Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-09-27
Transition Coal.

THIS rare and valuable Coal Is a variety not quite
changed anthracite, and 1t has only been dis
covered large quantss at three places upon our globe
viz South Wales Great Britain at Donetz In Russia
near the Black Sea- and at Dauphn Lebanon counties
Pennsylvania In the London market this commands
the highest price 1t Is mined upon the large estate
$4,000 acress) Of the Dsuphin and Susquehanna Coal Com
psny situated In and Is to the cities
OF Baltimore and Washington than the of any other re-
gion For easy ignition, durability of fire. complete COM
puson easy adaptation to the temperature weather.
ana lts great power In generating heat 1t is The coal
ne oord 1t has the inammability of the bituminous
COAL with the cleanliness Of the anthracite and greater
dafdbity than either 1t burns without making any SCOT
or visible smoke and the combustion complete that
retains the fire until all the coal coRSned Not with
ne anthraces especially the hard and heavy kinds They
40 n burn up and hence the common practice
OF sitting their ashes to obtain fuel burning the
transition Coal there aoas for the small Goals made
taken out.
that the hedve Goals the most economical for ordinary
purposes This might be the If Goals sold by
sTement, but never when they are sold by WEIGHT In
Taylors valuable work. (statscs of Coa the details are
given to show hat3l pounds Of eeburning red yield
ed more heat to room in 10 hours, than 81 pounds Of
heavy white ash COAL making the red ASH to be
more economical than the white ash "a 81 per tom ANY
person accustomed to use these heavy Goals will be
shed at the saving which be in burning the light
or kinds when tested by the weight and burnt in suitable
manner
apprehension exists with some that the
Goals have tendency to cinker Now general rule
coal will cnker unless draught be applied than
the coal naturally requires No one would think Of apply
ing bellows constantly TO fire made of seasoned hickory
or oak wood and 1t would be equally absurd apply
blast constantly to burning coal But the heavy white
ash anthractes cannot be burnt without powerful draft
and without using larger quantity Of coal than the tenn
perature of the weather sometimes requires Various pat
terms furnaces cooking ranges &C., invented
annually to conquer this difficulty. but 1t has been
done with complete In contrvance however
which has been invented to burn COAL the transition vari
ETY. will make beautiful fire, and complaint will be
made to seller Of CRATES stoves when
this coal Is used Phe draft alone is to be regulated by
damper In introducing this coal for the first time,
prepared as by steam power machinery for domes
tic give greater confidence to the buyer say
that the celebrated eeburning red ash veins in the Peach
Orchard district Potsva continuation Of the
Dahin rns, and they approach the nearest in value to
the Transition coal.
Shipments Of the Transition coal have already been
to the District of Columbia it be obtained at retail
from the following persons:
VIM. 7. Dove, Washington Woodford Stone, Washington
+. Magruder, do Hunsberger u Co., do
VIM. Warder, do Myers Baker, Georgetown.
Orders for this coal by the cargo well the semi
buminous and anthracite Goals mined by the Dauphn and
susquehanna Coal Company will be promptly executed by
ADAMS FOSTER, Agent,
Office southwest Baltimore and South SITS.
BALTIMORE, Sept Is, 1852 sep l6-1m