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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1900
Page
8
The Royal Baking Powder Company asserts its product uses pure grape cream of tartar, guarantees high quality, and cautions that alum-containing imitations are dangerous and often prohibited by law. Notices describe altered train schedules and crew assignments affecting several routes and times.
Burke Brothers, Scranton contractors, employ over six hundred men in building railroad bridges for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western New York Ontario and Western and Central Railroad of New Jersey. Projects include a five pier Seneca river span at Baldwinville N Y and the Willow Point bridge over the Susquehanna River near Binghamton, with eighty piers and six hundred feet length. Additional works at Liberty Falls N Y and Welksport Pa show brisk foundations with excavations down to eighteen feet and eighty feet high trusswork. stone from Rock Junction near Nay Aug supplies most of the material.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey implemented a new schedule Sunday affecting only three trains. Train No 12 bound for New York and Philadelphia will pass through with revised departure times and altered intervals, while other services move smoothly with clockwork precision.
The Lackawanna issues orders to enginemen and yard personnel stressing headlight usage after sunset or in fog, door closures on empty box cars in transit, and proper sealing of merchandise cars. Conductors must enforce all sealing and closing rules and bear responsibility for noncompliance.
Rain affected travel little elsewhere but New York state saw notable flooding on the Ithaca branch of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western as tracks between Owego and Ithaca became partially submerged The Bangor region and surrounding low land areas have a history of flood problems giving officials concern for ongoing railroad operations and safety measures.
The New York Ontario and Western railroad begins rapid replacement of old bridges with durable steel trestling along the line. Engine No. 36, built at Dickson and destined for the Delaware and Hudson, is the seventh of ten engines in a September order. Delaware Lackawanna and Western shops see relief as crippled engines drop, while coal workers press for semi monthly pay following meetings with Superintendent Loomis.
Towanda reports the Monarch Oil and Gas Company will offer eight hundred shares at twenty five dollars par value. The company formed within a year, holds leased lands in Smith field Troy and Springfield townships. Well No 5 reaches 300 feet and a new well site is started. First well yielded fourteen gallons of oil and the second well was sold to the Northern Central Railroad for one thousand dollars for water supply. The text notes gas production and limited oil output.
Canton report details P. T. Reese a tax collector facing a charge of attempted jury fixing in the McMann case. Warrant served on complaint by McMann, Reese waived hearing and posted $500 bail. Prosecution cites letters and juror influence as part of the evidence amid public unrest. May also notes a cyclone, local jobs, and various local happenings.
The ad proclaims superior facilities and work at the lowest prices, claiming rivals offer lower prices with worse or better work, while others charge high rates for inferior results. It emphasizes value and quality as the key selling points.
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