The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-03-27
The following are the prices or Scnuylkll
coal BY the cargo, i0r n ppent


The retail prices ~ e1al iu the city varies
considerable. MI rl4l j. ceiling from
1915 70 1915 per tan, aerarii. Z tu 4lE ii5y
Stove coal from Z 1850 -1 a. gl Thu .oll VI
ing il from the Philadelraia Ls.lger
The Anthracita coal production steadlr
increases, end u the = .huylAia Nayi -ati0n
has already commenced shipments. which L.
somewhat earlier than last wear, and other
cGna4s Will probably Eye il operation this
week, very consid cradle increase over last
year AZ the came time may naturally be ex-
pected foT the next three ~ four weeks. Tie
shipments bv ihe Reading Railroad and
Canal from the SchnvlRIll regions last week,
Wero %, 5U2 tons, ara for the year, GOA 5 10
tons, against 81 i ,42l tons To the sam time
last year. 4 be Tonnage of al THE several car
rying companies for the week, was $50, 2a0
tons. against l04 gf9 tons In correspond
ing week last year an increase If NC 81
tons Tie total Tonnage for THE year w All
the lines il ,9j7 1888 tone, againsi 4g3 Is 9
toms to the same time ast year showing an
increase 90 far this year 81 4U3.6l9 tons
Though the increase was large last week, il
was nevertheless checked frcm what il would
have been had the representatives, u The
several carrying companies, which ret az
ANEn LULA AALtA4E tue week ~ ADJUST rates
81 tolls, 6e., succeeded ia accomplishing
that object. For the present the tolls IN the
Schuylkill canal from Port Carbon to this
city are l2S, and freights p cents The
Lehigh Navigation, i il eyp ected will an
DO once it, tolls in all this week, a. viii also
the Morris canal, On which We are informed
TIE facilities for business have been consid-
eTably increased. The Delaware ana Had-
soc Company ann0un e. the following prices
Tor coal on board yessels,at Roundout, until
April lOsh: Furnace ard steamer lump, S4-
60; CRATE, 81 60; egg, 81 TO stove, "a 90 !;
chestnut, -. There ~ fair local cOnsump-
ton demand for coal IN this city, but the re-
tail prices are believed 10 BE- much above
the market. First quality stove cC-l, Lee
high, long ton, IL delivered from the yards
al IS 1893 per ton. Scbuylkill coal il a
dollar " a dollar and quarter per ton low
er. Though The Delaware has been OBJ
sructed witt ice for several weeks. the ship
ments frori Port Richmond are light. Trade
thence il no doubt waiting the fixing Of the
drawbacks on tolls. Shippers wants the
advantage of the minimum rates, and, as
stocks at The eastern depOts me pretty full,
consumers can afford to wait
New Coal SHAFT AT URBANA, ILLINoIs.-
Last week we had the pleasure q call from
al CID friend, James BraIdwood, Esq. lie
came 70 Chicago 70 make the necessary pur-
:hases ID enable him to sink coal shaft at
Urbana, Illinois, Tor the Illinois Central
Railroad Company. The depth Of the mine
will be $50 feet-the deepest 50 FAR attempt
ca ID the we q, and as several Intellectual eifors
have heretofore been made to reach tne vein,
We shall watch bis operations with consider
able interest, though we have no doubt Of
bis ultimate success.
Coal il selling at % cents per bHshel in
Lexingt (, Kentucky. the lowest fgcse It
has reached tor ten years.
EXTENSIVE coal mines have been discover
ed in Johns Mountain, near Dalton, Geor.
ga.
RIcH mines Of copper and coal have been
discovered 10 Page county, Virginia. Al
.hrscite coal Of fine quality has also been re-
Gently discovered in Shenandoah county.