The New York herald., 1845-01-31
Engines engaged in breaking coal,


The cost of these engines, pumps, and the neces-
sary machinery, will not fall much short of $780,
600, and the consumption of coal in these engines
will amount to 40,O 600 tons per annum The whole
consumption OF coal IN this region, during the last
year, is estimated at 100, 600 tons. horse power
IS calculated as equivalent the strength OF eight
le-bodled men-a man ordinarily labors but 10
hours in the "a !; but the engines can, and some of
them do, run day and night; conse sequently they
can perform, for each horse power, an amount Of
work equal 10 the labor OF l6 me and an aggregate
OF work equal TO the labor of 90 44S men every "a
hours. Competition in the coal trade has been
Keen and eager the spirit OF enterprise has been
tive, and improvements have been multiplied with
great rapldlty but il must be remarked, that moet
Of the steam engines employed in the coal business
ct the region are used for pumping ana draining The
mines end hosting coal, purposes to which human
labor cannot be successfully applied and 1t is only
In breaking and screening, that the Inanlmate arm
ls substituted for the arm of flesh, and machinery,
with lts soul Of steam and frame oil iron, is doing
The work OF living men and even here it inter-
ieres but lightly with human labor, the demand for
which is augmented with the introduction of every
facility for extending the trade.
Seventeen OF the engines included in the above
estimate, were erected during the year 1874, and
an aggregate power, rated at 33S horses, added to
the business; but notwithstanding the rapid aug
mentation of steam power in the trade during that
year, no less than fifteen engines intended for the
region, are now IN progress OF construction six
are being built at Minersvle, and nine in this
borough ; and from present indications, it is be-
lieved that many more will be erected during the
press mt year.
All the engines employed in the business ofthe re-
Sion, excepting four, were bnit at establishments
within the region, and three Of these four have
been thoroughly rebuilt and improved by our own
machlnists. During the year 1874, three engines,
working an aggregate of 142 horse power, were
structed IN the region for other places; making a
total OF 70 engines builtb the machinists Of this re-
gon, during that year. Superadded to the large
number OF steam engines employed about the mines
in The coal reglon, there Is engines rated at
aggiegate OF ls6 horse power, all Of them built by
Schuylki county mechanics, employed IN other
business in the couniy-making a total of 56 steam
engines, with an aggregate OF l,464 horse power
employed in the county.
The rich Anthracite coal fields of the Schuylkill
county region possesses advantages equal to any
other coal fields in the world and all the varieties
OF red, grey and white ash Goals found here, are,
IN quality IN every respect. OF the most superior
kind. The constantly multiplying facilities for
extending and angmeniing trade, the improve
mens in preparing coal by the extensive intro
ducuon and use OF machinery, our proximity to
the Atlantic cities, and the improved and impro-
wing characters of our avenues to market, the ca
paclty OF our coal fields, and the active and enter
pfisng characters of the operators render il almost
certain that the Schuylkill region will distance
nitude OF lts operations. PotsptHe jour, JAM %.
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SUPREME CoURr OF THE UNITED STATES, Tues
day, Jan. %, 1S45.--Henry w Rogers, Esq of New
York, was admitted an attorney and counsellor of
this Court.
No. 10 The United State VS.. A. Hodge ct al.
In error TO the Circuit Court of the United States
for Louisiana. Mr. Chief Justice Taney delivered
the opinion of this Court, dismssing this case be-
cause the citation is not signed as directed by the
act OF Congress OF l7S0, ch 70.
No. AZ Philip Hickey ct al, plaintiffs in error,
VS.. j. A. Stewart ct al. The argument of this
cause was concluded by Mr.. Walker Tor the plain
tiffs In error.
o. Col. James Riley, appointed by President
Houston, as Charge d'Atiaires TO cur Government,
aud whose arrival in Washington has been daily
expected, has left Cincinnati for Texas, and will
not probably return to this country tor some time.
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH We understand that ap-
pcation is about TO be made to the Legislature OF
New Jersey, for the passage Of law authorizing
the communication OF a Magnetic Telegraph acros.
| the STATE, between the clues OF Philadelphia and
| New York, capital S5O,0OO
| 0ry- The Colombia, Is. C.) Chronicle, referring
1 to the duel between Messrs CiDgman and Yancey,
| says" Yancey is the same person who shot down
his uncle in the sire ets ot GreenviIle in this Stale,
l a few years ago. He afterwards grated TO Ala
bama, and is now member OF Coneiess,'