Twenty-Fourth
Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF TRADE,
OF
ScRANTON, Pennsylvania.
For THE Year Ending January i, 1895.
FRED. F. SCHOEN, PRINTER,
313 Center Street.
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S^§Vaator\. pa-
w. A. May,
PRESIDENT SCRANTON BOARD OF TRADE.
INTRODUCTORY.
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THE ScRANTON Board of Trade was organized December 12, 1867,
and incorporated February 4, 1871. Since its organization this Board
has been identified with every step of the City's advancement and
growth. Its membership embraces the representative men of every branch
of trade in the city, and to their energy and zeal in exploiting the natural
advantages of the city is chiefly due our present enviable rank among
the most progressive cities of the country.
The accompanying report of the officers of the Board differs from
previous reports both as regards t)'pographical appearance and text. In-
stead of consisting of "puffs" for enterprises already in successful opera-
tion, the greater part of the report is devoted to the setting forth of the
advantages of our city as a location for all kinds of manufacturing estab-
lishments. The data given has been carefully and accurately compiled,
and is intended not only as an official message from the Board to the
manufacturers of America, but as a text-book for individual members to
assist them in personal work on such manufacturers as they meet in the
prosecution of their business, or in a social way. A little personal work
by each individual member added to the work which we hope this pam-
phlet will accomplish is certain to result in great good to our city during
the ensuing year.
D. B. ATHERTON, R. J. FOSTER,
Secretary. Chairman Pub. Com.
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SITUATED in the beautiful Lackawanna Valley, the heart of the vast
anthracite coal fields of America, the inland metropolis of the State of
Pennsylvania, the Chicago of the East, or as stated by another "a
western city in an eastern state," 750 feet above the level of the sea, and only
four hours from its shore, Scranton enjoys the undisputed distinction of being
the most healthful and thriving city in the Keystone state.
Thirty thousand of its working population are employed in its Mills,
Factories and Mines. Ten railroads diverging from its limits, give it unsur-
passed transportation facilities. There is a population of 100,000 souls within
the city limits, and a large suburban population is directly connected with the
city proper by several lines of electric railways, which stretch out to every town
and hamlet within twenty miles. The inhabitants of these suburban towns do
their trading here. Scranton is indeed the industrial centre of a large and
progressive part of the state.
Scranton is the fourth city in population of the State of Pennsylvania.
It is only 145 miles from the great metropolis of the United States.
Its incorporate limits embrace 12,200 acres.
It has 141 miles of streets.
It has twenty-nine miles of electric street car lines within the city limits.
It has_75 miles of electric street car lines extending beyond the city limits.
Its streets are illuminated at night by over 500 arc lights, and is justly con-
sidered the best lighted city in the United States.
It has an inexhaustible supply of pure water, with a water works capacity of
35,000,000 gallons per day.
Population, 100,000 ; increase in ten years of 30,000.
Suburban population, 20,000.
Assessed valuation, $20,000,000.
It has 37 public school buildings. Value, $950,000.
It has 6 public libraries.
It has 4 colleges.
It has 9 banks of exchange.
It has 70 churches.
It has 125 incorporated manufacturing establishments, representing $25,000,-
000 invested capital, not including coal mines.
Employs in mines, mills and factories, 30,000.
Its streets are wide and well paved, and lined on either side with handsome
residences and business blocks.
Living is cheap, taxes are low, climate is healthful.
It has the cheapest fuel known, costing manufacturers less than $4.00 per
horse power per year, working days of 24 hours each.
The Scranton Board of Trade has at its disposal desirable manufacturing
sites free to those who will permanently locate here.
The most beautiful drive to be found in Penns3-lvania extends from Scranton
to Elmhurst, a distance of a little over 7 miles.
The road bed is of shale rock, as smooth and hard as asphaltum. Winding
its way through shady ravines, and around high cliffs, and as you look down
upon the busy city, with its hive of thriving industries j-ou are bewildered with
the beautiful view that meets the e3'e. Nothing approaching it in grandeur can
be found anywhere in the state. This drive passes over the famous Nay Aug
Falls b}' a substantial iron bridge, and on a pleasant da}' is filled with hundreds of
elegant equipages, whose occupants never tire of the grand and ever changing
.scene.
This alone gives Scranton a distinction as a desirable place for homes.
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Cheap Fuel.
SCRANTON, as well as being known as the electric cit}', is becoming famous
as the city of cheap fuel, and to-day can offer manufacturers larger induce-
ments in that line than any cit}- in the world. Cheap power is the first and
most important item to be considered by the manufacturer. While this subject
has from time to time been largely commented upon, and has induced many large
manufacturers to locate here, 3^et the subject has never until recently received the
attention that it should. The Scranton Board of Trade has lately given this
important question considerable investigation, and has come into possession of
valuable information. The statistics compiled show wonderful results attained
by the utilization of the vast banks of culm that abound in and about Scranton.
Following are some figures which prove conclusively that from an economical
standpoint, the culm-bank as a steam producer when properly utilized, is cheaper
than any other power known, not excepting water power.
For the first six months of 1892 concerns in Scranton employing 8,760 horse
power, used 394 tons of fuel per day of 24 hours. These were concerns with
improved plants (boilers, engines, etc.), and those with unimproved appliances
employing 7,362 horse power, used 450 tons of fuel per da}' of 24 hours. We,
therefore, find that 844 tons of fuel produced 16,122 horse power each day. This
fuel costs 25 cents per ton delivered at boilers, or a total of $21 r per day for the
16,122 horse power or 1.31 cents per horse power per day, and for 300 working
days the total cost of fuel per horse power per year to these concerns was $3.93.
This is even cheaper than water power, as will be seen by the following article
published in Electricity in its issue of Aug. ist, 1S94 :
"Electricians — we mean electrical engineers — have long since realized that
waterfalls as sources of power are apt to be ignis fatui ; the}- look as though
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they would furnish power for nothing, but too often the investment required to
make them available is so great that the interest on it and the cost of mainten-
ance make the power cost more than it can be furnished for by steam. At
Niagara the cost of rendering the power available was enormous and could only
be justified by an enormous output. It seems likely that for several years to
come the compan}- will have to furnish power, even at Niagara Falls, at a loss to
compete with steam.
" But why should the attempt to utilize Niagara ever have been made, if it
were not for mere spectacular effect, when power could be generated more cheaply
at another point by steam, with an infinitely larger market nearer at hand ? We
refer to the culm banks at the coal mines in Eastern Pennsylvania.
"Houston and Kennelh* say in their paper: 'It is clear that if reliable
machinery could be purchased cheaply enough, and the conductors could be safely
operated at sufficiently high pressure, the Falls of Niagara could to-day stop
steam engines in New Orleans, La., b}- underselling their power.' This is true,
but it is equally true that under the same conditions the culm banks of Eastern
Peuns3'lvania would drive the power from Niagara Falls out of New Orleans.
' ' Desiring to have some accurate data on the cost of power derived from
culm, we wTote to Mr. D. B. Atherton, secretary of the Scranton Board of Trade,
on June 23 la.st, and under date of June 25, we received a reply of which the
following is an abstract :
"Editor of Electricity :
" In reph- to yours of the 23d inst., I take pleasure in presenting below a
few statistics, showing the cost of anthracite fuel per horse power per year for
steam purposes in Scranton, Pa., as taken from the books of several manufactur-
ing concerns in this cit}-, and comparing the same with cost of electrical power to
be furnished by the utilization of the great Niagara.
" I base my calculations on actual results and not on theor\-, and have taken
establishments with unimproved plants (boilers, engines, etc.), as well as those
wath modern improvements, in order to arrive at the exact actual cost.
" For the first six months in 1892, concerns with improved plants, employing
8,760 horse power, used 394 tons of fuel per da}' of 24 hours ; during the same
time concerns with unimproved plants, employing 7,362 horse power, used 450
tons of fuel per day of 24 hours. We therefore find that 844 tons of fuel pro-
duced 16,122 horse power each day. This fuel costs 25 cents per ton delivered at
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boilers, or a total of $211 per day for the 16,122 horse power, or 1.31 cnets per
horse power per day, and for 300 working days the total cost of fuel per horse
power per year to these concerns was $3.93.
"Now, then, let us compare the above figures wnth those of the company
who propose to use the power of the great Niagara for the purpose of supplying
electric power to manufacturers at Buffalo and the surrounding country.
"From a circular published in Buffalo, entitled 'Buffalo and Niagara
Power,' I quote the following: 'Niagara will furnish power for a day of 24
hours for an average price of $15 a year per horse power.' This is no doubt
cheap as compared with the present cost to concerns in Buffalo who use anthracite
or bituminous coal for fuel, but please compare it with the cost of anthracite
culm. To develop 16,122 horse power at $15 per year, as quoted by the Niagara
compan}', would be $241,830. In vScranton it actually cost $63,359.46. Add to
this the cost of firing, interest on plant, repairs, etc., which in round numbers is
$2 per hor.se power per year, and we have an actual cost of $95,603.46, or a net
saving over Niagara of $146,226.54.
"We have here an inexhaustible supply of this kind of fuel, and its utiliza-
tion for steam purposes has passed all experimental stages and its use is becoming
more general every 3'ear. D. B. Atherton, Secretary.
" Now, here is the question : If power costs $15 per horse power at Niagara,
or half that, and only $3.93 per horse power per year at Scranton or any other of
the coal mining towns, how is Niagara to compete with the culm bank over any
territory of the same radius ?
"We find b}' consulting the map and by rough estimates of distances that all
points east of Syracuse are nearer to Scranton than they are to Niagara, so that
if power could be produced as cheaply at Niagara as at the culm bank, the latter
would drive out the former even at Syracu.se.
" There is another point which will be self-evident. If the problem was how
to reach the greatest number of customers within a given radius, Niagara as com-
pared with the culm bank would be entirely out of the question. To compete at
all with the culm bank, Niagara would have to have some marked advantages
which we do not see that the present electrical scheme possesses.
"The Greater New York, for instance, which is only 145 miles from Scran-
ton, possesses more possible customers than all of the country between Niagara
and Albany, 330 miles distant, and on the way to New York are a number of
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large manufacturing towns, such as Paterson and Newark, either of which latter
would probably consume as much current as an)- of the cities mentioned in con-
nection with the Niagara project.
" Our advice is, and we think it will be the advice of every intelligent
engineer, that if you want to invest in a project of this kind, go to the culm
bank."
In cities outside of the anthracite coal fields, manufacturers are paying not
less than $30 per horse power per }'ear, and further comment on the saving to
manufacturers by using anthracite culm, over any other fuel or power known is
unnecessary. With an inexhaustible supply of this fuel, the future of Scranton
is certainly assured.
It is estimated that the anthracite coal deposit in this valley will last at least
100 years. The confidence in this estimate, and the future growth and pros-
perity of Scranton, is evidenced b}- the continued erection of large and substantial
buildings. At the present time there are no less than half a dozen, eight to ten
stor3% steel, fire proof, buildings under course of erection, and others contem-
plated. Property on Court House square, and streets adjacent thereto is being
held at $1000 per foot and sales are being made at that price. Neither is Scran-
ton dependent upon its coal industr}^ and as was truthfully said by another a
short time since, "If ever}^ pound of coal is exhausted in the next twenty years,
our city will yet be the premier city of its class," and this opinion is held by
every business man and citizen in the city, and is fast becoming the general
opinion of those outside who have taken the trouble to investigate. This fact is
further evidenced by the continual application for manufacturing sites that are
being received daily from manufacturers in other cities, where the natural advan-
tages are not so great, and the future not so bright.
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President's Report.
QENTLEMEN : — The work of the Board for the past year will compare most
favorabl}^ with any other year in its history, as a glance at the report
of the Secretary will disclose.
The successful campaign for the Linden Street and the Roaring Brook
bridges and the parks, early in the season, would alone have made a good record
for the year, as was remarked by a prominent member of the Board at the time ;
but much more was done, and not the least was the wide publicity given the City
and Valley through the efforts of the Secretary. Acting on the suggestion of
Mr. R. J. Foster to get the cost per horse power per year b}^ the use of culm as a
fuel, he found it could be produced more cheaply with culm than by any other
means. By taking advantage of favorable opportunities as they offered them-
selves, the Secretary has made this great factor in the success of manufacturing
enterprises known in all parts of the United States. The proof of this is the
numerous inquiries and applications looking to the establishment of industrial
enterprises here.
What has been done, however, can not be compared to what could have been
accomplished. The same energy and interest on the part of the entire member-
ship shown by a few, would bring about surprising results. It would give the
improvement of Scranton in all directions such an impetus that our past progress
would be slow and lame in comparison. Indeed, I believe it is within the com-
pass of the Board at the present time to place the City beyond any possible
danger of retrogression and decline, be the exhaustion of our fuel supply a con-
tingency remote or near at hand.
The same breadth and clearness of vision coupled to the same energy and
activity that have given us the best water supply in Pennsylvania — our natural
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advantages for which are not to be compared with those of many of our sister
towns and cities — would give the Cit}^ paved streets, parks, elegant and sub-
stantial buildings, diversified and successful manufactories and such other enter-
prises as to forever preclude an}- possibility of stagnancy or decay.
This is the place to exert our powers and invest our moneys, and not remote
cities or distant lands. It is true, because of the difficulties we see, we might
not consider it as good a place for investments as other places ; but it must be
remembered that difficulties close at hand are much more easily seen than those
at distant points. They are also, on the other hand, much more easily overcome.
I believe more money and energy are lost invested in enterprises at a distance
than in enterprises at home.
He is indeed a poor man who has no pride in his own city and its surround-
ings. He has no heart who has no feeling of kindliness and affection for the
scenes which encompass his dail}^ life, and which become a part of himself b}^
the time he reaches old age. To be an}- kind of a man he must wish for the
future welfare and prosperity of the neighborhood in which he spends his days.
Such a wish ought to become father to man}' efforts to bring about the fruition of
his desires.
The prosperity of the City rests with our people. Under other forms of
government the selfishness of rulers would take care of the future of the coun-
tries over which they govern. Here it is the duty of all, and in this lies the
danger. The inclination is to take care of the immediate and waste the future
because we do not consider the future our heritage. May we, as citizens of
Scranton and members of this Board, resist this inclination and look after the
welfare of our City.
Very respectfully yours,
W. A. MAY,
President.
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Manufacturing Interests.
CR ANTON'S manufacturing interests are extensive and varied.
The following are some of the articles that are manufactured in the city
Awnings,
Axes and Agricultural Implements,
Axles,
Bar Iron,
Beer and Ale,
Boots and Shoes,
Boilers,
Bottles,
Bottle Stoppers,
Brass and Iron Valves,
Braid,
Brushes,
Building Brick,
Buttons,
Caramels,
Candy,
Carriages,
Carriage Hardware,
Cars,
Cigars,
Cigar Boxes,
Cigarettes,
Clothing,
Coal Screens,
Coffins and Caskets,
Corsets,
Crackers and Cakes,
Culm Burning Grates,
Doors, Sash and Blinds,
Drop Forgings,
Electric Machinery,
Extracts,
Files,
Fire Brick,
Flint Glassware,
Furniture,
Hanies,
Harness,
Hats and Caps,
Hods,
Iron Fences,
Knitted Goods,
Eace Curtains,
Eocomotives,
Eubricating Cups,
Macaroni,
Mattresses ,
Mill Machinery,
INIining Lamps,
Mining Machinery,
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Musical Instruments,
Noodles,
Novelties,
Overalls,
Paints,
Pants,
Plaster,
Passenger Coaches,
Patent Medicines,
Powder,
Railroad Spikes,
Ranges,
Steam Blowers,
Safety Lamps,
vScales,
Shirts,
Silks,
Slate Picking Machinery,
Soap,
Steel Rails,
Steel of All Kinds,
Steel Car Wheels,
Stockings,
Stoves,
vStove Polish,
Tobacco,
Underwear,
Vinegar,
Violins,
\"itrified Brick,
Representing one hundred and twenty-five incorporated concerns, with an
invested capital of over $25,000,000.
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1871 * lycwis Pughe.
1872-3-4 '•' George Fisher.
1875-6 G. A. Fuller.
1877-8-9-80 -'^ Lewis Pughe.
i88r Wm. T. Smith.
1882-3 Thos. H. Dale.
1884-5-6 * J. A. Price.
1887 H. M. Boies.
1888 Wm. Comiell.
1889-90 W. T. Smith.
1891-2 J. M. Kemmerer.
1893-4 W. A. May.
* Deceased.
Population of Scranton.
Population in i860 9,223
Population in 1S70 ... 35,000
Population in 1880 45,850
Population in 1890 82,215
Population iu 1894 (estimated) 103,000
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Secretary's Report, 1894.
SHE year just closed has been an important one in the histoiy of the Board.
Not since its incorporation have so many applications for manufacturing
sites been received, and considered. No less than twenty requests of this
kind have come before the Manufactures Committee. Many meetings of the
committee have been held, and much time spent in considering and investigating
these applications. In a great nian}^ cases so much local capital has been
required and so many inducements demanded, that it was considered wise on the
part of the committee not to encourage them. On the other hand a number of
good things have been allowed to go elsewhere owing to a lack of confidence on
the part of our capitalists. The exaggerated accounts of the recent mine caves
published, both in our local papers, and sent as telegraphic news to metropolitan
dailies by agents of press associations, are responsible for the loss of at least one
large industn,', and have no doubt discouraged others from seeking locations here
which otherwise we might have secured. These have done more to retard the
growth of Scranton in recent years than any other cause, and should be frowned
down by all well thinking men. It was interesting to glance at the headlines of
our daily papers on the morning after the slight cave on the West Side. One
would think that the whole section on that side of the river had disappeared from
sight, and that there was nothing left but a barren waste. It is an absolute fact,
however, that one could have driven all through that section of the city on this
same morning, and had he not read the papers, he would never have known that
anything out of the ordinarj^ had occurred. How can we wonder that the New
York and Philadelphia press enlarge on these matters when our own papers set
the example.
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There are, however, several important matters pending in the hands of the
Manufactures Committee which, no doubt, will result in still increasing the varied
industries of the city ; notabh^ the establishment of a large Tapestr}^ Carpet
Works, which will employ several hundred hands ; and a Cash and Credit Register
Company which, if located here, will advertise our city all over the world, as the
product of this concern will reach every city and town in this country and many
in foreign lands. A plant to manufacture fine guns of every description is in the
range of probabilit^^ which, if secured, will put our city before the eyes of the
world as the place where they make the government guns, for there is but little
doubt that the magazine rifle made by this company will be accepted by the
government.
At our January meeting the action of the City Councils, recommending the
bonding of the city to the amount of $250,000 for the purpose of building a
bridge at I^inden street and one over Roaring Brook at Piatt Place, was con-
curred in, and, at a subsequent meeting, the matter was taken in hand by the
Board, by the election of W. A. May president, and D. B. Atherton secretary, of
the Campaign Committee, which, as you are all aware, was brought to a success-
ful issue at the spring election, the question, " Shall we Bond the City? " carrying
by over 3,000 majority of the popular vote. The erection of these bridges is one
of the most important steps toward permanent growth and stability that this city
has ever taken, and if nothing more had been accomplished by the Board during
the 3^ear, it would have more than accomplished the mission for which it was or-
ganized.
During the year valuable statistics have been compiled on the cost of fuel
per horse power, a statement of which will be found on another page. These
statistics show that culm, properly utilized for steam purposes, is cheaper than
electricity or water power. Electricity, of New York City, in its issue of
August ist, commented largely on this subject by publishing a four column edi-
torial on " Culm vs. Niagara Falls," which was extensively circulated through-
out the country. This has been the means of making Scranton famous as the
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city of cheap fuel. Applications are being received daily from all parts of the
country for copies of these statistics, which are being promptly and cheerfully
supplied.
A number of municipal improvements have been brought about through the
efforts of the Board; notably, the taxing of all electric poles fifty cents each per
year ; improved method of cleaning paved streets ; improvement in street rail-
way tracks and sen-ice, etc., etc.
In the year 1892 a special committee, known as the Board of Trade Building
Committee, was appointed. The purpose of this committee was to take the
necessary step toward the erection of a suitable home for the Board. Nothing,
however, was accomplished until August of the present year, when a special
meeting of the Board was called to hear a report from this committee. An inter-
esting meeting was held, the matter thoroughly discussed, and a plan decided
upon. The matter is well in hand, and ere another year rolls around we will no
doubt have a permanent home — a Board of Trade building that will be a credit to
the citizens of this city and a monument to the zeal and energ}' of the members of
the Scranton Board of Trade.
Numbers of small industries have sprung up in our midst during the past
year, and many improvements and additions have been made to old established
concerns. Our railroad facilities have been extended, and are to-day unsurpassed.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company has erected a handsome new depot
on Lackawanna avenue, which is also used for the general offices of this com-
pany. This is a great convenience to the traveling public, as the depot is situ-
ated in the heart of the city and at the junction of all street car lines. Building
has gone steadily on during the whole year, and more building permits have been
granted than during any previous year in the histor}^ of the city. Several large
and costly steel fireproof buildings are now in course of construction ;
notably, the Hotel Jermyn, corner of Wyoming avenue and Spruce street ; the
Mears building, corner of Washington avenue and Spruce street, both eight
stories in height ; the Kennedy building, on Washington avenue, six stories
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high, and the new High School building, corner of Washington avenue and Vine
street, to cost $250,000. These speak more for the future of Scranton than any-
thing I can say in this short report.
During the past eighteen months of depression in business all over the
countiy, a remarkable activity was maintained in nearly all of the manufacturing
establishments in the. city. While the coal mines did not make over half time,
3^et the general tone of business was good. Our banks were ready at all times to
take care of their customers, and too much credit cannot be given to them for the
very liberal and broad spirit shown by them. It demonstrated the confidence
they had in our institutions, and I am sure that their confidence was not mis-
placed. It was the testimony of all traveling men that Scranton was the best
business town in their territory. Comparatively speaking, Scranton felt the de-
pression ver}' little, and very few failures were recorded.
During the 3'ear the Board has held twelve regular meetings and one special
meeting. The average attendance of members was thirty. Out of a membership
of one hundred and sixty-five the average attendance may seem, and is, small, yet
it was larger than in any previous year. There is, however, a lack of interest on
the part of the members of this Board. 'For" years a certain few have been
obliged to do the work. This should hot' be so. Every member, so far as it is
possible, should attend the meetings and ta'kfe an active part in them. Members
of committees should attend promptly to matters referred to them. If the proper
interest could be awakened, and each and every member do his part toward the
work of the Board, such a boom in the business interests of the city would at
once take place that would surprise the "oldest inhabitant." Let us resolve
that during the coming 3^ear we will attend all the regular meetings of the Board,
take part in them, lend our aid to all legitimate undertakings and see what the
result will be. Again, allow me to urge upon the members the necessity of
promptly paying their dues and assessments. Do not think for a moment that it
is money not well spent. Do not say that you do not receive any direct benefit
from the Board, because you are benefited, if not directly, you are indirectly.
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You are benefited just so far as the city at large is benefited by the influence of a
Board of Trade. Show me a city without an aggressive Board of Trade and I
will show you a city that is dead, where business is paralyzed, and merchants
discouraged.
At our October meeting, acting upon the suggestion of Mr. C. D. Simpson,
your Secretary proposed that the Board inaugurate an exchange where local se-
curities could be listed. He stated that many other cities of less population than
Scranton had local stock exchanges in connection with the boards of trade,
which were of great convenience to their members. He also stated that it
would put a value on stocks that to-day were unknown. The proposition was
favorably received by the members present, and upon motion, Messrs. W. W.
Watson, William H. Peck and C. D. Simpson were appointed a committee to in-
vestigate the matter and report at the next meeting. At our November meeting
the committee reported favorably, and Messrs. W. W. Watson, William H. Peck
and H.J. Anderson were appointed a committee to assist the Secretary in start-
ing an exchange. On December 3 the Exchange opened. A large list of stocks
and bonds has been listed, and quotations are printed in each of the morning and
evening papers. A large slate has been placed in the Board rooms, and every
facility for the sale and purchase of stocks or bonds is provided for members.
Non-members can deal at the Exchange by pa^'ing the usual commission of one-
eighth of one per cent.
The twenty-fourth annual report of this Board, which has been issued
under the direct supervision of the Publication Committee, is now ready for dis-
tribution. I believe you will all agree with me in the assertion that it is in every
way a credit to the Board and to the city, and one that we can feel proud to send
abroad as a representative of the "Electric City."
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Number of members, January i, 1894 158
New members elected during year 17
Total 175
Resigned during year 9
Died I — 10
Present membership 1 65
(Applications to be voted upon at January meeting, 7.)
Financial Report, 1894.
D. B. ATHERTON, Secretary, in Account with Scranton Board of
Trade.
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To amount received for dues from January i, 1894, to January i, 1895, $3765 00
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer $3755 00
Balance, $10 00
A. W. DICKSON, Treasurer, to Scranton Board of Trade, Dr.
To cash on hand January i, 1894 $ 253 13
To cash received from D. B. Atherton 3755 00
$4008 1 3
Cr.
B}^ orders paid to January i, 1895 $3139 20
Balance in treasury January i, 1895 $ 868 93
Respectfully submitted,
D. B. ATHERTON, Secretary.
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List of Officers
OF THE SCRANTON BOARD OF TRADE FOR 1894.
W. A. May, President ; L,uther Keller, Vice-President ; A. W. Dickson,
Treasurer ; D. B. Atherton, Secretary.
Trusteks— Wm. Connell, W. H. Perkins, G. A. Fuller.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Manufactures — Luther Keller, William Connell, W. T. Smith, W. H.
Peck, Joseph Levy, F. \V. Martin, J. A. Lansing.
Legislation and Taxes — H. E. Paine, I. F. Megargel, T. H. Dale,
William McClave, B. A. Hill.
Finance — Samuel Hines, H. J. Anderson, Solomon Goldsmith.
Streets and Highways — C. H. Pond, C. D. Jones, E. A. Bartl.
Transportation— J. M. Kemmerer, J. T. Porter, T. J. Kell}'.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Board of Trade Building — A. W. Dickson, H. M. Boies, E. B. Sturges,
J. A. Linen, Everett Warren.
Builders' Exchange — Conrad Schroeder, George D. Brown, Frank
Carlucci, John Benore, J. W. Howarth.
Postal Affairs — Simon Rice, W. H. Taylor, F. E. Loomis.
Publication— R. J. Foster, F. L. Phillips, S. G. Kerr.
Public Safety — R. W. Luce, Victor Koch, George Keller, F. L. Hitchcock,
J. H. Fellows.
Banquet — George Sanderson, E. G. Coursen, E. L- Fuller, J. H. Fisher,
Charles Schlager.
Membership — The Secretary, W. L. Henwood, C. R. Kingslej^ A. J.
Casey, C. R. Connell.
Assessment— C. P. Davidson, J. W. Peck, C. B. Scott.
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ELM PARK M. E- CHURCH.
List of Members.
Albro, J. P.,
Amsdeu, Fred J.,
Anderson, H. J.,
Archbald, James,
Archer, H. H.,
Atherton, D. B.,
Bacon, Lathrop R.,
Barrett, John E.,
Bartl, E. A.,
Belin, Henry, Jr.,
Benore, John,
Boies, H. M.,
Beyer, W. D.,
Brooks, Reese G.,
Borg, Simon,
Brown, George D.,
Brown, Moses,
Burke, Timothy,
Barker, F. S.,
Casey, A. J.,
Clark, E. A.,
Cobb, G. H.,
Connell, Charles R.,
Connell, William,
Connell, W. P.,
Eawyer.
Architect.
Banking.
Consulting Engineer.
General Electric Railway.
Secretary Board of Trade.
Lawyer.
Editor Scranton Truth.
Mining and Civil Engineer.
Powder.
Builder and Contractor.
Steel Car Wheels.
Eawyer.
City Treasurer.
Banker.
Builder and Contractor.
Millinery and Furnishing Goods.
Contractor and Builder.
Screens.
Liquors.
Coal.
Freight Agent Penn'a R. R.
Knitted Goods.
Coal.
Hardware.
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Coursen, E. G.,
Coursen, H. A.,
Crane, F. I,.,
Carlucci, Frank,
Collins, Arthur L,.,
Christian, Frank P. ,
Dale, Thomas H. ,
Davidson, C. P.,
Dibble, T. H.,
Dickson, A. W.,
Dickson, G. L,.
Dickson, James P.,
Davis, E. H.,
Everhart, J. M.,
Fellows, J. H.,
Finch, I. A.,
Fisher, J. H.,
Ford, J. B.,
Foster, R. J.,
Fritz, G. W.,
Fuller, E. L,.,
Fuller, G. A.,
Foote, A. R.,
Goldsmith, M.,
Goldsmith, Solomon,
Goodwin, E. J.,
Gunster, J. H.,
Hallstead, W. F.,
Hand, D. B.,
Hand, Hon. Alfred,
Grocer.
China, Glass, etc.
Cloaks and Furs.
Stone Contractor.
Caramels.
Hatter.
Coal.
Real Estate.
Wire Rope.
Flour.
Iron Ore, etc.
Prest. Dickson Mfg. Co.
Architect.
Brass Goods.
Salt Mining.
Mining and Breaker Machinery.
Wall Paper and Stationery.
Prest. Colliery Engineer Co.
Leather and Harness.
Coal.
Real Estate.
Lumber.
Boots and Shoes.
Dry Goods, Carpets, etc.
Livery.
Assignee Scranton City Bank.
Gen. Mgr. D., L- & W. R. R. Co.
Physician.
Lawyer,
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Hand, Horace E.,
Hanley, William,
Henwood, W. L.,
Hill, B. A.,
Hill, Dr. George E.,
Hines, Samuel,
Hitchcock, F. ly.,
Holgate, M. H.,
Howarth, J. W.,
Hull, S. P.,
Hunt, A. E.,
Jermyn, John,
Jessup, Hon. W. H.,
Johnson, O. S.,
Jones, C. D.,
Jones, Meredith E-,
Kann, W. J.,
Keller, George,
Keller, Luther,
Kelly, T. J.,
Kemmerer, John M.,
Kennedy, W. D.,
Ken-, S. G.,
Kinsley, C. R.,
Koch, Victor,
Kramer, A. N. ,
Lansing, J. A.,
Lawler, J. J.,
Leonard, B. E.,
Levy, Joseph,
Lawyer.
Caterer.
Tobacco.
Furniture.
Dentist.
Banker and Coal.
Real Estate and Insurance.
Real Estate.
Lumber.
Furniture.
Hardware.
Coal.
Lawyer.
Coal.
Teas, Coffees, Spices, etc.
Real Estate.
Printer.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Linie and Cement.
Wholesale Grocer.
Coach Makers' Hardware.
Axes.
Carpets.
Railroad Contractor.
Hotel.
Clothing.
Stoves, Dockash Grates.
Plumbing.
Hardware.
Wholesale Grocer.
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Linen, James A.,
Loomis, F. K.,
Luce, R. W.,
Levy, N. B.,
Lacey, B. T.,
Little, Geo. N.,
Martin, F. W.,
Mattes, L. T.,
Matthews, R. J.,
May, W. A.,
Megargee, B. B.,
Megargel, I. F.,
Moffat, J. C,
Moore, Thomas,
McClave, William,
McKensie, H. C. ,
Moses, B.,
McEachen, Samuel,
Nettleton, A. C,
Norton, M.,
O'Brien, Richard,
Oakford, Jas. W.,
Page, P. S.,
Paine, H. E.,
Payne, L. T.,
Peck, J. W. ,
Peck, \V. H.,
Pickens, David,
Perkins, W. H.,
Phelps, J. H.,
Banking.
Real Estate.
Fire Insurance.
Jewelry.
Architect.
Accountant.
Clothier.
Oil Cups,
Drugs.
Coal.
Wholesale Paper.
Wholesale Grocer.
Freight Agent E. & W. V. R. R.
Fire Insurance.
Grates and Blowers.
Wholesale Produce.
Gent's Furnishing Goods.
Prest. Nat'l Boring and Drilling Co.
Boots and Shoes.
Books and Stationer}-.
Telegraphy.
Lawyer.
Railroad Contractor.
Fire Insurance,
Livery.
Lumber.
Cashier Third National Bank.
Dun's Agency.
Secretary Dickson Mfg. Co.
Drugs.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL No. 14.
Phillips, F. L.,
Pierce, William H.,
Piatt, F. E.,
Pond, C. H.,
Porter, J. T.,
Phillips, Geo.,
Rappalo, C. A.,
Reilly, David M.,
Rice, Simon,
Richmond, W. H.,
Ripple, E. H.,
Robinson, Aiignst,
Russ, G. H.,
Replogle, D. B.,
Samter, Samuel,
Sanderson, George,
Sando, Hon. M. H.,
Schlager, Charles,
Schoonmaker, U. G.,
Schroeder, Conrad,
Scott, C. B.,
Simpson, CD.,
Smith, W. T.,
Spaulding, E. C,
Steell, J. H.,
Stelle, J. L.,
Sturges, E. B.,
Schlager, J. R. ,
Snyder, S. C,
Scranton, R. M.,
Banking.
Commission Merchant.
Electrical Engineer.
Drop Forgings.
Wholesale Produce.
Jewelry.
Div. Freight Agent D., L. & W.
Boots and Shoes.
Merchant.
Coal.
Coal.
Brewer.
Meats, Eard, etc.
Lawyer.
Clothing.
Eawyer.
Lawyer.
Real Estate.
Real Estate.
Contractor.
Engines and Machinery.
Coal.
Coal.
Glass.
Coal.
Music Dealer.
President O. C. & S. R. R.
Meats, Lard, etc.
Dentist.
Scranton Republican.
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Smith, P. P.,
Taylor, W. H.,
Thayer, W. E.,
Torrey, J. H.,
Troutfelt, M.,
Von Storch, T. C. ,
Warman, A. B.,
Warren, Ev^erett,
Watres, Hon. L. A.,
Watkms, T. H.,
Watson, W. W.,
Watts, F. D.,
Whittemore, C. F.,
White, F. R.,
Williams, Ebenezer,
Williams, L. J.,
Winton, W. W.,
Wool worth, C. S.,
Yost, D. T.,
Lawyer.
Hardware.
Agent C. R. R. of N. J.
Lawyer.
Merchant.
Lawyer.
Laundry.
Lawj^er.
Lieut. Governor.
Coal.
Law3^er.
Meats, Lard, etc.
Music.
Hotel.
Confectioner3\
Carpets.
Coal.
Variety Store.
Agent Lehigh Valley R. R.
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5cranton's Picturesque Suburbs.
r\ MONG the attractions of Scranton are its various desirable residence
f 1 suburbs, and especially delightful among them and deserving of particular
mention is Elmhurst, which was projected with the view of providing
Scranton with a park -like suburb, well up among the hills, where the air is pure
and cool, and yet less than twenty minutes away from the business heart of the
city. The residence plot (commonly know^n as the Schoonmaker plot) consists
of two hundred acres, and is tastefully laid out, the well graded streets are set
with shade trees, numerous public and private parks are laid out and planted
with evergreen and ornamental trees and flowering shrubs, and the large building
lots overlook a charming expanse of mountain, valley and lake. Nature has
been lavish in her endowments of the spot for an ideal site for a community of
high class homes, and Messrs. Schoonmaker & Hand are lavish in the expendi-
ture of thought and money to enhance the natural beauty and make it eminently
picturesque and delightful. Beside its rural charms, Elmhurst has the sub-
stantial advantages which are first considered when locating a home ; it is 800
feet higher than Scranton, and the air is clear and free from all malaria ; there is
an abundance of the purest water ; it has the best railroad facilities, being on the
main lines of both the Delaware, L,ackawanna and Western and Erie and Wyom-
ing Valley Railroads, with frequent and convenient trains and low commutation
rates of fare ; it is the suburban terminus of the Nay- Aug Falls and Elmhurst
boulevard, and distant onls^ seven and a quarter miles by this magnificent drive-
w^ay, which is the finest in the countr}'.
The Electric City may well boast of its suburbs w^hen this park of homes lies
at its door.
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The International
Correspondence Schools
SCRANTON, PA.
Instruction by Mail
-IN—
Mechanics,
Mechanical Drawing,
Electricity,
Coal Mining,
Metal Mining,
Blowpiping,
Architecture,
Architectural Drawing,
Architectural Designing,
Steam Engineering,
Plumbing,
Heating and Ventilation,
Bridge Engineering,
Railroad Engineering,
Municipal Engineering,
Surveying and Mapping,
Carpentry and Joinery,
Masonry,
Structural Iron Work,
English Branches.
— >^« OBJECT. •-«-^—
The education in the theory of the Industrial Sciences of the working and business classes
who can obtain such an education in no other way, because their time is occupied or their
means are limited, or both.
It is not intended to fill the place of the regular technical schools, but to meet the require-
ments of those who cannot possibly attend them.
-^> AD VANTAGES.. ^^^
All the work is written and is more likely to be remembered than oral work.
Students must be thorough as they cannot advance unless they are proficient in preceding
lessons.
The students learn to express themselves clearl}- and concisely, and the practice in writing
answers to questions is of great value to those required to stand written examinations.
The instructor deals individually with the student and can better assist and encourage him
than if he were one of a class being taught collectively.
The prices of Scholarships are not as great as the cost of the ordinary text books for the
technical courses taught. The student, in addition, is directed and assisted by competent
instructors.
Write for FREE circular of information giving full particulars, stating the course you think
of stvidying.
nTHELEISENRlNQl
Shaking Qrate B^r.
^■^t^ I M»W^"4%\ ^t
A NEW GRATE BAR.
THIS GRATE BAR IS ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF CHEAP FUEL.
The air SPACES or OPENINGS can easily be so ADJUSTED as to ACCOMMODATE ANY SIZED
FUEL. When desired tlie openings can be entirely closed and slow fire kept.
SIMPLE in CONSTRUCTION, STRONG and DURABLE.
other Movable Bars must be wholly rene^vert at full cost Avhen anj' part is worn out. The WEAR
of the L.eisenring Grate is on tlie TOP BAR, and this can be renewed at a small cost. The first cost
complete is less than the cost of any other SHAKING or MOVABLE GRATE BAR IN USE.
The Leisenring Manufacturing Company PAYS the FREIGHT FRO^I FACTORY, and sends a
COMPETENT MAN to PUT the same in PLACE.
They are used by many consumers of coal with great satisfaction.
It meets the demands of the times in the economical use of fuel.
THEY ARE THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST.
FOR FULL DESCRIPTION, PRICE, ETC., ADDRESS,
THE LEISENRING MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
SCRANTOISI, PA.
Capital, $200,000.
WILLlAn CONNELL, President.
CHAS. R. CONNELL, Sec. &Treas.
E. G. CONNER, Superintendent.
,THE LACKAWANNA MILLS,:»^
MANUFACTURERS OF
^1- Fine •• Knit ?. Underwear, t<^ . .
SCRAIMXOIM, RA.
WM. CONNELL, Prest.
ALEX. E. Hunt, gen. mgr.
ALBERT G. HUNT. Sec.
The Hunt & Connell Company,
HEAVY HARDWARE,
Steam and Hot Water Heating, Plumbing and Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures.
STORE AND OFFICES, 432 AND 434 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
W^IBSON JONES,^^- ^
TEMPLE
COURT.
311 Spruce Street, Scranton, Pa.,
Headquarters for ^Crai)tOI] ]K^^1 T^StatC.
^ity and Suburban Lots and J-jouses.
Also, For Sale, the finest MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSE sites in the county.
Abundance of the CHEAPEST FUEL and WATER. Railroad and side-track
conveniences. Location in the very center of an unlimited
supply of CHEAP LABOR.
The Dickson Manufacturing Co.
Scranton, Pa., ^ Wilkes=Barre, Pa.,
BUILDERS OF
^LOCOMOTIVES^
For all kinds of Service,
■^ Cable Machinery -^
And all kinds of
STATIONARY ENGINES,
Including the Dickson Corless, Van Vleck Triple and Quadruple Expansion, Blast Furnace,
Hoisting and Pumping Engines. Also, Boilers of all descriptions.
GENERAL OFFICE, SCRANTON, PA.
JackaWar(i]a Liibricatii^g Qo.,
SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE
** Lackawanna " . . . .
Grease Cups and Cylinder
Lubricators.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j^ ^ ^ j^ ^ j^ i^ :*: ^V^
LUBRICATING COMROUNDS
BRASS,
COPPER AND
ALUMINUM
CASTINGS.
Electrical Repair Work of Every Description.
Trolly Wheels, Rail Bonds, Overhead Frogs, Etc., Etc.
We Guarantee Entire Satisfaction as to Quality^ Price.
Office and Foundry, 1212 Capouse Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
C. H. Pond, Pres't. A. L. Lewis, Vice-Pres't. Henry Belin, Jr., Treas. E. F. Chamberlin, Sec'y.
SCRANTON FORGING COHPANY,
Successor to J. B. SAVAGE, Southington, Conn.
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SPECIAL
FORQINQS.
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WROUGHT
OX SHOES.
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Carriage •• Hardna/are,
SCRANTON, PA.
JVIcCLAVES Improved Grate AND Improved
Argand Steam Blower, for boiler and other Furnaces.
These APPLIANCES together, combine more
valuable features for burning the smaller sizes
OF hard and soft coal,such as Anthracite Culm,
Birdseye, Buckwheat, and Bituminous Slack,
than any W^^^m^K^a^^ OTHER
system;
STANDS UNEQUALLED FOR BURNING THE LARGER
SIZES OF THESE FUELS WITH NATURAL DRAUGHT.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS, SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE A.
McCLAVEBROOKS 6cC0.
-^ SCRANTON, Pa„ U.S.A.
^Wnt^olesale Llin^ber. ^-^<—
TELEPHONE
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PROMPT . .
DELIVERY.
Commonwealth Building, 5th Floor,
5CRANT0N, PA.
T. C. Snover, Vice-Pres't.
J. B. Decker, Gen'l Mgr.
CAPITAL, $150,000.
Thos. J. Moore, Pres't.
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Thos. M. Erwin, Sec'y.
Ezra H. Ripple, Treas.
SCRANTON, PA.^r^r §
THE HENDRICK MFG. CO., Ltd.,
CARBONDALE, PA.
NcTV York Office, No. 615 Havemeyer Building.
-^BUILDERS OF PONTIFEX=HENDRICK .,^«—
Jce • ai]d • ]^efrigeratii]g • jV[aicl]ii]es,
HENDRICK-SMITH HYDRAULIC FILTER PRESSES, HYDRAULIC PRESSES
AND ACCUMULATORS, POWER PUMPS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
RERFORATED SHEET METALS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
FOR MILLING AND MINING MACHINERY.
ESTABLISHED 1847.
• • -^l- TOHS ••• OF ••• COALt 1^
IS WEIGHED "t^-4^
^^' EVERY DAY O
. BARKER'S SCALES.
L. B. POWELL & CO.,
SELL
PIAN05.
Chickering.
ORGANS.
Mason & Hamlin.
Smith.
Needliam.
Sterling.
—••ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
226, 228 and 230 Wyoming Avenue, SCRANTON, PA.
A. D. Stelle, President. Wm. H. Davis, Supt. Scratitou Branch.
Richard Rossmassler, Treas.
CAPITAL, $1,000,000.
J. L. Stelle, Secretary.
S. C. Stelle, Ass't Sec.
3GRA]NTO]S * Bl^A]NGfl
41- SAUQUOIT Sy MANUFACTURING ROMPANY.i^
pactot^ies at
SRUQUOIT, Ji' v.,
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Philadelphia Office and Salesroom,
S. E. corner Randolph Street and Columbia Avenue.
Equipped with 450 Ivooms and 50,000 Spindles for throwing silk and the manufacture of Dress
Silks and other Silk Fabrics ; employing 1,100 to 1,200 operatives.
Prospecting by Contract
WITH
Diamond Drills.
Hand OR Steam
DRILLS
For Sale or Rent.
Holes Bored
STRAIGHTS ROUND,
to any depth,
at
any angle, any size.
REMOVING
r^ A SOLID SECTION
^^.^S^^ OF ROCK.
ELEVEN MACHINES IN OPERATION, WITH CAPACITIES RANGING
FROM 300 TO 2,500 FEET.
H. P. SIMPSON,
SCRANTON, PA.
THE HoVEiiTY iHOH oiot^KS. *
THE
CELEBRATED
PLYMOUTH
B, H, THROOP, Proprietor.
F, MERRIFIELD General Manager.
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MANUFACTURERS OF
RANGES,
COOK STOVES
AND
HEATERS.
PRICEBURG,
PA.
^ Olacksii]itl7s, ^-i^
BITTENBENDER & CO.,
SCRANTON, PA.,
Carry in Stock all
Shapes and Sizes
: IRON AND STEEk
CHAIN, BOLTS, TURNBUCKLES.
•^iNuts, Rivets, Washers and Spikes.l^
^TTPPTrTF'^ cAlVl*^ HFOOrc^ -^ Evei-y JJescription for Horse Slioers,
Carriage Painters, Trimmers and
WAGONMAKERS.
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PROPRIETOR.
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Agency.
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Collections made in any part of the United States, on the most
reasonable terms.
One Hundred and Fifty-four Offices in the United States and Canada.
MANUFACTURERS OF THE CEI.EBRATED
Paragon Wall Plaster.
We mention a few of the late prominent buildings using
PARAGON PLASTER.
Elm Park M. E. Church.
New Oral School.
New High School.
New Telephone Building, Washington Ave.
New Burr Block, cor. Mulberry vSt. and Madison Ave.
Hill & Connell Building, Washington .\ve.
New Anthracite Hotel, Carbondale, Pa.
New American Hotel, Carbondale, Pa.
And many others, besides hundreds of our most prominent residences.
Ask your architects to specify PARAGON when you build and get the best.
SOLE AGEXTS FOR THE HIGH GKADE
ALRHA RORTLAND CEMENT,
Also, all other grades of Cement and all Building Material.
" Send for our descriptive catalogue.
PARAGON PLASTER AND SUPPLY CO.,
1.506 to 1516 Albiight Avenue,
SCRANTON, PA.
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(^S2(g3uPPLlES. ^
F. B. FooTE, Pres't. F. W. Shear, Vice-Prest. Wm. A. Avery, Sec'y. J. A. Waters, Treas.
J^OTE 4 SHEAR GO.
® W/l^olesale^^^rdWare,
513 Lackawanna A^^nue.
We shall remove to our building, 119 Washington Avenue, April 1, 1895.
T
\)e /^meriear) 5afety la/r^p
"f" [V\\T)e Supply ^ompa^y,
1321 to 1335 Capouse Avenue, Scranton, Pa.,
BRASS FOUNDERS AND FINISHERS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
BRASS AND ALUMINUM SAFETY LAMPS OF ALL TYPES, MINERS' SEAMLESS
ALUMINUM HEAD LAMPS, JONES' PNEUMATIC SIGNAL GONGS, vSIGNAL
WHISTLES, VALVES, GREASE CUPS, BEER AND WATER COCKS, LINE
SWITCHES, TROLLY WHEELS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL RAIL-
WAY SPECIALTIES, GENERAL BRASS WORK. ALSO DEAL-
ERS IN BRATTICE CLOTFI AND MINERS' SUPPLIES.
DIRECTORS.
Hon. M. E. McDonald, Pres. O. S. Johnson, Vice-Pres. Hon. W. J. Lewis, Treas. E. J. Lynett, Sec.
John Morris, Gen'l Manager. Hon. t,. A. Watres. A. H. Christy'.
S. G. KBRR. L. J. SlEBECKEK.
KERR ^ SIEBEGKER,
JOBBERS AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
LINOLEUMS,
FLOOR, TABLE and
STAIR OILCLOTHS.
Carpets,
WlJS^nOW SHADES,
MATS, 3IATT1XGS, RUGS,
CHENILLB CUBTAIWS,
AND TABLE COVEBS,
UPHOLSTEBY GOODS, &c.
406 and 408 Ldckawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa,
S. G. Kerr, President. T. H. Benton, Sec'y & Mgr.
D. L. Jewell, Vice-Pres. L. J. Siebecker, Treasurer.
INCORPORATED.
THE SCt^ANTOH BEDDIHG CO.
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Qed * Sprirjgs s ar)d «• Qeddirig,
r1 MATTRESSES. N^-
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602 and 604 Lackawanna Ave., cor. Adams Ave., SCRANTON, PA.
Popiilar s Prices
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11
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•>^«5if FINE
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410 SPRUCE STREET, SCRANTON, PA.
Real
P.O. Building
Rooms 4 and 5
r-^ V J i Old
Estate
Investments.
O^"^ ^ ^ • / SCRANTON,
Correspondence ^ ^« /" Penna.
-^■Solicited.
SREICIALTIES:
ACRE PROPERTY FOR MANUFACTURING SITES.
IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED CITY PROPERTY AT PAYING RATES.
ESTABLISHED 1873.
^^Frank Fuhr,^^
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The largest and best equipped factory in Eastern Pennsylvania. A general assort-
ment of Labels, Ribbons and Cigarmakers' Supplies.
P. O. BOX 155, SCRANTON, PA.
Factory, 112 Grove Street, Dunmore, Pa.
Erie and Wyoming Valley R. R.
ALTHOUGH generally known as a coal carrier, the above road has, through competent
management, rapidly developed into one of the foremost freight and passenger
lines in this vicinity.
The route passes through a
picturesque mountainous coun-
try, crossing the historic Moosic
Mountain, at almost its highest
elevation, and descending the
eastern slope, it continues
through a fine farming region,
passing through such villages as
Maplewood, Lake Ariel, George-
town and Hoadl ej-s , and conn ects
two great trunk lines, the N. Y. ,
L. E. & W. R. R. and the Le-
high Valley Railroad, at Hawley
and Port Blanchard.
The sceners' along the route
is extremely pleasing, embracing such varieties as to not Ijecome monotonous, even to frequent
travelers. Althoiigh in existence only about nine years, the patronage it receives demonstrates
clearly how important a factor it has proven in meeting the requirements of our growing cit3\
Of the several sheets of water
located along this route. Lake
Ariel is the largest and mostbeau-
tiful; possessing man}- natviral
advantages, it required only the
eye of an artist and sufficient ex-
penditure to develope perfec-
tion, and it is conceded by all to
be the most delightful, popular
and desirable summer and excur-
sion resort in this section of the
state. Over 40,000 excursionists
visited Lake Ariel the past sea-
son. The above cuts are good
representations of the Passenger
and Freight station on Wash-
ington Avenue, the former being a model of neatness, convenience and artistic design,
and is only one of the many beautiful stations along this line of road.
Delaware,
Lackawanna • and
Western R. R.
T})e *'Lael<)5War)r)a I^oCite/'
Th o Qhr-^rioci T itno^^'^WEENNEW YORK AND BUFFALO.
1 1 IC Ol lUI LCoL JLll It: MAGNIFICENT SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS.
PULLMAN DAY COACHES, BUFFET PARLOR AND vSLEEPING CARS.
Anthracite Coal used exclusively in every Locomo- NO SMOKE !
tive, and Stone Ballasted Double Tracks over the i\t/->v p.T tot" i
Entire System INU UUbl !
If you are contemplating a Business Trip, make it a Pleasure Trip as well
by taking the famous
LHCKKi/sZANNK.
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Full information regarding Rates, Schedules, Berth Reser\'ations, etc., may
be obtained on application to any Station Agent, or to M. E. Smith, D. P. A.,
No. 328 Eacka wanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
W. F. HALLSTEAD, W. F. HOLWILL,
General Manager, General Passenger Agent,
Scranton, Pa. New York.
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
/^^NE of the most important questions that is to be considered by those desir-
\^^ ing to locate industries in any city or town, is the question of railroad
facilities. In this respect Scranton is most favorably situated. The C. R. R. of
N. J., with its complete system, extending through Central Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, affords most excellent service to shippers of freight, and the traveling
public generally. The Central people have spared no expense in making their
road a popular one, and by the broad-minded spirit showai by its management,
they have surely succeeded.
It runs fast through trains direct to New York and Philadelphia, with elegant
drawing room and buffet cars attached. Its "flyer," which leaves this city at
12:45 P. M., for New York and Philadelphia, is the fastest and best equipped
train in the country, making the time to both cities in about five hours. This, with
its many local trains running between Scranton and points all through the central
part of the state, and with its complete and well equipped freight service, makes it
one of the most popular roads entering this cit\'.
Accompanying this article is a view of its beautiful Passenger and Freight Sta-
tion, which is situated in the heart of the city, and for completeness in every
detail is unsurpassed .
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^ "^'T HAS recently constructed a new Freight and Passenger Terminal
o i- i'^ the City of Scranton, and erected the Finest Passenger Station in
CO the State, outside of Philadelphia.
t Its Facilities for handling Freight are Unsurpassed, and its Lacka-
^ wanna Avenue Freight Terminal places the cars almost at the doors of
^ the Wholesale Houses of Scranton.
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Honesdale, on which is located Farview Park, the Most Frequented
Summer-Dav Resort in Pennsylvania. Situate on the Summit of the
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It has Two Trains each way, Daily except Sunda\-, between Wilkes- =
Barre, Scranton, Albany, Saratoga, Montreal and Boston. It has the ^
Shortest and Onlv Direct Route between the Anthracite Coal Re2:ion and 2
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all New England Points, and is the Only Line reaching the Adirondack
^ Mountains.
h- It owns the Famous Gravity Railroad, connecting Carbondale with
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^ atories is Unequalled. Wide-extended plains stretch out in ever}" direc- m
5 tion — a Vast Panorama — bounded on the south by the Firmament, and 52
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Ul on the east hy the cloiid-capt Catskills, which can be seen Eighty ^
H- Miles away. Thirteen Thousand people were carried to Farview Park ^
S2 and back to their homes on One Day in the Summer of 1894, without a ^
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J. J. WILLIAMS, President. J. R. SCHLAGER, Treasurer and Manager. T. V. POWDERLY, Jr., Secretary.
ESTABLISHED 1862.
jHt 5TOWERS
-^1- Pork Packingf^ Provision Co.
WHOLESALE DE.4LEKS IN
PORK
PRODUCTS,
PROVISIONS
CHICAGO
DRESSED
BEEF.
SRECIAL-TIES:
SUGAR ' CURED ' HAMS,
BREAKFAST BACON,
^iPURE LARD.i^
Office and Salesroom, No. 2 Lackawanna Avenue,
Packing House, 2 to 56 Green Place. SCRANTON, PA.
$40,000i4:^
^ ^^AID for Fire I^osses in 1894.
^^Henry Belin, Jr.,.^
ii8 Wyoming Avenue, SCRANTON, PA.
ONLY FIRST=CLASS COMPANIES REPRESENTED.
J. Atticus Robertson. Frederick L. Hitchcock.
ROBERTSON &: HITCHCOCK,
404 Lackawanna Avenue,
^ Keal Estate -- -^^
— ^^ Icire Iqslirai^ce.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE.
AGENTS EASTERN UNION BUILDING AND LOAN SOCIETY, OF PHIIvADELPHIA.
E. I. Du PONT De NEMOURS & CO,
manufacturf;rs of
r.'s'^ikaan. POWDER.
SPORTING * y ^ M^ M^ v»
General Agent for the WYOMING DISTRICT,
118 WYOMING AVENUE, SCRANTON, PA.
Agencies
THOMAS FORD, Pittston, Pa.
JOHN B. SMITH & SON, Plymouth, Pa.
E. W. MULLIGAN, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
AGENT ROR THE
Repauno Chemical Company's High Explosives,
SAFETY FUSE, CAPS AND EXPLODERS.
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photographer,
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421 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
FINE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS, VIEWS OF SCRANTON, REPRODUCTIONS FROM
ALL KINDS OF PICTURES, SUPERIOR CRAYONS AND WATER COLOR
PORTRAITS, WINDOW TRANSPARENCIES, SOUVENIR
ALBUM OF SCRANTON, ETC., ETC.
I. K. MEGARGEI/. - - ' ~1- J. I.. CONNELL.
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MEQARGEL & CONNELL,
"VV^OLESAIxEt-Gr^OGERS,
AND PROrRIETORS OF THE
Scraqtoi> Stcan) G^ffee ai^d Spi^^c Mills.
ALSO MILL AGENTS FOR THE LEADING FLOUR OF THE WORLD,
Washburn=Ct*osby & Co.,
• ••• Gold Medal f .
a"d Superlative.
Corner Franklin Avenue and Center Street,
SCRANTON, Pa.
THE WESTON MILL CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED
''5now White" Flour
THE BEST PATENT FLOUR IN THE WORLD.
HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL CEREAL PRODUCTS.
Specialties : .___^^^^
CHOICE BUCKWHEAT FLOUR.
CHOICE GRAHAM FLOUR.
CHOICE RYE FLOUR.
CHOICE GRANULATED CORN MEAL.
Feed, • Meal, • Mill • Feeds, • Grain • and • Hay,
SCRANTON AND CARBONDALE, PA.
MAX RICP:. JOSEPH LEVY.
^I^E, LEVY & GO.
Wholesale Qrocers,
AND JOBBERS IN ^Jobaccos^^loaps,
30 Lackawanna A^dus>
Telephone 3083. SCRANTON, PA.
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OME SCRANTONlANS.^<^^
.^ Sometimes read other Scranton Newspapers ; but the
best people of 5cranton at all times read
THE
scranton
Tribune,
Xhe (Representative Newspaper of Northeaster n
Pennsylvania.
THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS HABIT.
(I.) It is the Neatest paper in tlie antliracite coal fields.
(2.) It is the Newsiest paper.
(3.) It is Dp to Date.
For similar reasons, the live merchants of Scranton purchase publicity,
sometimes in other papers, but always in The Tribune.
They know TRIBUNE publicity always pays.
Everything that printers can do is done in
The Tribune
Job Department,
and done rightly. That's why it is doing a larger business each month,
at honest prices.
WHEN WANTING THE BEST, TAKE THE TRIBUNE.
SCRANTON HOUSE,
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A FINE BAR
AND
LUNCH COUNTER.
Unsurpassed b}- any in
the city.
Meals at all hours at the
I^adies' and Gentle-
men's Restaurant.
Rooms 50 cts. to |r.oo
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♦>^«^ Ot\ tlrje E^ropeaq piarj.
per night.
OYSXERS
In All Styles.
Game in Their Season.
Prepared by one of the
best chefs in Penn-
sylvania.
All strangers are invited
to
E^ GIVE US A CAUL
J when in the citv.
VICTOR KOCH, Proprietor,
Near D., L. & W. and D. «& H. Depots,
SCRANTON, Pa.
E. J. GOODWIN,
«. THE LEADING-:^
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^fe.
LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLE
♦ ^<i>=C. ♦ -♦—
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OF SCRANTON.
528, 530 and 532 Spruce St., opp. Court House,
TELEPHONE 2653.
SCRANTON, PA.
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L.£^ % Per Day. %
This Hotel is centrally located in the heart of the
business center and places of
amusement.
Cuisine and appointments unsurpassed in the city. Special rates to
families and permanent guests. Electric cars to and from all suburbs
pass the door every few minutes.
J. C. VANCE:, Rroprietor.
HOTEL
W YOMI NQ
Cor. Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues.
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TheMrgest cs Motel
->"IN THE CITY.
PLAN^^ fJPZ/.fJU a LJay ^ upwards.
Cuisine, appointments and service unsurpassed.
Situated in the heart of large retail stores, places of amusement,
street car lines and R. R. depots.
F. R. WHITE, Proprietor.
fi^^See Photograph of this hotel on another page.
/' "^ -^ JAMES BLAIR, President.
^ S. B. PRICE, Vice-President.
H. C. SHAFER, Cashier.
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Oldest Savings Institution in Northeastern Penn'a.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
DIRECTORS. 1 -^ J^ DIRECTORS.
Jas. Blair, Geo. H. Catlin, ^^ *:* T ^^I T^ ^ t?^ Jas.W.Oakford, Wm. F. Kiesel,
Jas. Archbald, vS. B. Price, /^^CX \ xl f i^O DeWittC. Blair, W.D.Kennedy
A.B.Blair. (^ y^^^*"^ Frank M. Spencer.
Interest Paid upon Time Deposits.
Accounts Solicited.
"cr^Jj^^k.*
122 Wyoming Avenue, open Saturday even.., «=. - ^^■1114 ®>fr:i
SCRANTON.PA. * from 7 to a o'cloc- ■ 1 C I I / IX . ^--^ '
The Lackawanna Trust
^S^fe Deposit Company.
ORGANIZEID ISS"?-.
Capital, - ^ - $25o,ooo,oo
S^rpl^s, - - . $55,000,00
>— >-• OFFICERS. •--<— ^-
WILLIAM T. SMITH, President. HENRY J. ANDERSON, Vice-Pres't.
JOHN W. FOWLER, Treasurer.
Business and Personal Accounts received.
Savings Deposits received in any amount and interest paid thereon, July ist and Janu-
ary I St.
Legal Depository for Tnist Funds and the Covirts of Lackawanna County.
^ A CCC. '^'^ RENT in Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults at I5.00 to $75.00 per Annum,
^^/\r H^^^ according to size and location, and storage for Valuables in bulk.
Irving A. Finch, Pres't. E. N. Willard, Vice-Fres't. Chas. E. Wade, Treas. W. I. Fisch, Sec"'
The Finch Manufacturing Co.
Mining: ^ General Machinery,
HOISTING ENGINES, INSIDE HAULAGE ENGINES, TAIL ROPE ENGINES,
BREAKER AND FAN ENGINES, HOISTING CARRIAGES, VENTI-
LATING FANS, DRUMS FOR SELF-OPERATING PLANES,
REVOLVING SCREENS, SHAKING SCREENS,
CRUSHING ROLLS WITH REMOVA-
BLE STEEL TEETH,
Tubular, Locomotive and Cylinder Boilers,
MILL ENGINES AND POWER MACHINERY,
MirsjirsiG OUTFITS comrlete:.
SCRANTON, PA.
LUTHEIR KELLEIR,
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LIMB.
"^"poRTLAND^PA.'- OfflCG dncl Yard, 813 West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA.
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Orgariized 1S"71.
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JY^erchants' i capital, - - - $250,000
1 Surplus and Profits, $ 95,000
JWechanics'
+ •
Rank
INTERESTt,
Allowed on
ImeDeposits
We solicit your business.
SCRANTON, PA.
JAMES J. WILLIAMS, President.
JAMES JORDAN, Vice-President.
CHARLES W. GUNSTER, Cashier.
^ DIRECTORS:
/ James J. Williams, James Jordan,
i A. J. Casey, Franklin Howell,
i Thomas E. Jones.
THE SCRANTON SUPPLY AND MACHINERY CO,
131 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
MACHINERY AND TOOLS,
ELECTR I C Al_
STEAIVl
MINE
rv^ I l_l_
ENGINEERS'
SUPPLIES,
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
Electrical Hine Drills, •• • . .
... .4. Electrical fline Haulage.
C(;ra9to9gra85\J[/orl^8,
N.-;U JAMES M. EVERHART,^*
MANUFACTURER OF
^iBRA55 » WORK,!^
FOR WATER, GAS AND STEAM.
Mine Supplies, Safety Lamps, Brattice Cloth, PDeumatic Signal Gongs, &c.
Brass Castings, Ingot Copper, Tin, Solder, Spelter, Lead, Antimony,
Babbitt and Anti-Friction Metals.
SCRANTON, PA.
SEND FOR CIRCLTLAR.
THIRD NATIONAL RANK,
OR SCRAIMTOrM, F»A.
CAPITAL, $200,000. SURPLUS, $200,000.
UNDIVIDED PROFITS, $50,000. ,
WM. CONNELL, President. GEO. H. CATLIN, Vice-Pres't. WM. H. PECK, Cashier.
DIRECTORS :
WM. CONNELL, JAS. ARCHBALD, ALFRED HAND, GEO. H. CATLIN,
HENRY BELIN, Jr., WM. T. SMITH, LUTHER KELLER.
The Management of this Bank points with pride to its record during the panic of 1893, and
previous panics, when special facilities were extended to its business accounts.
— '-THE-^— V CAPITAL, - - $250,000.
Traders /v^ ^ '"'™' ■ ■ ^^^'^^'■
■^ k\ »-^ I SAMUEL MINES, President.
/V/y l-C /I n K Ho"- ^' W- WATSON, Vice-Pres't.
ORGANIZED 1890 \^ t^ * *^9 A. B. WILLIAMS, Cashier.
"" " '^^ of Scranton, Pa. ®
PROMPT, DIRECTORS:
ENERGETIC, *• Samuel Hines, James M. Everhart. Irving B. Finch,
CONSERVATIVE * Pierce B. Finley. Joseph J. Jermyn, M. S. Kemmerer.
AND LIBERAL. Chas. P. Matthews. John T. Porter, W. W. Watson.
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^ • • ••• WILLIAMS & McANULTY, • • • "^
PITTSTON, PA. SCRANTON, PA.
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