Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-07
CIRCULAR NO. 1.-The PHILADELPHIA
~ AND READING COAL AND IRON co.

FRANKLIN B. GOwEN, President,
227 South Fourth St., Philadelphia.
DAVID PALMER, Treasurer,
227 South Fourth ST., Philadelphia.
EDW ARD A. QUINTAKD, 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
t NEG r1oilEoWng Gollieries now worked by them
k kHEYYssFEo5S HocnsT SPRING,
PINE KNOT, EAST FRANKLIN
GLENDoWER, BAsT,
ELLANGOWAN, POTTS,
PRESTON, No. j. BEECHwOOD,
SHAFT, No. l., THOMASTON,
Fh nE ESH PARK. No ?. B BosESvG Kun,
RAINBOW, PRESTON, No.4,
MERRIAM, BUCKvILLE,
INDIAN RIDGE, CEDAR HILL,
NINE HILL GAP, NORTH FRANKLIN Mol
OTTO, NORTHFRANkLISN o2
In addition to the product of the above, they will
SELL as factors, during the season OF 1873 all OF the
Goals from the following welk collieries that
are either shipped from Port Richmond or consigu-
TUNNEL RIDGE, BIG MINE RUN
LAWRENCE, GLENTWO ORTIZ,
WM. PENN, ENTERPRISE,
GIRARDvILLE, BIG MOUNTAIN,
UNION. BkOOKSIDE,
MANCHESTER, BEAR RUN,
ALASKA, SHENANDOAH,
BUCK RIDGE, PLANK RIDGE,
Burnside, HAMMOND,
ST.. NICHOLAS. GIRARD,
TURKEY RujN, GREESBACk,
MCMICHAEL, BEAR VALLEY.
No Mirtmre ofthe DGrent Grades Of Coal ,riN in
any case be permitted, and each Of the several
classes of coal produced at the abovenamed col
ieries Will be kept strictly separate from the 9TH
ers. All sales Will be made under the following
Designations
i. IEard White Ash Coal.
-. Free-Burning White Ash Coal.
3. Schuylkill Red Ash Coal.
4. Alaska Red Ash Coal.
.. shamOkin White Ash Coal.
.. Shamokin Red Ash Coal.
Z. North Franklin Coal.
y. LOrberry Coal.
.. Lykens Valley Vein Coal.
In order that all coal shall be shipped in good or.
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
there will be appointed number of competent per-
skilled in the preparation OF coal as local in,
spectors whose duty it will be to visit the several
collieres daily to sec 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 10 these efforts at proven
ton, means will oe len untried at the shipping
ports to cure the evils of careless preparation At
Schuylkill, Haven, Port Clinton, and Port Rich.
mond, all coal will be subjected to the personal
animation of skilled inspector before ii is ship.
ped, and If condemned by him, will be dumped in
places provided for the purpose. and before being
loaded into vessels will be thoroughly repickcd and
cleaned by hand. al the cost of the owner of the
collery that producedit In entering into business
coal merchants, controlling production greater
than that of any other seller, and embracing more
than two thirds of the coal to be shipped from Port
Richmond, the COMPANY are 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
of coal land in the first and second coalhelds
the proximity of those regions to Underwater at
grades OF the roads of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company, and OF the neet OF steam
the s and Repdng
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 are the only one Of
the large mining companies whose lands produce
ali 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.
tiJnal claim upon the favorable consideration Of
the coal-purchasing 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 ruinous suspensions of mining
and fluctuations OF prices will be avoided 1t will
be the great aim Of the Company to induce feel.
ing of confidence en- the part of their Gust omers,
| that retailers and manufacturers may take advsn
tage Of their capital to lay in supply of coal
whenever it is most convenient for them to do 50,
| 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 Cen
fishing prices for the succeeding month; and or
ders may be sent either to the Treasurer of the
| Company, in Philadelphia or 10 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 quantity Of
coal, to be taken in equal monthly proportions al
current circular prices throughout the season and
| fanny such proposition is accepted by the Com
pany, the purchaser may on before the first day
Of any month, have the privilege of declining to
take the proportion due in such month, but such
declinaton 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-tl2t