Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-10
CSIRCULAR NO. 1.-The PHILADELPHIA
" AND READING COAL AND IRON co.

FRANKLIN 3. GOwEN, President,
DAVID PALMER, Treasurer,
2a7 South Fourth ST., Philadelphia.
EDWARD \. QulSTAhD, General Sales Agent,
No. y, Pine St, New York.
Company desire to call the attention Of Retailers.
Manufacturers, and Consumers to the Goals from
the following collieries now worked by them:
PINEFOREsT, PRESTON, No. 2,
TUNNEL, WABASH,
KEYSTONE, LOCUST SPRING,
PINE KNOB EAST FRANKLIN,
GLENDOW Err BAST
ELLA\GOWAS, POTTS,
PRESTON. No. L. BEECHWOOD,
SHAFT, No. /, rHOMAsrOS,
LAVE o\k, FORESIvILLE,
PuGNiX PARK, No. 2, BOSTON RUN,
RAINBOW, PRESTON, No. 4,
MERRIAM, BCCkVILLE,
INDIAN RIDGE. CED AR MIL,
NINE hlLL GAP, NnRrli LRANKL!N MOL
kNlCkRRBOCKER,
l. 1llt.on to The product Of the above, they will
sell as Ia tors during the season OF 1873 all ot the
CO. Is from the follow inS weliknown II cries thu
are either hipptd nom Por Richmond or Cousigu.
tu through the Delaware aud Ratiti Canal:
TUNNEL Duh, BIG MINER y
LAWRENCE, GLENrWORTH
WV Penn, ENTERPRISE,
GIkAkDHILLE, BIG MOUNTAIN
MANCHESTER BEAR RUN
ALASKA, SHESASDOAH,
BUCK RIDGE, PLANK RiDGE,
BURNSIDE, HAMMOND
ST NICHOLAS GiKlKD,
COLORADO, KENTUCKY,
TURKEY RUN, GREENBACK.
MCMlCiIAEL, BkARNALLEY.
No Nurture ofthe Different Grades Of Coal uiu in
any case be permitted, and each of the several
classes of coal produced at the aboyenam col.
herles VIII be kept strictly separate from the
/. Hard White Ash Coal.
=. Frec-Hurning white As., Coal.
=. SchuylkilI Red Ash Coal
:. Alaska Red Ash Coal.
,. ShamOlstn White Ash Coal.
q. Shamolin Red Ash Coal.
Z. North Franklin Coal.
y. LOrberry Coal.
.. Lykens Valley Vein Coal.
In order that all coal shall be shipped in good or.
der a most rigid system OF Inspection, both Mt the
mines and a; the shipping poris will ut all times
be enforced. In every district OF the coal region
there will be appointed lumber OF competent per.
sons skilled IN the preparation OF coal, as local in
spectors, whose duty 1t will be TO visit the several
coilieries daily to see that roper force is at Ill
times cmploye in removing slate. and 10 u event,
II possible, any coal being sent from the mixes in
bad order In addition to these efforts at proven
tion, no means will re lett untried ut the shipping
ports 10 cure the evils OF cureless preparation. At
Schuylkil, Haven, Port Clinton and Port Rich
mond, ali coal Will be subjected TO The per onaI ex.
animation of skilled inspector before it is ship
ped, and if condemne.. by him, will be dumped in
places provided for the purpose. and eforesbeing
loaded into vessels will be thoroughly repicked and
cleaned by hand, at the cost of the owner of the
collery that prodrcedit In enterir into business
as coal merchants, controlling production greater
than that of any other seller, and embracing more
than Two thirds 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 Ieputal ion
second to none in the country.
The Company's ownership of ninety thousand
acres of coal land in the first and second coal Ids
: the proximity of those regions to tlde-water al
Philadelpha-the advantages of the descending
grades OF the roads OF the Philadel ,ha and Read.
Ing R,ilroad Company, and of the fleet of steam
rener eean that the Ill tho pa
Coal and Iron Company will always supply a large
proportion OF The coal consumed upon the Atlantic
coast. In addition to these geographic and local
advantages, the fact that they the only one OF
the large INNING companies whose lanus produce
all the known varieties of Anthracite Coal from
the largest white ash to the softer Goals of the
shamokin and Lorheiry regions, much in de-
mand for domestic purpose, gives them an add.
II nal claim upon the favorable consideration of
the coal-purchasing community
Inc anth a, lite coal traue of this country will
hereafter he controlled and prices established by
those who actually represent the ow nership OF the
coal Itself, and the ruinous suspen ions of mining
and fluctuations OF prices viii be avoided 1t will
be the great aim of the Company to induce a feel.
ing OF confidence On the part Vi their Gust merE,
that retailers and manufacturers may take adran-
tage OF their capital to lay in supply of coal
whenever 1t 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 ., ..oout the Goth of each month throughou.
the season, circulars will be Issued IRON the Gen.
eral Once OF the Company in Phi adelphia, estab.
fishing prices for the succeeding month"; ant! or.
dera may De sent either TO the Treasurer OF the
Company, in Philadelphia. or 10 the General Sales
agent in Ne" York. Propositions may be maize
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 through Ut the season; and
II any sucn PROPOSITION is accepted by toe Com
pany the purchaser may, on or before the Grst day
OF any month, have the privilege OF declining to
take the proper ton due III such month, but sach
declnation shall not give to him the right take.
in any succeeding month, any increased quality
in lieu OF that declined.
FRANKLIN B. GOWEN, President.
Phllade' ,hia Feb. ). 1873 mari-.l2t