The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-30

Which consumption will call upon all the coal dis
trcts for their utmost production. But we say
that this property enjoys peculiar adudntages which
will secure 70 it it's fair proportion OF the trade:
lst II is the only district in the United States
where perfect anthracite, transition and semi btu
minous coal crisis and it exists here in every va
riety, and 10 thus classed by Professor Taylor:
Il, !; The soft blazing coal of sharp Mountain ca
2. The bituminous and somewhat harder coal Of
Rafting Run.
3. The four varieties of the still more compact
bitumnous coal Of Yellow Springs.
az Raasch GsS IL some respee;
varying from each other, and when fairly intro.
duced into market will be used to the entire ex-
clusion, for domestic purposes, of all the bitum-
nous coal
5. The free burning anthracite, or the more
highly carbonized coal of Gold Mine Mount Ea gle
and Black Spring Gaps, ii veins, all having per
ceptible differences in quality and structure.
When the distinguished gcologist. Lyell, in his
late work, declares "that he has no hesitation in
prefer ring the Of the hard anthracie in spite
Of the occasional stove like heat produced by il, to
that of bituminous coal in London, coupled with
the penalty of living constantly in a dark atmo.
sphere of smoke, which destroys the furniture,
dress and gardens, backens public buildings,
and renders cleanliness impossible" what prefer
ence would he give for coal that had none of the
bad qualities OF either OF the othcrs. and which
would relieve him OF the sfouc like heat of the
hard anthracite. 1t ia well known that owing to
this property of the hard anthracite, ,pood is still
extensively used in this country for domestic pur.
poses and for steam. This coal will displace it
entirely whenever ii can be transported and sold
at less cost. II used exclusively III the locomo-
tive alone, how vast will be the consumption.
I'd The advantages of position.
Being one hundred and ttoo miles nearer to tide
water than the nearest bituminous region. Al
Baltimore we come into competition with the btu
minous coal from the Cumberland mines, which
has to travel 1873 miles by railroad to Baltimore,
and 43y by railroad and canal to New York, whilst
has to travel only 95 miles (atout haf the dis
tance) to the former place, and 23l miles to the
latter place. This difference of distance and trans
port being SO miles in favor Of mines, Ito Bat
timore, ) and two hundred and eight miles TO New
York, cannot be ciphered away by any sound argu.
ment. and is eracfly equivalent to so much eTtra
raiue Of the coal in The ground
The correctness Of this view cannot be question
ed for it is idle to cay that any other railroad
ANAL can transport cheaper per mile than the
Philadelphia and Reading When the test shall
b, made by a severe and keen competition, the
rc-ult will show that they can transport coal at
rais that tpould be rui,ious TO all other companies
ana this, for the painest OF NIL reasons, because
transportation is effected by grades descend
! ing with the trade. But the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company has certainly exhibited the
most liberal and banded policy, in attracting to
it's road the Allegheny coal trade, by the lowest
tolls and il is most gratifying to find, from their
last report, that the results of their past opera
tions iuliy encourage the maintenance Of the loto
rates which have been adopted"