, 1869-10-26
THE COAL MARKET,
Tho Difficulties OF Transportation
sttaAca Coutlnucd-s'roApec OF tic
Yrlcc Of Conf thtS TlnEeE.

From The Philadelphia Ledger.
The report Of sne anthracite coal 1onnASc FOR thc
patt wetk ehows the effects 81 sne recent frsalet
tie ptey1ouA wcek'a report. 1he tonnage Of the
1:sacs. RAILROAD, Of aIi the catzIieg totlpaues
alonc increases. i brought down for tue week, 0!
topnaee for the sear, aa' tons. against e.sss,~
e7s tons to cot1cspapdtug tts IL 1868 an lncree.e
e eis iSr1 for he Wesk aa a, We surpse wss
war tonnage, rs the car1l had not JET been &c.
ja,red, hut &e understand probably will
te IL 'ne course ot me e cgrlcns Ut .te week 1ae
pau,es Il hut ssl,ol3 tons, against 3sss,.
ts0 tons Tor the Previous week. ao'i
as ias, .ssinsi T. tons e
time last ycar-eho~ ing decrease o. So l9i toos-
~ the coat Iah;.s In sone Of the Papers are very
IN perfect. not luciu'!InR the toat!agc Of two OF
three Of tha mere important eaT1ing companies
ter The paat Teek Or TWO. an,s only part Of the
coal tonnage Of the nta'lnS Road for either Tits
their sehuis from ihu.e here gwen, whteh We
enctasoseti to hare a. ioll and torFec; as rue
.1liltcu!tF N procuring the hHn1es ~n! saow II
bees ed tna! the next Wctsll report Of the til !e
vii show turiber red1et!on as compared with
thai Of last tEaE, 81 sntNe nf The lHlnes REc gt
lille frnnl 11dcErEecs With the worEinen as 10 Fay
fre.scs- Several of the carrt!ng companies are
a'eo cut Of wotkluE cnadltien. ~ lhese,
M Ra ct e. eset y s Te
damage TO this work vas 1cazE, ath the c1etsr
OF ts Officers was exeE.ef TO the utaesf 10 hing
It !Lto quick an1 acslsc areEasoh At the time Ct
the catastrophe The tinl:Er which wna 10 b.
Used In the rtrAits Vas II raft. rTeoty miles
.ipte Eas:on+ tho tEon t.o!ts Nese IN the m1'Is.
aId ;he men Who wsfe n d ne so:s were r. scs',
ucxr WrrM stay night the labor Of rrpltr1ng was
cenmtbccd BY z.h men, and By SATURDAY night
iAei the wtt& was ~ tlr completed ~ to WARRANT
| the announcement that o0ass would be 1as!ei To-
day. It Il po~ ttated that the Leh1sa Canal Will
Lot resume business urrl ku1ue time p+t1een the
| LET and leis CT .,oseEiher. The l,elaEale u
rls!ou, II Ii repor4e1, @nl not 1t opened nsa,u
this eea-oE, 20 e1feutIre has bee1 the damage.
| With ,hesc Interruptions By canal there will
necessarily he = heavier tonnage Tor the Fai-
roads, but there s ecafcety possibility that the
Of the hessor, lcartnK se5J contlderahle amount
VI The pegessafJ supply Of auihraeite COZ. TO he
! furnsheri ~ ra,i 1hrG1en the winter. During the
ras1 Neck tue onsers tor coal have very ulucn In
| Grated. and lse!2hts from fo:t RtcsMcnd have
stitched materially. We now quote s5-o0 per ton
| as The minimum charge to Io4f1u, and l1c dis.
1ances. while 70 on:-of-!he-way rolnts, reached
coal n consigned TO porss h.ch cauuot ha reached
without paAi!ug hndee1 an additional chssxc
to tie regular fre1gh: charge The rrlce Of coal
| has rot been adrahcesl here bT the heAster ship
| tfrs, but at the m&ues We notice that opeTntoEa
1orA,nE fasoz11e Kinds Of coal hare put up too
pr eea is to IS cents per ton In Addition 10 tnts
we hear that the applications OF 0pesatora 10 the
I IstadstE Ea!sfpaa G1lcpRn5 for reduction q
tG!is from the fst Of uc'ote: has been declined
to1 the reason TIN; It came too i1fe IN The aeason
| and 10 graft 1t 1oT ~outi tend TO hrcaE conf
| Geuce In tbe essabuthed custom OF the COMPANY
to carry At low ttlla cAYiy IN the season ~ m IN
,Sas Il The 1ade oseT onsr
ptF:Ct uf the year Hal the srplidh:lon TO reduce
the toll. been made 1noIth ea1iieE. Il - probable
F Ton a.ts Fpsn ssoe ,as pse s3
Of 81 II more keIv 10 Increase u the 7etson nd'
| zacces than to dec1tne.