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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1899
Page
2
An order regarding reports conductors must file is issued. Ivo Market remains quiet as Sparks Brothers start work on a new lumbar project. Numerous entries list engines, trains, and personnel such as W. H. Nichols, D. Wallace, and J. V. Sayles on train 4 tonight.
An order was issued yesterday affecting the Delaware Lackawanna and Western lines. The document references measures to remove certain obstacles and includes names such as Hamilton and Sullebury with the superintendent noted, detailing enforcement steps.
May Adime has been appointed Travelling Passenger Agent of the Lackawanna with headquarters at 264 Exchange Place New York City. He has twenty years experience in railroad service and eight years in government positions. He previously served in prominent roles including general baggage duties.
The text notes a series of career changes for railway officials. One executive leaves the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf railway in Denver to become Travelling Passenger Agent of the Lehigh Valley in New York. Another shifts from General Agent of the Chesapeake Beach Railway in Washington to service with the Lackawanna Railroad.
The Engineering and Mining Journal reports a quiet iron market with pig iron and billets meeting near term demand. Futures for next year stay firm with contracts seen around 2.0 to 2.75 dollars per ton. ore days and furnace anxieties cited amid large season contracts and ongoing structural work talk.
Western experts warn that the surge of heavy steel freight cars is crushing and wrecking older wooden cars. Officials say the new pattern strains trains, making thousands of older cars useless within a year, unless trains are rebuilt with similarly heavy equipment.
A deed filed in Dauphin county court records a $100,000 land purchase by the Pennsylvania Railroad from the Pennsylvania Canal Company. The strip runs along the Juniata river from Duncan's Island to near Newton Hamilton and will host railroad tracks on the middle division. The deal, approved Sept 15 by the canal board, aims to revive mining transport and spur regional development along the canal corridor.
Statistics show October coal output at 4,000,000 tons with yearly total near 36.4 million tons, down from prior year. Reading Railway orders 22 passenger cars from Harlan Hollingsworth to boost passenger service, with deliveries planned June and July 1900. Creamlet Company Incorporated in Trenton forms to manufacture malt cereals and milk products.
This and That notes Spruka Brothers started construction on buildings for a new lumber yard along the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line near Nay Aug Park. The Jeddo colliery owned by G. T. Markle & Co. reports 2000 workers as the peak of prosperity. The Lehigh Valley Railroad trims unused track to save wear, while Erie’s New York division imposes an eight hour rest rule after trips and a thirty five day monthly cap. Mr. McGuire concludes.
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