The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-25


cline Of twenty-five c~nts ton In the PhiiaasI his
market When ~ir The uction reach New YORK;
numbes OF tbs Inhabitants of Brighton about n
depsch YES 81 t. Phiiacephia for cargo of coal for
their use e,sisg to obtain y ut loser prices
than prevail at present in this market.
70 rnE EbyTog or THE kKw YORK HERALD.
CUMBERLAND, Nd sept sts, 1854
For the wesk ending Saturday, Och inst thsre wa
sent narktt from our coal eon Is $50 tons Of GOAL
rstiDg since LIST January, sso COL tcns-of which
8.2,t76 tons pssssd the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
roar and the balance, lOe,4i6 tons, descended the
Chesapeake and ohio Canal This, 10 tue fac OF the
stise in the vii ter and the unnsvg sbe coodion OF
the csIsi during the graer pa OF toe summsr, Ia q
very iAvorabs txsist. 0uDberi.oo MAY we'll be COO
cone through and he takea account OF hees
about teen treiDs spstcbsd from hi. eyey
cay each rain cootw log Of nfteea carr ing zoo
sons 10 GOO tors Per seek.
THE CAPACITIES OF OUR PRESENT AvKNJgs FOE
TRANSPORTING COAL.
TO rH EDITOR THE NEW YORK HERALD
lis apostolic to form any apprecative idea Of the
ccal TRACE vi hout knowledge Of the modes By which
1t travels to market II is much tue Of
the this is the thing fail GA sk upon for
perm snent ipvestu eLt-as the means OF traueporta-
toD that Olives pres. for coal When
the etored away these exhsuses Of fuel
in the Alesbenes a peonsylsania, Maryland and Viz.
base with the cnas and left for the aud
Ingenuity OF oevise the ways Of CONG aering the
dntsi and Transporting the mountain, iosi oy load
TO the seaport msrAess. II sonnet Jung OF
taking move ton Of coal from ITS insl deposit
TO IL. ssspoaro implies adequate mscnoery nal
ard bot ana Aaa tail The ex yen litu Q tiue
necessary to Dig, AMI blast ana bull tine
ntuptaiI 10 the sea and pro ,srly % zip t. l.
Gus, that only com oioation Of wealth energy
emo ext erieDce can successfully astemptit
Now the al of PenDsyvsIia 6Dds an Quite. through
fou' great leading AVENUES which together have co
~ r ~
but very little more than they are now Going supply
The CO untry with coal.
which feed this c. nalvx the Honsedae road and the
rosd Of the syvAnia Com psny from Pitts on
to Hnwey both gravity" rosos-cannot together dc.
str 70 the canal more than 900 0oC per annum;
Dor, indeed II they could, could the canal without en-
isrpemrnf, carry more spch az enlargement Is not
diion If psl would be necessary 20 concern which
has al ead, invested with ts snxises) some $iI 00O
600 ana that the improvement could Orange and sus-
2. The lehgh Canal The measure Of the present ca
pscit, OF this canal is tbs State C.n sKty mites long
than 600 TONS Surprising that the LShigh Canal
6nd an ex throrgh the Morris Canal tor say 400 900
mum power of the Lehish Canal be 800 900 tons
3. The Schuy k'l Navigati; Company. This company
may ,sach ps putting additional boats 600 toas
no more.
4 Ike Reading Railroad THIS road, with Its present
equipment OF cara engines ana whxrves, carry
2.ou'u tons al may, by the lie e-sar improvements
ADDITIONS and eDditures augment cpa ausge to
1900, 600 tons Consder this their pc ~sr
until they tba id more parallel tracks, every ADDITION
al frsck giving INCREASE Of between and three
millions nst this, Of course. requires large invesments
Now foor this up
neSien Com pany ....l 500 600 tons.
Delaware an Hudson. -. 80. .........., 900 900
Schuy XIII Navigation. ................1Oo 600 coo
h*aong hailroad ............ 100000 "
We have thos 600 tons a. the very fullest cspa
city, under the most favorable circumstances with
hraA nrnu nhr NJ NtAf xssN
leadpg channels lading 20 the ansh1actte feios It
VIII be econ that these are worked .lmost up
By tn. 80 called rcranton road, ming through tho
Ella ware Cap to with the New Jersey Central
wsS,s % t g for
ed WILL before that, be outrun BY the increased de
nspd. There Is some talk Of an improvement 10 the
II Is ept that the great to come from
the b.laDo region from hch the Che-apeaxe ami
Ohio Canal bring four millions Of TONS add Bal
uDore AND Ohio Rslrgad as many more, the compile
ton Of ia double track IN progress.
is idle % talk Of the recproc te.ty tending
win be, that shall seod to the British province ten
tons 10 sent from thence tn. enlarge
supply the western portion Of the state an1 kxss Erie
and ontario. will enable them from New York
to Bof'lo for from g 70 los aud from New YorK to
Oswego for from Go TO 75c ton This may BE- easily
d. monstrst+d At these rates shall furnish Cumbsr
lsno and anthracite for Canada. Indeed, Cumberlsui
coal has already been sent to Lake Ontario for pur
poses.
be clsmors Of few men, through t. . public press,
cannot enlarge the quantity whien In. canss and rsl
and outlay for canals and roads 80 QUO uous
that tho demand for coal far outruna them JUNIUS.
THE MEANS OF SUPPLY.
70 THE EfroR or THE NEW YORK HERALD.
In your paper Of the 2lst, proposition whereby
the price Of coal be REDUCED b BY subscribing or
Furnishing to make the North Pennsylyania Rail-
road, and to complete the Iehigh Valley Railroad
Your correspondent cannot be very familiar With the
facts In the The price be reduced uch easier
and quicker than BY ~ang for the completion Of these
roads which viii take from two thrcs years st least
without me, arc supplied with cars and LOCOMOTIVES to
brig 1t TO market The Of locomotives il
scarcely operator in schuykh county tnst viii not
toll you he could nearly double his aantity pro vded
be could b supplied with cars the Reading Rail o.d
we're suppl cd with sufacsnt and locomotives the
qusnlit they bring down could be increased fourfod
but Il was ON doubled, the present could not
Peadnng lsirosd With means to double ther pre.ent
l'g stock, and the schuylkin Ma dgation their
sno cars At rates. not share them two per
cent month, and you viii soon see tho price Of coal
the syvsDis Legislature in granting charters to
produce o. country through which they pass the
present high price OF coal could net have been For in
stansc'-lhe zine Hll railroad runs through al. the
heaviest coal helds In achuylkil county and brings
cosn (uiDo IN Reading railroad and scnuylkill NAviSA
ton caIs) nearly ore half tbs coal that 10 moes
to sioge and Lsr road "a extenoed TO the
middle cosi reid which ne1t year win be able to send
million OF tons; but what 10 the uses there
and no prospect Of any to bring it to market
s hardly reasonable to expect the Reading Railroad
to furnLh tor al the railroads that with
her. say from twenty TO thirty miles say from her
terminus At PORT Clinton and -chuylEiu Haven
Double the Reading Railroads. and locomotives,
and Jon VIII not sec hsr stock selling at what IL
does The with the Schuylkn Navigation, double
her beats anc and her stock will double in price, aud
the pubic VIII get cheap coal he fairest plan would
be u compel each railroad to furnish proportion Of
rolling stock II is folly to talk about mne holding
their coal IN erder 10 keep up prices when every
Anovs In the coal region that cannot be had to
bring more down. SUB CKIBER
MARYLAND COAL TRADE.
The amount Of coal sent to market during the
week ending sa.urday, September 10, 1854, In the
aRgreeate was Is 06 tons, Of which there we're
transported over the Cumberland Coal and Iron
Ctmpany's Raailroad 49n IA tons, and over
the Mt. Savage Iron Company's Railroad 4 GIT TONS
making IN The shole from the Fostourg region for the
week 9ssS IA and for the season, Si6 22 OS Over