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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
2
The item lists railway and coal industry updates including orders issued, weed out of imitation railroad men, Schuylkill coal mine improvements, and C B & L railroad discoveries. It also details the Tr rt T W board makeup for February 1 with multiple names and timed shifts, and notes passenger engines and Wildcats North operations.
General Passenger Agent Lee of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western issues a circular to ticket agents. It requires a minimum one dollar fee for transporting a corpse between stations, with the person in charge holding a regular first-class ticket. If the local fare is under one dollar, a local ticket marked corpse is used. if the destination fare is one dollar or more, regular local fares apply with one corpse ticket reported.
The notice, issued by Superintendent A C Bulsbury, requires from Feb 22 that all wild cat or irregular trains on the Northern Southern and Bloomsburg divisions display two white flags by day and two white lights by night on the front of engines. The rule does not apply to engines operating within yard Mmite.
John H. Moon of Portland Oregon exhibits a working passenger and freight elevator at 40 Washington Avenue in a store room. He aims to form a stock company to market his invention claiming it locks securely in the shaft if the cable breaks and automatically opens and closes shaft doors at each floor.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co undertakes improvements to its mines in Schuylkill. At Good Spring a new slope is sunk at a cost of 120000. A shaft at Lincoln is being sunk to drain water.
The article describes openings in a mine drying with pumps, a 960 foot shaft costing 50 000, and a Brookside shaft to 1000 feet at about 100 000. It will be a three‑way shaft with two coal hoisting compartments and a water drainage shaft for the entire mine.
Reading and Lebanon division train and engine crews are being tested on the book of rules by experienced officials. Examinations require exact knowledge of timetable language and rules, with failure to demonstrate proficiency barring work until ready.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad plans about two million dollars in grades and curves work on the Chicago to Omaha line. In Ta Home a bridge foundation excavation revealed a T shaped bone three feet high and four feet eight inches wide found fifteen feet below the river bed. Experts say the bone likely belongs to a prehistoric mastodon.
Fred Emery of Dickson avenue has devised an automatic air-brake controller for trains using a chain connection between the valves of the howe-link. The invention eliminates pipe leaks when brakes are released and reduces delay in resuming motion. Emery’s application has been tested and deemed highly important for steam air-brake systems. he plans to secure letters patent.
Pittsburg February 14 The Pittsburg Times reports reliable sources say Baltimore and Ohio officials will announce a substantial wage increase for all engineers on the system. The new schedule may take effect March 18 affecting about 3000 workers and including overtime and extra service concessions beyond the hourly rise.
Articles of incorporation filed for a Alaska company named National Cape Nome Gold Mining and Transportation with capital of 6000 dollars. The firm’s purpose covers mining transportation merchandising and dealing in property in Alaska.
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