Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-08-16
! Aanahba Daliip Star.
The Coal Trade of Pillsbnrgh.
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TUESDAY, AUGUsr Re. 1850.

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The Coal Trade II Pittsburgh.
We copy ihe following interesting ar-
tirls ii regard ID the coal trade of Puts
burgh. from The Piatsburgh Gasetts
81 Mr.. Thnrseon. The Secretary Of the
/ Pittsburgh Board 81 Trade. estimates the
I .scbai mined inshe vicinity az Pittsburgh "
inis5s. At 81 ri a9bashels, p 8. SoS,,
| $40 ions. This the Philadelphia Mining
] Register disputes. as bsingf. enormous, !"
and says:
II Our accredited aggregate for 1883
ofiIIs2, 278 tons may De somewhat I'M
der the genuine aggregate Of The enrire coal
trade Of Pitssburg for That Jear; but that
thegenuine aggregate y ascsrtaiaed would
represent the quantity put down 7. q
I Wit: 8 500. 849 tons, Or neaT one, hall
thas quantity, We have rot The refnotest
belief.
And, ID expressing this opinion, we
n have not the least intention 70 undsrraEe
Fsthe ma tnituie Of the coal trade1of Pits
burg. whichis astupendous and msgnif
cent trade, even when limited ii its real
\ totals I: our cole purpose is % discourage
apractice Of exaggera,ion, in. many eases
Y Internationally INDUCED. no doubt. ret
which, even By this occasional exercise,
tends to bring reproach and discredit up
on3sths entire department ~ statistical
matter" f
The Register suggests that the true
Il Hay Of arriving az The actual fgnrs is to
] ascertain The amount really received here
/ from all sources-by river and rail--and
the amount used for manufacturing and
lacal purposes, and thus show, III The az
grsgate. Tie amount mined within the re-
zion near thecity. Noting the wide diff
ference between The twoI estimates, and
) believing the one as much too high as the
other is too low. we have put ourselve to
some trouble inahunting mp the, statistics
onIthe subject, and they Justify our con.
yietions on the subject.
The amount consumed for domestic,
purposes cannotbe aseerlained. positively.
Inthe CITY proper, all coal sold todomes-55
tias consumers il sold by weight. and IS
weighed upon the CITY scales This does
npt include coal delivered on continuous
contract TO manufacturers and other large
consumers. tile city ordinance exempling
alIcoal delivered from ils operations In
lhei returns made by the weighmasters
atIthese scales for the year 1853 We have,
therefore, tbs amount IF coal delivered to
domestic customers during that period
within The nine EDWARDS Of theIcity. This
amount, according 10 q CURES obtsined at.
4 the CONTROLLERS office was 2 3669, 720 bus
Oats.9s 81 tile cits coslsis delivered BY
ths measure pf the vehicles delivering iii
1 OF which no recorl is kept; but as The
population outside is sboutl equal to that
of 1#the city proper, we Sch downthe do.
msstic consumption at the sam rs the
! city proper, making the total :, 839, 40
| bushels, Isl II. VI sf5 {
] The amount consumed BY manufac-.
tories, we are enabled 10 learn ,pretty.cor-
rac,ly BY the stalisth'tcontained in Thurs
toa's II Pittsburg a. il il z From that
VIZ learrn that in 1857 the rolling mills
consumed 6.l87.5l5f bus; the glass fac-
tories. $3.50 $3.50 bus; ana the Other fac !,
tories ii various sor;s, 3.s847, 584 bus. 80
:. There has been jan increase SINCE Them
both in number Of factories And The
amount consumed allowing .Oo0. 900
tbus} for this increase, and | 900 900 bus.
/ for che amount used byBsteanboats. gas
4 factories and water works and We have q
grand total Of i4,a55.757 bus, used u
mann lctories. DC. E
Tie Mdnongah4la N Navigation Company
broug htSdbwn IN 1853, 10. 696 500 bus /.
Of which 81, 87l ,579 bus. we're far export
4betow. There was also shipped Id boats
anil barges, from below tile. dams Of the
Navi CATION CD. 5 29i ,666 bus, making
Tia total Eshipped below, g55l63, ans bus
In aasision4 TO- these I5tals, thu Pits. !.
!. burg, Fl WagaeI& Chinago Il, r. Co..
!. caFrle,l west from The iity, during 1853.
22ie51tons the Pittsburg 4 Cleveland
X. II carried west s8,685 tons: tlse
Psnnsyiyaaa R. X carried east. not ex.
laelly from .Pistsbarg. bat from local sra
mons nj. Dir from ire, city. 81 995ztons,
aud 81, 900 tons for their own use land
the Beaver and Erie canal carrie.l.to Erie
\ l28. 900. Iotal, 3i2 1873 tons which.
at a5A bushels to1the ton, gives us g.
i 400 423 bushels. i
81 We have not included i'd this estimate
thesamount mined and used In mannfac7
turing ID the large number Of faetries
aud furnaces scattered over Western
A9Pennsylvania within sd miles of the
city; because. firstly. We have no ada-
IA. andssecondly. il doesfnot so properly
belong 10 the total as The items We have
enumerated. We have also omitted The
amount brought 10 the city by the various
railroads. because the amounts - receiy-
ed were either locally consumed Of ship
ped west. and therefore included ID tho
I other computations.
TO sum up, thNefores we append "a
bic 81 ths various items gwen above:
Bushels
Shipped west b. river 25a ~ 2S1
FIJI 9. railroad y2l 1888
north BY canal 81 s.S1t, 0s0
Fl r east by railroad =. 1902
Consumed BY Pennsylvania R, R 2, ,00p
Local d1lnsSlj Ii cun ampti5n 6,S33.t40
loSat eeisuaftt in faet5Eies i4s55.7 ~
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Total 5i.sjJsJe
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