Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-17
NIRCULAR NO. 1.-The PHILADELPHIA
~ AND READING COAL AND IRON CO.

DAVID PALMER, Treasurer,
2sI South Fourth ST., Philadelphia.
EDWARD "A. QUINTAkD, General Sales Agent,
NO. Pine ST., New York.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company desire to call the attention of Retailers
Manufacturers, and Consumers to the Goals from
the following :, collieres now worked by them;
PINE FOREST, PRESTON, No. .,
TUNNEL, WABASH
KEYSTONE, LOCUST SPRING,
PINE KNOT, EAST FRANKLIN,
GLENDOWER, BAST,
ELLANGOWAS, POTTS,
PRESTON, No. /. BEECHW GOD,
SHAFT, No. l. THOMASTON,
LIVE OAK, FORESTNIIIE
PHTNIX PARK. No. ,. BOSTON RUN,
RAINBOW, PRESTON, No !,
MERRIAM, BUCKVILLE,
INDIAN RIDGE, CEDAR hill,
NINE HILL GAP, NORTH FRANKLIN MOL
OTTO, NORTH FRANkLINN No =
KNICKERBOCKER,
la addition to the product Of the above, they will
sell as factors, during the of 1873 all Of the
Goals from the following wellknoWn colleries that
are either shipped from Port Richmond or consgu
ed through the Delaware and Raran Canal:
TUNNEL RIDGE, BIG NINE RUN,
LAWRENCE, GLENTW ORTIZ,
WIN. PENN, ENTERPRISE.
GIRARDYILLE, BIG MOUNTAIN,
UNION, BROOKSIDE,
MANCHESTER BEAR RUN,
ALASKA, SHENANDOAH,
BUCK RIDGE, PLANK RIDGE,
Burnside, HAMMOND,
ST. NICHOLAS, GIRARD,
COLORADO, KENTUCKY,
y, IA.
MCMICUAEI, BEAR VALLEY.
No Mixture oftae DiQercnt TRADES Of coal ,cHl in
any case he Peretttet, and each eft the several
classes of coal produced at the ahovenamed col
ieries will he Kept strictly separate from the 9TH
ers. All sales viii be made under the following
4. Hard White Ash Coal.
:. Eree-Eurnins White Ash Coal.
3. Schuylkill Red Ash Coal.
3. Alaska Red Ash Coal.
*. ShamoiSin White Ash Coal
u. Shanokin Red Ash Coal.
=. North Franklin Coal.
=. LOrberry (Onl.
y. Lykens valley Vein Coal.
In order that all coal shall be shipped in good or
der most rigid system OF Inspection, both at the
mines and al the shipping ports, will at all times
be enforced. IL every district OF the coal region
there Will be appointed number OF competent per-
sons skilled III the preparation OF coal. AS local in
spectors, whose duty 1t will be to visit the several
coilieries daily to see that proper force is at ali
times employ ed in removing slate, and 10 prevent,
if possible, any coal being sent from the mines in
bad order In addition to these efforts at proven.
ton, no means will he LETT untred at the shipping
ports to cure the evils of careless preparation At
Schuylklli, Haven, Port Clinton, ami Port Rich
inond, all coal will be subjected to the personal
animation OF Il skilled inspector before it is ship
ped, and If condemned by him, will be dumped In
places plovided for the purpose, and before being
loaded into vessels will be thoroughly repcked and
cleaned by hand, at the cost of the owner of the
colery that produced it. lE entering into business
as coal merchants, controlling production greater
than that Of any other seller and embracing more
than wu-.hirds of the coal to be shipped from Port
Richmond, the Company are fully alive to the great
importance of careful preparation and will spare
no expense to secure for their Goals reputation
second to none in the country.
The Company's ownership of ninety thousand
of coal land in the first and second coal-ncds
the proximity OF those regions to tide-water at
Philadelphia-the advantages of the descending
grades OF the roads of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Riiiroad Company and OF the fleet of steam
golfers being established by the latter Company,
render it certain that the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company will always supply large
proportion OF the coal consumed upon the Atlantic
n tn Law al
advantages, the fact that they the only one OF
the large mining companies whose lands produce
all the known varieties of Anthracite Coal, from
the largest White ash TO the softer Goals of the
shamokin and Lorberry regions, SO much in de-
m2nd Tor domestic purposes, gives them an add.
tionel claim upon the favorable consideration of
the coalpurchasing community.
The anthracite coal trade Of this country will
hereafter be controlled and prices established by
those who actually represent the ownership of the
coal itself. and the ruinous suspensions of mining
and fluctuations OF prices will be avoided. 1t will
be the great aim of the Company to induce feel
ing CT confidence on the part of their customers,
that retailers and manufacturers may take advan.
tage OF their capital to lay in a supply of coal
whenever 1t ls most convenient for them to do So
without any apprehension that the value OF their
stock will be impaired by any subsequent action Of
the Company.
On or about the 10Th of each month throughout
the season, circulars Will be issued from the Gen
eral ONCE OF the Company in Philadelphia estao
! fishing prices for the succeeding month; and or
3ers may be sent either to the Treasurer of the
Company in Philadelphia. or to the General Sales
Agent In New York. Propositions may be made
10 the Company at any time before the first day Of
April 1873, for the purchase Of a stated quantity Of
coal, 10 &c taken in equal monthly proportions at
current circular prices throughout the season; and
If any such proposition is accepted BY the Com
pany the purchaser may, or before the FIRST day
Of any month, have the privilege OF declining to
take tae proportion due in such month. but sach
defamation shall Not give To him the right take
N -ny Succeeding month, any increased quantity
= lL-G CT That 20 declined.
FRANKLIN B. G0WEN. President.
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