Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-19

FRANKLIN Il. GOWEN, President !
227 South Fourth st., Philadelphia,
227 South Fourth st., Philadelpha. /
EDWARD 4. QUINTARD General Sales Agent, !
No. 8, 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 collieries now worked by them:
PINE FOREST, PRESTON, No. 2,
TUNNEL, WABASH,
KEYSTONE, LOCUST SPRING,
PINE KNOT, EAST FRANKLIN,
GLESDOWER, BAST,
ELLANGOWAS, POTTS,
PRESTON, No. ], BEECHWOOD,
SHAFT, No. /, THOMASTON,
LIVE OAK, FORESTvILLE,
PHGNIX PARK, No. ., BOSTON RUN,
RAINBOW, PRESTON, No.4
MERRIAM, BUCKVILLE,
INDIAN RIDGE, CEDAR HILL,
NINE HILL GAP, NORTHFRANKLIN MOL
OTTO NORTH FRANKLIN No y
In addition TO the product OF the above they will
SELL as factors during the of 1875 all of the
Goals from the following well.known collieres that
ed through the Delaware and Raritan Canal:
TUNNEL RIDGE, BIG MINE RON,
LAWRENCE, -GLENTWORTH
VIM. PENN, ENTERPRISE,
GIRARDvlLLE, BIG MOUNTAIN.
MSlA lSNhi RE2R RUIZ
ALASKA, SHENANDOAH,
BUCK RIDGE, PLANK RIDGE,
burnside, HAMMOND,
ST. NICHOLAS. GIRARD,
COLORADO, KENTUCKY,
TURKEY RUN, GREENBACK,
No Mixture ofthe Different Grades Of Coal DiH in
any case be permitted. and each of the several
classes Of coal produced at the above.named col
leries will be kept strictly separate from the 9th.
ers. All sales Will be made under the following
designations:
/. Hard White Ash Coal.
,. Free-Burning White Ash Coal.
;. schuylkin Red Ash Coal.
4. Alaska Red Ash Coal.
Is. shamokin White Ash Coal.
0. Shamokin Red Ash Coal.
I. North Franklin Coal.
y. LOrberry Coal.
D. Lykens Valley Vein Coal.
In order that all coal shall be shipped in good
mines and al 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, as local in
spectors, whose duty it viii be to visit the several
collieres daily to see that proper force is at all
times employed in removing slate, and to prevent.
if possible, any coal being sent from the mines In
bad order. In addition to these efforts at proven.
tion no means will be left untred at the shipping
Schuylkil, Haven, Port Clinton, and Port Rich.
mond, all coal will be subjected to the personal
animation OF skilled inspector before it is ship.
ped, and if condemned by him, will be dumped ia
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
colliery that producedt. In entering into business
as coal merchants, controlling production greater
than that of any other seller, and embracing more
Richmond, the Company 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
acres Of coal land in the first and second coafelds
the proximity of those regions to tidcwater at
Philadelphia-the advantages of the descending
grades Of the roads of the Philadelphia and Read
golfers being established by the latter Company,
render it certain that the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company will always supply large
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coast. In addition to these geographical and local
advantages, the fact that they are the only one OF
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 add.
tional 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 ruinQus suspensions Of mining
and fluctuations of prices will be avoided, 1t will
be the great aim Of the Company to induce q feel
ing of confidence en- the part OF their customers so
that retailers and manufacturers may take advan.
tage Of their capital to lay in a supply of coal
whenever il 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 throughout
the season, circulars will be issued from the Gen
eral Office of the Company in Philadelphia, estab-
fishing prices for the succeeding month: and
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, Tor the purchase of stated quantity of
coal to be taken in equal monthly proportions at
current circular prices throughout the season and
fanny such proposition is accepted by the Com
pany the purchaser may, on or before the first day
of any month, have the privilege of declining to
take the proportion due in such month, but such
declnaton 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. mar4-tl2t
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