Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1855-11-30
VOL, Is. no 4S
Hollidaysburg5 coal I; cannot be used alone

without using large qua htiises OF wood, and
then il i destructive q tie crate bars. The
fRind of coal wanted by the,raiIroad in tic.
easternpart of this State is a bjtuuinous.
equal to patsb4rg fpr generating steam, and
+ this quality, tLink, The Broad Top FielJ. I.
tontaihs, and ifitavhA BrsfGinished likcti.at.,f
(which we received, ,'iiieFe will BE- no econo.
I ilyA 10 using Authracite on anY of HE raj,
roads east Of The Allegfeny lnountsiillis, 1,
provided tho Broad Top can be supplied ii
REASONABLE rates.
Z The coal Vas uuloaded near our laaebirl..
sbops,in qoluar'is,g and.n being diseeFerrt
fahat il was 50 superior for ,hlaeksiniti pur-
poses, the smiths could not refrain from u.s.
ling some it On their fires thus ,cducit,.
Fthe quantity to barely sufficient for an ea-
pertinent; had-there been enough for tvo
trials. ] would have had two experiments
of each Kind, which would have enabled me
TO rep"ft more. satisfactorily. Different
Treatment; and 1thi. engineers never having
used any Broad Top I was fearful lie FIRE
man might not 'treati 1t properly, Or use i
to as good advantage, on the first TRIP, as lie
would have done on second ifial. Tic
fireman was perfectly acquainted with he
4other kinds Of Goals, aud they consequent
~ had rather the advantage Of the saniple
you sent me. h -
An experienced engineer, WHO has been
'useing coal for many year$, Mr. Tfays
Smith, was placed on the engine, in addition
SO the regular engineer, to conduct the x
periments, AMI it IS lis opinion that taa
they understood The nature Of The coal be-
fore leaving Columbia, as they did when they
permitted the ire TO go down On approach 20
ing the other end Of the @roai, several hdn- .
9dreG pounds Of coal would have betn y
sa ve9f sa aos al@sl aoa .saa Vi
Until yesterday, vas Of The opinion
that Pittsburg coal could rot Be SexcepedS
for generating 6teain. The experiment
proved The superiority Of Broad Top. ami
places the former secofil on the list for stesn,
purposes. Mr.. Smith. statement Is as f5le
lntce.1z1 So r. 5ses lg.ss7 4 fsS S{19 & = be.s
"broad Top Goa made more srearr ....s. :, !.
more regular FIRE was obtained by II thaits
from eitherof tire other kinds no rohinet
or rakihg was required; no eliuiSci- was found
and but 4 small quantity Of ashes ID the ash
par; the conlbustion of the coal was CONF
nletc. Some clnker rcnlained from the
mixed coal, caused by the dirt In TIE ifioii-
daysbarg coal, though none TO iniGre the
draft No elinker from the Pittsburgs pFT
81 prefer the Broad Top, such as We had;
to Pistsburg, or to any c6nl / have ever
used Tcould not desire better coal for d
locomotive. Tie smoke from ii is not near.
so dense or black as from pittsburc A.
few minutes after supplying the fire with
fresh coal, very little smoke is observable
aud!none when ihc valFeasis closed. i,ll
Pittsburslit is Giferent; when the valve is
elosedsa b'aisk smoke Issues f-oaA shes sts.is,
as well as tiopgh4heg fire doorsas Thestesaf4
gudge can be kept tlS0 pounds much
more easily with it than with Pittshurg.-s{
ihefire does not require as luuah.watekinss
and ean be kept more re gul a, ,al lasts much
longer tim pit:Sburg. szsqsg sszz
e1hemixed coal Is we'll alapted for lo-E
comotives; i is preferable 10 Pi,tsburg
as frc mxde With them lasts longer ana
nicfe regular. BROAD Top, Sopyarea with
the mixed coal, is about eqossl fj'r reguiati-
ty 81 fire--thougfi ] woVltprefeF Broad TOP
ii ID humps ar coarse t6ats Broad Top asfss
on the IRE more ike woeyi than any eoaf4 Y
have ever used. - W hea che valve was closed
descending the Grade so West laniiadeiphia,
the steam guagc continued so pouf6s
On descending any OF The grades the gasge
showed al increased f.ressurc Were dot
troubled 1sitl smoke from IL At Any f'tfi ttiaic
twas as clear as wood ssfi4e.'' g ssss gf
Tic experiment proved tho coal to'b5
much better than Ianticipated, as vas
s.loubful of II answering a good purpose By
itself. If we could obiain 4 supply offbis
kind of esaI, We would use ii exclusively.
wocd only would be required to '.ssso
up ..4.. rg~--@s...r .s,..g.,a
| at tie present cos. Of Iollidaysbars ana
IPittsburg coal, using theni IN equal parts,
a trip costs 1886 less than when rtishurg
alone is used.
| 4 aplIpearstsy our espssi9sss tAst M s Glt's-
burg coal j. equal e haissSS IfsT sent gdy
Broad Top, snd ,tha .Broal Top i lhsrei
l5peroent better fqs ssssserasins stesastha
ANY Batum;nous Coal IL the State. = 80
/ Ii It Is possible % obtain SIX or, eight Sons
ruare shisG nsehth, I Isostd giyeg it, aacther
trial, as | desire 10 ascertain, the compare
tiye eest of wood with lIollidaysburg aud
Phtsbusg mixed and pittsburg alone, and
Broad Tep, il il can be obtained in time.
and give she result in my Anual Report, Ia
December.