The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-28
TRANSITION COAL.

NHlS hARE AMI NALU a bLE Qua l. ID q va.
a ricty not quite changed into anthrn cite
and it has only been discovered Gin large quaint
urs) at three places upon our globe viz at South
Wales, Great Britain; at Donetz in Russia, near
the Black Sea; and at Dauphin and Lebanon coun-
ties, Pennsylvania. In the London market this
coal commands the highest price. 1t is now mined
upon the large estate $4,000 acres) Of the Dau
phin and Susquehanna Coal Company, situated in
timore and Washington than the coal of any other
region. For easy ignition, durability OF fire, COM
plete combustion, easy adaptation to the temper
allure of the weather, and its great power in gene
rating heat, II Is the BEST coal in the ip0rld. 1t has
the infammability Of The bItuminous coal, with
the cleanliness of the anthracite, and greater
durability than either. 1t burns without making
any SCOT or visible smoke, and the combustion is
30 complete that it retains the fire until all the coal
is consumed. Not 80 with the anthracites, espe-
cially the hard and heavy kinds. They do not
burn up, and hence the common troublesome prac-
tice of sitting their ashes to obtain more fuel. In
burning the Transition Coal there is no ,caste, for
the small Goals made by handling bnn "a well es
ordinary coal. All should be burnt together. If
screened at all, the dust only should be taken out.
A very erroneous impression exists with many
persons that the heaviest Goals are the mos econo-
mical for ordinary purposes. This might be the
case if Goals sold by measurement, but new err
when they are sold by WEIGHT. In Taylor's valu
able work, Statistics Of Coal) the details are given
to show that 81 pounds of free burning red ash
yielded more heat to room in fifteen hours than
81 pounds of n heavy white ash coal, making the
red ash at s. so to be more economical than the
white ash at 81 81 per ton. Any person accus-
toned to use these heavy Goals will be astonish-
ed at the saving which can be made in burning the
lighter kinds, when tested by the toeight and burnt
in suitable manner.
An apprehension exists with some that the free
urning Goals have tendency to clinker. Now
as general rule, coal will clinker unless
greater draught be applied to it than the coal natu-
rally requires. No one would think Of applying a
bellows constantly to a fire made of seasoned
l,orv oal mil he
absurd to apply blast constantly to free burn
ing coal. But the heavy white ash anthracites
cannot be burnt without a powerful draught and
without using larger quantity Of coal than the
temperature of the weather sometimes requires
Various patterns of stoves, furnaces, Cooking
ranges, Sc, invented annually to conquer this
difficulty, Tut it has never been done with complete
SUCCESS. In every contrivance, however, which
has been invented TO burn coal the transition va.
riety will make beautiful fire, and no complaint
will ever be made to a manufacturer or seller of
CRATES stoves when this coal is used. The
draught alone is to be regulated by damper. L..
introducing this new coal for the first time pre-
pared "a it now is by steam power machinery for
domestic use. 1t may give greater confidence to the
buyer to say that the celebrated free burning red
ash veins in the Peach Orchard district, Potts
vile, are a continuation of the Dauphin peins and
they approach the nca rest in value to the Transition
Coal.
Shipments of the Transition coal have already
been made to the District of Columbia, and It
can be obtained at retail from the following
persons:
VIM. T. Dove, Washington.
F. Magruder, do
VIM. Warder, do
Woodford Stone, do
Hunsberger & Co., do
Myers & Baker, Georgetown.
Orders for this coal by the cargo, well as for
the Semi. Btuminous and Anthracite Goals, mined
by the Dauphn and Susquehanna Coal Company,
will be promptly executed by
ADAMS FOSTER, Agent,
Office southwest corner Bait. and South sts
BALTIMORE, September 10, 1882.
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