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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1897
Page
15
The Scranton wholesale grocers dominate the Northeast Pennsylvania market with high quality staples, fast shipping, and competitive prices. Megargel & Connell are cited as leading vendors, guiding local retail with top brands and reliable supply chains.
The Weston Mill Co of Scranton operates a Lackawanna Avenue plant with capacity for large orders and local trade. Originating in 1861 as Charles T. Weston & Co, it became Weston Mill Company Limited in 1874 and later adopted the present name in 1893, with branch mills at Carbondale and Olyphan. President William Connell and treasurer manager A Wy Pleisan lead the firm, reflecting sustained growth and efficient service.
The Providence Mill Co operates on Amos avenue near Providence station, grinding corn oats and other grains into horse feed and poultry food. It grains unground and baled materials in carload volumes, purchases grain from Western dealers, and offers grinding service to nearby farmers with a forty horsepower steam engine and a Noye roller capable of seventy five bushels per hour. Deliveries extend north to Aresbald and south to Taylor and Minooka, shipping poultry foods and other products.
The notice invites readers across Pennsylvania and neighboring regions to participate or respond. It outlines scope and reach, emphasizing statewide and nearby areas without enumerating specific actions or deadlines.
The Dickson Manufacturing Company, founded 1835 and incorporated 1862, is a leading northern Pennsylvania locomotive and iron works. Its Scranton branch spans two blocks between Penn and Franklin Avenues and Vine and Olive streets, with a large CHif works plot near the Delaware Lackawanna and Western station. Officers include C. H. Zehnder as president JL. F. Bower as secretary and treasurer and DeCourcy May as general manager.
The article extols Scranton's water quality from Pocono springs as vital to beer, ale, and porter. It lauds local breweries, especially EB Robinson Son's, for purity, modern equipment, and strong output, highlighting employment and long-standing reputation in the region.
In a mining region the manufacture and supply of explosives forms a key business strand. Major powder producers include Du Pont Powder company with mills at Wapwallopen Luzerne County and Wilmington Delaware, Enterprise Powder company, and Moosle Powder company. They produce mining blasting and sporting powders for local and international markets.
Grand Union Tea Company advertises stores at 411 Lackawanna Avenue and 116 and 119 South Main Avenue Scranton Pa offering pure tea and coffee, imported china, bisque figures, silverware, toys, and Christmas merchandise. It promotes club order premiums and a catalog of dishware and home goods with details on locations in New York and other principal cities.
The Scranton Axle Works plant at the citys southern edge is among the countrys finest for vehicle axles and modern machinery. Founded in 1892 by Thomas J. Moore and partners, it rapidly went into operation and now serves customers nationwide. Officers include Moore president and general manager Snover vice president Ripple treasurer Welsenflue secretary and Stone general sales agent.
The Scranton tobacco and cigar industry forms a major employment source with firms producing vast leaf tobacco preparations and wholesale products. Scranton hosts large leaf processing establishments and numerous factories turning out premium brands for global markets, led locally by the Leonard Tobacco Co.
A London Crystal Palace exhibit outlines a municipal charity plan to heat water from street lamp heat to provide hot drinks to the poor at low cost. The system uses a copper reservoir on each lamp, a penny-in-the-slot valve, and automatic refilling, with experiments planned in Trafalgar Square and Whitechapel.
In a New York Sun piece Robert P Porter cites England where half waterworks are privately owned and half by local authorities. He notes private tramways 1,000 horses and power plants split with local authorities. If municipal ownership is debated in England it could appear in this country as well.
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