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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
8
A coal train stood on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western main track with no flag out. Conductor Frank Nauman Jud Cope and Jay Stanton were discharged after a near rear end collision during an argument over train No 12's daily schedule.
Conductors on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western road are notified that delays due to engines not ready will be charged to conductors. If any engine is not at the coal routes fifteen minutes before departure, conductors must report to Superintendent Salisbury with the cause of the delay.
Passenger train No. 6 of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad ran an hour twenty minutes late yesterday afternoon, failing to reach the city by 3 30 p m and arriving near 6 o'clock. The delay followed a breakdown on the Buffalo division with an engine left at Elmira after swapping engines at Elmira and Scranton.
S J McKean is named assistant yardmaster in the Keyser Valley district of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad He will command all engines trains and crews in that district under the orders of the trainmaster and the general yardmaster.
Railroad men protest a rule by major lines setting the age for new employees at twenty five. Lehigh Valley engines require two men, creating a fireman shortage as older brakemen cannot be hired. Officials may discuss the measure at the next union meeting.
The article reports color changes for Delaware and Hudson passenger coaches to olive green, a new powerful Mogul locomotive built by Brooks for Tinels Central weighing 32 200 pounds with tender 364 900, and trains carrying 2 000 tons. It also notes Pennsylvania railroad laying 200 miles of oak ties, cross-country tie distribution, and a rail crossing electric signal device. It ends with entertainment details about Charles Hartley the ventriloquist, a Merle concert, and Dr John B DeMotte's lecture on Python Exes and the American Boy.
The Philadelphia and Reading Tail Way company struggles moving coal trains to Philadelphia and east. The Shamokin line is clogged with freight, delaying service as motive power equipment improves and cars remain scarce, leaving idle collieries on Saturday.
The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad reportedly issued orders banning decorative shirts, ties, collars, and cuffs for uniformed staff. Black polished shoes become mandatory, coats are toned and caps must avoid any rakish suggestion.
All Lehigh Valley trainmen have been notified that they must provide sufficient ventilation in passenger coaches to afford comfort to passengers.
The final afternoon features Mixes McCloskey on The World's Masterpieces of Painting with notes on Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Rubens. Dr Schaeffer and Dr Mawry prepare geography and island life talks. A large audience fills the High School auditorium for an Orpheus Club concert.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Rail way announces a new tourist car service with a sleeping car and courier for travelers to Colorado Utah Nevada and California. Departs Friday nights from Chicago Union Station via Omaha and Salt Lake City with berths for two at six dollars from Chicago to California. John F Pott district passenger agent 100 Chestnut Street Philadelphia pa invites inquiries.
Records show multiple marriage licenses including George J. Long of 414 Wyoming Ave and Rose C. Farrell, with additional entries for Stanley Heros in Dunmore, Julia Wenda in Privueblurg, Frank Janvers, Annan Roman, Robt Hiefenberg of Irving Ave Wheeber, Parnes of Exeter Court, Phillip Etkin in Dunmore, and Nora Taught.
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