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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1900
Page
2
The article highlights new rolling stock arriving for the Central Railroad of New Jersey and explains electricity’s role in modern industry. It discusses heat, steam engines, and the evolution toward electric heating and cooling technologies, noting advances like electric fusing and wiring for welds.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey daily receives its large hog engines from Brooks Locomotive Works at Dunkirk New York. For nearly three weeks engines arrive daily on orders for fifty. about thirty have been received to date.
After the busy season, many broken lots across all lines are offered at plainly marked prices to move stock quickly. Some sizes are limited or missing, and some lots are so small they can’t sell fast, prompting the store to host the sale to clear inventory.
The Central reports arrivals yesterday numbered 44 and 465. It has also produced forty gondolas and forty coal cars, sent to Ashios for distribution to various mines and yards.
Report from the London Tron and Steel Institute cites M Adolph Greiner on tests of a bilge blowing engine at Seraing fed by blast furnace waste gasses. The engine achieved 36 percent of theoretical heat to work, far above typical steam and mowing engines, with 670 to 725 indicated horsepower in testing and plans for a German plant targeting 1200 horsepower.
Delaware Lackawanna and Western timetable lists Wild Cats South at 10.30 pm and Wild Cats North at 6 am among a busy day of passenger trains. Other notes reference towns Kelcham Gardots McLane Nichols and Puller times and various train connections.
A Scranton meeting discussed a communication from the Anatomical Board of Pennsylvania requiring that all unclaimed bodies be sent to the state board under the state anatomy law. The board endorsed enforcing the rule to end burial of unknown corpses at county expense, with transport and custody covered by the bond and penalties for noncompliance. The secretary A Mewson conveyed the message urging local poor directors to comply while noting costs for transportation and storage will be borne by the board.
The regular routine busts were conducted with the usual number of applicants for aid. Needy conditions were examined by the board.
Marristarg reports Mark Thomms More and William Simim of Payotte cents had sentences set for July 1% and were respited to August 14 respectively, delaying execution of their penalties.
Thirty new vestibule coaches were purchased for the splen did Royal Mue Line running between New York Philadelphia and Washing ton. Parlor cars have also been received. The Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain awards the Mosemer medal to M. Henri de Wendel for extensive research into phosphorus high iron ores.
In Philadelphia the thirtieth annual convention of the National German Teachers Association featured papers by Professor A Woospan hoofd of Washington TR on The First Steps of German Instruction in the High Behe and Professor Jacopl Krag of Cleveland on Intellectual Training for Teacher. Tretoseny Th M Ferret of Allegheny Pa is listed among attendees.
Hardlare Clarke of this city was today reappointed by Governor Stone as a member of the state pharmaceutical examining board.
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