The Portland daily press., 1873-03-07
1---Hard White Ash Coal.
2---Free- Burning White Ash Coal.
3---Schuylkill Red Ash Coal.
4---Alaska Red Ash Coal.
5.-.ShamOkin White Ash Coal.
6.-.ShamOkin Red Ash Coal.
7---North Franklin Coal. +
.S.--Lofberry Coal.
9---Lykens Valley Vein Coal.

In order that all coal should be shipped in good or
der A MOST RIGID SYSTEM OF INSPECTION,
beth at the be mines and at the shipping ports viii
region there will be appointed a number of compet-
ent persons skilled in the preparation Of coal, AS
LOCAL INSPECTORS, whose duty it will be 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 sert from the
mines in bad order. In addition to these efforts at
prevention means will be left untried at the ship
ping ports to cure the evils Of careless preparation
AND PORT RICHMOND, ALL COAL WILL BE
SUBJECTED TO THE Personal EXAMINA-
TION OF A SKILLED INSPECTOR BEFORE 1T
is SH PPED, and If condemned by him, will be
dumped in places provided for the purpose and be-
fore being loaded into vessels WILL BE THOROUGH
LY REPfCKED AND CLEANED BY HAND, at
the cost Of the owner Of the coiery that produced It.
In entering into business coal merchants control
ing production greater than that Of any other sell
to be shipped from Port Richmond, the Company
are fully alive to the great careful pre-
gfEgs14 R a8a THh sfAkE N9 FKPESsE
SECOND ToNoNE IN THE COUNTRY: "a. :.
THE COMPANIES oWNERsHIP OF NINETY
and second felds--THE PROXIMITY OF THOSE
REGIONS TO TIDEWATER AT PHILADELPHIA
The advantages Of descending grades Of the road of
and @ Of the FLEET OF STEAM coIItERs being
established by the latter Company render it certain
AND AM IRON M COMPANY VII Will y Always sUPP1Y P1
A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE COAL CON-
SUMED UPON THE ATLANTIC COAST. In ad-
ditiOn to these geographical and local advantages the
fact 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 Shamokin
and Lorberry regions, so much in demand for domes-
tic purposes, gives them an additions claim upon
the favorable consideration of the coal-purchasing
community f4NH
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
fluctuation of prices will beavoided It will be the
great aim of the Company TO INDUCE AEEEL-
ING OF CONFIDENCE ON THE PART OF
THEIR CUSTOMERS so that retailers and mauus
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 impaed by any sub
sequent action of the Company. 's-f s
On about the 10th of each month circulars will be
Philadelphia, establishing prices for the succeeding
month and orders may be sent either to the Treasur
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 1878, for the purchase of stated guam
tity 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 on or before the first day
Of any month"; have the privnge of declining to take
the proportion due in such month, but such declina
succeeding month"; any increased quantity in lieu Of
that so declined.
FRANKLIN 3. GOWEN,
l-...r--rr PRESIDENT.
PHILADELPHIA February 9Th, 1873. feb26d12t