The New York herald., 1870-12-20
THE PENNSYLVANIA COAL TRADE.
,p,om tho philadelphia Ledger, Dec. TO- |

lFrom tho philadelphia Ledger, Dec, lel
We have little OF actual lact 70 report In the an
trac,te coal trade Tor the past week The operators
are mainly engaged IN making preparations for
or unusual activity ana marked competition for the
market not only by all the several coal regions, but
OF the various carrying companies. Some OF the
years trade, but we shall wait Tor the facts content
TO chronicle them as they transpLe. During the
past week the Philadelphia coal market has ruled
able demand loe coal. Tie stock OF coal Oh hand
at Port Richmond is sui quite large anu tie
weekly additional tonnage such as TO aiay any ap-
prehension OF sh5rt supply thiS winter the Read
ing Railroad Company having changed the date OF
Mondays bgare OF tonnage is always q week be-
hind. For me week ending on tue lOth instant IL
reports tonnage OF o3, o4, against y55ll tons in
corresponding week last year-a decrease OF 2,3lI
IONS; and Tor It's fiscal year, beginning December J.
Instant iS9 oa tons, aganst lis 500 to same date In
lS0ea decrease oil 1920 tons. The tonnage OF the
Schuylkill Canal tworked by the Readiug Railroad
company Ter the week to the TIE 1otn intaat yssr
beginning with the lst instant, 2a4so TONS
against 27,Sos to same dare IN @ ls1sIan ,er
increase OF esi tons Tne totsl a. 81 t cqa s oa tan
days OF the new fiscal year Is 1885, tons, beng
net increase last years tonnage 10 same tine OF
Ss,624 tons. The Lehigh Valley kairoad reports Q
total tonnage for the week ending VITA the 0th INST
OF s5 197 tons, against 50224 loas III corresponding
week last year, and for the coal year OF the con-
pany beginning The lst lnst., $4,000 tons, against
91, $50 tons in same time last year-an increase OF
1875 tons, The Lehgh Coal ana Navigation COM
pany reports coal tonnage Tor the week ending on
the 10Th INST, by both lis road ana canal or A. 2G5
tons, against "a OF tons in corresponding week last
year-an increase ol MIA tons The tonnage
Of this company Ior the year, which COR
responds TO the calendar year, Is l,3o5,So6
TONS against l,495,ooo tons to same time
In ls69-an Increase OF 3Go,llS tols. the
Pennsylvania Coal Company reports Tor the week
tonnage OF s,095 tons, aud or the year, from January
last, lU6S lS5 tons, against 500 o45J tons to same
date in lS0g-an Increase ol l62, .26 tons. The tom
mage IRON Shamohin lor .he week to The 10th inst
was s,057 TONS anu Tor the year, from the lst VI
January last, AGA 433 tens, against 45055 tens 10
time last year-an Increase Of II S13 tons. We
have no report nom tre Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad nor from the Delaware and uud-
son Canal ard railroad. The total anthracite pro-
ductlOn iOr the week ending on tne lOt Inst, AS FAR
reported to this Office Is 22S, ,44S tons, the total
of SemEanthracite $500 tons. and Of bituml-
nous 3S, zoo tons, and OF all Kinds 212,703
TONS The Scranton Company having 'g0ne
back" on the purchasers ut It's last public
sale OF coal In New YORK, refusing TO make de.
livery there have been bayerS OF coal In this
ket, TO supply the deficiency from that source, and
in TWO or three Instances vessels u so OutSde have
been taken up Tor New York aJ 81 IS per ton Coast
vessels are plenty AZ this port, and while cap
tains have found uiiilculty In obtaining Eastern
reghts at 81 so TO Boston and like distances barges
for New York have been IN demand ut 81 so per l0n
Coal Is quoted by the cargo al Port Richmond. for
shipments east vi BordeGtown aud South Of Cape
Henry and TO points along the ine Of the Della ware
ana Karitan Canal, as 1OiiowS:-Schuyklll red ASH,
81 10 81 80; broken S3 90 s3 7o egg, $3 80 S4;
stove $4 10 "a 20, and chestnut, 81 ~ So; Shen-
andoah egg, 81; stove. "A 20; chestnut, 50.