Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-12

FRANKLIN b. GOWEN, President,
221 south Fourth St., Philadelphia.
DAVID PALMER, Treasurer,
227 South Fourth St., Philadelphia,
EDWARD A. QUISTAkD, General Sales Agent,
No. 8, Pine ST., New York.
The Philadelphia and Recalling Coal anu Iron
Company desire to call the attention of Retailers.
Manufacturers and Consumers to the Goals from
the following coj!terieS now worked by them:
PINE FOREST PRESTON, No. 2,
TUNNEL, WABASH,
| KEYSTONE, LOCUST SPRING,
| PINE KNOT, EAST FRANKLiN,
| GLENDOWER, BAST,
| ELLANGOWAN, POTTS,
PRESTON, No. /. BEECHwOOD,
| SHAFT No. !, THOMASTON,
| LIVE OAK, FORESTVILLE,
| PHENIX PARK. No. 2, BOSTON RUN,
| RAINBOW PRESTON, No. 4,
| MERRIAM BUCKVILLE,
| INDIAN RIDGE CEDAR HILL,
| NINE MILL GAP, NORTH FRANKLIN mol
KNiCKERBoCKER ~ w.
la addition to the product of the above, they will
sell, factors during the of 1873 all of the
Goals from the following wellknown collieries that
are either shipped from Port Richmond or consign-
ed through the Delaware and Rartan Canal;
TUNNEL RIDGE, BIG MINE RUN,
LAWRENCE, GLENTWORTH,
VIM. PENN, ENTERPRISE,
GIRARDVILLE, BIG MOUNTAIN,
MHScHEsrER, RE1R KuS,
ALASKA, SHENANDOAH,
BT b., sK RIDGE, FLANK RIDGE
ST. NICHOLAS. GIRARD,
COLORADO, KENTUCKY,
TURKEY run, GREENBACk,
MCMICHAEL, BEAR VALLEY.
No Nurture Of The Different Grades Of Coal ,ciH in
any case De permitted, and each Of the several
classes OF coal produced at the above-named col
lieries will be kept strictly separate from the 9TH
e,rs; All sales will be made under the following
1. Hard White Ash Coal.
=. E dr,,a;,, n White Aah Coal.
4. Alaska Red Ash Coal.
8. ShamOkin White Ash Coal.
q. ShamoISin Red Ash Coal.
7. North Franklin Coal.
=. LOrberry Coal.
d. Lykens Valley Vein Coal.
In order that all coal shall be shipped in good
der, most rigid system of inspection, both at the
mines and al the shipping ports, will at all times
be enforced. In every district of the coal region
skilled in the preparation Of coal as local in
spectors, whose duty it will be to visit the several
eoleries daily TO see that proper force is at all
il possible any coal being sent from the mines in
bad order. In addition to these efforts at proven.
ton, no means will be LEFT untried at the shipping
ports to cure the evils Of careless preparation. All
Schuylkill, Haven, Port Clinton, and Port Rich
animation of a skilled inspector before it is ship.
ped, and if condemned by him, will be dumped in
places provided for the purpose. and before being
cleaned by hand at the cost of the owner of the
colliery that producedit. In entering into business
as coal merchants controlling production greater
than twothirds of The coal TO be shipped from Port
Richmond, the Company 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 nelds
the proximity of those regions to tde-water al
Philadelphia-the advantages of the descending
grades OF the roads OF the Philadelphia and Read.
ing Railroad Company, and of the fleet of steam
golfers being established by the latter Company,
render il 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 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.
i mand TOR domestic PURPOSES, gives them addi.
tlonal claim upon the favorable considers ton of
the coalpurchasing community
The anthracite coal trade of this country will
hereafter be controlled aud prices established by
thoSe VINO actually represent the ownership of the
coal itself, and the runous suspensions of mining
and fluctuations OF prices will be avoided 1t viii
be the great aim of the Company to induce a feel
ing of confidence ON the part of their customers So
that retailers and manufacturers may take adyam
tage OF their capital to lay in supply Of coal
whenever II Is most convenient for them to do 30
without any apprehension that the value of their
stock will be impaired by any subsequent action Of
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 or.
ders may be sent either 10 the Trea surer of the
Company, In Philadelphia, or to the General Sales
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
ifany 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
declination 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 5, 1873. mari .l2t