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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1895
Page
2
Routine house and senate actions unfold as a Quay County bill nears third reading. Provisions include liquor sales after 7 pm on election day, required bonds for license officials, and penalties for minors misrepresenting age. A remonstrance rule requires open court testimony and cross examination.
Harrisburg March 23 The house resumed consideration of Senator Kline’s bill on new counties and debated amendments to the Brooks high license bill. Provisions set license fees by class, inspector salaries, and sale hours. a Harvey measure to widen wagon tires passed. street and alley power for municipalities was refined and the bill on street railways moved to second reading.
Peter Ace buys scattered stone from the Hiwke mill site now at Nicholson for building. Turnpike street from the school to Swale Brook bridge to be macadamized and raised. Plus local notices include petty court matters, elections in Tunkhonnunk, and a banquet at Keeler House honoring Nelson Lee.
Martin Stanton aged 19 dies at his parents home on Main Street after a prolonged illness. Funeral Thursday at 9 from St Josephs Church with high requiem mass. interment in Minooka Catholic Cemetery. A wedding at Mrs Johns home Rendhim featured William Helyer and Ella Johns with Rev Miller officiating. Guests praised gifts and well wishes.
Mrs Frank Gratton visited Binghamton friends yesterday. Superintendent A B Gellat of New Milford was in town. John Davis pastor of the Baptist church assists at evangelistic meetings in Bimba. Charles Read of Montrose visits his father Benjamin. Adams of the Railroad Y M C A will occupy the Baptist pulpit Sunday. Lamb is recovering at Front street home. Bankers rents Ross block store on Main street formerly James Davis hardware.
Paul Millepaugh of Tihaca named division ticket agent for Lae high Valley system with territory from Towanda to Geneva and Auburn. Ventilation shaft at Wilkes-Barre boundary completed for Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal No. 1 colliery. Reading railroad coal shipments last week total 24,082 tons, up from last year. year to date up 2,800 tons. New schedule of percentages likely at anthracite presidents meeting. possible April production restrictions or alternate weeks. Robert Challis of Wilkes-Barre patents a new indicator for shaft and slope positions. Inversion noted at Red Ash No. 1 colliery already observed.
The No 3 breaker at Delaware and Hudson’s Boston Hill Plymouth Junction will be replaced by a largely fireproof wooden frame structure clad with galvanized iron. New coal pockets, a 19 foot long front, and 24 pockets are planned below the roundhouse as work begins at Coxton. Coal deliveries show steep margins, with freight rates from mines to Boston totaling about 210 per ton after deductions. Wilkes-Barre and Lehigh Valley Coal Co rail and washer upgrades loom large, including a major remodel at the Exeter breaker and a new 400 foot winding system. A vast washer, conveyors, trestles, and culm handling plan mark preparation of chestnut, poplar, buckwheat, and rice coal before refining.
Speculation in New York shares was subdued as anthracite coal presidents met to decide policy. Trading volume totaled about 10,000 shares with declines in Lackawanna and Jersey Central, and mixed moves across rail and sugar sectors. Prices for active stocks were reported by The Tribune. New Produce Market notes varied for wheat and corn.
An unclear public notice offers exhibitions and lectures on any subject. It mentions a powerful device, two volume works, prepaid delivery, and reasonable prices. The text references a station agent, a publisher, and various generic promotional items.
Classified query batch shows multiple positions from typewriter to milliner and housework, plus numerous rental offerings on Wyoming Avenue Lackawanna Avenue and Cedar Avenue. Also contains notices of building for rent, small ads for real estate, and legal/partnership changes in Scranton Pa.
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