i!Utm - ifvi.tiv ,'rv" v("s THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-FJUDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1898. -j--" SOFT COAL MEASURE DELAYED IN COUNCILS TO BE DISCUSSED BY MILL AND SHOP REPRESENTATIVES. Ordinance Wns Called Up for Third Rending In Select Council, but It Wns Agreed to Defer Its Pnssnge for Two Weeks Old Opposition to Addlttonnl Electric Lights Is De veloped Flro Department Com ralttco Men Fall In n Plan to Have the Phlnney Engine- Rebuilt. -Opposition mih developed In i?lect council lust night against the passage on third reading of Mr. Hoehe'n select council onlliuineo which Is aimed to abate the soft conl smoke nuisance. President Chittenden releRiitcd the chair to Mr. Wagner when Mr. Hocho called the ordinance up for passage. Mr. Chittenden said ho thought the measure unnecessary, m the only large consumers of soft coul were the Lack awanna Iron anil Steel company and tho Dickson company, the former using It for forging and tho hitter for weld ing. Mr. Hocho said the ordinance onlv olillged the companies to adopt devices for consuming the smoke. The expense Mould not ho groat. He said, in answer tn Mr. Wagner, that the legality of the measure wiii uspured, as it did not specify the kind of coal to bo used; It stipulated there should be no smoke nuisance. The ordinance was lacking, Mr. Lans ing thought, in not relating particu larly to chimneys. Its provisions would iffect the kind of forges and furnaces used and might work hardship on cer tain plant!'. In answer to Mr. Lansing, Mr. Roche fald the ordinance was drafted upon the New York board of health measure. Only during the last two years had soft t'oal been used by tho Dickson com pany, and only during recent years had the Lackawanna Iron and Steel com pany used the soft product. It was not true that Iron could not bo welded with hard coal. Tho ordinance should lie passed before the use of soft coal be comcH general, before unfair antagon ism to the measure was aroused. Mil. LANSING'S IDEA. It would be proper, Mr. Lansing said, .o consult with the Iron and steel and "thor manufacturing interests before passlnc the ordinance and see If they Ivero obliged to use soft coal. A motion was made by (President Chittenden to refer the ordinance to ommlttee and to Instruct the city clerk o notify the companies to send repre icntatlvcH to a meeting of the commit tee. Such a step, it was argued by Mr. Roche, would be showing to corpora tions a consideration which had been leiiied other classes of people under similar circumstances. Mr. MrCann said the companies had already had plenty of opportunity to jo heard on the matter, that there was no excuse to re-refer. He offered to President Chittenden's motion an amendment to tablf the ordinance until hf next meeting nndat tho concerns using soft coal be Invited by the city clerk to send representatives to the meeting, such representatives to be heard If they so desired. 'resident Chittenden withdrew his r.i ltlcn in favor of Mr. McCann's iinieiidiivnt .titer remarking that the annulment covered the point Involved 1 1' tlm original motion. Sir. McCann's ofier wis ti;n unanimously adopted. The Mime old debate on the evil of ji ivldlng for additional electric lights imis aroused when Mr. McAndrew ask ed for i he passage on third reading of an ordinance providing for new lights In the Tweiuy-ltrst ward. The ordin ance finally passed, Mr. Lansing and Mr. M.-lvin voting negatively, the lat ter lvmaikliiK ufter the meeting that he was opposed to burdening the city with any more electric light expenses and tint the appalling cost was ample arguimnt In favor of his municipal electric plain scheme which he propos es t . have Included In the bond on'll-ua-iie. covnivs iiKsoi.rTiON. Mr. Coyne intioduced a resolution bearing on the controversy and which was unanimously adopted. The reso lution was as follows: "That a joint committee be ' appointed for the purpose of making the best possi ble distribution of electric lights that may be needed In the next Jlscal year and that they report as socn as prac ticable the most feasible manner of locating and erecting the same in the future." Mr. Thomas, chairman of the lire d purtment committee, introduced a resolution directing the chief of the lire department and the chairman of th- Joint tire department committee to have the General Phlnney engine re built at the LaKmnce works at a cost not to exceed $1,COO the expense to he met in the 1S!) uppropriatior-s. Mr. Moore, a representative of the com pany, was si ven an opportunity to address the council. He said his com pany would equip the steamer with a new boiler, replace all worn or weak parts and guarantee It for live years, the same period for which a new steamer is guaranteed. Mr. Lansing raised the point of order that it would bo i'lcgal 10 appropriate the money by resolution. President Chittenden ruled that the point was well taken and that the resolution was out of order. Ho so ruled after the city clerk had been directed to read tho authority from the law regulating such matters. XKCKSSAKY VOTKS CAST. The sixteen votes necessary to pass legally the r.ew Providence paving res olution, received from common coun cil, were cast. The resolution provides that Providence road and North Main avenue, bo paved from Court street to the city line, ccst to be assessed by tho foot front rule; that an advertise ment bo published to the effect that unless a majority of tlio owners of abutting properties shall signify to councils In writing within sixty days, their preference of material, councils will pioceed to puss an ordinance di recting that tho pavement he of bucIx material as councils may deem proper. AVhen the clerk read tho title of tho common council ordinance which ac cepts as city streets the thoroughfares In the Farvlew Land company plot, President Chittenden remarked thut the oidinancc wus out of order until there was attached to It a written legal tender of title from tho company. The measure wus referred to com mittee with the understanding that no report wns to be made until tho tender was received. Two proposals to construct section C of the Fifth sewer district In the First ward wero received us follows and re ferred to committee: Donahoo and O'Uoyle, J2.27 per lineal foot. $07 for xtra basins, 37 for extra mun-holcs, 70 cents per lineal foot for house con nections; V. II, O'lliii'u, 12,21 per lineal foot, $00 for extra basins, $35 for extra man-holes, CO cents per lineal foot for house connections. .Itt'LKB COMMITTER Mr. Hocho reported for the rules committee mi the Keller resolutions regulating the business of the board of revision and appeal. Mr. Hocho thought the resolution should never have been sent to the committee, that the city solicitor was the proper per son to pass upon It, and that the measure would be sent to him for his opinion ns to Its legality. The resol ution will probably be reported nt the next meeting. Among the new ordinances and re solution Introduced were these: lly Mr. Williams, a resolution directing the city engineer to examine and re port on tho condition of the sewer on Hyde Park avenue between Jack son and Division streets and t limit gh private property between Main and Hyde Park avenue, nnd to give an es timate of the cost of putting them In proper condition; by Mr. Follows, an ordinance providing for four elec tric light In the Fifteenth ward; by Mr. James, an ordinance providing for two electric lights In the Sixth word. Ordinances passed third reading as follows: (Select) For two additional electric ligts In the Twenty-first ward; for paving Fast Market street from tho river to tho Boulevard with vitri fied brick. (Common) For sidewalks nnd curb stones on the easterly side of Monroe avenue between Gibson and Pine streets, on the South side of Gibson between Monroe and Qiilncy nvcnues.-'on the west side of Quincy between Pine nnd Myrtle streets, all In the Ninth ward. (Select) Regulat ing excavations on paved streets nnd avenues. Among the ordinances which passed tlrst and second readings were the fol lowing: (Common) Providing for n sewer on Wheeler avenue from Pine street to a point north of Gibson street; (common) for opening Oxford street In the Fifth ward between Ninth and Meridian streets. INDUSTRIAL JOTTINGS. Richard Caffrey, general engineer of maintenance of way on the Lehigh Valley railroad, has tendered his res ignation, to take effect Dec. 1, next He will be succeeded by G. W. Perg, of Jersey City, nt present the principal assistant of Chief Kn glneer Webster. Mr. Caffrov has been in the Valley's employ many years, having worked his way up from n sec tion hand. Tho Lehigh A'nlley Coal company will have possession of the North Ashland colliery nfter Jan. 1. This mine Is now operated by the Reading. It is part of the property of the Glrard estate, and has been In continuous operation since 1S61. The Heading con ducted the mine at a profit for ten years, and then began to lose money. It is the purpose of the Lehigh to carry tho coal to the Continental mine and not to use the North Ashland breaker. A case of very great Importance to coaj miners has been decided In Sulli van county, this state. The Ilernice Coal company retains $10.57 due Thom as Gildca, on the ground that he had signed a contract authorizing the com pany to withhold the money due the store. Glldea admitted that he owed the store $70.S0; that he had signed a contract, but his attorney raised the point that the company store violated un act of assembly in selling goods to cash customers at smaller profits than that gained from employes. The Act says that wherever any coal company or other corporation shall charge the employe more than an outside cus tomer, the debt shall not be collect able. This store did business on the double standard, and the miner will get his money back, as the court de cided In his favor. "A corps of New York. Wyoming and Western railroad engineers have pass ed through Pike county recei.tly for the purpose ot locating the individual producer's new coal road from their mines in the vicinity of Scranton, Pa., to tidewater on the Hudson," says an exchange. "They stopped at C. W. Courtrlghfs Place on the Twelve Mile Pond, and at Niehe ronk Lake Villa. While In Mllford they were recist'-red at the CrNsmnu House, where they remained several days. A most ex haustive preliminary examination of the typography of Pike county va3 made, Including the valley of the Ray inondsklll and a portion of Sussex county, N. J." Although the lire in the Ravine mine Is believed by the ofllclals to have been completely extinguished by the water with which the affected workings were flooded, the water is still being permitted to remain In the mine and one small pump Is kept In operation on the surface, forcing sulilclent wat er into the mine to make up for the leakage thus keeping the Mood at tho same level continuously. The purpose Is to cool the workings to a normal temperature. The first time the offi cials entered the mine nfter the Hood, the temperature near where the lire had been raging was ninety-eight de gross, or within eight of the normal ligure. The work of removing the flood will probably be started in about one week hence. Plttston Gazette. Several Important changes took ef fect yesterday in the Lehigh Valley Coal company's force of outside fore men. The establishment of the big new breaker nt the Prospect colliery in North Wilkes-Barro creates a new position, which is given to Edward Smith, for a number of years outside foreman at tho Mnltby colliery. The vacancy thus created Is filled by the transfer of John D. Keeler from the Kxeter colllerv, AVest Plttston, Mr. Keeler thus going back to the colliery where he served as bookkeeper for many years. The vacancy In the out s'de foremanshlp at the Exeter is fill ed by the promotion of Robert Nesbltt, ot AVest Plttston, who has been a trusted outside employe at this col liery for a number of years. It Is stated on good authority that the Lehigh A'ulley Rllroad company has decided to double track all the way over the AVllkes-Parre mountain. Tills will prevent all such accidents as tho one of a few weeks ago. when a train got away and crashed Into another coming up the mountain, resulting In the death of six men. This is the only portion of the Lehigh Valley between Jersey City and Buffalo thut Is not double-tracked and It Is only a short distance, but the expense will bo heavy. At places on one side of the present slnglo truck runs the mountain to con slderublo height and on tho other side Is a Bteep embuukment. In order to double-track there will have to bo some extensive cutting away or filling, Tho company hus long desired to do this work and the recent accident has very forcibly brought the necessity to its attention. AVllkes-Uarro Record. Officials of the road deny thut this Im provement wll be made. They say the cost would bo too great to be done nt this time. MAY BE ANOTHER COAL OPERATION DANIEL WILLIAMS TAYS POTTS VILLE A VISIT. He Is Ono of the Men Interested in tho Tract of Land nt the Upper isud of Flshbnch, Schuylkill County, Where Bore Hole Tests Were Mndo a Year Ago It Is Valuable Conl Property nnd Its Development May Come Soon, nt Least so Snys n Pottsvllle Paper. Daniel Williams, of Scranton, Is re gistered at the Pat It Hotel, says yes terday's PottMill" Mining Journal. Mr. AVIIIiums W a wealthy coal operator and Is the head of the company that put down the test linn- holes at the upper end of Flshbnch about a year ago. The test mad'- then was entirely satisfactory, but nothing has been done since toward develnplnt? the tract and Mr. Williams himself has not been in Pottsvllle for nearly a year. Ills pre sence hue lust ev 'iilng, therefore, created some Interest, especially as he had a long conference with another prominent coal man. Mr. Wllliauiit was seen by a Miners' Journal representative, but to a ques tion would only say that he was down to look aioiind. "Are von hero to visit the Flshbach operation with o view to opening up," asked the reporter. "Well. I am heie to look In that di rection," was the reply. Further than this Mr. Williams wouiu say nothing. Ills companion, however, said that he did not think that the condition of the coal business wurranted any new works. q. AUK NOT DISGFSTKD. Notwithstanding tills unfavorable comment, another authority ventured the statement thp opening up of the tract and erecting a breaker is not one of the Improbabilities of the next coal year. This gentleman renin! ked Hint the tet't hud proven so successful that It Is a wonder the breaker was not al ready In oiierntlon. He added: "One tiling Is certain, and that Is the coal operators of the upper legion nre not disgusted with the lower region, as some people seem to think. We have seveial Individual operations around here that have been eminently success ful and good paying Investments." Th" Williams colliery Is an example of till.". That colliery Is owned by Con Klessinan Moi'cuu H. Williams, of Wllkes-Uarre, and others. Including wealthy men of that city and Scranton. Daniel Williams Is a brother of the eongiessman. and the latter is also in terested In the Flshbnch enterprise. You know Congressman Williams has paid little dose attention to the Will iam:" colliery since he was elected, whereas pi lor to that time he was here almost every week. Hut he was de feated for re-election and It Is only natural for him to make up his mlnil to become active In his business when the next and his luM session of con gress Is at an cud. A GOOD INVESTMENT. Then, too. as the Williams colliery has been n good Investment, works good time and sells all Its product readily. Is It not possible for the same gentleman to have found a market large enough to take the coal mined at another col liery In the same region, and in close proximity. The individual operator of this region naturally looks to Philadel phia and vicinity for the bulk of his business. Thlsi new colliery, If it Is pushed thmugh. may have a market ready for it. No, i do not think that the tract in Flshbnch will He Idle for long now. Some people think we have too many collieries. Have we too many new papers or other business enter prises? Could not two large stores serve all the mule In Pottsvllle. and could not any newspaper supply the people with all "the news? It h after all not so much a matter of supply and demand In any business as enterprise and good management. The man who knows his business and Is a good man ager forges ahead. leaving his more unfortunate neighbor to bewail his bad luck. BEGINNING OF OUR NAVY. President Arthur and Secretnry Chandler Both Deserve Credit. From the New Yoil: Hun. In his Introductory speech at the an nual dinner of the Chamber of Com merce, Mr. Alexander E. Oi r. the pres ident, pointed out. according to the reports, that "William c. Whliaey, a member of the chamber, had laid' the foundations of the new i aw." Secre tary AVhitney did a great deal for the new steel navy, but he did not do that particular thing. The foundations of the new navy were laid not under him, but under his predecessor, Secretary Chandler, und this particular credit belongs not to the administration ot Mr. Cleveland, but to that or Mr. Arthur. The first four vessels of our new navy, the cruisers Chicago. Boston and Atlanta, and the despatch boat Dol phin, were authorized under the act i f March 3, 1SS3, upon the recommen dation of the Naval Advisory board and Secretary Chandler. The secretary advertised for their construction on May 2, 1S83, and the award was made about three months later. "They wero well on the way toward completion," said a report of the hous committee on naval affairs, several years after ward, "at tho close of tho administra tion of President Arthur. Tlvy are good, staunch vessels, nrmed with high-power guns, nnd, as our first modern ships, have given great satis faction," The Chicago was for years our heaviest nnd most powerfully Himed steel ship, displacing 4,500 tons, while tho Boston nnd Atlanta displaced about 3,000, and the Dolphin 1.4S6, the aggregate being about 12,000 tons laid down as n beginning for the new Amer ican steel fleet. But, In addition, under Secretary Chandler, congress authorized tho building of tho cruisers Newark, -1,008 tons, and Charleston, 3,730, and of the gunboats Yorktown, 1,710 and Petrel, 02. The bids for this second group of four ships were called for under tho following administration, but the act of congress authorizing them became a law on March 3, ISO.". Again, that rumn act, coming within the adminis tration of President Arthur, author l.ed the completion of the double .tur ret monitors Puritan, 6,060 tons, land Amphltrlte, Monadnnck, Mlontonoinoh and Terror, 3,000 tons each. Although these vessels have Iron hulls, yet In virtue of their armor and armament they belong to our modern navy, and the act In question settled whether they should bo completed or abandoned. y K . . K , V, f. n t K K K K -. .K K K . K . . . . K K . fc I . . .. I . . . . , . P. . V. , . . .!. V. , t . . . . . K K K . K. . . 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A new chapter in the life of a prosperous and evergrowing department store: Much printer's ink has been used by this store in the last four years for the purpose of heralding new annexes, new extensions, new improvements and continual growth, but none of them was ever of so much importance as our present announcement regarding our re-opening this evening. No less than three times has this store been enlarged in about the same number of years, and every time it was compulsory on account of inadequate floor space. In each instance business was carried on uninterrupted and the matter passed over in an ordinary way, but not so this time. Our present Improvements, which were so vast as to close us up for more than a week, were for the sole purpose of BEAUTIFYING the store and the addition of new departments. Nearly three score mechanics worked here night and day with one end in view and that was to make this The ideal store of all Northeastern Pennsylvania Our best expectations have been eclipsed by the mechanics' skill. The entire ground floor has been remodeled, all fixtures being of oak and the newest design. The vestibule will be of mahogany, containing nearly one hundred and twenty feet of plate glass show windows. The store will henceforth be a pleas ure resort and a place in which to while the hours away, whether you intend to buy or not. You are always welcome here. Grand opening this evening, Dccat2r.3o Concert by Bauer's band of 25 pieces Everybody is invited. Everybody will be here. Everybody will admire and rejoice with us. No goods will be sold on the opening night. Just come to see and be entertained. It will be a treat from beginning to end. New Departments Complete Book Department Containing not onlythe popular edi tions, but a department that will make a specialty of new publications and copyright books of new and famous authors. All monthly periodicals on sale and sub scriptions taken for any American or foreign publication. Special atten tion has been paid to presentation books for the holiday season. Alain Floor Center. Stationery Department Complete in every respect except com mercial sta tionery and commercial blank books, which had to be excluded on ac count of lack of Space. Ladies' sta tionery in every variety, containing the newest from the best American paper mills. Main Floor Center. Program. By Bauer's admirable band, of twenty-five pieces, on the new music balcony in the rear of the store. 1 MAKCII KRSSI-; AValton Holmes. 1 OV13RTPRB SLTl'H Hunting for Luck. 3 SELECTION HERBERT The Idol's Eye. i WALTZ ELMORE TEosaliiuL. Z. 31EDLEV KOETTOKI1 I'ojiulnr I'ouii.o Cafe. C. MARCH MILLS At a Georgia. Camp aieetlng-. 7. SELECTION' SOL'SA The Rrldo Elect. S. INTERMEZZO MACBETH Forect Mo Not. J. MEDLEY BEYERS A Jolly NlKlit. 10. MARCH ALEXANDER Krom Tropic to Tropic. New Departments. r- ... Our candies Exquisite were Confectionery souht . J with a view to purity and fine quality only, and thus it shall always remain. We purpose that this shall be the Mecca of connoisseurs in confectionery, and that high quality shall be the first and only consideration in this de partment. flaln Floor Left Aisle-Near Entrance. BricaBrac Department A feast awaits the holiday shoppers here. This deoart- ment will cover more than one hun dred feet of counter space and will be the biggest of its kind in all Scranton. Easy choosing here. Greatest variety and fairest priced. More than one hundred thousand holiday presents all of them new and all of them appropriate. Main Floor Center. 9 Dolls and children's toy books ZSJmS nese, Indian, rubber, wax and other compositions. Bring the children and let them see the great concourse of make-believe people. Let them enjoy the sight. You will not be asked to buy. This is a store for children as well as grown-up people. Let them come here to benefit by what they see. Bring them on the opening night and let them hear the concert. No goods sold on the opening night. Concert will begin at 7.30 o'clock and continue until 10 New Location of Ladies' Underwear, Hosiery and Corsets left aisle,near entrance Lebeck & Corin New Location of Do mestics and White Goods right aisle, center of store. 'A 'A U U 'A 'A A "A 'A "A 'A 'A 'A 'A "A 'A "A'A A A'A "A 'A A 'A "A 'A "A 'A "A 'A "A 'A 'A A A 'A 'A 'A'A A 'A 'A "A 'A A 'A "A "A "A 'A 'A 'A A A 'A 'A "A'A A 'A 'A A 'A A A "A A A 'A A A 'A Ml ft ! X .X ,f . . tt .X ft ft ft .X .X ft ft ft X .X ft ft ft ft X i X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Xi X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X' X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X X, X X X X X X X X X X A'A Up to tlio year 13 not only had no Btcel wuhIiIph pu' been built In tlio rnlteri Btnti-s, but no r.tcel for ono hrul ever been rolled hero, so that a new Industry had to bo founded for our purposes Furthermore, up to then tlmo wo bad never mndo it high-power steel gun for our ships, so thut this great step In advance Is also nssocl ated with our first Broup of cruisers Indeed, a board appointed under tho net of 1883 recommended tho founda tion of two or the great ordnance fac tories of Washington nnd "Wiilorvllet. wlik'h were ultimately established and to this day supply navy and army guns finished from the forglntrs fur nished by American steel works. AVhen Secretary Whitney camo In, ho carried on with vIrpv tho bullillnR of tho navy thus fomided. lie raised tho standard of speed In cruisers, be gan the construction of steel armor clads, tho Maine, Texas, Monterey, New York nnd Katuhdln all being au thorized under him, fctartcd the tor pedo flotilla with tho Cufliliis. built up tho Washington ordnance yard, and arranged for tho establishment of tho great armor plant at Uethlehem. Sec retary Tracy, in his turn, built far more powerful Inttleshlps and far fast er cruisers; and so tho work steadily advanced. I3ut It remains truo that tho foun dations of our new navy wero laid un der President Arthur and Secretary Chandler, and that fact should not bo Xorcottca. Human Nature Everywhere. A boulovardler Is at onco surprised and enchanted to meet an old-tlmo companion whoso sulcldo had been re ported, "It's true." said tho latter, "I did want to kill myself, elmply from dls tasto of life. And then camo along tha doctors and discovered that I had a gravo disorder. Slnco then, you under stand, I take euro or myself!" Figure I
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