Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-18
CIRCULAR NO. 1.-The PHILADELPHIA
~ AND READING COAL AND IRON co.


So N'0"'" DAVID PALMER, Treasurer,
227 South Fourth St., Philadelphia.
EDWARD A. QUINTARD, General Sales Agent,
%, 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 foeWlng eollieries nov p worked By them
KGYsToSE, LOCUST LOCUST" SPRING,
PINE KNOT, EAST FRANKLIN,
GLENDOWER, BAST,
ELLANGOWAN POTTS,
PRESTON, No. j, BEECHWOOD,
SHAFT, No. l, THOMASTON,
LIVE OAK, FOREsTvILLE,
PHOENIX PARK, No. ., BOSTON RUN,
MERRfaM,, BUCKviLiE, r.
INDIAN RIDGE, CEDAR HILL,
MINE HILL GAP, NORTH FRANKLIN MOL
OTTO, NORTH FRANKLIN No.2
KNICkERBOCKER,
In addition TO the product of the above they will
SELL rs factors during the of 1873 all of the
Goals from the following welknown collieries that
are either shipped from Port Richmond or consign-
ed through the Delaware and Rartan Canal:
LAWRENCE, GLENTWORTH,
VIM. PENN, ENTERPRISE,
Granville, BIG MOUNTAIN,
UNION, BROOKSIDE,
MANCHESTER, BEAR RUN,
ALASKA SHENANDOAH,
BUCK RIDGE, PLANK RIDGE,
BURNSIDE, HAMMOND,
ST. NICHOLAS. GIRARD,
u, Y,
TURKEY RUN, GREENBACK,
MCMICHAEL. BEAR VALLEY.
No Mcclure ofthe Different Grades Of Coal tiR in
sny case be permitted, and each Of the several
classes of coal produced at the above.named col.
eries will be kept strictly separate from the 9TH
ers. All sales will be made under the following
i. Hard White Ash Coal.
,. ll,,,1a White Ash Coal.
4. Alaska Red Ash Coal.
.. ShamOkin White Ash Coal.
q. shamokin Red Ash Coal.
Z. North Franklin Coal.
=. LOrberry Coal.
.. 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 AZ the shipping ports, will at all times
be enforced. In every district of the coal region
there will be appointed number Of competent per-
sons skilled in the preparation of coal, local in
specors whose duty 1t will be to visit the several
day to see na proper force at all
if possible any coal being sent from the mines in
bad order. In addition to these efforts at preven-
tion no means will be left untried at the shipping
ports to cure the evils of careless preparation. At
Schuylkill, Haven, Port Clinton, and Port Rich
mond all coal will be subjected to the personal ex.
animation of skilled inspector before it is ship.
ped and if condemned by him, will be dumped in
places provided 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
collery that producedit. In entering into business
as coal merchants, controlling production greater
| than that of any other seller, and embracing more
than twothirds 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 a reputation
second to none in the country.
The Company's ownership of ninety thousand
acres of coal land in the first and second coal fields
the proximity of those regions to tide-watcr nj
| Phladelphia-the advantages of the descending
| ing Railroad 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
coast. In addition to these geographical and local
advantages, the fact that they are 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-
| mand for domestic purposes, gives them an addi-
| tonal claim upon the favorable consideration OF
the coal.purchasng 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 a feel
ing of confidence On the part OF their customers,
| that retailers and manufacturers may take advan
| tage Of their capital to lay in supply of coal
whenever it is 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 Goth of each month throughou,
the season, circulars will be issued from the Gen
eral Ohice of the Company in Philadelphia, estab
fishing prices for the succeeding month and or
ders 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
to the Company at any time before the first day OF
April 1873, for the purchase of stated quantity OF
coal, to be 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 the proportion due in such month, but such
decinaton shall not give to him the right to take
in any succeeding month, any increased quantity
in lieu of that SO declined.
FRANKLIN B. GOWEN, President.
Philadelphia, Feb 8. 1873. mari-tl2t