Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-05

EDWARD a. QUINTAhD, General Sales Agent,
No. 8, Pine ST., New York.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company desire TO call the atteutiun OF Retdcra,
Manufacturers, aud Consumers to the Goals IRON
the following collleries now worked by them:
PINE FOREST, PRES rON, No. ,,
TUNNEL, WABASH
KEYSTONE, LOCUST SPRING,
PINE KNOB EAST FRANKLIN,
GLENDOWEE BAST,
kLLANGOWAS. POTTS,
PRESTON, No. ! BEECHwOOD
SHAFT, No /, THOMASpON,
LIVE OAK, FOREsIvlLLE,
PhGNlx Park, No. ?. Boston Run,
MERRIAM, BUCKyILLE,
INDIAN RIDGE, CEDAR HlLL,
NINE HILL GAP NORTH FRANKLIN MOL
KNlCkERGoCKER,
10 addition to Tue product OF the above they will
SELL tat tors during The season U1 1873 nil OF the
Goals IRON the following well.known oun cries that
are either shpped from Port r. hmCnd or CouSiru.
ed through the Delaware and Raritg n Camel:
TUNNEL K Doe, BIG MINER y,
LAWRENCE, GLENTWOHTH,
WM. PENN, ENrERrhlSE,
GIRAkDVILLE, BIG MOUNTAIN,
MANCHEs TER, FEAR run,
ALASKA, SHENANDOAH,
BUCK RIDGE, PLANK RIDGE,
BURNSIDE, HAMMOND,
81. NICHOLAS, GiiAKD,
COLORADO, KENTUCKY.
TURKEY RUN, bREEEBACt,
MCNlCHAEi., BEAR VALLEY.
No Mixture critic D$gtrent Grades Of CoGi cW IN
nny case be permitted, and each ef the serer.l
classes of coal produced nj the ab0ve.named col.
lieries will be kept strictly separate from the 9th
ers All sales VIA be made under the following
I. Herd White Ash Coal.
=. Eree-Bnrnimg white Ash Coal.
.. Alaska Red Ash Coal.
>. ShamoI>tn " hite Ash Coai.
q. shamokin Red Ash Coal.
:. North franklin Coal.
g. Lorber,y Coal.
.. Lyhens valley Vein Coal.
Il. nh, sI,,,lt
der, most rigid system OF Inspection, boih at The
mines and ii The shipping ports, will at al tiines
he enforced. In every district Of the Goa! region.
there viii be appointed alunher ol competent p,r-
sons skilled IN the preparation OF coal, local in
speetors, whose duty il viii be 10 visit the several
co.iteries daily to see that foper force Is at ali
times employed in removing slate, ard to event,
il possible, sny coal being sent from the NH es In
had order In addition TO these encrts at preren
Won, no means will tie lett uutrcd at the shipping
ports TO cure the evils Of careless preparation. AT
Schuylkill, Haven, Port Clint m and Port hich.
mond, all coal Will he subjected 10 the per onal eX-
animation OF skilled insl. ctor before it is ship
ped, and II cond.mned by him, viii be dumped in
PAGES provided Tor the purpose. and hrIire being
loaded into vessels will be thoroughly repiched and
cleaned by hand, at the cost of the owner CT the
as coal merchants, controlling production greater
than th9t of any our selltr, and embracing more
than two-lhirs Of The coal to be shipped from Pott
Richmond, the Com any are luly aiivetQ the great
Importance OF careful preparation, and viii spare
no expense to secure for their GOALS q reputation
second 10 none in the country.
he Company's ownership Of ninety thousand
acres of coal land in the tisI and second coal< las
the proximity o! those regions to ttde-Watera at
PhllaGelphia-the advantages OF the descending
grades OF the roads OF the Philadel .hia and Read
ing K .ilroad Company, and OF the fleet of ste IN
golfers being established bg the latter Company,
render it certain that the Phtadc phi and Reading
Coal and iron Company wih always supply n large
proportion vi the coal consumed Il Sn the Atlantic
coast. In addition TO these geographic IL and local
advantages, the tact that they the ouly one OF
the large inning c'mpanies whose lands produce
all the known varieties OF Anthracite Coal, from
the largest white ash to the softer Goals OF the
shamokn and Lorberry regions, 50 much In de-
nand for domestic purpose, gives them an add
Ii nal claim upon The favorable consider-t ton of
the coal purchs sing community.
The anthIa,i lite coal trade Of this country VII
hereafter be cont oiled and prices est2bi. he'd 10y
those who actually represent the Eership OF the
coal Itself, aud the runous suspen Ions OF mining
and fluctuations OF prices Will be avoided Ii viii
be the great aim Of the Company to induce feel
ing Of Confidence the part OF then Gust nere. SO
that retailers ana manufacturers may take Gdran.
tage Of their capital 10 lay in a supply of coal
whenever it is most convenient for thsm to do 9,
stock will be impaired by any subsequent action Of
the Company.
On or about the 20th Of each month throughout
The season, circulars will be issued from the ten
oral Office OF the Company in PM adephi2, estgb.
fishing prices for the succeeding month; and or.
ders may be sent either to the Treasurer OF the
Company, in Philadelphia, or 20 the General Sales
Agent in New York. Propositions may be MADE
10 the Company at any time before the first day Of
April 1873 for the purchase Of Il stated quantity CT
coal, to he taken in eQuGt monthly proportions ct
current circular prices Throughout the season; and
II any such proposition Is accepted bT the Com
pany the purchaser may, on or before the srst a4y
take the propo ton due In such month, but sIch
declnatiOu shall not give TO him the right 10 take
IN any succeeding. month, any increased quaLtity
in lien OF that so declined.
FRANKLIN B. GOWEN, President
Philadelphia Feb ISIS. Inari-,i2t