Lackawanna Proposes Grade Crossing Elimination and Rail Upgrades
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad plans extensive improvements in the coming year. They will remove several grade crossings in northern Jersey and elevate tracks in Newark, with new bridges and heavier structures to support larger freight cars. The project aims to modernize lines from South Orange to Milburn and add forty locomotives and many freight cars, alongside upgrading freight facilities and reducing street-level conflicts.
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Lackawanna Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Jersey
Philadelphia Fess
New Jersey
Newark
Vty
Pennsylvania Railround
Jersey Central Railroad
Jersey Central
Jneally
Delawars, Lackawanna Wil Western Railroad Company
Poennsylvania Railroad Company
Odmire
South Orange
Milburn
Wildcats South and North Crew List for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western board for Friday January 28 1900 lists personnel for the Wildcats South and North crews with station times and assignations. Key names include Bennett Hallett Mosier Wanda Bevor Miller Thurkhart Cavanaugh Bush Devine McGovern Hill Castner Kinkeles Ministers Cournody Randolph Dowden and others. The notes record passenger engines and pulling trains with exact timings.
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Wildcats
South
Man
E. Bennett
M. Hallett
Mosier
Bartholomew's
DL T. Fellows
George Wanda
Bevor
Th Miller
Thurkhart
P. Cavanaugh
Finerty
T. Rwharts
J. Bush
Devine
Browk
A. Gerrity
Mt. McCarthy
G. Wale
Jace
W. A. Thirthelomew
Nortil Ha. Om
Hill
Fa. m
K. Castner
la. m
Kinkeles
Steel association receives full 189% production and pig iron stocks
The American Iron and Steel Association has obtained from manufacturers complete statistics of the production of all kinds of pig iron in the United States in 189% and full statistics of the pig iron on hand and for sale.
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American Iron and Steel Association
United States
Pig Iron Production and Stocks in the 1890s
Data shows 21 states produced pig iron in 1890, 19 in 1897 and 1898, Minnesota and North Carolina joining later. Total 1899 output reached 11 620 703 gross tons, with half-year splits of 6.289 million and 7.108 million tons. Bessemers and basic pig iron figures, ferromanganese, charcoal pig iron, and December stocks are listed with year comparisons.
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Minnesota
North Carolina
Lst
Bessemer
Dei
Jui Ou
Coal Dust Damages Prompt Lawsuits Against Breakers
Wealthy Pittston resident Thomas Maloney built a new mansion near a coal breaker and was quickly blackened by coal dirt. He sued and recovered damages. Colonel Wt Harvey of Wilkes-Barre won $2,100 against the Susquehanna Coal Company of Nanticoke. The industry faces renewed calls for relief as breakers glow with rising costs and controversy.
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Maloney
WT. Harvey
Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Nanticoke
Ceal
Coal shipments surge as rail traffic expands regionwide
Seventy five trains departed this week from Wide Alte Sehuylkill Haven and Toe Mia amid large storage yards at Landingville and Asiy emptied by shipments. Passenger crews covered extra runs after regular schedules. Talks of a strike have ceased.
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Sehulykill
Sinty
Wide Alte
Sehuylkill Haven
Toe Mia
Landingville
Asiy
Miners at Lanes Colliery Strike for Higher Wages
A small group of nippers at the Lanes colliery Plymouth in the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal companys walked out Wednesday for higher wages. Reinforcements from state pickers arrived Thursday. No suspension of work occurred. At the Baltimore mine some men favor returning to work while others remain firm. A conference with officials is likely in a day or two.
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Lanes
Plymouth
Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre
Baltimore
Fire and labor notes from the Lackawanna region
Arthur Miller of Lebanon was fined and acquitted after a Cornwall Lackawanna Iron and Steel plant fire. Coal miners in the Wyoming Valley end a ten day strike with no general walkout. Austin colliery workers near Sibley likely to return after a union dispute is settled. A Russell snow plow arrived for Lackawanna Railway use, sweeping both tracks with a massive shovel.
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Arthur Miller
Lebanon
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Cornwall
Wyoming Valley
Letters of Interest Published Under Heading
Short letters of interest will be printed when accompanied by the writer’s name. The Tribune disclaims responsibility for opinions expressed.
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the Tribune
Taylor Hose Company 1 Responds to False Rumor
John Bush foreman of Taylor, January 25, denies claims the Taylor Hose Company No. 1 plans to disband or dispose of equipment. He says the motto remains to grow fire fighting apparatus and that the old and new groups will support the borough. The German post office at Kiaohau, China, handled 0,288 letters in its first year.
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Taylor Hose Company No
Taylor
Taylor Hose Company No. 1
Nature
John Bush
Foreman
Kiaohau
China
T. Th. Jackson
O'Malley
Mayors Peculiar Annual Message Highlights Park Improvements
The mayor's annual address praises park enhancements at Noy Aug park funded by local efforts, commends Dr. Overhart and Dr. Hill, and notes improvements at Connell park. He urges higher appropriations and a streetcar line to boost South Side access while praising the Board of Health and building department for their work and city governance.
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Noy Aug Park
Overhart
Hill
Brooks & Son
Connell Park
Beranton
Street
Board of Health
Tam
Wic Red
Board
Onsht
Hie
A. A. Vosburg
Scranton
Seaboard
Dhewutiul
Knowle
Euch
Amd
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Parker
Board OF Tibalths
Scranton Library
LAW Department
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D. J. Davis
Our City
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Gusura
C. Soars
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Scranton and
Wilkes Barrera
General Office
Gail
Caperienord
Ale Pines
G. BF
Len Vieer & Wealth
Baltimore, Md
Ade
Rocker
Ca Neu
East Mountain
Lithia
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Phy
Joseph Ross
West Lackawanna Avenue
Connollyan Wallace
Scranton’s Shopping Center
Madras
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
Third National Bank
Capirac
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Davidow Bros
Lackawanna Ava
Brussels
Pilsner
V. Winth Street
Suranton, PA
Mount Pleasant Coal
Melehone
UNT Pleasant Coal CO
Densten
Spruss St
Temple Court Building
Scranton, PA
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Florey & Brooks
Washington Ave
Laplin & Rand Powder CO
Repauno Chemical Co
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