lt THE SCRANTON ilUBUNli:-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1S99. KoVAL bsomjijeiyIpube Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome ori iMM rowofKca , mwvon. LIVE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD IMPROVEMENTS THAT AHE BE ING MADE AT HONESDALE. Steps Taken by the Lehigh Valley to Trevent Wrecks on the Mountain Above Wilkes-Barre Superinten dent Russell Returns His Thanks to the Employes of the Lacka wanna Road Air Shaft at tho Ex eter Colliery Has Been Completed. William Nelson Promoted. "On Monday morning ninety-eight iron, under Thomas J-auler, of Sara toga, began lining and grading the the canal basin for the Now Delawniv and Hudson locomotive railroad," says the Wayne County Independent. "One gang of nirii was employed on tho dump at the llrst lock euttlng through the pile of f.lrt taken fiom the basin bottom In years gone by and wheeling It bark In. Another gang began put ting In a slulee of lion pipes and till ing In between the end of the old canal lepalr dock nnd the bank opposite the ;rlc pockets. Still another gang was emplojed at the tear of Caultleld's mat ble ard and Howler's mill faullleld Hi others nnd their inn weie busy all day iemoing marble and granite blocks from the lear of their ard so that tk inllroad men can con tinue their or their. The company takes about twnty feet of thdr lanl The Beers' bu'ldlng has been razed, the lallroad llii" passing light over tho foundation of It The new bed will be fourteen feet lower than the pres ent one at the loir of the maible yaid. Uy the time tbU leaches our readeis the shutes from where coal has been taken to supply the Ilonesdale market nnd the country around foi the pant lorty-three yeais will have been torn down. 'The Ueers building w as elected by David Heeis about tlfty yeais ago and was formerly used as a shop. For a number of jp.vi past the basement has been utilized by H. T. Ueeis & Son for storage and the second and third floors as tenement". "The company has offered Mr Canl van a lot on the Gravity Heights side of the lallroad on which ho Intends to erect a shop. His blacksmith shoo has been torn down. "The frame storage building belong ing to the Du-land-Thompson Shoe ompany at rear of their factory and built on the lallroad company's land has been taken down. The tracks i un up close to the shoe company's line "In the early days of Honesdale the few people w ho used coal were com pelled to get U In various ways. John Ktantz was h cartman In those days nnd he says that the shutes were built lu 1S53 or 'Bf. and were sk In number, one for each kind of coal. In time moie'were added and a roof put over them, so that there were three each foi pea and chestnut, one each for Ptove, egg, grate and buckwheat and two for furnace coal. A locomotive was used to tear down the Boers' building. Hopes were at tached to timbers that had been run through the windows and from theie connected with the powerful machine. Quick work was made with Its destruc tion. The debris was given away and there was soon a man for pretty near 3v eery piece of old timber. M. Sut ton says that at one time an apparatus for unloading boats was located Just below the city hall. The best of the tlmbeis of Mi-- nest ling and shutes w 111 be taken to Way. mart and used temporality in the con struction of the new load. .1. H. Page, of Alford, Susquehanna county, has haige of the removal of the lumber M' Page Is the only survivor or four brothers who came from Boston In 1S51 ns contiactois on the Delnwaie, Lack awanna nnd Western and they have clone their shaie in the construction of all tallroads In this section since that time. Mr. Page was the con tiaetor who built Shepherd's ('rook, nnd he also worked for the Krlo at I.ackawaxcn at one time, and on the Ontario and Western In Preston He is the father of Station Agent Page nt Pejntelle "William MoKenna. of this place. Is time keeper for Mr, Lawlor. Nearly fill the men employed on Monday are residents of this vicinity. Neatly one hundred feet of new track have been laid from the trestllng over the rivet to Fowler Brothers' mill. "The matter of damages to owners of pioperty over which the new toad bed at this place Is to be built, namely. K T. Heeis & Son, Caulfleld Biothcrs and others has not heen settled nnd the piobablllty Is that viewers will he nppolnted by the court to fix the values. The agents of the companv offered Messis. Beers tl.r.OO for their bouse nnd lot. but that sum was re fused. The owners asked $2,000 and no settlement ta reached. "A tiack Is being laid fmni the end of the bride at Fowler's mill on which the construction train will carry mate rial to nil the basin. Captain Baker has charge of putting In this track." Will Prevent Wrecks. In order to prevent a repetition of the disastrous wreck which occurred on the mountain track at the Newport elding last fall, the Lehigh Valley rail road company has taken out the con nection between Sugar Notch und Far view. That distance is the only section rf single track on the main line nnd i. der tho new rules thero will only be one train allowed on It nt a time be tween Farvlew and Sugar Notch, as there are no passing switches or sid ings available between those points. Plans have been made for building a double track on that section, but from present Indications it will not be done for some time. Air Shaft Completed. After seven months work, Contractor John Pugh, of Kingston, has com pleted the tvoik of sinking the Red Ash air shaft at tho Exeter colliery. It Is fourteen feet Bquare and 600 feet deep and Is a fine piece of workman nhlp, belnff cribbed from tho surface to the rock with massive concrete BAKING Powder walls, the sanlo ns the main Hed Ash shaft. The completion of the nlr shaft means much for the owners and thu woikmen, furnishing us It does a sec ond opening for the Hed Ash vein, a large number of next- chnmbers can be opened and the production of tho Ehaft will be largely Increased. I'P to this time only twenty men could be employed In the shaft under the law, because there was no second opening. Although Exeter ooilleiy Is one of the oldest In this reslon, the Pod Ash vein has Just been op 'tied. I' will furnish coal for mnnv years to co'ne--W!lkes-Barre Record. Thanks of Superintendent. General Superintendent Russell, ;f the I ackawanna road. Issued tho fol low lug cluular yesterday: To All Concerned 1 want to thank jou for the grtat cure ou showed In hand ling the big excursions Into Scranton, and other parts of the road Monday last It shows conclusively to me that thero Is not any tcason wh we cannot handle anything that may ofter Itscll In the fu ture In the shape of travel, and I have suggested to oui pasenger dupattment tlin I would not hesitate a moment, af ter seetiiK the wiv our men worked, to accept anything they want to offt r lu the shape of business. (Signed) K. a. Russell. This nnd That. it Is announced that the Chamber lain ooilleiy. St. Clair. Schuylkill lounty (which has been closed down tlnce last February, will resume oper ations on Sept 1,".. Many repairs have been inndo to the colliery. J. J. Lewis, for many years conduc tor on the Catawlssa branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, has been promoted to the position of assistant tialn master, with headqua--tcrs at Wllllamsport. Mr. Lewis has alreadj assumed chaige of his new position. V, illlim Nelson, who for many years has tilled the position of outside fore man at Jeanesvllle No. 1 and who sIikp 'mi, erlntendent McFailane re signed h.n I een geneial outside fore ni'ii'. le-igned his position on Mon duv Ho is succeeded by William F. Hamer, who had charge of No. 4 in side, and since tho shut down has had charge of all inside work. Mr. Nelson was offered a position as foreman at one of the Lehigh Valley Hazleton col lieries, but as yet he has not decided on neeepting the same and has not decided on what he will do for the futuie. He has a thorough knowledge o' machinery and is capable to fill a I lace anywhere Hazleton Sentinel. MEMORIAL HALL AND LIBRARY Collender Memorial Association Is to Maintain It. An application for a charter for tho Callender Memorial association was yesterday filed with Prothonotary John Copeland. The object of the associa tion Is to maintain a public hall nnd library on the "Old Brown church lot" in Ulakcly. to be dedicated to tho mem ory of Samuel Callender, deceased, the founder of tho "Old Brown church " The subscribers to the nrtlcles of In corporation arc Samuel N Callender, Scr.-ftiton, Carrie A. Kenyon, Olyphant, William H. Callender, 'Peckvllle; Ro maine S Callender. John T. Howe, Mary K. Howe. Charles A. Callender. Kdward J Callender, C. P. Kenyon, Mnrgaiet J. Callender, Scranton, S. D. Kingsley, George D. Klngsley, A. K Kingsley. Burton K Klngsley, Edwin A. Kingsley. John R. Jones, Olyphant; Newell Callender, Claik's Green, Al fred M. Baker, Waverly; David B. Mor gan, John II. Callender, Mary L. Cal lender, Judson S. Callender, Ihnma ij. Williams, i;. Fremont Ferris, Aich T. Dunltip. Peckvllle CONDITION DANGEROUS. Shields Accidentally Shot by Com panions Tuesday Evening. James Shields, the young lad who was accidentally shot by a companion on West Lackawanna avenue Tuesday evening, is lying in a serious condition at the L.ickaw.inne hospital. The bullet enteied the right breast and pursued an upward louise. It in.iv have entered the lung, and It may h.ue flattened against one of tho ribs but It would be dangeious at present to pi oho for It. Byron and Tom Watklns. the boy who had the revolver in his hand when It was dlsrhaiged, and the boy who purchased It nie being held nt police hoadquarteis to uwalt the result of young Shields' injuilcs. MEETING OF PREACHERS. They Will Bo Resumed on Monday Next. The pieaohers meeting of the Metho dht Uplscopal church, of Scranton nnd vicinity, will be icsiimed on September 11th, (Mondn), nt 10:30 a. ni., In th Him Park llbinry loom. Rv C M. Surdtm. of Methodist episcopal church liver the uddrcss Subject Pittston will le- "Man'n individual and Social Side." As this is tho (list meeting after tho annual vacation it Is hoped there will bo a gonernl attendance. ROSEN HAS RESIGNED. Will Be Two Inspectors for South Side Sewer. George Rosen, Inspector of the South Ride sewer, has resigned. He has been suffering from rheumatism for a time and was unable to continue to perfoun tho duties of his otllce. On the recommendation of City En glneer Phillips, two Inspectors will be named by Mayor Molr at tonight's meeting of the select council. Special Reduced Fates to Bethlehem via the Lehigh Valley Railroad, Account of the Bethlehem State Fair, September 12 to 10, 1800. Tickets will bo sold from Scranton to Bethlehem and roturn, September 12 to 15 inclusive, limited for teturn to Sep tember 1G. Special one day rutes of $2.65 will be made Thursday, September 14. Tick ets good going only on train No. 20 of that date, returning tho same, or fol lowing day. Consult Lehigh Valley Ticket Agent for further particulars. RAILROAD WRECKS EASILY HANDLED CREWS TAKE CARE OF THEM WITH SLIGHT FRICTION. How Work Is Dono Equipments for the Rcstointion of 1 raffle Commu nication Are Complotc Wrecking Crew Can Be Muntered on n Mo ment's Notlco nnd Hurried to the Scene of the Troublo Work, That It Is Called Upon to Perform Is of of a Varied Nature. One of the Interesting depaltments of every railroad la that which talus chaige of the wrecks on the road. To cope with these every road has equip; ped a certain number of cars with nil tho modern hoisting and lifting devices and a tialned ciew of vvrockeis. The wrecking crew Is always within call, for their services may be nt any mo ment most Important. The derrick car, with its far project ing beak reaching beyond the boundaries of the car frames, stands alwnvs ready to assist In throwing over the bank deinlled cars containing the most valuable of commodities. When a wreck occurs the tialnmnster of the road on which It happens to bo Is at once notified. The first hot engine Is piessed.lnto service nnd the wrecking crew assembled In haste It may bo that the accident Is caused by two engines on the same track, but going In opposite directions trying to pasa each other or n washout may have torn up the track ahead of the first mall train. Whatever the cauo the wrecking crew Is dispatched to the location of the accident. LIK15 A FIUL' DEPARTMENT. The wrecking department of a rall load resembles the fire department of a Fieat cilv In many Instances. The men compoplng the crew are all picked mechanics whose versatility has com mended them for the wrecking ser vice. Engineers and conductors out on tl.c load seldom call for the wieck car unlejps. the wreck Is serious. The locomotives and caboose are equipped with henvv chains, lifting Jncks and other appliances for retracklng derail ed cars, and when only n single car Hies the track the train crew replaces It without the aid of the wrecking force. Accidents that demand the wrecking force are plenty, and when they occur the conductor sends out a llagman ahead to protect other tuilns, and noti fies tho train dispatcher of a need of the wrecking crew. Each railroad has Its own sjstem of handling wrecks. It is usucl for a rail road coinpnny to have stationed at the terminal of each freiiht division a wiecltlng ciew. Sometimes, as In the case of branch lines this wrecking outfit mey consist t.f one derrick car. with two derricks on It, one of which Is operated by a small hoisting engine. Where hand power is idled on the havy hoisting Is pel formed with the assistance of the tegular locomotive, which pulls on a cable working tho hoisting arrange ments on the del lick car. QUARTERS FOR THE WRECKERS. In addition to the derrick car the train is made up of a tool ear and a "shanty" car. The latter Is used as hleepiljg quarters for the men compos- j ing the wrecking crew, when out at a ' wreck for any length of time. I If tho numbers of the wrecking crew desires a day off they must notify the foreman of his Intention, and in many j enses furnlth nn acceptable substitute j so that the wreck train may if called I upon for duty be at Its full strength. ; Some loads have the housts of their wrecking crews equipped with electilo ( all bells or telephones, but tho ordin ary way of summoning them for wreck duty Is by the call boy. A railioad manager In making a com parison between the city lire depart ment and the wrt'eking crew on the railroad said. "The value of service is gieatly de pendent upon the quickness vvlth which the apparatus is gotten to the place of Occident. When the wrecking crew Is notified ovci-j man hastens to his place and the first engine nnd crrw obtain To astiit dlsestlon, relieve distress after catln;; or di Inking too heartily, to prevent constipation, take ' 5$8z a? Sold CVC I'ern '?"i cp'it , The Last Chance To Buy Russet Shoes At your prices. We must clear our stock regardless of value. LOOK AT THE LOW PRICES. OG pairs Men's Uussia Call Hand-sowed Shoes, ranging in price from $3.00, $3.50 and $1.00, nearly all sizes, go at $1.0S and $2.20. 130 pairs Men's Knsset Shoes, .at OSc, $1.29 and $1.40, worth $2 and $3.50. 40 pairs Ladles' $1.50 Unsset Shoes at 08 cents. 3G pairs Ladies' Queen Hess $3 Knsset Cloth Top Shoo, all sizes, at $1.00. 30 pairs Ladies' line Knsset Shoes, John JCclly and Gray Uros.' make, worth $3.00 and $4.00, at $1.08. 08 pairs Ladies' Knsset Shoes, worth $2 and $3, at $1.29, $1.49 and $1.00. 28 pairs Misses' $1.50 Knsset Shoes at 9S cents. 148 pairs Boys' Knsset Patent Tip Shoes, worth $2, sizes 11 to 5&, at $1.29. Kig Bargains in School Shoes, all styles and all kinds at prices to suit anyone, from 50 cents to $1.00. It will pay you to buy great buyiug facilities in the enables us to sell stylish and house in the world. YER M able nre placed nt Ihelr service. They are given a clear track to the point or obstruction. Other trains making way for them, much as tho street pedes trlatiR nnd heavy teams seek the curbs rnd sidewalks at tho ringing to make wny.for the coming fire engine. WORK AT THE WRECK. "Arriving at the wreck the first thing to be dono Is to set up a telegraph of fice, which gives dlrcot communication tp headqiinrters. A man Is placed in chaigo of the tool enr to Issue tho tools needed at the wieck, and to care for them when they arc returned. The wrecking crew do not nltn so much to save the damaged freight cats ns to deer the road for the sus pended traf'lc. The obsructlng cars are usually rolled over the bank to be picked up the following Sunday. The trainmen calling for tin wreck train have given the Iralnmapter n description of tho Mtuatlon and nn estimate of the prob able time required to open the road. If the tliri'' required to obtain a clenr tracks exceeds four hours, freight trains are not sent out fnm terminals. Tho trains nre, however, made up, nnd the yards cleared for the movement of the concentrated traffic that follows the lemovnl of the wreck. "Loss than four hours detention tho trains are moved as close ns conven ient to tho point of tho wreck nnd stored nn sidings for rapidity of move ment when tho line Is open. Where tho road Is elos'-d more than four hours In all probability arrangements arc made Id. deflect tho mnll trains over foreign lines or nround the obstructed point by transfer fiom train to train." WORK OF WRECKING CREW. The wrecking crew Is supposed to be competent to do anything pertaining to the maintenance or operation of the railroad. It lavs track, repairs engines snfTloIently to allow them to be taken to the shop, builds bridges, trestles and dams, erects temporary stations nnd telegraph lines and In some case repairs citlveits nnd builds water tanks. It also transfers baggagj and passen gers, takes care of tho wounded In a wrfok, and In 'omo Instances cotlln tho dead. The man in charge may nlso Investigate the cauno of tho uocld?nt and rolled evidence In case of future claims for damapes. , Ordlnnillv gieat care Is tnken to save I the contents of tho cars, and a watch- man who Is generally one of the rall- load company's detectives Is stationed , at the wreck to prevent nny of th I merchandise becoming the prey of thieves. Goods that are not damaged I by the wreck nie forwarded to the con signee nnd delivery made. In case they show slims of the expeiienco thev have I had claims Is made by tho consignee for tho loss in value, and this is investi gated by tho railroad authorities, and If n Just one, Is paid. Silly. "He Is tho silliest boy you ever heard of. He writes mo twice a daw" "How absolutely foolish, Nell' What does he do the rest of tho day'" "Ho says he spends It In reading the letters I write him "Harper's Bazar. Soak thohamlS thoroughly, on retiring, in a hot lather of Cuticuku Soap, tho most efl otlve skin purifying soap, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nurncry. Dry, anoint freely with Cutiouka Oiutment, the great skin euro and parent of emollients. Wear old glove during night. Tor bnro hands, Itching, burning palms and painful linger ends, this one nloht trrntmtnt is wonderful. Fold tbroHthout the ito-M I'otti n. aud C. Corr., Ttovt . lioitoii. ' Uoir to litT Utiutilu llliodi," fret. IITPLiiraL At Retail. Coal of tho best ouallty for domestic uso and oT all sizes. Including nuckvvheat at anu jiirasoye, delivered in any the city, at the lowest price. part of Orders lecclved at the ofllee. Connell building Ttoom EOG; telephone No 1761, or nt tho mine, telephone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. T PLEASANT COAL CO KS!338aM;SSaflu2 raPiiVi VW-- '- W",M? of us, We buy for cash and cau sell for cash ouly, aud our Boston, Brocktou aud Lynn shoe markets, backed by braius, durable footwear of all sorts for less money than any other D AVI DOW, W The Cheapest Shoe Store, 307 Lacka. Ave. .MuyJc, Q "Qu&f ryftJLet i The worth of this store cannot be measured by the good we do in this city alone. We are useful to thousands of people, some of whom seldom come here, others of whom have never seen us nor our store, Business that comes to us by mail from many points and far away demonstrate that our ways and values are widely known. CONNOLLY The Wheat Ftom which "Snow White" I'lour Is made, is all cleaned, f-couro(. nnd steamed before It Is ground, to wo know tl at u 1) Does not contain the least llttlo bit of dirt. It's perlectly clem, perfectly pure and perfectly wholesome It Is nude In a chan mill by clean men and Is, used by clean people. Ask your grocer uboui It. "We only wholesaloiC." THE WESTON ILL CO. Scranton, Carbondale, Olyphant. The Dickson Manufacturing Co. Kcranton nnd Vlllca-llnrre, l'i, .Mauufaoliirers of L0C0A10T1VES, STATIONARY ENGINES Boilers, Holjtlnjand Pumplnz Machinery. deneral Office, Scranton, Pa. SCRANTON'S SHOPPING CENTER. ttZAsl awu&ld vopAKsnZton j 0 (ycunZarLy Us & WALLACE, Fall Carpets WILLIAMS Interior i l! ger eer Brewery Manurncturcvs or OLD STOCK ffiUffi5O0i'lSIJii:)L! Telcphons Call, 2J3I, DR.DENSTEN 311 spruci S:. Tcmpla Court bulidhj, SCHUtUJ, rM. mm All acute and chronic dlsrnsrs of men, t onion nnd children C1HIONIU, N12HV Ol'b, J1UA1N ANU WAB'llNU DISUAH i;U A Bl'KClALTV. All dueascs of tha Liver, Kidneys, Uladdcr. Skin, Wood, Nervi'H. Womb, Uyc. Uur. Nose Throat, und l.unb'B, Cancel h. Tumours, I'lln Itupturo iloltre, Rheumatism, Asthma, Catarrh. Varlococele. Lost Manhood, NlRhtly.nmlsslons, all Female Dlscados, I-cucorrhoe i, etc. Oonorrhea. Syphilis. Wood I'olson, Indiscretion nnd youthful habits obliterated. Surnerv Kits, i:p. lepsy Tu;- mid Htomach Worms CA TAHIUIO.ONB. Speelllo for Calnrrh Thico months' treatment onl J3 00 Trltl free In oillce Consultation and exami nations free. Olll'-p hour daily and Sunday, 8 u. m. to 9 p. ni. DR. DENSTEN is IfljfsiS PJ wensnaJ 127 and 129' WASHINGTON AVENUE We offer better inducements to the carpet buyer this season thau ever before. Paying less for your carpets than we ask is getting thread bare spots and dissatisfaction that you do not bargain for. Everything in Wilton, Ax minster, Velvet, Brussels, Savonerrie, Ingrain. & M'ANULTY. Decorators. 129 Wyoming Avenue, IUIIBKie:ilUtHI31IISI9IIIIH2UltH a 1 FL0REY & BROOKS 1 ill Wnsliinjjtun Avenus. JJ 3 2 Opposite Court House. S niniisiiiiHiiiHiiuuHEiimrmiimuH THE IflSIC POWDER CO. Rooms 1 nn(12, Com'MiB'Fd'g. SCRANTON, PA. Hining and Blasting M .lie at Mooulo und Uti'h title Work! I.AFMN & HAM) I'OWDHK CO 'S ORANGE GUN POWDER. Ul ctrlo llatterien. KlootrloKxplolr. tor exploding blait. Safety l'ut)arvt Rspaino Chsmtal Co's oiSVas 6TATY&7T hlfj fi ' m iiud iohi u i a b u b M I Pioiii
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