Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-29

agreeable to he standard measurement VI 'h''
District, which is about 10 or u per cent
more than that in Richmond
"Since nv residence in this city, which mas
been fIr the last five years, there mas oeeh "u,
little or no fiuctuation in the abo,e prices anu
if any they have been gradually declining; o"
ing. Ithink, in the main, to wood having been
sold within The last few years, cheaper than
formerly, and in some measure to the INTRO
duction ofihe Lehigh and Su,qnehannah stone
coal, having been introduced here within the
las two years, which is preferred by some
people Th,rc has also been within the las.
two years from 10 to $4,000 bushels or more Oh
the nit Coal, brought from Cumberland on the
Potomac, to this place, which think in poin
of quality. superior to any pr coal ever saw,
and il has sold at from % to so cents per bush
el by this measurement. The Lehigh and
Susonchannah Coal, which is hard stone
coal, sells for S8 to 50 per ton, equal to %
bushels to- the ton The estimate generally
made of the consumption OF coal Tor hire
{ place for the Winter, is so bushels would
| myself consider Is bushels not too much Tor
the season in this climate, when fire would be
at least agreeable fnot necessary.
| Washington City . An My, 1925.
Whcn the boats of.,he Chesapeake and Ohio
| Canal shall reach the coal banks on the Pot"-
mac, il is believed that the Goals can br Pot on
board at one cent bushel, which Is more Than
the price, now paid, for loading the coal "ag-
ons at the banks, near Pi,tshurg
FROM the enlarged dimensions OF the Chcsa>
peake and Ohio Canal, designed, as has beer
seen, in former note, to give TO the boats The
advantage Of floating as on an indefinite TX
panse Of wafer, the freight cannot be computed
a, more than four, or, ut most, five cents the
,olIe Of!;
in The early operations OF the Canal. viii he re-
onired to be large, in order to Weld sufic lent
income upon the stock Of the Canal: they viii,
of course, be reduced, when .hc resources Of
the country, through which the Canal passes,
and The territories which it is designed to u
mite, shall be fully developed. If The toll fur
the first wears be- computed at 81 cents III
bushel, then The price Of the commodity in Tn"
District OF Columbia viii be l24 cents, excl"-
sive of the mercantile profit ofthe dealer,whit b
NAV make it fourteen cents the bushcl.
On various parts OF the line Of the Canal, 1t
will be much lower. A, Piilsburg, coal is de
lIvered into the cellars or the houses Of The in
habltanls, afte transportation from the neigh
boring mines dist ant from one 10 FIVE miles, al
three cents the bhshel.
The heat supplied by the Pi,lsburg coal, to
that Vi wood, is deemed TO be in the ratio oil
seventeen bushels to cord Of dry hickory The
specific gravity Of the coal of Piltsburg is hea-
,ier than that of Liverpool "In manulacro-
":y of the former, 5000 spndles are moved da-
s'rng the day of 10 running hours. equivalent
"to l3i hours, with 60 bushels Of coal, which,
Sat the same time, warns the houses and fictD.
cries BY the arks, or rude boats, which de
"scend the OHIO and never return, II is deliver
s'ed al Louisville after voyage OF $50 miles
"accele rated by the freshes Of the Spring and
"Au,umn for from 10 8 cents he busheI."
The price Of coal at the great manufacturing
town Of Manchester in England, is 81 pen, {
sterling. (equivalpn, 10 about 81 cents, when re
duced 10 American currency at par,l the bush.
81. Of six score, or 40 lbs. weight, which is e.
quail 10 one and half Of Pennsylvania. The
price Of coal at Manchester is, therefore, near
fifty per cent higher than at Pi,,sburg. Al
Liverpool i, is still higher. AT the coal banks
upon the Potomac il will be as cheap, as at
those near Pittsburg, where it is put in the
wagon al less than cent bushel. Coal is
now delivered al the manufac tories Of Zanes
vile, on he Muskingum, al % cents the bash.
el. In mandatory OF window glass in that
Gown, seventy thou bushels are annually
consumed al that 81,
New Jersey and New York are both looking
to Pennsyl' ania for supply Of this mineral.
The former expects To obtain il by 4 canal
from the mouth OF the Lcbigh: The latter by the
Hudson and Delaware Canal
Tive following extract Of letter, dated Phil
adeIphia, January 2stb, 1926, from gentleman
extcnsi' ely engaged in the coal trade Of Phila-
dephia, furnishes valuable information upon
this subject:
81 have great pleasure in answering the uner-
les submitted by you respecting the Coal trade
My observations, you will observe, apply only
10 The mines at the head oil the Schuylkiil, and
the Improvements on that river rot having il
in my power 10 give you information as 20 any
other.
"lhe works are in extent about 1913 miles,
commencing at the Lane caster SchuyikilI bridge
and ending at Mount Carbon, Of which 50
miles are by Canals, and 46 by pools in the rv.
er. The number ofhouses for lock keepers is
IS, the n"mher Of l't ks below Reading 50, and
above Reading 81, hring in the whole 90; Of
which % are guard locks, overc oming fail Of
$50 fee Deducting the % guard 10, ks, leave