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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1902.
CITY CANNOT
DISTURB MAIN
OPINION HANDED DOWN BY
JUDGE KELLY.
n the Case of tho Scranton Gas and
Water Company Against the City
of Scranton the Judge Decides That
tho City Cannot Disturb tho Water
Main of the Company for the Pur
pose of Laying a Sower Without
Making Compensation to tho Com
pany. In the Injunction enso of the Scran
ton Gas nnd Wntcr company tiBiilnst
tho city of Scranton unci others, Judge
John P. Kelly yestcrdny hnnded clown
un opinion In which ho continued the
preliminary Injunction granted to tho
company to restrain the city from In
terfering with tho water mains of tho
plaintiff company In the construction
of a sower In Front street, South
Scranton. Tho opinion follows:
Tho plaintiff la a corporation of the
state of Pennsylvania, Incorporated by
special act of loRlslaturc, approved March
fi, 1SG4 (P. L. ISWi. p. M9). Under tho sec
ond section of tho act of Incorporation,
It has the right "to provide, erect and
maintain all works, machinery, fixtures
or engines, necessary or proper for mak
ing, rniilhg nnd Introducing Into tho vil
lage of Scranton, Iuzcrno county, a. suf
ficient supply of pure water."
nnd to enter upon lands nnd enclosures,
streets, lanes nnd nlleys, roads, highways
nnd bridges, as may ho necessary to oc
cupy or to obtain necessary materials
for tho construction of said works, nnd
to occupy, ditch and lay pipes, and from
tlmo to time to repair the same." In
1S37 or 3S.9S tho plaintiff laid a line of
water pipes upon Front street, on, the
South Side, In tho city of Scranton, with
in tho limits of tho old "Village of Scran
ton," between Prospect and Stono ave
nues.
THE SEWEIt AUTHORIZED.
In JS37 the city passed nn ordinance
providing for tho construction of tho
Seventeenth sewer district main sower,
which was approved by the mayor nn
February 15, 1897. The sewer provided for
y this ordinance also In part it located
fcn Front street. For reasons which do
not appear In tho evidence, nnd which
nre not of any moment here, the actual
construction of tho sewer In question
nlong this street was not begun until the
spring of tho present year. As the work
of construction was proceeded with, It
was found that the sewer as located upon
this street In question came in contact
with the plaintiff's water pipes, and it
became necessary to either change their
location or abandon the construction of
tho sewer as located. Notlco was given
to the water company to remove Its
pipes, and upon its refusal to do so, it
Was threatened on the part of the de
fendant to remove them or cause them
o bo removed, in order to make way for
the continuation of tho construction of
the sewer, and upon complaint of plaln
itft a preliminary injunction was granted
to restrain tho defendant from removing
or Interfering with the water pipes at the
location In question.
There are some questions of fact and
law Involved in this case which -we do
not now feel called upon to discuss, con
llnlng ourselves to tho main question:
Can ft municipal corporation, In the exer
cise of Its municipal function in the mat
ter of tho construction of sewers, re
move, or cause to be removed, tho water
pipes of a water company, which have
been previously laid in the public streets
inder lawful authority, whenever the
ramo are found to be in the way of the
sewer construction, as located by the
municipal authorities, without first pay
ing or securing tho damage sustained by
tho water company on account of such
removal? Or, has tho municipality such
n superior right to tho use of the public
streets for tho purpose of constructing
hewers, as to require a water company to
remove, at its own expense, its pipes,
lawfully laid upon the public streets,
whenever they may be found to Inter
fere with tho construction of a sewer?
CONTENTIONS OF PARTIES.
"Wo are not called upon to decide tho
relative rights of the parties In thi3 pro
ceeding, whether the right of one Is
subordinate to the other, in case of Inter
ference. The plaintiff in Its bill ex
presses Its willingness to relocate or
move us pipes, provided it is Indemni
lied for the damages it may sustain by
po doing (Paragraph 6) and does not In
sist upon maintaining Its pipes In their
present position.
.It is contended on the part of tho city
that In the block In question the water
pipes are laid diagonally across the
Btrot, ana mat it Is not practicable to
build the sewer there without Interfer
ing with the water pipes; that It Is the
duty of the water company to glvo way
nnd relocate Its pipes at Its own expense;
and that In case of refusal to do so she
has the right to treat them as an unlaw
ful obstruction to the construction of tho
sewer, nnd cause their removal, without
payment of any damages for so doing;
that her right Is superior to that of the
water company.
It Is true that tho water pipes In tho
Mock In rmestlon are not laid parallel
with tho street lines, as no doubt they
hliould be. In order to Interfere as little
ns possible with the use of tho street for
other proper purposes. But bo that as It
may, the true location of the pipes could
liavo been ascertained upon inquiry by
the officers of tho city beforo locating tho
hewer, and tho evidence is to tho effect
that If the pipes had been first located,
the sewer in question could have been
built without interfering with them,
Tho pipes were laid under tho nuthorlty
of the commonwealth, as granted to tho
water company by tho act of incorpora
tion. They constitute part of tho plant
nnd property of tho company. They
wero laid beforo tho construction of tho
hewer was begun. If they are moved by
the city, moro or less damage will result
to tho water company,' and If moved by
tho company It will sjiffcr damage to tho
extent of the expense of moving them.
MUST PAY DAMAGES.
Conceding then, for the sake of argu
ment, that tho right of tho water com
.pany li bubordlnato to that of tho city,
unci that In caso of conflict Ub pipes must
give way, Is not such removal or reloca
tion nn Injury for which the company Is
entitled to be compensated, within tho
meaning of tho clause of tho constitution
which iirovldes that "municipal and other
.corporations and individuals invested
j with the privilege of taking prtvato prop
erty for public use, shall make Just com
pensation for property taken, Injured or
destroyed by the construction or enlnrgo
mont of their works, hlghwuys or Im
provements, which compensation phnll bo
paiu or Becurea oeroro such taking, In
Jury or destruction" Wo are of tho opin
ion that It Is, and that before the city
can compel a water company to remove
or relocate Its pipes to make way for tho
construction of a sewer, she must first
cither pay or secure the damages to be
Incurred.
Wo And no caso In Pennsylvania which
squarely rules this precise question, nl
though there are cases sustaining the
piluclplo upon which wo base our con
elusion. Among them nre: Common
wealth vs. Pa " gal Co., C6 Pa. 41; Pitts
burgs, etc., 11. .. Jp. vs. S. W. Pa Ry.
Vo., 77 Pa. 173. In"Moore vs. Now Or
leans Water Works Co., (114 Fed. R,
8S0), tho exact question now beforo iw Is
passed upon In tho circuit court of the
United States for the Eastern district of
Louisiana. The constitution of (ho state
of Louisiana contains a ciuuso to the ef
fect "that private nronortv shall not h
taken or damaged for public purposes
without just and udequuto compensation
being
llrst made.
Under this constltu-
Mvnul
provision,
was held thut the
water pipes, as laid In the public streets
of New Orleans and forming part of tho
water works system, arc tho property of
tho water company! that tho drainage
commission, In prosecuting Its drainage
works In tho city, cannot requires tho re
moval of mnlns and pipes belonging to
tho wntcr company, without previously
making Just nnd adequate compensation;
nnd thnt If It attempts to do so nn In
junction pendente 11 to should Issue to
protect tho compnny's rights, This ense
Is directly In point, nnd Is highly per
sttaslvo authority In favor of tho plain
tiff's position. In tho opinion Is found n
clear discussion of the principles nnd a
review of tho authorities, and wo can tin
no better than quote from It at some
length:
A PARALLEL CASE.
"Tho case has been argued ns though
tho dralnago commission of New Orleans
was vested with full possession of the
police power of the stntc, to tho cxclu
flon of nil and any rights of tho New Or
leans Waterworks company, whllo tho
fact Is thnt both tho commission and
tho waterworks company nre agencies
of thu state and city In providing fortho
public health and safety, nnd that both
nro chtltled to tho support and protection
of the police power In executing nnd per
forming tho functions respectively as
signed: and tho work of each would
seem to bo of equal importanco from tho
sanitary standpoint, ns tho ono Is In
tended to bring a sufficient supply of
water Into tho city for tho supply of tho
inhabitants, and the other to expel from
tho city tho overflow nnd surface water.
"If there wero only room for ono of
theso ngencle, It might ho nrgued with
great force that the waterworks com
pany, being prior In tlmo and In posses
sion with Its mains nnd pipes laid, would
have tho supremo right; but, fortunately
for all, there Is room for both, and tho
condition Is that with certain removals
and transfers of water mains nnd pipes
the plans of drainage ns determined by
tho city and Intrusted to the commission
can be fully carried out; and the mntter
In hand here Is to determine nt whoso
expense shnll bo the removal and re
placement of the water mains and pipes.
It Is to be noticed that the commission
has been provided with largo funds to
carry on and execute Its work, and to
pay tho costs and expenses of tho same,
and this pre-supposes that, for work done
and property taken necessary and proper
to the construction, compensation is to
be made.
"Are the water mains and pipes, as laid
In tho public streets of the city of New
Orleans, and forming a part of tho
waterworks system, tin property of tho
New Orleans Waterworks company? Un
questionably; because the caso shows
that many of them as laid were directly
purchased from the city under state au
thority, and tho balance nave been laid
under a contract with the state and city,
which contract has been declared valid
beyond tho Impairment by state legisla
tion in AVnterworks Co. vs. Rivers, (115
U. S. 674, C Sup. Ct. 273. 29 L. Ed. 023).
Docs the waterworks company own this
property subject to the legitimate exer
ciso of the police power of tho state?
Unquestionably; but the waterworks
company nlso owns the property under
the protection of constitutional principles,
nnd as declared In the constitution of tho
state of Louisiana, artlclo 167, which pro
vides, 'that private property shall not bo
taken or damaged for public purposes
without just and adequate compensation
being first made.'
WANTED MAINS REMOVED.
"In prosecuting Its dralnago works in
tho city of New Orleans, the drainage
commission requires the removing of cer
tain mains nnd pipes of tho waterworks
company, with the result that the mains
and pipes are taken or damaged, tho le
gitimate business of tne waterworks
company Interfered with and damnged by
cutting off the supplies of water through
many and large tracts of the city. If
carried out, Is this the taking or damag
ing of the waterworks property for pub
lic purposes, within the meaning of artl
clo IC7 of the constitution above quoted?
It certainly Is a taking and damaging of
the property. If part or the mains nnd
pipes can be removed, why not all? Why
cannot the drainage commission go
through, every street In which there are
mains and remove the same? It is no
answer to say, "Wo do not take your
property, we just remove it;' for, when
removed. It is nothing but iron pipes, and
no longer a part of the system. Nor Is it
an answer to say that after wo have re
moved your mains you may replace them
somewhere else out of our way; for this
all requires expense, sublects the water
works company to damage, and is equiv
alent to saying, 'Wo do not take or dam
nge your property, for after wo havo
removed your mains and pipes you can
get others placed elsewhere." This ques
tion seems too plain for further discus
sion.. "Is such taking or damaging war
ranted as a legitimate exercise of the
police power of- the state without com
pensation Is first made? Tho question
covers a very large field. Many cases
have been, and can be, cited, where. In
tho legitimate exercise of the police
power, property has been Incidentally,
more or less remotely, nnd, perhaps, even
directly, damaged through the exercise
of the police power, without requiring
compensation to be made to the owners
of the property so damaged; but I have
found no well-consluered case, nnd nono
has been cited to me, where private prop
erty has been nctually taken or physi
cally damaged that tho owners were held
not to be entitled to damages.
"In National Waterworks Co. v. city
or Kansas (C. C), 28 Fed. 921, there was
no such contract ns here, and thero was
a reservation In favor of the city as to
the designation of streets, etc., whero
pipes might bo laid. Under a constitu
tional provision of the state of Illinois,
which is very slmllnr to the constitutional
provision of the state of Louisiana, tho
Supreme court of tho United Statps, In
City of Chicago vs. Taylor (123 U. S. 101,
8 Sup. Ct. S20, 31 L. Ed. 3S) havo dls
cussed and decided the matter, with the
result that tho owner was entitled to
compensation liycill cases where prlvnto
property has 'sustained a substantial In
jury from the making and using of an
Improvement that Is public In Its charac
ter, whether the damage bo direct, as
when caused by trespass or physical In
vasion of the property, or consequential,
as In a diminution of Its market value."
Other Interesting cases In this respect
nro Pumpelly vs. Green Bay Co,, 13 Wall,
ICO, 20 L. Ed. 557; Ponchartrnln R. Co, vs.
Board of Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dlst,,
49 La. Ann. 670, 21 South, "03: Eaton vs.
Railroad Co., 51 N. II. 501. 12 Am. Rep,
147. Scq also, Chicago B. and Q. R, Co,
vs. city of Chicago. 106 U. S, 22G, 17 Sup.
Ct. 581, 41, L. Ed. 978. wherein It Is held
that 'since tho adoption of tho four
teenth amendment, compensation for pri
vate property taken for publlo uses con
stitutes nn essential element In 'duo pro
cess of law,' and that without such com
pensation tho appropriation of private
property to publlo uses, no matter under
what form of procedure It Is taken,
would violate the provisions of tho fed
eral constitution.'
"In the light of theso authorities, and
under the facts of this case, I am dis
posed to hold nt this time, and for this
case, that tho police power of the state,
so far as vested In tho dralnago commis
sion under tho legislation which creates
the commission, goes to tho extent of,
nnd no further than, the right to tho
Joint occupancy of tho streets of tho city
with the waterworks company, and the
right to remove and replace, provided tho
same can bo replaced, tho mains uml
pipes of the waterworks company,
wherever necessary to secure such Joint
occupancy nnd construct works In ac
cordunco with the plans for drainage
adopted by tho city; but that so far as it
may bo found necessary Jn prosecuting
tho drainage work to appropriate, ex.
proprlate, take, or damageit.Ue proporty
of the New Orleans 'Waterworks com
pany, Including tho removal tuid replacc
jng of waterworks mulps andplpcs, It
can only lawfully proceed by previously
making Just and adequate compensa
tion." In our view of tho matter, tho law Is
with tho plaintiff on tho main question In
controversy, and wo do not therefore dls
cusa the minor questions. The rule to
continue tho preliminary Injunction la
made ubsolute-
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REUNION AT
NAY AUG PARK
VETERANS FROM SEVEN COUN
TIES WILL ATTEND.
Men from This Part of the State
Who Fought in the Civil War Will
Gather Here Tomorrow In the Af
ternoon the Annual Business Meet
ing Will Be Held nnd Addresses
Delivered Circular Issued by1 Sec
retary Pearco to the G. A. K., S. of
V. and Prisoners of War.
Veterans representing between twenty
nnd thirty of tho regiments which
fought in tho civil war nro expected In
tho city tomorrow to attend thu re
union of the Seven Counties' Veterans"
association. The day will bo spent at
Nay Aug purk where Individual re
unions of the several regiments will bo
held, business of tho association trans
acted, and a number of excellent speak
ers heard,
At 9 o'clock tomorrow mornlnff tho
various posts of the Grand Army of
the Republic, nnd Sons of Veterans of
the city will assemble at G. A. R. hall,
and will march to the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad and
Delaware & Hudson railroad stations,
to receive the visitors. Bauer'sbancl
and a drum corps of thirty pieces will
aid In the receptlop. By 10 o'clock It
is expected that all of the visiting dele
gations will have arrived, and shortly
after they have been mustered together
a street parade will be held. The line
of march will be short, yup Lackawanna
avenue to Washington, and past the
soldiers' and sailors' monument to
Linden street, where cars will be found,
waiting to transfer them to the park.
THE REUNIONS.
They will reach the grounds about
10.30 o'clock, and reunions will then
take place of the various regiments,
and members of the navy or artillery,
as Well as of the Prisoners of War
association. At noon lunch will
be served by the Women's Relief
Corps, No. 50, the ladles of the
G. A. R. Circle No. 19, and the
ladles auxiliary branch of the Sons of
Veterans. A nominal fee will be charg
ed, and tho wants of the children of
the Harford Soldiers' Orphans school
will be supplied by a committee of
ladies, free of charge.
At 2 o'clock In the afternoon the
annual business meeting of the asso
ciation will bo hold, to fix the date
and place of the next meeting and for
the election of officers. Recorder "W. L.
Connell will deliver an address of wel
come, and this will be responded to by
the president of the association, Col. F.
L. Hitchcock. Hon. H. M. Edwards,
president judge of the Lackawanna
court of common pleas, will also speak,
and addresses will be delivered by a
number of prominent visitors.
Folowlng the speaking an exhibition
of fancy horseback riding will be given
on the plateau, by Lieutenant Andrew
Smith of the Ninth United States
Cavalry, J. Whlttaker Page of the
Pennsylvania Military college, and
Lieutenant E. H. Ripple, jr., of the
Thirteenth regiment. The public Is In
vited to be present at the reunion,
and attend the exercises.
CIRCULAR ISSUED.
The following has been Issued by
Secretary E. W. Pearce of the associa
tion: Headquarters of the Seven County Veter
an's Association.
Tho twenty-third annual reunion of the
association will bo held at Nay Aug park,
Scranton, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1902.
Comrades: Time is rapidly thinning our
ranks, and ere long our annual reunions
will cease, and these meetings and camp
fires of the veterans of tho great civil
war will soon be events of tho past. We
urge you therefore to make every effort
to attend the next meeting of the asso
ciation. Many of the comrades' eyes are
getting dim, their hearing dull, their
hands palsied, but the samo old fife of
loyalty still burns in their breasts as It
did In tho sixties.
They nre as anxious to see and grasp
your hands now as they were in the days
of war. Tho survivors of Llbble, Belle
Island, Salisbury, Andersonvllle and
other rebel prisons will bo there. The
heroes of 2,227 battlefields, who fought
on land and sea will be there, and to
make a grand success and have an en
joyable time, you, yourself must bo there.
Do not disappoint your old comrades. La
dles of Woman's Relief corps, No. 50, will
furnish refreshments. Speeches of wel
come will bo made. Old songs will be sung
ns tho boys used to sing around tho
camplhes nt the front forty years ago.
Every ono is invited to bo present.
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THE MARKETS
Wall Street Ktvltw.
Now York, Aug. 18.-A Cull and sag
ging stock market was tho natural con
sequence of various evidences going to
show that tho expanding needs ot tho cir
culation nro making Increasing Imoods
upon banking reserves. Besides tho lo
cal money situation, tho market was de
pressed by selling of stocks for London
account, owing to hardening money rates
there. Tho net earnings of railroads for
Juno reported showed somo decline In
tho southwest owing to shortage In tho
cprn movement nnd Intimations wero
given of probnbly similar results for July.
The reported retirement of tho president
or the United States Steel corporation
nnd somo Intlucnco in tho general mar
ket although the stocks ot that corpora
tion wero but llttlo affecting. Offset
ting factors in the heaviness ot tho mar
ket were tho strength of Louisville and
Nushvlllo on supposed progress in tho
financial readjustment In Toledo, St.
Louis nnd Western on rumors of Vunder
b lit control. In Texas and Pacific on tho
alleged seeking of control by St. Louis
and San Francisco; In Chicago Terminal
stocks on rumors of plans of new ten
ants nnd In n number of minor special
ties. Tho closing tono was dull and
heavy. Tho reduction In tho yenrly In
terest disbursement on tho Central of
Georgia first Incomes weakened thnt
group of stocks and luid somo sympa
thetic effect elsewhere. Total sales, par
value, $1,770,000. Total sales. 378.KHI shares.
United States refunding 2s advanced H
nnd tho now 4s U per cent, on tho last
call.
The following quotations aro furnished
rno Trimino by Hnlght & Freose Co., 314
315 Mcars Building,
W. D. Runyon, man-
ugcr.
Amnl. Copper . .
Am. C. & F
American Ico ....
Am. Ice, Pr
Am. Locomotive
Opcn.IIIffh.Low.Close.
.. 03 KBi 113 KM
3.1U
33i 33',B 33i
13 13 13
4 43i nK
i:i
II
3iU
32i 32ft
Am. S. & R. Co
47
4ia
17'i 47':
American Sugar ....131 1321ft 131& 131
Atchison
91
921ft 91
9!
Atchison. Pr
Bait. & Ohio
Brook. R. T
Canadian Pacific .
Ches. & Ohio ....
Chicago & Alton .
Chic. & G. W ....
C, M. & St. p ...
C, R. I. & P
Col. Fuel & Iron.
Col. & South
.llKli
1021i 102
102
109
CG
138
5.1
42
..1091i 109li 103?i
.. G0t. W4i 63
..137 13S 7ti
l) iH'.i IHWi.
.. 42
.. 32
.0183
..184
.. 90Vi
43 42
32 32
3i
183H 1S4 184
184
18214
91
3314
51
178
39
68
5314
90
33
51
178
39
GS
53ti
SI
3314
51
178
39
GS
0314
33K
Col. & South, 2d Pr. 51
uci. & muu 178
Erie 39
Erie, 1st Pr GS-ft
Erie. 2nd Pr rati
nocKing vaney 10
102
101
1U1
Illinois central ...
Kan. City & South
Louis. & Nash ....
Manhattan
Met. St. Ry
Mexican Central .,
Mo. K. & Tex
1081i 169 lfiSli 10S
3014 30 30 3G
132 154 151 154
134 134 134 134
147 147 147 147
.29 29 29 29
31 31 31 31
Mo., K. & T., Pr
03 G4 03 G3
Mo. Pacific
117 117 115 110
N. Y. Central
.161 163 18314
. 69 69 6S
. 33 31 '33
. 41 44 41
.159 159 15914
103
Norfolk & West ..
Ont. & West
Pacific Mail
Penna. R. R
People's Gas
Pressed Steel Car..
34
4311
159
101 103 103 103
Wis 4S'4 IN 4XVS
.Reading
. G6i
Wi Wijg
80 SO
724 72
19 19
80 SO
38 . 3814
72 71
40 39
97 97
G8 G7
00
iieacung, 1st Pr ....
Reading, 2d Pr ....
Republic Steel ....
St. L. & San F ...
St. Louis, So. W ..
Southern Pacific ..
Southern R. R ....
Southern R. R Pr
Tcnn. Coal & Tron
Texas & Pacific; ..
80
72
19
. S0
38
72
40
97
67
80
72
19
80
38
71
39
97
67
50
51 50
I
7Tnion Pacific ....
...10S 10S 107 107
Union Pacific Pr .. rp
92U
92
92
V. S. Leather 13
T. S. Leather, Pr ..87 '
I". S. Steel 40
TJ. S. Steel, Pr 90
Wabash 31
Wabash, Pr 48
13
87
40
90
32'4
4S
93
21
l'.B
87
40
90
31
48
9'
24
2S
v.;
87
40
90
32
48
92
21
28
ivcainrn union :n
Wheel. & L. E 24
Wis. Central 5Si'.
23
Total sales. 379,300 shares,
money, 4 per cent.
CHICAGO GRAIN & PROVISION.
WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Closo,
September 70 70 09 09
December 60 07 06 00
September 51
December 40
OATS-
September 32
December 29
PORK
September 15.S7
LARD
Septembcr 10.30
RIBS
September 9.02
52
41
r
29
51
40
31
2S
51
40
31
29
1G.00 15.87 15.93
10.30 10.23 10.23
r.i 9.G2 9.03
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Open. High. Low. Close.
August 8.11 8.19 S.11 S.49
September 7.95 8.01 7.91 8.00
October 7.81 7.S9 7.80 7.87
December 7.72 7.S2 7.72 7.81
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Quotations All Quotations Based
on Par of 100.
STOCKS.
Lackawanna Dairy Co.. Pr...
BId.Asked.
County Sav. Bank & Trust Co 300
First Nat. Bank (Carbondale). ...
Third Uatlonol Bank 330
Dime Dep. & Dls. Bank 300
w ...
COO
Kcqnomy u xi. & r. uo....
First National Bank
Lack. Trust & Safe Dep. Co
Clark & Snover Co., Pr
Scranton Savings Bank
Traders' National Bank
40
1300
193
123
COO
223
Scranton Bolt & Nut Co 123
People's Bank 133
BONDS.
Scranton Packing Co
Scranton Passenger Railway,
first mortgage, duo 19.'o 113
Peonle's Street Railway, first
mortgage, duo 1918 113
People's Street Railway, Gen
eral mortgage, duo 1921 113
Scranton Trac. Co., G per cent, 113
Kconomy L., II. & P. Co
N. Jersey & Pocono Ico Co
Consolidated Wutcr Supply Co ...
97
97
103
Scranton Wholesale Market.
(Corrected by H. G. Dale, 27 Lacka. Ave.)
Flour-$4.10,
Butter Fresh creamery, 2J!$c; fresh
dairy, 22!ic
Cheese llulltie.
Eggs Nearby, 22c; western, 2lc.
.Marrow Beans Per bushel, $2.33u2,40.
Green Peas Per bushel, $2.23.
Onions Per bushel, 90e.n$l.&0.
New Potatoes 50aw)c. per bushel,
Philadelphia Grain and Produce.
Philadelphia, Aug. IS. Wheat 14o. low
er; contract grade, August, 72ilu72!'.o.
Corn Dull, but steady; No. 2 yellow on
track. OSaoGo. Oats Dull, Irregular: No.
2 white clipped old held nt Sic. and new
No. 2 white quoted at 47c. Flour Quiet
and unchanged. Butter Steady: extra,
western creamery, 21c, j do. Pennsylvania
points, 22c. ISggs-Steady; fiesh neat by,
21c; loss off; do. western. 21c; do. do, do,
southwestern, 19c: do. do. do, southern,
16al7c, Cheese Steady; New York full
creams, prlmo small, loaiotie,: do, I do.
do. fair to good. 9!a9?ic Refined Sag
ara Unchanged, Cotton Quiet hut
steady, Tallow Steady; city prlmo In
tierces. 6a6He.; country do, do., bar
rels, Ol&nG'.ic: do, dark, ban els, 5ia0c,;
cakes, OliuCHc; Live Poultry Steady,
fair demand; fowls, 13al3t4c: old roosters,
9a9tc: spring chickens. 13n15c; do, ducks,
llal2c: old roosteis, 9a9Hc.i spring chick
ens. 13al5c; do. ducks, UaU'c,; old do.,
lOallo. Dressed Poultry Firm, fair de
mand; fowls, choice western ,14t5c,; do,
southern and southwestern, 13!iuHc; do,
fair to good, 12',4h13c; old roosters, 9',ia
10c,; broilers nearby, large, 17al8c; do.
small and medium, 14alCc: western do.,
Inrge, 14al5c; do. mall and medium, 12a
13o. Receipts-Flour, 2,400 barrels nnd
831,000 pounds In sacks; wheat, 38,000 bush
els; corn, 2,400 bushels; oats, 20,000 hush-'
els. Shlpments-Whent, 150,000 bushels;
corn, 2,400 bushels; oats, 8,000 bushels.
New York Grain and Produce Market
New York, Aug. lS.-Flour-Unsottled
and weaker, with buyers and sellers apart
again. Wheut-Rpot easy; No. S red,
7l!ic elevator; No. 2 red, 75t4a75c. f.
Co. b. alloat. During the forenoon wheat
was urm unci Higher. Later it broko un
der profit tiiklng sales and largo south
western receipts, closing weak at tiac,
net decline; Mny closed 74c; September,
7Jlic.i Pccembor, 7214c Corn-Spot easy;
No. 2, 6lc. rlovator and G3l4o ,f, o. h.
alloat. Option market ppened firm with
wheat but later broke under general un
loading unci closed ensy at unchanged
J).r.',ces, Muy. closed 41Tic; September,
571c; Decemhor. 45c. Oats Spot unset
tled; now mixed. "Mc: new white, nom
inal. G2u58c; old white, 01a05c; No. 3
white, nominal; tuiclc mixed western,
nominal; track white, nominal; option
market after a period of early1 strength
following other markets, was weakened
by liquidation. Butter Unsettled; cream
cry, I6a20c.; do. factory, 14nl0c; ren
ovated, lifelines imitation creamery. 15a
17c.j state dairy, l(inl9c, Cliceso Firm;
now stato full cream, small colored fancy,
9c.j small white, 9c; largo colored,
0c: lnro white. 0c. Eggs Barely
sternly! Btato and Pennsylvania, 20n20e.;
western candled, 17nl9c.t western un
candled, 15al7c.
Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, Aug, 18. Grains had nn elusive
bull turn today. All pits experienced
?:ood early notion with strong upturns on
ears ot frosts In tho northwest, Hood
ing rains In tho Iowa corn fields and gen
eral poor grading. Prices were hid up
sharply but the unexpected Btrength was
soon lost when holders turned to Bolting
tho somewhat narrow markets. At the
closo September wheat was c. lower;
September corn, c. higher nnd Septem
ber oats a shndo up. September pro
visions closed 2a5c. higher. Cash quo
tations wero ns follows: Flour Rosy;
No. 2 spring wheat, 71C.: No. 3, G9n70c;
No. 2 red, 09a7flc; No. '2 corn, 55c. : No.
2 yellow, 59nG0i: No. 2 oats, 27a29C,
No. 3 white, 32n38c; No. 2 rye, 50nr0c:
fair to cholco melting barley, SOnOlc.; No.
1 flax seed, J1.37: No. 1 northwestern,
$1.44; prima tlinothey seed, $4.55; mess
pork, ftS.00alS.U5: lard, $10.10.110.20; short
ribs, sides, W.50aD.60; dry salted shoulders.
8n8c; short clear Bides, 10al0c;
whiskey, $1.31.
Buffalo Live Stock Market.
East Buffalo, Aug. 18.-Cattle-Rccclpt.i.
4,400; steady to strong; prime steers, $7.73
n8.25; cholc 1,200 to 1,300 pound, $7n7.50;
fair to good, $6aG.75: cholco 1,000 to 1,500
pounds, $0a0.75; fair to good, $5.2."a5.75;
choice heifers, $5.73aG.50; fair to good,
$4.50n5.25; light to fair, $3a3.75; best
fat cows, $1.50a5.25; fair to good, $3a4.25;
canners, $1.50a2.50; export bulls, jl.no.i5;
Wlttchers, $3.50a4.25; bologna, $3a3.75: fresh
cowa and springers, steady: good to
choice. $4.50o5: medium to good, $30a30;
common, $18a2.": medium, $30.i3S; common
common, $18025; stockcrs and feeders,
strong, 10c. higher; feeders, $4.50a5;
stockers, $3.75al.50; stock heifers, $3.50a3.75;
Texas cattle, fair to good. $3.S5n4.95; veals
receipts, 1,050; strong, 25c. higher; tops,
$7.75a8; fair to good, $0.75a7.25; rommon to
light, $3.50aHn. Hogs Receipts, 1S.OO0
head; fairly active, closing steady to
strong; heavy, $7.20a7.2.V, mixed, $7.05a7.15;
Yorkers, $0.90a7: light do., $0.fWaG.95; pigs,
$G.90a7: roughs, $3.25a5.75; stugs, $4.75a
5.25; grassers, $G.00aG.90. Sheep and Lambs
Receipts, 10.000; heep dull; lambs
strong; top lambs, $5.75a0.25; fair to good,
$5.50a5.G5; culls to common, $l.25.i5; year
lings. $4.50a4.7.V, wothers. $4.25a 1.50; sheep,
top mixed, $3.75al; fair to good, SJ.oOaJ.Gj;
culls to common, $2.23a3.23.
Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, Aug. 18. Cattle-Receipts, 24,
000. including 2,590 Tcxitns; 8,500 westerns;
prime steers, steady; others, 10a23c. low
er; good to prime steers, $7.90a9; poor to
medium, $4.25a7.50; stockers and feeders,
$2.50a5.35; cows. Sl.50a3.75; heifeui, $2.50.16;
canners, $1.50a0.30; bulls, $2.25n5.25; calves,
$2.50a7; Texas fed steers, $3a5; western
steers, $4.50a6.l0. Hogs Receipts today,
31,000: tomorrow, 20,000; left over, 3.000;
steady; mixed and butchers, $6.2'a0.9;
good to choice heavy, JG.7.'.a7.07; rough
heavy, $Ca6.60; light, $ij.23u(J.90: bulk of
sales, $6.50a6.75. Sheep Receipts. 35.000;
lower; laml3, choice, steady; others, low
er; good to choice wethers, $3.7oa4.25;
fair to choice mixed, $2.G0o3.73; native
lambs, $3.50aG.30.
East Liberty Live Stock.
East Liberty. Aug. IS. Cattle Steady;
prime, $7.15a7.50; good, G.G0a7. Hogs
Lower; prime heavies, $7a7.03; mediums,
$G.95a"; heavy Yorkers, $0.90a0.95; light
do., J6.90a6.93; pigs. $0.90a0.95; roughs. $5a
G.30. Sheep Steady; best wethors, $ 1.23a
4.10; culls and common, $1.50a2; choice
lambs, $5.73aG; veal calves, $7.50.18.
Oil Market.
Oil City, Aug. lS.-Credit balances. 122;
certificates, no bid; shipments, 151,820 bar
rels; average, 89,003 barrels; runs, 218,007
barrels; average, S0.S0S barrels-
( Y. M. C. A. Congress.
By Exclusie Wire from 'flic Associated Press.
Chiistiania, Norway, Aug. IS. About
ono thousand foreign delegates represent
ing thirty-one nations, are here to at
tend the Young lien's Christian asso
ciation world's congress, which opens to
morrow nnd lasts until August 24. Tho
United States sent thirty-eight official
representatives.
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THIRD
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BANK
OF SCRANTON.
Capital, $200,000
SURPLUS
(Earned.)
$600,000
Pays 3 interest
on
savings accounts whether
large or small.
Open Saturday eveniugs
from 7.30 to 8.30.
Spencer Trask & Co.
BANKERS
2T & 29 Pine Street, New York
Members New York Stock Exchange.
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BANKERS,
No 57 Broadway) New York City,
jtrannns nkw yoiik stock exohanoe.
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Our Green Tag
This
I OF SUMMER
1 1 on 11
The closing chapter of a
lively selling event in
Novelty Foulard Silks,
Pongee and Raye Tussa
Lace Striped Silk. Mous
seline de Sole. Were
75c to $1.00
44-Inch Extra Fine Navy Blue Bril
liantine, a fabric that will defy the dust,
suitable for travelling or street wear, also
used extensively for Shirt Waists. Priced
at, a yard
A Great
Skirt Sale...
350 Skirts at Our
Green
On Table No. lTuesday
You will find skirts that retailed for
$4, $4.50 and $s, made from Serges,
Cheviots and Homespuns. Green
Tag Sale
On Table No. 2Tuesday
You will find Walking and Dress
Skirts, former price $5.50, $6 and $7,
made from all wool melton, cheviots
and serge.
Green Tag
On Table No. 3Tuesday
You will find a superior line of
Walking and Dress Skirts, just as fine
as you want to see at the price asked
for them. Tuesday
Hats
Fall Styles
Now Ready
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News
Done quickly and reasonably
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Bargains
Sale Continues All
Week.
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Tuesday, a Yard
39c
50c
Tag Sale Prices l
$2.90
$3.90
Sale Price.
$4.90
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