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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1899
Page
8
President W V Thorne discusses Delaware Valley and Kingston Railway moves as Caxton Yards see peak activity. West Scranton promoters press for a large plant with finance and job gains amid evolving yard operations and new office relocations. About 200 workers in yard, 600 including outlying crews.
Thorne, president of the Delaware Valley and Kingston railway, outlines a business case for a coal road from Lackawaxen Pennsylvania to Kingston New York along the old Delaware and Hudson canal. The project aims to lower grades and connect with Erie and Wyoming Valley lines, offering cheaper transport for coal to eastern markets.
The Wilkes Barre Record notes Coxton yards have become the largest on the Lehigh Valley and among the east’s largest. Trains are now mated there and sent to all major Valley towns, with outstanding facilities for car handling and train dispatch. Traffic is so heavy the yard’s capacity is taxed to the limit.
Scranton dispatch lists a dense roster of trains and personnel including Bartholomew, Hummit, Neuman, Finnerty, McAllister, Colvin, Hennigan, McDonnell, Staples, Ludlow, Stevens, Frounfelker, Lane, Dushing, Bush, Madigan, and others. Passenger engines and wildcat locomotives with multiple timed shifts from dawn to night mark the day’s roster.
Mrs. Willard Reynolds longtime Greenwood resident died at her home Friday evening. Her remains were shipped to Music City for interment. She is survived by her husband. Funeral services for Mrs John Loftus will be held Tuesday morning from her parents Back Street home with interment in Minooka Catholic cemetery.
Hobbe My taedindy shows a mix of strengths and weaknesses. The text contrasts two features, noting a solid attribute and a softer flaw within a brief, fragmentary description.
A grand evangelistic campaign begins at the Methodist Episcopal church on Friday December 1 led by singing evangelist Professor R C Buck and Pastor Stev A J Van Cleaf. A two week October rally followed by daily meetings shows strong interest and attendance, closing the year’s series.
Michael G. O Malley dies at home on Weat Drinker Street and his funeral is held at St Marys Church with a high mass of requiem. Rev Denlan will celebrate and interment follows in St Marys Catholic cemetery. Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association lodge members attend as a body.
A Saturday Junior Christian Endeavor meeting at First Presbyterian will set holiday plans. The Twentieth Century Local club keeps weekly dance tonight. Otto Delmetch and Master Oscar Ludwig praised for hunting success in Wyoming county. St Marks parish turkey supper planned for Thanksgiving. Catholic Mutual Benevolent ntzeviation local meeting to arrange Michael O Malley funeral. Tripp Avenue church evangelistic meetings continue this week led by Rev W R Clymer. Harry Young returns from University of Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. Adams Avenue accident near Foundling Home blamed on delays in electric light installation. no serious injury.
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