The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-14
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COMMUNICATIONS.
30 FACTS FOR THE PEoPLE--No. 4.
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= so FACTS FOR THE PEoPLE--No. 4. l.r
To the Editor Of the Union; eEss III .gaHaa sgH
NOVA SCOTIA AND PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINES
The extraordinary increase in the coasumpiion
Of coal for fuel in the United States and lis great
importance TO the movement of almost every de-
scrptlon OF labor-saving machinery, many Of the
mechanic arts, and 10 those who would temper the
inhosptable severity of our protracted winters by
cheerful Preside, induces herewith brief history,
as one OF the facts for the people a,r .s ara.
Mona Scotia coal is extensively used in the east
ern States by glass manufacturers, smslters of cop
per ore, steamboats,, biaeksmiths, and for family
purposes; and would be still more so, were il not
for the excessive duty now exactsd by government
on It's introduction into the country. The import
of foreign coal for the year ls45, amounted in value
To slS7 ,962 Duty 81 rs the ton, $50 ,22l; which
duty was equal To sixty-nine per osntum on the
frst cost. The proposed duty by the Secretary of
the Treasury Is 80 per cent, 80 cents per to,l-
The coal mines opened and al work in Nova
Scotia and the island Of Cape Breton, are three in
Sa%6er-vi.: the Albion, the sydnsy,, and the
the depot, where vessels Of large size may re-
ceiye cargo, and produces a kind OF coal most re-
markable for It's excellence not only for domestic
use but for the purposes Of steam and msnufac-
turersj and especially for The Manufacture Of iron,
account Of the absence Of sulphur In IT'S cornpo
siiion, The Sydney coal is highly bitnminoss, g-
mites readily gives strong lasting heat, and leaves
For the purchAss of Nova Sss,ia coal no mooey
win be necessary, as all uansactious may be made
by exchange Of Commodity; the demand for -four,
provisions, etc, from Us, exceeding our demand for
coal from them. The Nova Scotians ready AT
any time 10 furnish two tons VI coal for barrel
OF -four, and to exchange a similar basis for any
provisions we may furnishj and If the duties on
iron cables, Salcloth, cordage, and other similar ar
teles going into the construction Of our shipping,
were reduced 10 revenue scale, our mercantile ma
Wy would share extensively in the carrying trade
consequent upon the business o.. '.. ..''.. =. OH.
Anthracite coAL.--Every one lie 80 eonversant
with the anthracite coal Of Pennsy lvania that will
only delay the reader by giving an extract from 4
circular connected with the Bear Mountain coal pro-
ect--signed James A. Hamilton, of New York, a
son Of a former Secretary Of the Treasury. bus
THE Bear Mountain coal region $500 acres OF
and) is situated in Dsuphin and Schuylkih coun
Ties, Pennsylvanla twenty-eight and half
miles from the Susquehanna State canal at
.DnupLin, and it is well wooded. The quality Of
coal is burning anthracite, (white, gray and
red ASH well adapted to engines, forges furnaces,
and domestic uses, and second TO no other brought
to the New York and Boston markets. go.
THE next branch of the subject is to give the
cost Of bringing the coal to market, and its price.
To do this we must 60 into details.
Cts,
|. The cost of mining this coal is stated to be
per ton. ...............,.. ~
Coal Of like quality is now being mined
from the same veins miles distant for IS
cents. The cost at Pottsville is 80 to SO.
2. The cost Of timber for supports at Potts
vile is 10 cents; but as we furnish the
wood, Just allowance Is. .,.,..,......., 3
3. Breaking and screening per ton. .."..., III
4. Cost of transportation on the railroad, de-
livery into the boats, and weighing.,.... %
5 Cost OF carrying ton Of coal on the canal y ~
TO Havre de Grace, and from thence by tow ~. y.
boats to Baltimore ...,................r / SO
Cost per ton to the company at Baltimore, 90 SO
The boats which come to Havre de Grace will be
lowed 10 the mouth Of the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal, and through TO Delaware city, where it
will be deposited to be put into vessels TO 60 coast
wise to New York, to the eastern ports.
Cost to the company, including wastage., 81 SIS
Offers have been made by coastwise vessels
to carry it to New York for 81 90 per I'D
ton; we viii put It at. ........-.. Is
Total cost to the company at New York. 50 10
The present prices in Nav York are from Is IS
to Sc so per ton--broken and screened for domes-
tic purposes. Since the toal trade commenced, it
has never been less than s. IS per ton. II is evil
dent that at these prices, the company would make
as profit at New York, if their coal was now in
ket 81 IS to 80 80 per ton. ..
Cost ofcoa in Nova Scotia per ton. 50 90
Freight to New York estimated ut... rs ..r
Proposed duty of 30 per cent. 80 .
Sundry expenses, wastage, &c....... IS
Cost of anthracite coal from Pennsyl-
vania. Observation-Disclosures. 3 70
-
In favor of anthracite coal as protec-
ton. Observation-Disclosures. 90 30
MERCAToR.