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DE3T IN TOWN.
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LACKAWANNA DAIRY CO
3tItphoneOrderrrompUrDiUTrl
13, .33 j Adams Avenua.
Scranton Transfer Co.
Baggage Checked Direct to Hotels
and Private Residences.
Office D., If. 6t W. Passenger
6tatlon. Phone 525.
DR. H. B. WARE,
SPECIALIST.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Oir.ce Hours ( a. n. to 15.80 p. m.: ! to .
William Building. Opp. Postofflsa.
CITY NOTES
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P VY-DAYS. Th. l)clanaie and llud.on paid
Saturday at the fiiarey Island inlno at lV-cUill.
NM'l, MIX-! I.VC.Tho annual meeting of
the Association ot tho Home for the I'rlcniUiM
villi take piece on l'rlday at 2 p. in.
SUVnXTII WAlin litlMAIttF.S. Seventh vraid
IUunoorats will hold primaries Saturday next to
nominate candidates for common council, con.
tabic and district ct.lecrs.
PHl.NtiPAi.'S nOUXI) TAIUK. A meeting ftt
Ihq Piliicipal's Hound Table villi be held al the
Mli school today at 4 o'clock. A full attendance;
is it-muttcd as a proposal to change tne tiuw
and place of meetings will bo discussed,
'I Mi: .tUWieil CIIAUTUAQL'A. JIIm Minnie 11.
lewis, field tecrctaiy of the Jewish Oluutauqva,
Is in the ilty and will addicts a meeting tonight
at the l'.wellior club house. All Interested in
the vvoik arc cordially invited to attend,
ST. JOSEPH'S SOCIETY. The annuul meeting
of St. Joseph's society will he held tn the chapel
el St. Thomas' college. All member' are earn
estly rc'iuected to he picent at tliat time .is
the annual election of ofiiccis and other Itni on. ni
business will tae place.
PI.AYIXO IIOCKKY. Complaint was nude at
police headquartcis jestcnlay nftcrnoon tint a
i loud rf bci wcro creating a disluiliance in
fmnt ot Cieorse l'elton'K icsldence. nt Hi Pine
stieet, by plalns hockey. An oltUer was Us
patched to break up the K.ime.
IIIIOKI! A WISDOV,'. Adam KunUkj .is fii.ed
M by Mayor Moir in police court yesteidaj. k.
nl.kcy was arrested by Patrolman Clocilltz Satin.
day nlitht on complaint ot 1'ianlc llonin, a k.i
loon keeper at 520 Lackawanna, inemie, who
chained him with breaking a window.
D L. & W. PAYS. The Delaware l.acka.nna
and Western company will pa toilaj at Ihe Hii.
iiond. Manvllle and Stoirs mlney. On Ncdwi..
day the pay car will vlit the Vvondale, Aiichiu.
i !di. Illlss, IlalWead, Hunt. Petlebone and
Wnoduard mines on the lllo inhuii; illvi-lon.
FATAL l'M.I, OP HOCK.-Mhhael MaUinjie,
a Polander, was fatally Injured by a fall of tet
in the Woodwaul initio at Kingston Satuiday. lie
was brought to the Mosis Tajlnr huspltal, win re
he illid ten minutes alter nrrlal. ilalaruclc'i
ilfil;l arm ami lett leg were ciuhed to pulp.
DKXIKS THE SiTOUY. National OruanUfi- Vied
llileher, of the fnlted Mine 'i.ikor, wUhea It
announced that the etoiy published In one ( the
Sunday papei-s to the cflect that ho was about to
akumc chaise ot the lill.'J cafe Is uiiloiinded,
"There Is no tmtli in it," he said to a 'lilbime
icpoitcr.
DSr.Hl'IOX AND XOX-srPPOItr-lolm l.ee.e,
of llunmore, CO jeau of aije, was airalsned be.
forp Alderman Ka-son Saturday on the cluigc ft
dcirtion and non-support, picfencd by bis wi'c,
a woman about 30 years of ape. Hece was held
under 4!00 ball. John IMnards ot Dumnoie,
ciullned 03 bondsman.
1'inST OF COUHSl!.-lr. R. 11. (Jllbolu will
open the v.lnter coune of lecluies to be ghen
under the aufplees of the Calbcdlo Ynunc Ho
nieu'a club in tho lcctuie hall of the club Tues
day evening; at 8 o'clock. Subject, "Food, Air
and Diess." The Rupert quartette will under
vocal (elections. A larue audience Is anticipated.
CT.HAniXO IlOC&n. Tilt: cleailnvs of the
.Pcranton Clearinc llouso assoclatluii for the
week ending Januaiy 0, 11HH, aie as follows:
Monday, !I0,4IG.73; Tuesday, liolldaj ; Wnlncs.
da-. fS07.59fl.70: Thursilay, 22.-23t.o0; I'lidiv,
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North Jersey and Pocono Mountain lee Co,
Gold Bonds
Free ct Ta.v. I'll e per cent. Mature 1019.
Tneao bonds arc Mxurcd by a llrst
mortgage on some 2,000 aciei of land and
water in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
soma ot it within forty miles ot Jersey
City, together with Murasro house, rail,
road rights of way, He, with distributing
house, etc., in llobolicu, Newark, Pat
erson, Philadelphia and other cities.
Tho company lias a sniipnc aim storage, 4.
capacity of COO.OOO tons. I
Price and full Information 011 applka. ""
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SCRANTON, PA.
l'.173.Cl: Saturday. 9KMM.C0: total, $!,!!,
0U.2J. Corrr.ponillnir wiek hit year, $1,306,.
SAClli:t) ( OM I. III'. All cnjojable aacrrd con.
mrt as conduitcd l,tt night In Snover'a hall
ticder the diicctiou el Itcv. Nathan Druck, ot the
n'n.il..braham ronrregatlon. Here bi others' or
clitilra rendered instrumental mualo and vocal
numbers wro fumlilicd by A. Ttnse, D. rtlJmau
HivlJ L'ppstclu, II. Zermano, Jacob Druclt and
Jacob Clock.
rilOPOSn TO OltCJANlZE-Tht eoachmen, dilv
cm and stablemen of tli city et Scranton will
held a meeting in the Grand Central on Sunday
nlglit, January 13. The majority ot the em
ployes hate eignltled their intention ot perfect,
irg a permanent orj.inlzatlon by attaching their
Ignaturca to n proclamation which contain! tne
names ot 1W ot tlio leadlnr horsemen ot the city.
IXTTUR MOM rARUELLO.-A letter wa re
ceived at Tho Tribune olflee list night from Leo
Parddlo, who wis to have wrestled Professor M.
J. D.ver last Thursday night In this elty. Ho
explains that his hand wax badly Injured and
that for that lcasou he wan unable to come here,
lie announcer, however, that he will be ready
to meet Dwjor in two weeks' time.
HANOMi: tU.t:MAlt. We aio In iccsipl of
thd Armour lt01 calendar, which t eonipoed of
six leaves. It in entitled "Armour's Spirit ot tlu
Century Calendar," and is intended to illuitrats
slv national heroes who hato typified the spirit
ot the century just closing. It begins with thu
"Uojs of Seunty-alt" and ends with Uoosevelt
at San Juan. As a new century calendar tho idea
is certainly appropriate, and as tho military sen
timent btlll holds slioDfc-, it ought to meet with
a (rood reception. Armour fc Co., Chit ago, will
mail till calendar to any address on receipt ot
1 two-cent stamps for pcolusc.
INsrAIXATlOX Or OrTICEItS. 'I lie followit-c
olucers wero installed by I'. J. Ainsdcn of Post
No. 139, at the installation of Colonel Monicfl
pest. No. SI"), Orand Army ot the Republic, and
'Irele 19, Ladles- of tho flrand Army of the
Hepiibllc, held S'tturday niitlit Commander, B,
. Bryant; senior ln, L. Slmcnsonj junior vice.
Vreil Wciidlins; serieaut, I.e I Rctts; chaplain,
.1 W, Sanford; ipjarlermater, P, Dcl-acy; ad
julnut, TunU Thomas: sirce.mt major, Henry
Simpson; quartermaster si recant, Edvuud U
Haas. The follovilni officers of Circle 19 wero
Installed by Jlw. K. A. Scull: President, lira.
M. l).'ls; senior vhe president, Mrs. It. 0. Diy
ant: Junior vice piesldcnt. Mrs. Mary Phillips;
ronduutrco. Mrs. Delhi Weltrel; chaplain, Mrs.
Minnie Kchtilu; treasurtr, Mn, Simanna Omer;
guard. Mis. G'nvnnv Pads. Hefrchmcnts v.ero
eneil at the coiiiluslon of the installation excr
iit.es TO TRY AND FIX UP
TURNPIKE DISPUTE
Confeieuce Arranged for Tonight Be
tween Members of Councils and
Officials of Ablngton Company.
TonlKht there tlll be helil In the
ollleo of Attorney Y AV. Watson, In
the Trailers' bank Inilldlnp, a confer
ciit'o between u special Joint commit
tee of council and the otllclals of the
Ablngton Turnpike company, with a
view of setllliifr the long-standing dis
pute between the elty and that cor
ponitlon regarding West Market street,
which Is, properly speaking, the Ab
lngton turnpike.
Tho company bus practically Hgteed
to cede all Its rights to that portion of
the street within the city limits, pro
viding tho city will pave It, and It Is
this proposition which Is to be dls
ciijised tonight. The niujorlty of the
members of the committee favor the
plan, and It N more than likely that
they will report favorably upon It to
councils.
Just whether tho mujotity of the
abutting property owneis on the street
fuor a pave Is not known, but one
thine Is certain and that Is thut they
all want street car facilities, and these
they cannot got as long as tho turn
pike company conitols the situation.
Tho fianchlsc of the Scranton Itall
way company permits It to consltuct
Hacks out West Market stieet, but
when planned to do so some years ago
the oillcials of the turnpike company
gave the street railway nfllclals to
understand that If they attempted to
lay any tracks they would bo fought
to the bitter end In court. The street
railway people decided that the turn
pike company had a pretty good case
and they didn't lay any tracks at that
lime, nor have they since.
Of coutfe, If the stivet is deeded to
the city then the company, under Its
franchise, can so ahead and lay tracks
to the city line, affording transporta
tion facilities to the people who are ut
prehcnt obliged to walk up the hill. If
the committee i eportH favorably on the
proposition to councils, It will reaulto
u. three-fourths vote to put It thtough,
but it Is believed that tne vote will be
unanimous.
ENGLE MUCH IMPROVED.
Theie Is a Possibility That Amputa
tion May Not Be Necessary.
Jacob Kngle, the 10-year-old som
nambulist, who was so badly frozen
last Tuesday, has slightly Improved.
Thero is a possibility that amputa
tion of his feet will not be found nec
essary. DIRECTORY NOTICE.
Scranton, Pa., Jan.
1301.
To tho Public:
This certllles that tho undersigned
litis sold all their right and Interest In
the Taylor Scranton directory and nil
other dlrectoiles In tho city of Scran
ton, and county of Lackawanna to the
Williams Directory company, whom we
truBt will be favoted with your patron
age, The Scranton dhectory was pub
lished by the above parly six years
auo. The Ttlbuno Publishing Co.
Mr, Williams, with his twenty years
practical experience, will Issue the reg
ular Scranton directory for 1001, and It
will bo an accurate and complete up-to-date
publication, containing all the
new und Important fsatures which
characterized his work In Wilkes
Barre and other cities. This city la to
be made the home ofllec, not only of
tho local book, but all his other publi
cations. Therefore, the work will not
only continue to bo a purely home In
stitution, but will bring other Interests
In the directory line to this city, and
give extra employment to Scranton la
THE POWER OF
ALMIGHTY GOD
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WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF DR.
HURLBUT'S DISCOURSES.
Opened Week of Prnyer la Second
rresbytevlan Church During the
Week He Will Deliver a Series of
Sermons That Will Be a Continua
tion of His Discourse of Yesterday.
He Says That the Divine Power Is
Manifested of God to You and in
You Dr. McLead's Sermon.
This Is the week fixed upon as tha
week of prayer among the Kvangellcal
churches of tho world and It will be
generally observed In this city.
Probably the most marked prepara
tions made to signalize tho Aral week
of prayer In the new century Is in tho
Second Presbyterian church, whete
Rev. Dr. Robinson has secured Rev.
Dr. C. 12. llurlbut, Of Philadelphia, to
conduct a series of services.
Dr. llurlbut Is perhaps th bast
known, If not tho leading Bible teacher
of this country. His long work as state
secretary of tho Young Men's Chris
tian association brought him into
touch with a multitude of people. He
frequently visited this city several
years ngo In his capacity as secretary
and mado an Impression which has
deepened and grown In Its piearant
relations dining tho lapso of time.
Dr. llurlbut Is the director of the
Africa -Inland mission, one of the old
est and most Important missions on
tho dark continent The work is car
ried on in Central Aft lea, not far
from the Victoria Nyanza, He Is also
the leading Bible teacher In tho
Eaglcsmore Summer school,
CAMU PROM NEW YORK.
Dr. Hurlbut has just come from a
meeting In New York which has mora
thoroughly Imbued him with the con
sciousness of the possibilities of divine
power In the human heart. Ills work
this week will be singularly Interest
ing to thoio who desire new light In
their religious experience and to those
who aro as yet Indifferent. Ite has a
most wonderful degree of eblllty in
bringing home truths to the hearts of
men.
During the week the subject of Dr.
Hurlbut's Bible readings will bo a con
tinuation of his talk yesterday morn
ing on "The Power of God." Ho Is a
mon convincing speaker, and Is ex
ceptionally successful In his ability to
so present truths that not only the
thoughtful but the careless aro led
Into a higher plane of living. He Is a
man of distinguished pergonal appear
ance and graceful delivery.
He spoke yesterday morning from
Acts, 1:8, "Thou Shalt Receive Power,"
adding as a connecting link, the words:
"Tho promise Is unto you and to your
children and to them that are afar
off, even to as many as tire called."
He said that few sadder experiences
await the child ot God than the sense
of weariness and overwhelming sink
ing of soul because of their limitations.
Yet there Is a note of hope, of glad
expectation for tho weakest and most
discouraged, as well as those who are
already conscious of power.. It Is a
nad fact that nine-tenths of the truth i
In tho nible fall to bear fruit In tho
lives of men.
THE WORD "POWER."
The translation of the word "power"
Is susceptible of two meanings, The
one of authority not being touched
upon tn these comments. With all
reverence It moans the promise In the
divine commandment that In our meas
ure we may speak as Jesus spoke,
"Ye shall receive the divine energy."
The limitations placed upon dlvlir
power as represented In human life
aro bounded by tho meumtre of our
divinity. It Is to be regretted that
many good pi.-opie are misleading
themselves, and others by misunder
standing that the manifestation of
divine energy In earthly life Is to be
applied chiefly In a carnal earthly
sense. They fall to realize that dlvlni
things are Incompatible with the sel
fish sensual realities ot earthly lite.
The battle Is ilrt with tho world;
second, with the llesh ourselves; third,
not with flesh and blood, but tho prin
cipalities and poweis of this age of
darkness The energy of God Is ptl
marlly bestowed In order that the
world and tho tlcsh may be success
fully resisted by tho Church of God.
This divine energy Is not a possession
of our carnal lives, but to possess
them: not mental, not a mere truth
or pilncipal that may be ftudlcd ond
tendered into a philosophic; teaching,
but a power mnnlfo.-tted which In su
perior to and over mind and all of
self; not a possession of tho old self
jeckoncd as dead in the Word' not
possessed by unsaved man, but be
longing to the divine measure nnd b?
ing applied to all things Is a sign of
life.
LACK IN DIVI.VH KNKROY.
In the meaauio we laik comes tho
lack In divine energy. It Is not tho
attitude of service of money gifts that
Is requited, not the tierce, desperate
desire to seek by renewed rcrvlco to
God that wo tuny force ourselves to
reach the attitude when the strange
mysterious presence will come. The
power Is of God. We must look well
to our heart relations with Him who
died that we might havo life and that
we might havo it mote nbiuulantly.
Tho conclusion of the whole matter
Is that the divine power Is manifested
Keep Going!
Tin words are simple and the
order is plain, yet comparatively
few are tlri folks who heed.
The wotld's greatest engineer
ing feats havo taken years of ten
acious toll. Persistent mining Is
the price paid for all precious
minerals. Keep solurj till land Is
sighted Is tho only course open
to those who would itos.3 tho
mighty deep. Every mammoth
business seen Is tt specimen of
sturdy pluck Us founder pains
takingly "pegged away" till pros,
perlty came.
Many uio the lessons one may
learn from life's activities. And, If
talents be timely employed, every
live- man or woman will assured
ly profit thereby. Ttoublo is, few
will perseverlngly try; and, nat
urally, few attain the degtee of
success sought.
Be one of tho few take tills
motto: Save till success Is seen
and TRY In vtho "keep going
way."
Savings Department
TRADERS NATIONAL BANK
Cor. Wyoming and Spruce
of God to you and In you. God Is om-
nlpreflent and all power bolongoth to
God, who stands bC3ldo the life oE the
littlest child as well as tho wisest
saint. It Is the nicanuro In which we
l:now Him that tho power shall b
manifested In us, and that wo shall
rovral Illni. It Is thus that tho ulm
plo word of the little child touches tho
life of stroni: liion,
It Is thus that the humblest saint
toutlics tha Ufa of 'the hardest! sinner.
It Is so that tho teacher In the Sunday
sohool, tho iircuc'her, the Tuimble be
liever In dally testimony, the shut-In
In the hushed stillness of the prayer
hour manifests the divine power.
A NEW YEAR'S DISCOURSE.
Was Deliveted by Rev. Dr. McLeod
in First Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Dr. James McLeod, pastor of
tho First Presbyterian church, deliv
ered a most forceful and eloquent New
Year's scimou last night, taking his
text from II Cor., v:17, "Thereforo If
any man be In Christ, he Is a new
creature; old things are parsed away;
behold all things aro becomo new."
He expressed the wish that each and
every member of the congregation had
wlshtd every other member a happy
new year and not n perfunctory one,
but 0110 out of the depths of their
hearts.
Ho outlined the dlffcrcnco between
the happiness of the young and tho
happiness of the old. Tho young, ho
said, see not tho threatened storm.
They think only of tho morrow. Tho
happiness of tho old Is different, ho
said. There happiness lies In tha
hope of a future heavenly reward.
"Hope," said tho doctor, "Is n trusty
friend. Wo may havo wealth; we may
have power; wo may have everything
but If we havo not hope we cannot
be truly happy. Hope is necessary to
ttito happiness. There In no happy
ntw year for those who have no hope."
Speaking regarding the necessity of
making n firm determlnatlona during
tho coming year to live a Christian
life of tho highest type, ho said:
"Let us put on our heads the helmet
of lltjht, let us buckle on tho breast
plate of righteousness, nnd let us
clothe our feet with the truth of tho
Lord Jesus. Then let us tako the
shield of faith to ward off tho darts
of tho tempter and let us take Into our
hand tho sword of tho spirit, to bo
used on tho offensive, as well ns on
the defensive."
The doctor referred to tho remark a
certain young man recently made to
hint. "Oh, yes," said he, "I've seen
some of these holy people and I don't
want to be like them. I'd pray
to be unlike them rather than like
them." "I told that young man," said
the doctor, "that he didn't know what
he was talking about, and I'm sure he
didn't. Thero are people. It Is true,
who make their profession of Chris
tianity a most melancholy proceed
ing, but those who do so are not ex
emplifying its true spirit. Christ nev
er Intended that His followers should
go through life with lacrymose expres
sions on tholr countenances."
He told at length of the wonderful
joy which has possessed Christians
from the very dawn of Christianity.
He told of the wonderful happiness of
Paul when the Roman populace was
thirsting for his blood; of tho Joy that
possessed Peter when he was released
from prison: ot the happiness of
Stephen as he stood before the men
about to consign him to death, and
of the spiritual Joy which has been In
tho hearts of countless other Chris
tians since the birth ot the Babe In
Bethlehem.
RELIGIOUS NEWS NOTES.
Dr. ('. M. Ullfm, pa-itor of the Klin Paik Meth
odic KpiKopal chuis.li. delivered en Inspiring
sermon la.st night, taking for hla topic, "Tho
New Clirlst for the New Century."
Rev. W. J. l'oid, pator of the newly dedi
cated tirecn ltldge Jlaptist church, gave hU idea
of "The Ideal Church" at yesteiday morning',!
Million and urged the members of tho congrr.
gallon to nuke the Miiioundlns in their new
chuich home, Jutt as Ideal as possible.
'J he feature of yesterday altoinoon's meeting at
the Young Men's Christian association rooms was
ii i-crles of ftc minute addieaaes ghen by Ilemy
Vol. Jidin Wills. J. D. Main and Kelt Ilushncll.
Their helpful talks wcic followed by a general
testimony meeting, each oni outlining hla pur.
poc- tor the coining jiar.
"Another Chance or r.egii.nlng the New Year
Right," was tho topio of a pownful New Year's
c 111.011 delivered last night by lies'. Dr. Robeit
1. . Pleiie, the pastor of tlio Penn Asenue
Ilaptist chimb. Tlio sernee of the Lord's aupper
was obsined In the morning, the new individual
communion cups being u.d tor the first time.
Special finiccs coiiunemoiative of the begin.
nliig of the twentieth centmy wcto held last
night In Crace i:angcllcal Lutheran church. The
(tutor, Rev. Luther Hens Waring, told o tlie
vigorous and virile Clulstlanlty needed duilng
the coming century and an elaborate mulcal pro.
gramme was rondcicd. Lawience'i orchestra as.
tUtcd.
The week of piajer will be c.hserred every
evening this week ctcept Saturday in the First
Presbyterian church. Tho services on all nl'hti,
except Tuesday, will commence at 7,4i and con.
tlr.uo for Just .ilie hour. On Tuesday r.lght the
nfly-fir.l annual meeting of the church will bo
held iiml on that night the i-tniio will begin at
7.30 o'cloik and coutinuo for a half hour only.
UNKNOWN MAh .KILLED.
Paper In His Pocket Contains
the
Name of John Lenahau.
Tho munled body of a man was
found on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and WcstefTts. tracks near the Dodgo
mine late last night by tho watchman
at that mine.
The body was taken to the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western station In
this elty and later to the morgue at
Cuslck's Undertaking establishment,
Tho body was that of a man appar
ently about 60 years of age and of
medium height and build.
In one of tho pockets was a duo bill
made tint to John Lcnahan, of 17."d
Biltic avenue, which showed ho had
been employed at a niluo In February,
1900. There was also a statement of
tlio vole cast for Farr and Reynolds
In tho Second ward at tho pilmary
election lust June, a pair of steel
bound spectacles and a clasp knife.
The man had evidently been inn
down by a train, while walking on
the track.
COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON.
Inviting Speakers for the Board of
Trade Banquet.
The following dispatch from Wash
ington, D. C, appeared in yestet day's
Philadelphia Press:
"D.B.Atherton.secretnryof the board
of trade of Scranton, Pa., and T. C.
Von Starch, a member of the board,
are hero as a special committee to se
cure speakers for tho celebration of
tho twenty-ninth anniversary of the
establishment of the board. This an
niversary will occur on Jan. SI. The
commltteo desires to secure Senator
Woleott, Representative Dalzell and
Senator renrose as oiators for tho oo-caslon."
READING NOW
REACHES HERE
BIO RAILROAD DEAL HAS BEEN
CONSUMMATED.
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company Absorbs the Central Rail
road of New Jersey J. Pierpont
Morgan Again at the Head of a Big
Consolidation Move It Will Give
Scranton a Direct Lino of Commu
nication with Philadephla, Some
thing It Never Had Before.
Tho Central Railroad of New Jet-Bey.
with a terminal In this city, has passed
into the control of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad company, which
thus secures valuable terminals at Jer
sey City and New York.
Tho big deal was engineered solely by
J. Pierpont Aiorgnn, who secured a
controlling Interest In tho Jersey Cen
tral company and sold it to tho Read
ing company. He refused on Satur
day to malta any statement whatever
regarding the price paid for tho con
trol. President Maxwell, ot tho Cen
tral company, also refused to give any
Information regarding the price paid,
but vouchsafed tho Information that
the minority stockholders would re
ceive the same price for their stock
as the majority holders.
Common rumor has had It for some
yenrs back that tho Baltimore and
Ohio company would eventually secure
control of tho Jersey Central, so that
the announcement of tho big deal last
Saturday caused great surprise In tho
financial world.
According to yesterday's New York
Tribune tho report which Is given the
greatest credenro regarding tho basis
on which the Reading is to take over
tho Central Is that the arrangement,
will take the form of a long lease, with
a guarantee of at least 6 per cent, on
tho Central's stock. Last year the
Central paid a C per cent, dividend on
Its outstanding capital stock of $27,113,
800. In 1S0S and 1S99 the dividend was
4 per cent, and in 1S97, 5 per csnt.; in
1S9C. S per cent.: In ISM. CS per cent.;
In 1894, 1S93 and 1892, 7 per cent.; In
1S91. C per cent., nnd In 1890, G4 per
cent.
CENTRAL'S CONDITION.
According to the latest reports the
authorized stock Issue of the Jersey
Central company Is $30,000,000, of which
there Is outstanding $27,113,800. Tho
authorized issue of bonds Is $50,000,000
and there Is outstanding $13,924,000.
There are also equipment mortgage 4
per cent, bonds, amounting to $1,536,000.
These are payable In 10 per cent. In
stallments yearly, on June 1. Tho
bonds aro secured by a consolidated
mortgage taken out In 1874, of $1,167,
000, bearing 7 per cent. Interest.
There are also 6 per cent, debentures
convertible Into stock, amounting to
$372,000, ond n per cent, real estate
bonds and mortgage of $119,100. Tho
amount of guaranteed bonds is $14,140,
G92, also $6,116,000 of additional out
standing consolidated mortgage bonds
of the Lehigh and Wllkes-Barre road.
These bonds are owned by tho Jersey
Central.
The Jersey central railroad runs
from Jersey City westerly to Wllkes
Barre and Scranton and southerly to
various seaside resorts along the New
Jersey coast. Its main lino Is 72.30
miles long, and Its branches and leased
lines 11S.37. It controls the following
other railroads with the appended
mileage: Freehold and Atlantic High
lands, 24.17: New Jersey Southern,
176.03; Lehigh and Susquehanna, 210.66;
New York and Long Branch, 3S.04; Le
high and Lackawanna, 37.43; total
length of lines operated, 677.72 miles.
The rolling stock consists of 407 loco
motives, S30 passenger coaches, 16,400
freight cars, threu steamboats, seven
ferry boats, nine tugs, eighteen car
floats and fourteen sea-going coal
barges.
ITS COAL HOLDINGS.
The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal
company, controlled by the Jersey
Central, owns 2S.909 acres of anthracite
coal lands and has 2,847 acres under
leases. It operates thirteen collieries
and leases some 4,000 acres of coal
lands to various Individual operators.
The Philadelphia and Reading com
pany operates altogether no less than
2,791.99 miles of railway lines. It oper
ates in connection with the Philadel
phia and Reading Coal and Iron com
pany, which It controls, a vast system
of roads touching every part of the
Schuylkill region. It touches Hazle
ton and Wllllamsport, on the north,
Harrlsburg, Shlppensburg and Gettys.
burg on the south. It also operates
east in New Jersey to Atlantic City
and to tidewater at New York harbor.
The total capital and assets amount to
tho enormous figure of $207,890,000.
On two previous occasions has the
Reading company leased ths Central's
system. In 18S3 the company became
Insolvent and a receiver was appoint
ed. Tho receivership was ended final
ly by the Reading company leasing the
system. Three years later this lease
was declared by the court to be null
and void, on the ground that the
rights of certain minority stockholders
wero not respected.
In 1892 a second lease was secured
by tho Reading company. It was for
nine hundred and ninety-nine years,
but It lasted for just a btiof sis months
when It was declared Illegal In the
courts.
MAXWELL TO BE PRESIDENT.
Rumors of nil kinds regarding the
management of tho new combination
are flying about. Tho most persistent
one Is that John Rogers Maxwell, pres
ident of the Jersey-Central company,
will succeed to tho presidency 'of the
Reading-Central and that Joseph S.
Harris, president ot the Iteading, will
resign.
Another rumor has It vice versa, that
Mr. Maxwell will resign and that Mr.
Harris will assume control. Tho final
details of tho sale arc to be completed
this afternoon at u meeting ot tho
board of directors of the Reading com
pany. The acquisition of the Jersey Central
by the Philadelphia and Reading
means much for this city. It menus
direct railroad communication with
Philadelphia, something which this
city has never had. 'It also means that
this city will ha placed in direct com
munication with tlio great Schuylkill
coal regions with Its vast possibilities
for the future.
Rates to Boston, Mass,
On and after January C, 1901, the fol
lowing rates will bo in effect to Bos
ton, Mass., via the Delaware and Hud
son railroad (the most direct route)',
for first-class limited tickets; From
Carbondale, Scranton, Plttston, Wllkes
Barre and Intermediate stations, $8.33;
Honesdale, $8.95.
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