The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-07

The Anthracite coal trade is prosecuted with consider
able ygor There shipped the Lehigh navigation
during the week ending Saturday last 20 1853 tons
and for the season $50 TONS The shipments on the
schuykll a,gation for the week ending Thursday
last % 1872 TONS and for the season 1e4 s26 TONS
The Reading Railroad brought for the 93l
TONS for the GOA $40 tons There Is active
demand for coal and prices firmly maintained
The Cincinnati Gazette says:"A number Of our whole
sale merchants have pettioned the city council to pass
ordinance by which agents Of mercantile houses in
Eastern cities may in way be prevented from
ing here and selling retail houses their goods by sam
pies The mercantile community appear to be DESTROYS
extending the principles involved in the pedar law
this and other States, that sales by samples, by
resident merchants, shall be prohibited Lsws Of this
character believe have been passed by four of
States viz: Name Rhode Island Pennsylvania and Mary
land. Efforts made the present Massachu-
sets and New York, to procure similar enactments
Boston has been great field for the operations this
class o; pcrsons, who not allowed TO parade their
samples n Maine and Rhode Island Many largest
merchants favorable to the passage the law The
pedar law works well in the districts and Is of
great service TO the local traders urged that the
city merchants should receive equal protection from
other class Of pedars whose movements injurious
to the established traders in large markets.
The stock sales at the Stock Board and at private sale
by Huson Holmes Cincinnati, for the week ending
Wednesday, May 3, 1854, follows
II shares Little Miami Railroad stock at 109is; rs
shares Ohio and Mississippi Railroad stock at So 40
shares Cincinnati, Wilmington and GAINESVILLE Railroad
stock at u.s. 20 shares Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
stock at So 60 shares Indiana Central Railroad stock at
50; 20 shares Springfield Mount Vernon Pttsburg
Railroad stock at TO- 20 shares Little Miami Railroad
stock at 1895 so shares Cincinnati Hamilton and Day
ton Railroad stock at 1907 so shares Columbus and
Zepia Rai nj el,araz
Hillsboro' Railroad stock at So 60 shares Cincinnati and
Marietta Railroad stock at So 33 shares Indiana Central
Railroad stock at so shares Cleveland and Pittsburg
Railroad stock at so 20 shares Madison, Indiana polls
and Peru Railroad stock at SO 40 shares Eaton
lton Railroad stock at IS 10 shares Mad River and Lake
Erie Railroad stock at GO shares Ohio Central Rail-
road stock at SIS 90 shares Cincinnati and Indianapolis
Railroad at TO- 25 shares Columbus md Xenia Railroad
stock at 1O61 20 shares Kentucky Trust Company Bank
stock at %; 20 shares Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad stock at 90 % shares Covington Lexington
Railroad stock at 80 20 shares Little Miami Railroad
stock at 1929 80 shares Ohio Central Railroad at
S6H.
Money rates for the past week on stocks as coatera
to 21s per cent per month
The Pottsvie Miners Journal of the 29th ult gives the
annexed review of the coal trade of that region for the
week ling Thursday, April 81
TIE ANTHRACITE CoAI TRADE
The quantity sent by railroad this week is 49, III 49,
by canal ID TONS for the week. oS4 tons show
ing increase of o5S 10 tons by railroad So $40
10 tons by canal to same period last year.
The quantity mined this week would have reached at
least 20 600 TONS the motive power of the railroad
beer sufficient 10 carry the coal away The burning of
the work shops b Reading last winter has considerably
disabled the notse power Vi the road and the company
are procuring rapidly to iAat the wants
of the trade The capacity Of the railroad is equal
to about S. 900 week the average and could
be to 60 0o0 tons in Of absolute necessity
The company has engaged eleven first class coal burning
~ RnasW Rail
moro, all Of which will be placed the road rapidly
as possible. The whole trade the Mine Hill and
Schuylkn Haven Railroad blocked up at the Scales
upwards of day. by jam Of cars for the of mo-
tive power to carry the coal from Scbuykili Haven
Tho boat capacity of the canal Is equal about 80
tons but in the arrangement of tolls and transportation
this year the advantages which the canal company
sessed last have been nearly If not quite equazcd
and the position OF the two companies regards trade
is reversed Last year the railroad company took what
the canal lefths year the canal takes what the rail
road cannot carry and II Is therefore fortunate for the
Navigation Company that the trade will be sufficient to
fully occupy both avenues to market the present year.
Last year there difference ranging from ten to
twenty cents per ton in favor of the canal in supplying
the New York and Philadelphia markets. The allowance
this year Of ten cents ton drawback in favor of the
boatmen carrying coal from Richmond to New York
which taken off the trade at Richmond, and the diff
iererce OF ten cents per in favor of coal delivered in
Broad street by railroads.&c. rates being 81 90 to Broad
street. and 81 10 to Richmond last year, 81 60 to both
places on the opening of Notwithstanding with an
increase OF ten cents Per ton in the price of freight
places the two companies about equal footing for
the supply of those two markets There also differ
ence OF about ten cents ton in favor of the delivery OF
coal from Broad street 10 customers the charges
from the Schuykill wharvcs This explains why boats
plenty and waiting for loading by canal while the
railroad crowded with trade beyond the capacity of its
motive power.
The demand for coal continues unabated In fact 1t
Incoming dinicult obtain coal for consumption in
the towns in this region.