New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-02

pepty OF coal to SELL supply Of anthracite coal sent
TO market in 1868 was ss follows r,,,
w,ominS add L.t.F,Oa 500 ss sha@okin iassS
G.SsS ss To. amt m,E - a0sSls
ceiyed Last year. when all the mines were in full opera
tIon they turned $4,000 tuns per week The season
closes on the st Of December but ~ %
amount required to supply the demand for this year,
which is 72gI796 tuns This would require the miners 70
mine 100000 tuns per week which Impossible 30
we are told by those who profess to know .
The question of cooperation Is one OF vast
that is the only true solution OF the labor quesons
AS might be expected e men an1 Oh The I ncp a hoe
have little sympathy with the miners or their cause:
absurd. Most of the companies however have Yielded
telling when they will come TO settlement with their
workmen Owing to the high price OF anthracite coal
buminous coal is being substituted in many instances
The public may be Interested TO know how many
hands coal passes through before 1t reaches the con-
sumer. First the coal is mined for the operators OF
owners Of the mines, for given wages OF oy eontraCS
nG maabine c,IIed 6reaSer. Winch breaks il into
the required sizes. A large number Of boys are
coal Is then tTanSpoped IFS or 200 miles either by
railroads canals Arriving at the city. It Is eared 10
When one considers that il costs from 81 TO $40 10 get
load OF furniture taken up town. he can Judge now CLOSE
when coal ia sold in New.York at s. per tun. The rail
road companies continually advancing their ols ana
storing it, They should remember that there IS hardly
iorty of not hold 1000 tuns Three lots OF and
required for this amount and even TINS Is n3t
enough where there three or four kinds or coal
Since the strike commenced none OF the dealers VIII
make a contract for longer period than 80 days II
Immediately disposed of. depression III the narKet
follows The United states consumed 1900 goo t1ns IN
1t costs 81 10 10 transport tun OF coal according
to the old rates So IT is selling at 81 so by the cargo
Tho II adj p1 m
95 for the difference in weight and the result Is
81 65the net cost of tun Of coal to the retailer Two
the difference between the net and gross tnn 10 per cent
consequently the gross Prot TO the retailer Is pu 30 cent?
watching Many OF the dealers IN this city are in favor
others sales Tor the buyer This would tend prevent
cheating When coal Is landed at the depot, or DOCK
charged for the first four days after which the amount
doubled every days so IL Is 10 see that storage
is not profitable Apparently the only way to have cheap
coal is to Introduce system Of cooperation begnninght
the mines.
Tic Philadelphia North American has the following in
reference TO the coal trade:
The mast week has been a very unsettled and interest
81 per tun from Saturday to Monday, and the
general tone of the market was exceedingly hr anlc
patpg still further increase III Dotn rates ana los
This great activity in change and feeling was principally
owing to suspension OF the Penhsylyanla Coa Som
and generally believed that the Company woud resume
serted and apparently with truth, that both the Della
ware and Hudson and Delaware, lackawRnha ana
Western Coal Companies will quickly follow IN the wake
OF the PENNSYLVANIA Coal Company that by next week
the entire coal region OF this State will be actively at
work.
" these companies at once II s not probable
that their production will be nearly large as usual dur
ing the following month Their men have become scat
tered through the ehgh and Schuylkl districts, and II
will take several weeks TO Induce them 10 return as thy
are at present making high wages.
This will prevent the increase from being 80 great as
expected and advise all 10 buy their supplies
promptly during August II they can be obtained az any
but excessive rates We predict that by acting with eau
ton and Judgment, purchases can 30 DO made, ana u
advantage not taken Of the opportunities ahudeu ta
prices will rule higher during october than at any pre-
yiOus time this year. 1- -.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company have
announced that and after the 2d pro1mo there VIII De
an advance OF 80 cents per tun on all htI acle coh
transported Port Richmond for shipment There is no
change 20 the lire or city which wond indicate sound
wise and Just policy the part Of the Railroad Com
pany IL IS virtually asserting that their future course
will always he 70 transport coal Tor their customers on
their line and terminus at fair aud moderately remuLer
alive rate and charge the Eastern trade whatever the
market will warrant Coastwise vessels and barges nav
been extremely scarce, and the demand 30 great that
races on the former have advanced from IS 20 % cents
and ON the latter 40 cents The following Is the price oil