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

der, A MOST RIGID SYSTEM OF INSPECTION,
both at the mines and at the shipping ports, will at
region there will be appointed number Of compet-
ent persons skilled in the preparation Of COAL AS
LOCAL INSPECTORS, whose duty it will oe to visit
the several coleres daily to that proper force
is at all times employed in removing slate and to
prevent il possible, any coal being sent from the
mines in bad order. In addition to these efforts at
prevention, will be left untried at the ship
ping ports to cure the evils of careless preparation
AT AEp seagFkKhh e6R oNbvEN FSST 9aI GWFNT9M WHIT 81
SUBJEC FED 10 THE PERSONAL EXAMINA-
TlON OF A SKILLED INSPECTOR BEFORE IT
IS sH PPED, and if condemned by him, will be
dumped in places p, divided for the purpose and be-
fore being loaded into vessels WILL be THOROUGH
LY REPfCKED AND. CLEANED BY HAND, at
the cost of the of the coery that produced It,
In entering into business coal merchants con,rol
ing production greater than that Of any other sell
to be shipped from Port Richmond, the Coumpapy
are fully alive to the great importance of careful pre-
gd5eatgRR E and WILL Willis sPAk No T
SECOND TO NONE IN THE COUNTRY.
THE CoMPANY,S OWNERSHIP OF NINETY
and second fiebs-THE PROXIMITY OF THOSE
REGIONS TO IIDEWATER AT PHILADELPHIA
The advantages of descending grades of the road OF
the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company,
and Of the FLEET OF STEAM COL.LIERS being
established by the latter Company render it certain
AND Iron COMPANY Will VII : AhWAYs % sUPPIY fPI4
A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE COAL con-
SUMED UPON THE ATLANTIC COAST. In adj
dion to these geographical and local advantages the
tact that they are the only of tho large mining
companies whose lands produce ALL THE KNOWN
VARIETIES OF ANTHRACITE coal, from ,.t the
hardest wiIe ash to the softer Goals of the Shamok1n
and Lorberry regions, much in demand for domes-
tic purposes, gives them addi ional claim upon
the favorable consideration of the coa-purchasing
community. 1n .9l er ~
The anthracite coal trade of this country will hero
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
uctuation of prices will be avoided. 1t will re the
ING OF CONFIDENCE ON THE PART OF
THEIR CUSTOMERS, so that retailers and manu-
facturers 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 mpaii ed by any sub
sequent action of the Company. y dilsfAfi 5't
On or about the 23th of each month circulars will be
Issued from the General Office of the Company, in
Philadelphia, establishing prices for the succeeding
MONTH and orders may be sent either to the TIeasur
er OF the Company in Philadelphia 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 guam
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 pu chaser may on OF before the first day
Of any month, have the privnge of declining to take
the propor ion due in such mouth, but such declina
ton shall not give to him the right TO take, in any
succeeding month"; any incr ased quantity in lieu Of
| that so declined.
FRANKLIN e. GOyVEN.
+ PRESIDENT.
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