-twt; -ut-w- THE SORAjSTON T1UBUNE-TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 181)0. '"- w IF -AbSOLUIEEV PURE Makes tho food more delicious and wholesome torn tmo pbwpu eo., t o. L DISPATCHER OF A MODERN RAILROAD ONE OP THE MOST IMPORTANT MEN IN THE SERVICE. He Hns Charge of tho Movement of All Trains Manner In Which His Work Is Done System on Which Trains Are Moved Over the Roads. Rights That Certain Trains Have. All Other Trains Must Give Way to That Carrying Passengers. .Railroad t raffle Is now nt Its fullness, nnd should it railroad train become de layed the complaints of the respective yaesenRors nre ' loud and unending. Thoy are apt to foi'cet with what re mnrltnble regularity trains arc kept on time and talto notice only of their pres ent detention. Tor the movement of trains three things nre essential. In the order of their Importance these are railroads, time tablets and train des liatchers. If but one train were run on the railroad nt a time the two latter mentioned might be dispensed with. tBut moving a hundred trains dally In opposite directions Is entirely an other proposition. To move that num ber of trains over a single track every day In the year, with each train arriv ing and departing on time from each of the stations on the line requires care nnd brjlnwork. it must be understood that the hour of arrival and departure of each train has been announced for weeks before hand. Even with the aid of time cards and despatchers the un orrlng regularity of railroad trains be come a. subject of Interest. The punc tuality of trains has become a matter of course to the general public and any delay or detention is npt to excite won der and comment. Railroads for the convenience nnd economy of management are separated Into divisions varying in length from SO to 200 miles. Where the topography of the line will admit, railroad men prefer a division of about 130 miles long. Each division is In charge of a superintendent who directs through his subordinates the movements of all trains on his division. Next In rank In tho train service is the chief dispatch er, who Is assisted by thiee dispatchers wlin work the "tricks" of eight hours each. The latter are in en who look nfter the details connected with tho movement of the trains. 4 GOVERNED HY TIME CARD. All regular trains are governed by the time card, as long as they are on schedule time. If regular trains were always on time, if no extras or specials were run, the necessity for dlspatchets would not exist. The rights of each train nre explicitly defined by the code of rules which Is issued with each change of schedule, nnd minute direc tions are given for nroeoedure in every i-mergency it is possible to foresee. "When a train is delayed, or loses Its rights the service of the dispatcher is required to get It over the road. The various associations of railroad offlclals have adopted a standard code for the movement of trains. This code, with slight variations. Is In uso on all tho iirominent lines in the United States. The time r.ard Is made out for every division under directions of each dlvl son superntendent, subjec.t to the ap proval of the general superintendent, superintendent of transportation and general manager. Kehodules have per manent rules that seldom change. Cer tain passenger trains nin on the same schedule for years and are run regard less of the business offered by other trains. The probable amount and source of business that will result from additional trains are carefully consid ered when making a schedule. This npplies more closely to the freight traf llc of a road than to the passenger bus iness. New time cards are issued from time to time as. the freight truffle In creases or diminishes, with n view, to the celerity and economy of its move ment. Trains not having right of track must keep out of the way of those going In opposite directions. Trains having the right of road on a single track must wait at a meeting point Ave ndnutes after their departing time for trains of the same clas? going In the opposite directions. They must If the Mood in sufficient quan tity leave the body because of a wound or hcmonbanc uf the lunsrs the result i death. Lite depends ou the blood Wausr the liluoi! carries to all prw of 'he Iiody iltc nutritive ilrir.entf neu .ry to sustain it. '.Vhat jf thee tiutiitive ele tunnls are slut-Mr Wut if they ate supplanted by prisonous, effete vustttt and disease germs? Tj; first icault it disease par tial death. The fiuui remit ii the uat ,'rocj loss of blood. All ,'.Ueaie i tractable to im parity or wtakuess of the blood ud in.'. It the reason the "Go'.deti Medical Discovery" iuro easily different dUeases It purifies and vitalize the 'bloo'j make It rich, red nnd bealtiiy fillt it with nutriment for rise starving uerves and thsues. Conuinptlon is properly a dis case of the blood so i ncrnful.i to U fbmraatlitn. 'fliey look like different diseases but one medicine will rliev. all three. "Iain Mings, jood many of your roiijlrinn In m- practice." writes I)r. Joseph Pit-, of i,ot springs, Marlon Co., Itaitits "Ten years CO patient of mine was barfly af (rati with ttiat dreadful disease, ttx i'i.i Iter tnoulh and throat wcr id to awful condition, and their wcie lumps on ttir outside be. !o 't Jaw the slit-of a hen's egg. Olhci dnelursiald It was a falsi case. 1 felt confident thst noue of my rmidtts would benefit li-r any. It strut ! lay mind thst Dr Tierce's Cj'.dta Medical Dliccvery was rec ajntaeudtd for tueh esses, so leave U lo her as directed. Five bottles cured ker and the Is well to-day. She Is married now and lias three healthy children," Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness. f A djCg!!!HMCasaaa , then proceed slowly, keep flvo minutes behind their tlmo until the opposing train Is met. Tho live minutes' delay time must not be used by tho opposing trains. HAVE RIGHT OF WAV. Passenger trains have absolute right of way over freight trains nnd are not required to wult live minutes for them at meeting points. Freight trains ate required to keep entirely out of the way of passenger trains nt nil times. The five minutes are allowed for possi ble variation of watches and must never be used by trains Interested. Minutes are of the greatest Importance In the movements of trains, and every mini connected with the train service Is required to carry n watch that Is up to a certain standard. It must be ad justed to heat and cold and protected from magnetic nnd electric influences. These watches are examined every three months and a certificate of their time, keeping qualities given by the watchmaker making the examinations. Thie correct tlmo Is wired over tho rond every day at noon. Telegraph operators are required to see that their otlice clocks are exact and conductors and engineers must compare time with the standard clock nnd with each other frequently. Freight trains are required to bo on side tracks at meeting nnd passing points five minutes before passenger trains or freight trains having the right of way are duo. '"Special" or work trains must clear the tlmo of all trains 10 minutes under all circum stances. A trelght, special or work train, when passed by a passenger go ing in the same direction, must wait live minutes after the train has left bo fore proceeding on Its way. Trains are not allowed under any cir cumstances to use the five minutes at meeting points. When freight Is heavy and there are more loaded cars to go on the one train than one engine can haul, two or three trains, ns the cars on hand may require, are made up and sent out one after the other. Tho first train Is known as the "first section of No. 17," or whatever the number may be, nnd carries two red flags by day and two red flags by night, one on each side of the headlight to notify opposing trains that another train Is coming be hind. The section following carries like slgnnls. Each section has all the rights of the scheduled number train but no more. TEN MINUTES APART, Sections must keep ten minutes apart except at meeting points where they may cloe up to avoid delays. A freight train Is never tun as a section of pas serger train. At both ends of a division and at cer tain Intermediate points nro kept train registers. In this register conductors must write, before leaving the station, the day of the month, exact time of ar rival and departure, number of train, number of engine, exact number of loaded and empty cars, and his own and his engineer's name, and what signals, If any, he Is carrying. On every road at almost all seasons, work trains are busy hauling ballast, lies, or engaged In nme manner In Improving the roadbed. These trains nro given working orders between the hours of 6 a. ni. and 7 p. in., provided they keep out of the way of nil train. They must keep a flagman out 1G telegraph poles In either direction, to warn spec ial trains. All trains nre notified by the dis patcher where to look out for work trains. In case of accident the conduc tor must send a flagman back and ahead If necessary, with three torpe does and a flag by day, and a red light by night. The flag must be not less than a half mile from the rear of the delayed trains, and tire flagman must go back until he reaches a point where his signals can be seen at least a quar ter of a mile by the englneman of the npproachlng train. The flagman at taches two of the torpedoes to the rail on the engineer's side, about one hun dred feet npatt. lie remains near until the expected trnln arrives, or until he is recalled by four long blasts of the whistle of the engine of his own train. In the latter case he fixes the third torpedo on the rail, about two hundred feet nearer his train nnd hurries back. Engineers on striking a torpedo must stop lmni'liately. If they strike the third one they must pioceed with their train under full control. An observ ance of the letter of the trnln rules will not always relieve tho trainman from responsibility or blame. In case of ac. rldent a trainman must use good Judg ment and extra precautions to those laid down In the train rules, If neves snrj . Railroad managers say that If tha rules were carefully observed In all cases accidents would be a ratify. IRON AND STEEL MARKET. Extraordinary Conditions Still Con tinue in a Mnrlted Degico. The extraordinary conditions which have surrounded the Iron and steel markets for several months past still continue In a v.-ry marked degre. There seems to, be no such tiling as catching up vJJf the demand, and so long as that continue prices must ne cesserlly be Arm. Arguments and Hu rries that pricts are too high, and that tho deniaud cannot continue, on such a large scale, simply amount to nothing, as there are no more signs of a chung? tml.ij than there hits been for months past. Stocks get smaller, deliveries nro harder to get than ever, prices u.vi higher than ever, so what uso is there In trying to talk the market down? Pessimists are beginning to hedge a little by Faying, "It may contli.ue this year, but next. year look out." Thnt Is not unreasonable, and tho trade is looking out. but so far thoto is nothing in sight but a continuance of present conditions. Ruylng for delivery during 1900 has become quite contldent during the past few days, and a considerable ntnount of business has boon closed nt full prices, and more would be closed If sellers were willing to take It. It is possible that tho fueling may bo too rjangulnc, but tho demand Is so Im mense; not only heie, but the world over, and stocks are so run down thdt It will tako a long tlmo before normal conditions are reached. It would prornbly bo n mistake to calculate on mnterlally higher prices, but, on the other hand, there is still less reason to talk of a decllno. At present everything points tho other way, and until there Is some basis for a change of tone, reports of tht mu ket cannot be other than optlmirtle. PITTSTON NEWS Such a Disgraceful Scene ns Oc curred Sunday at irort Blanchard Will Not Bo Repeated Bad Con dition of Main Street Duryea in Bad Shape to Fight n, Fire Work on the New Railroad Brldgo. Word was received from Wilkes Harre yesterday from the sheriff's ofllco that the disgraceful proceedings of Sunday on tho base ball grounds at Port RIanchard will not bo repeated. Between three nnd four thousand peo ple were present tit Sunday's game be tween the Pittstou Reds nnd tho Sul llvans of Wllkes-Uarre, and In the sev enth Inning one of the Reds team nam ed Connors got Into an ultorcatlon with Umpire Hogan nnd turned the contest Into a free for nil fight. Several ofllcers and constables were present but did nothing towards ar resting those who were responsible. DURYEA IN A RAD WAY. The residents of Duryea arc now left with less protection from lire, owing to tho lire company, thoso refusing to nnv water rent for the fire htvdrants nbove Stephenson street. The company claims that they have been paying J140 ii vein- to the water comnanv. while the property holders have not donated half that amount. They have become tired of giving their services for nothing and becoming re sponsible to the wnter company for the rent of the flro hydrants, insurance companies dislike to tako risks In that place, THF NEW BRIDGE. A largo force of men from the Phoe nix Iron company who. have the con tract for the construction of tho new bridge crossing tho Susquehanna on the nioomsburg division of tho Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western rail road are busily engaged erecting tho fals- construction preparatory to tho erection of the new bridge. Car loads of Iron trusses and other portions which will comprise the sev eral s-pans, arc arriving dally and that quiet locality is now a bustling and and busy place, and will be until tho completion of tho structure. NUMBER OF DEATHS. There has been an alarming number of deaths In this city since Sunday, as. tho following will show: Mary, aged ten months, daughter of Thomas Flanagan, of Centre street, from con gestion of the brain; Thomas, aged two months, son of Robert Brodle, of But ler street, bronchitis; Catherine, aged three months, daughter of Robert Smallcomb, of the West Side, funeral today; Gertrude, daughter of James Mulligan, of Cork Lane, aged one year and nine months, funeral yesterday; tin infant daughter of Daniel Davis, of Washington terrace, funeral today. CONDITION OF MAIN STREET. Main street, from the foot of Parson age street to the Lehigh Valley cross ing. Is in a deplorable condition. This portion of the avenue is paved with cobble stones, and when the sewer was laid this ancient pavement was re placed In a loose condition. The t raffle over them has displaced the stones, and the result Is the wreck of many vehicles. It Is now some months since apprais ers placed a valuation upon the old pottery opposite the Ravine, which was to be pulled down nnd thus give an opportunity to straighten Main street nt this point, but the council In con sidering street matters have overlooked this Important matter. Tho condition of this particular block Is certainly a disgrace to the city. LIVE NEWS NOTES. Nearly all the mines of the Pennsyl vania Coal company were Idle yester day, owing to a scarcity of cars caused b the wreck on the Erie near Lacka waxen. The next quarterly convention of the C. T. A. W. will be held in Port Grlf llth. In Pittston township. Colonel Sam Urquart has been pro moted to the throttle of one of the Immense "pushers" that haul heavy freight trains over the cut-off on the Valley road. Tho Henry Grattan society will meet this evening to complete arrangements for their excursion, which occurs on the 24th of this month. The Spring Brook Water company is laying a larger .Main from Thomas street to Oregon heights to improve the supply In that district. Henry C'urley, the lute treasurer of Marcy township, has tiled an appeal from the auditor's report surcharging him with $7:i7.S4. Henry Kurchell and inothur had a narrow escape yesterday lv the shafts of the carriage breaking while on the Pittston boulevard. Prof. Harris, one of the best vocalists in the valley, has received a flatter ing offer from New York, but is too much of a home body to forsake tho old stamping for the plaudits of the metropolis. The Avocn Electric Light company has closed a contract with the Penn sylvania Coal compuny to Illuminate breakers Nos. 0 and 10 and also the Barnum breaker. The wires will be inn Into tho main gangways of the mines, engine houses and barns. R. C. Simpson, who rented a hotel from Mrs. GUboy, in Duryea. a few nights ago moved out. leaving a por tion of his effects behind and on Sun day night some one broke Into tho premises and removed what liquors were In the cellar. On Aug. S the children from New York, who have been kindly cared for by many families here, will be re turned lo their homes and the follow ing duy Rev. Fletcher and tho com mittee will return with another lot for this place. Tho funeral of tho youngest child of Robert Brodle, of Butlei street, oc curred yesterday afternoon and Inter ment wus made in the Pliiston ceme tery. Tho Red Men of this vicinity start on a week's excursion to Atlantic City this morning over the Central Railroad of New- Jersey. PERSONAL JOTTINGS. Eddie BechtoUl and John Gillesplo have taken their departure for Atlan tlo City for their summer vacation. Mrs. Oliver Burke and family will go to Atlantic City thU morning for a ten days' outing. 12. D, Jenkins and wife, the Misses Ilecauso purely vegetable-yet thor ough, prompt, healthful, satisfactory Ve v3 Kallo Timlin, Nelllo Flynn, Emma Kennedy, Mrs. Mills nnd Miss Leonard, of Scranton, and the Misses Mnrgnret Evans and Alice Patten, of Olyphnnt, were among the many visitors who spent Sundny with friends In this city. A son was born to Mr. nnd Mrs. G. W. Strong on Sunday morning. Harry Cowurd's health Is Improving nt Carlsbad, Germany, where he went several weeks ago. && T Good iv T Itching r Backs MOTHERS 1 Mothers I a hot bath with Crm cttitA Soap, when followed by a slnglo nrr'lcatlon of Cuticcha Ointment, the great ekln euro and purest of emollients, will afford thomost grateful and comforting relief in th severest forms of Itching, btirnlng.and scaly skin and scalp humors, rashes, and irrita tions, and point to a speedy, permanent, and economical euro when all other remedies and even tho best physicians fall. RoMOunuihnutthewftrld. J'nTTKR Psrn AlfDClltu. Coki-., rror,IlotoQ. How to Cure Itching Humors, fret. "Snow White" Flour is made of tho choicest Spring Whciit and Is a flour of great strength and nutritive value. It Is used by thousands of people, and has won tho ap proval of many piomlncnt cooks. Great caro is used In Its manufacture to sco thnt It Is always kept uniform nnd at tho vcy highest notch of ex. cellcnce. You can use It for any kind of baking with per fect assurance that you will bo pleased with tho result. Try It next time. Your grocer sells It. "tVeonly wholesale It." THE WESTON ILL CO. Scranton, Carbondale, Olyphant. Jl The Dickson jlanurnctiiTiiig Co. Kcrnnton nnd Wllkoi-Ilarro, Va, .Mntitifuciurers of LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARV ENdlNES Boilers, Molstlngand Pumping Machinery. General Office, Scranton, Pa. -e COLORADO LOW RATES One fare plus two dollars for round trip August 5th. Cth and 7th. via Chi cago, Union Pacific & North-AVestern Line. Re turn limit August 31. The Colorado Special Ons Night to Dsnver. Leaves Chicago 10.00 a. m. every day. Reaches Denver 2.5." p. in. next day.and Colorado Springs same evening. No change of cars and all meals In dining cars. Another llrst-clnss train with through service leaves Chicago 10.30 p. m. dally. For particulars apply to your nearest ticket agent or address Chicago & North-Western Ry. Principal Agencies : PHILADELPHIA NBW YORK 161 Chestnut St. 461 Itroadtvay rillCAOO 193 Clark St. - The St. Denis Uroadway and Uleventh St., Njw York, Opp. Urace Church. Europsai Plan. Rooms $1.00 a Day ant Upwards. In a modest and unobtrusive way thoro are few better conducted hotels In tho metropolis than the St. Denis. The great popularity It has acquired can readily be traced to Its unique location. Its 1 home-like atraoyphere. tho pecull.tr ex cellence of its cuisine nnd service, and its very modorato prices. WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON, Cor. Sixteenth St. and Irvlig Plao, NEW YORK. AMERICAN PLAN, $tf.50 Per Day and Upwards. liUROPHAN PLAN, $1.50 Per Day and Upwards. I. D. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. WESTMINSTER HOTEL X For Business Men In the hoarl of the wholesale 4- district. 4. For Slionner.? i S minutes' walk to Wanamnkers; "f T S minutes to Sletol Cooper's Hlg "" "y Store. Kasy of access to tho great "" f Dry Goods Stores. X For Sltfilscers X -f One block from B'way Cars, civ- X log easy transportation to all T . points of Interest. T I HOTEL ALBERT f t NEW YOJIK. X Cor. 11th ST. & UNIVERSITY VU. 4-- Only ono lilock from Uroadway. 4- MIUHI5, .PI Up. rCes Reasonable T -.. f.-r..f.:f ConnollySWallac White "Pretty" and "Dainty" are the words that come natu rally to mind when viewing these attractive and useful articles. A special sale of manufacturers samples is now on. The variety is great, the prices low. At 19c- At 33c At 45c and finished 75c At $ At $ At $ CONNOLLY L OF SCRANTON, Special Attention Given to Busi ness ami Personal Accounts. Liberal Accommodations tex tended According to li.tlanccs and Responsibility. , 3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Interest Deposits. Capital, Surplus, $200,000 425,000 WAl. CONNELL, Presideat. HENRY BELIN, Jr., Vice.Pre?. WILLIAM II. PECK, Casbler The vault of this bank is pro tcctcd by Holmes' lilectrlc Pro. tcctive System. 'take time by the forelock." Car load Just arrived. All styles, and prices the lowest. Workmanship guaranteed even on THE CHEAPER GRXDES. Keep us In mind and you won't re Bret giving us your patronage you will get goods as represented giving you our easy terms of payment or very lowest prices for cash. Immense stock of Household Goods Stoves, Carpets, Iron Beds, etc. Flvo largo floors full to thu celling at ' Thos. Kelly's Stom, fAHJ.?M3. MOUNT PLEASANT COAL At Retail. Coal of tho best quality for domestlo uso and of all sizes. Including lluckwheat and Hirdsoyo, delivered In any part of tho city, nt the lowest prleo. Orders received ut the otllee, Conni!! building, Knom E06; telephone No. 17C2, or nt tho mine, telephone No. 2f2, will ha promptly attended to, Deulora supplied nt tho mine. T PLEASANT COAL CO To PATENT Good Ideas may be secured by our aid, Addrecs, THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md. bkby bib ni mm ram GCRANTON'S SHOPPING CENTER. rons Of Sheer Lawn, Satiu striped border, embroidery aud lace trimmed, plain hemmed, extra large aud other fancy effects. Value 25c to 35c. Of Fiue Lawn, with deep hem aud row of insertiou, in various styles. Value 45 cents. Of Sheer Tnwtl. rtffr llfm rr?nf-frl litk ft-rmt- enc nvai- clmiillnH ..Ia!.. ...., j, .-., .n..uv..v u.u lul,) Ulll.JJ UOV.I JUUUHlk.1, JJlCllll with embroidery, short and long fancy aprons. Value 60 cents to 75 cents. Very Fine Maid's Aprons, deep hem, with over shoulders, embroidery trimmed. short and long aprons in mauy designs of Value one dollari Over a hundred styles made from the fiue5t lawn and trimmed in, an exquisite manner with beautiful embroideries. Fiue Novelty Aprons, in short and long styles. Elaborately trimmed. About twenty styles of the most exquisite effects in fine Embroid ered Aprons we have ever seen. SALE NOW & WALLACE, (fiw.?n. '--.ZtrjiXrtr?4r fisjriwvfxiuf-i inJ W'Z'Mir U dise is the kind of recoinmendatiou that counts. We want you as a customer. It will be to our mutual advantage. You ought to see our new line of Rugs and Wall Paper. WILLIAMS & McANULTY, 129 WVOJVIirMCS AVENUE. 111! SO Lager Beer Brewery Mnniinicdircrs or OLD STOCK PILSNER 435 to 455 H. Ninifi St. seramox pj Telephone Cull, 2;WJ. DR.OENSTEN 3ll Spruci s:. Temple Court Biilldlaj, ?fc$'v Scraatoa, Pa. All acute and chronic diseases of men, women and fhlldren. CIIHONIC, NKUV OUS. UHAIN AND WASTING DISEAS ES A Sl'HClAlrY. All diseases of th3 Liver. Kidneys, liladder, Skin, Ulood, Nerves, Womb. Eye, Eur. Noso. Throat, und Lungs, Cmicern. Tumours, Ills Hupturo Ooltre. Uhcumutisni, Asthma, Catarrh, Vuiiococele. Lost Manhood, Nightly Emissions, all Female Diseases, Leucorrlioea, etc. Gonorrhea. Syphilis. Wood I'olson, Indiscretion und youthful habits obliterated. Surgery, Kits, Epi lepsy Tupe and Htomach Worms. CA TAHHHOZONE, Speclllo for Catarrh. Thten months' treatment only $5.00. Trial free In olllce. Consultation aiiu exami nations free. Olllce hours dally und Sunday, t a. m. to 9 p. m. DR. DENSTEN Ujgsii ?.! rows of insertion and straps Over 200 styles of fine lace and embroidery work. ON. 127 and 129 WASHINGTON AVENUE The Reputation Of the Makers Of Our 1 0fflflPl P? Is a recouiiueudatlou of its own, The experience of our customers with our merchan IUII!IimillllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII mm m Don't Forget 5 Thnt we are the agents in a s this city for the 3 Which is today, as it al- a 5 ways has been, a "top notch- a er," should be pleased to have S s you call. s I floreyIdrooks I t; jii Washington Avenus. 3 Opposite Court Mouse. H iHiiiiiimiuiiiiiuiiiHiiuiiiiiiniiiH THE MOOSIC POWDER CiL Rooms la.id'i.Com'ltliBTirg. SCRANTON, PA. Dining and Blasting POWDER Mndeut Mooaiaand Hush ale Works, IB Orient Bicvcle 1.AFI.IN & RANI) POWDER CO.'S ORANGE GUN POWDER Kl'otrlo Batteries, Kleotrlo Exploders, lorexplodlug blasts, Hufcty Kuse mil Rspauno Ghem!cil Go's .Kvw
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