THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1898.
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OTHERS
IMPORTER
GTIFIERS AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS.
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OUR REPUTATION tor carrying only matured wines and liquors of guaranteed quality is so well known that a mere mention of
the facs ought to be sufficient to convince discreet buyers that nowhere else in this city can their holiday wants be so well sup
plied as at our stores. There is nothing in our line that we do not keep, whether it be of foreign or domestic production, and experience
has taught us to select only the very choicest out of the many good brands on the market. Have you ever tried our justly Celebrated
Ales, Beers and Porters in bottles?
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G. H. Humm's Extra Dry,
Chas. Heidsick's BSue Label,
And a full line of American Chamnaenes.
I Sam Thompson,
McMuIlen's Bass Ale, : Guckenheimer,
Burke's Bass Ale, Green Valley
Smith's Philadelphia Ale : 1 Belle of Scranton,
Hickory,
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I Whiskey in Bulk Cased Whiskies 1 x Italian Vermouth,
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Guinness' XX, ;
Smith and Continental Brew X
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Cantrell & Cochrane's Ginger I
Ale and Bottled Beers.
Belle of Scranton,
Green Valley,
Mount Vernon,
Canadian Club
Pepper (Jas. EJ
Kentucky Belle,
X French Cognac, Holland Gin.
German Bitters.
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X Jamaica Rum, St. Croix Rum,
New bngland Rum.
Blackthorn,
I Monogram, etc., etc. X
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OLD TOM GINS-
Sam Thompson, etc. 1 Booth's, Burnett's. Tanquery's,
Coate's and flistletoe.
Our line of Clarets for table use is
larger than ever and unsurpassed by X
any house in the country.
X, THZJQ Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Madeira Wines,
VV iIJG.O Rhine Wines, Fine Old Ports and Sherries, together with
a full line of Tluscatels, Angelicas, Catawbas, Sautcrns.
SOMETHING NEW
Werner's Half Pints, (Champagnes.)
Snow Grape Juice, (Non-Alcoholio
X Blackberry Wine, Blackberry
X Brandy, Blackberry Juice. I
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X Cordials, Cherries, Cocktails.
Apollinaris, the Queen of Ta
Belle of Scranton. (AH Rye. X ble Waters.
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216 Lacka. Ave, Scranton, Pa.
Telephone No. 2162.
ABANDONMENT OF
THE GRAVITY ROAD
HOW IT IS REGARDED BY PER
SONS AT A DISTANCE.
Historic Recollections Recalled by
the Recent Determination of the
Delaware and Hudson to Do Away
with the Giavity and Canal.
from the .ishliiKlim Mm
le H htatcrt tli.it .1 piopoitv. luclud-
i? the pic-tut csaue- RiHAity i.ilhoad,
tasting fully $10,(100,(100. which Intol
aim under the innliol if the Vande'i
lllta nnd other capitulistb allieel with
.hem. and over which anthiutitr coal
las been for movent yean tiuii'-poil-jd
fiom the Uelaw.ue and Hudson
rjinp.in s mints In the I.tu k.ivvaniiu
rllej to the Kile canal, whence It
)a- tan ieil to IIuiNon on the canal
Ind to New YoiK hat hot, will he auun
jonpil nt the ilot-e of this month, he-(taii"-e
the new ownei.s do not hellcvc'
J pays enough to justlfj them In Iohb
1 continuing Its opei.itloiiK
The lepoited abandonment suiw.sts
lie p.iFsliit: ot this Kieat water loute.
khlch, until lonfiontcd h tallioad
kimpotltlon, was one of the best dt
'iocnel coiponitlons In Its da on this
Jjntlnent It has a hlstnrv, it Is said,
1 at Is not excelled In point of Inler
rst b mi other entetpilh-e It was
lie means of IntiodudiiK to the mm
maid cities the hlack diamond' of
hi IVnnlvoniu coal fields iur lieat
slid steam pioeluclni- fuel It developed
In wlldeines legion of C'ai bondale,
'lonesdale and the vallevs of the up
wi Deluvvaio and NeveislnU rivers;
silled Into belnK many impottant
owns on the mute, and hi ought Into
uominenct and vvcnlth many a poor.
tiURBlluf,' lad. It has been a power
11 the politic t of the Males of New
folk and Pennsylvania, fiom which It
'htaincd its chattel, and amassed for
unes for many of its olllceis and
tockholdeis The piojLctlon of tho
iiiildlliK' of the Delawaie and Hmlbuu
anal oilginatcd with "William Wuum,
ijouiib met chant of Philadelphia, and
lis hi other llauilce.
details of run puoji:ct.
At the time C 000 tons of anthracite In
sliiKh ear Kluttcd the maiKets of all
he seaboard cities In the Tutted Htuti'b
xhoiviiip this fact, they proposed to
tend to the city of Now Yolk annually
i. 0f"0 tons', and to cany out thl
uh'Miie tlt- broached tho pioject of
cji'lns: tho .Mousle mountains vilili a
iiiM.iid and constiuctlm: a canal 10S
mica fioin Houesdalc, AVayno county,
u , tluouzh iui;scd and pailly unox
Vicil country, ciossIhk two livers to
In Hudson at Itondout. Jt was con
t'd i"d li iniiitv n vlld mid vlaIonaiy
i heme Xienjainlii Wiiglit, thief cn
4lnccr of tho lZilo cnniil, was cmjaged
u Maui lee and William AVuits.in May,
'.1, to take mcanaies to havo a proper
IIVC.V fiom tidev.aiei of the Hudhon
Hit at the mouth of tho Wiillklll. up
vullej of thu Itondout. and thence
ho 'iiitno to the confluence of the
kii waxen to a point as near to the
,1 mines us possible, In order to at
tain the practicability of constiuet
K a canal along the loute, and make
;m estimate of thu cost of the woik.
"VV'iIght, who was tonsldeied the best
laiglneer In the country, npiiolntcd John
JferVlsi, of Home, who hud sorved
"vjiidor'AVifsht on the Kilo canal from
txman to section superintendent, ah
piimipal assistant ngliuet to make
the sill vi v. Mi .hi vis nt once exam
ined the loute. lepoitlng against kuiu
of the fm met plans, which embiaced
the, Idea of using the Delawnie ilvei In
pan. lli suggtMlons weie adoittd
and an lndepeiident canal decided on.
Ftr.POKT Sl'DMITTHD.
Mr "WilKht made his lepoit In IS1;!.
He piouounced the impiovenieiit piac
tlcable. and estimated the cost. $300.
oOii The vastness of the sum made
capitalist unwilling to take hold of the
enteiprKe Public opinion w. is against
It. but, nothing daunted, the piojectois
enlisted the inlluential pies In Its
favoi. and public sentiment was
changed. The bi others matin td their
plans The (imposed the toi tiling of
a tompanv, with a capital of $1,"W).000.
that the Mooslc mountains should be
surmounted b the way of UK (lap. Sim)
feet in height, b means ot inclined
planes: that t hell rallwav should ex
tend to the nearest point at which a
Hiipply of watei could be i ommanded
fm canal navigation, that the eom
pan should unibaik In the business of
banking and put chasing land along the
canal, when it would jIm In value
Hooks of subsiilptlon vi ere opened In
New Yolk elt. and over, shaie of the
capital stock taken
At that time most of the Inhabitant"
of New Yoik binned wood It was es
timated that with the consti union of
the oanal coal could lie deliveied in this
city at $J M pei ton nnd It was calcu
lated that riS,00i) tons would lie Millle
c nt fm a yeai's supply. The- Delaware
and Hudson Canal compaio was char
teteel bj the New Yoik legislating
Api il 23 1SJ !. but It was not fullj oi
ganUed until two cmi later. Ground
vas Hist Uioken foi the canal on the
summit level foilj mlle from Itond
out, Jul 1 :, 1Sj" by the ptoident,
Philip Hone, who deliveied an appio
piiate iiddii-ss to a laig assemblage
Kenjamiu right vas engaged as e hlef
c iiglneei In the e onstiui tlun and John
11. Jeivls vas assistant Wilght ie
slgned In 1SJT and Jervls was appointed
to the position, wlili h he ictaliicd until
Muy "0, when he leslgned to beionie
chief engine or of the Mohawk and Hud
son lallway and sl eais later he was
chief euglneei III the coustuu tlun of
the Cioton aciueduct I'oit Jeivls was
named In honor of John It JeivH. and
the old stone house In which Jervls
made his home while engaged In Its
consti uctlon still stands near the canal
It was built in 173! on tho foundation of
a iort which was limned by the Indians
under thu Mohawk chieftain Hi ant in
1770. The cnnal v,m completed fiom
Honrsdale, J'a , to P.oudout. on tho
Iludivin a distance of IDs miles, Oeto
bei, is.'s. and dining that month the
lust biiiall boat made Its way to tin
Hudson with a caico of ten tuun of
Inferloi c ml In November following
ft fleet of te 11 bouts slmllaily laden
passed nc-i the canal and was gieeti d
by the inhabitant? alonir the line with
demonslintluns of Joy.
rONSTlU'CTION COMMl.N'CKD.
The ralliond ovei the Mooslc inni.e to
tianrpoit the authiaclte from the mines
at Cailiondale to llontsdale, where it
passed to the boats, was commenced In
HC 7 and completed In tho summer of
18J3. The Htst oil i load of coal over It
was shipped Ui tuber 0, 1820. The cenn
pltttlon of the gir.vlty toad Hist estab
lished (Jin bondale In communication
with the outside world. The operation
of tho road wai uttcndeil with great
difficulty, aib'lng fiom tho bmaklng of
chains used on the Inclined plane. In
April, 1830, tarred ropes were substi
tuted for chains Weight was similar
ly ranted In 18.U.
It wa on thin road the f'rst locomo
tive that over turned a. wheal is
Ann ilea was pieced It was cnllnl tin
hloiu budge 1. Ion, anil was one of tine
locomotives mad foi the Delawnie
and Hudson I'aiiol comp,inv in Knu
Innd, iiudi r elliecitiou of lloialio 1
len i eivll engine ei. It was In ought
to New Yoik. but was lound too we ik
to admit ol Its use with salelv. mil
)inscs took its pi ice on the level" The
expense of building the ( anal win
rreater than had been estimated The
tl.'OO.OOO cash capital of the romp.uiv
was not Mil'kient to complete i and
the state lonied Its nodlt in nnl of
the rntcipiisr to the extent of $'ii)0i)0
In lS.'ii ilvnl eoinpanles .ittnupted to
cuish the Delawnie nnd Hud-oii c nn
pany. elriulallng stoi!' thu Its ni
di posits was useless us a fie 1 and the
early bankiuptcv of the em potation
was predlct-ci. Dividends w-'ie nbm
ilnneel foi si time, rnel slimes whleh
hid cost fl00 eneh and c 'lined no dldl
dencls for live or sN ycnn sank In
value to $"0,
PHILIP HONi: INTP,ItILi:5.
The dissolution of the company was
onlv averted thiougli the action of
Philip Hone, who laiseel the whole sum
neecss.uj to save the oinnization and
handed It to the piesldent witliout sC
iiulty. In ISM a loan was effrttcd
fiom the stete ol New York, and when
it manned in isis It was piomptly
p!l(l. In ls!0 tho company's mines
pioduced 1" Olio tons, nnd In lTO tho
pioduct had leached "niHifiOO ton. In
1S70 the piodls of tlir loniptnv veie
more than J2 0C 0.000, or IV s pei cent mi
Its capital s-toel;. This was at the
height ot Its pio.-pi lltj Then thei-
weie l.liMJ boats plying' tin w itcis of
the tunnl.
lint lailnnel e ompetitloii has i educed
tile business until last ye.u tliuo verc
only 2:u boats cairjing coal. Of Itself
Hie i mini Is n chetp mute for ciriv
liiv coal, but owing to the tm hand
ling reeiuhed to tinmfir the piodint
liom the i ais to the boats and the
boats io tho birges. Il Is tin iblc to
compote with s-tcani mads The grav
ity load lia bee n dtirlni, the vvlnier a
soiuce of ex'iiense by icasim of the
snow di itts on the mountains. X p to
1S70 the i ami had ust nvii Ji".ono,0"o,
i ml tho Incit.ised open'lltuies on tho
i aim) and mid since that time will
ptobanly icaili $3,000,000. Alieady the
dlseliargliig of cmpIoes ims b'jgun,
i. nil the mujoilty ot tlinp who liavo
loht their positions aic men who lmvu
been in the company's retvleo for
linen, yciiis. j He jiiiy i on on ti;e grav
ity road has until now been between
515,0(0 and 20.ooo n. mouth, and nt
Honescialo ulone It was at loist JI0.001
a month.
The Mnklntr ot the Widow.
Tliey uikcd of her apart
' She's Ujlug to bo a w.elow. whispered
belllli
"(." wlilspricd otliciH
1 iic.ih. hjiliit ot the modem vlfo' lm
pelllug li revel to ti nml do Unit wlueh
onh he I husband may di Detiolt Jour-niil
The Cheapest
Shoe Store.
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HYER DA VI DOW
The Cheapest
Shoe Store.
There's no better place on earth to buy Shoes and Slippers for the
holidays so cheap as at our store.
Wo always buy cheap for cash and sell for cash only at prices less 'than most
of the shoe merchants pay by buying direct from the factory. If you will call and
see our stock of Holiday Shoes and Slippers you will acknowledge that a pair of slip
pers is the most useful present you could buy for a little money.
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McMUNN'S
ELIXIR OF 0
.8 a prcrurallon of Hie Drug uy which It
Injurious effects aie u move el while the)
valuable mielleluiil propoitles nru id.
tulnecl It possei'Pe's nil tho sedative,
nnoilvuo and uutl-ip tuinniUe powcib ot
Opium but proline cs no nlckucss ot thu
blomach, i.o vomiting no costive ness, no
headache. In acute nervous disorders it!
U an lnvalunblv remedy, and Is recom
mended by tho best physicians.
FERRETT, Agent,
.171 Hearl St.. New orl..
A Few of the Special Bargains for Today.
Men's Patent Leather Shoos at $2.LS and $2.!)S.
Men's Kangaroo Shoes at $2.48 and $2.,)eS.
Men's Dress Shoes at 08c, $1.2!), $1.49 and $1.08.
Ladies' Shoes at 08c, $1.20, $1.40, $1.08, $2.48 and $3.00.
Slippers, Slippers.
500 pairs Slippers, Tel vet embroidered, at 40c: sizes (i to 11.
1,200 pairs Slippers, assorted colors, at (0c, OSc and $1.25.
Ladies' Slippers at 30c. (iOc, OSc and $1.25.
Uoys', Souths' and Misses' Slippers at all prices.
We invite you to call and examine our goods before buying elsewhere. Make
our store your headquarters and you will surely save money by it.
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Pip
YER DAVIDO W
Acknowledged Cheapest Wholesale and Retail Shoe House in America, 307 Lackawanna AYenne,
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