR. OF. Ackerly
Ackerly
John G. McAskie
J. E. Watkins
Gunster
MR. Hoban
I. H. Burns
Mr. Newcomb
L. M. Bunnell
United Action
H. C. Reynolds
MR. O'Malley
Bar Association
Crawford
Crabshaw
California
Fila Syrup Co
Hamors
Bes
Old Dominion Line
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Richmond
Virginia
North Carolina
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
North River
New York
H. B. Walker
J. J. Brown
Mount Pleasant Coal
Connell Building
Mount Pleasant Coal CO
Ericocele
Kirletare
Scranton’s Shopping Center
Connolly & Wallace
the Dickson Manufacturing Co
Scranton
Wilkes Larre
General Office
Scranton, Pa
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues
Oriental
Wilton
Axminster
Carpets
Wyoming Avenue
Third National Bank
United States
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Densten
Spruce St
Temple Court Building
Florey & Brooks
Washington Ave
Laplin & Rand Powder CO
Repauna Chemical
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