The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-01

In order that all coal should be shipped in GOOD Or
der, A MOST RIGID SYSTEM OF INSPECTION,
both at the mines and at the shipping ports, will at
all time. be enforced In every district Of The coal
region there will be appointed number of compet-
ent persons skilled in the preparation of coal, AS
LOCAL INSPECTORS, whose duty it will ue to visit
the several coleries daily to that proper force
is at all times employed in removing slate and to
prevent il possible, any coal being sert from the
mines in bad order. In addi ion to these efforts at
prevention, no means will be left untried at the ship
ping ports to cure the evils of careless preparation
AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PORT CLINTON,
SUBJECr TED TO THE PERSONAL EXAMTNA-
TlON OF A SKILLED INSPECTOR BEFORE IT
IS SH PPED, and if condemned by him, will be
re vsa s9s ad
LY REPICKED AND CLEANED BY HAND at
the cost Of the owner of the coery that produced it.
In entering into business coal merchants conroll
ing production greater than that of any other SELL
er, and embracing more than two-thirds of the coal
to be shipped from Port Richmond the Company
fully alive to the great Importance of careful pre-
paraattion and and WILL SPARE NO EXPENSE TO
sEcok6 sE6Np E9E aE G9hts
THE CoMPANY'S OWNERSHIP OF NINETY
THOUSAND ACRES OF COAL LAND in the first
REGIONS TO IIDEWATER AT PHILADELPHIA
The advantages OF descending grades of the road of
the philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company,
established by the latter Company render it certain
that THE PHILADELPHIA g. READING COAL
AND H 5R0N ;! COMPANY WILL ALWAYS M SUPPLY
ON
SUMED UPON THE ATLANTIC COAST. In ad-
diton to these geographical and local advantages the
tact that they are the only of the large mining
companies whose lands produce ALL THE KNOWN
VARIETIES OF ANTHRACITE COAL, from the
hardest white ash TO the softer Goals of the Shamokn
and Lorberry regions, much in demand for domes-
tic purposes, gives them additional claim upon
the favorable consideration of the coal-purchasing
community.
The anthracite coal trade of this country will here
after be controlled and prices established by those
who actually represent the ownership of the coal it
SELF and the ruinous suspensions of mining and
fuctuation Of prices will be avoided 1t will he the
ING OF CONFIDENCE ON THE PART OF
THEIR CUSTOMERS, so that retailers and manu-
factrers may take advantage their capital to lay
their supply of coal whenever it is most convent
ent for them to do without any apprehension that
the value of their stock will be mpa ed by any sub
| sequent action of the Company
On about the 10th of each month crculars will be
Philadelphia, establishing prices for the succeeding
month and orders may be sent either to the Teasur
of the Company in Philadelphia or to the General
| Sales Agent, in New York. Propositions may be
made to the Company at any time before tho first
day of April 1873 for the purchase of stated ouan-
tity Of COAL TO be taken in equal monthly roportons
at current circular prices throughout the season
and II any such proposition is accepted by the Com
pany, the purchaser may, OF before the first day
the propor ion due in such MONTH but such declina-
ton shall not give to him the right to take, in any
succeeding month, any inert ased quantity in lieu o.
| that SO declined.
| FRANKLIN e. GOWEN,
PRESIDENT.
Philadelphia, February 5th, 1873. feb26d12t