, 1874-12-24
FACTS ABOUT COAL,


Il meeting of Tho Chicago Coal Exchange WAS |
hold yesterday afternoon in tho Metropolitan
Block, corner Of Randolph aud Lasalle stroets.
o. ". Colt, President. occupied tho chair, With
Joseph Kirkland ~ Secretary.
Tho minutes Of tho last lnoetipg was road and
approved. Yhe Secretary reported the amount
Of coal rccsvol by luke from April Is to dato
(Which may DO considered tho totul receipts Of
tho acaaon) rs 395, COO tons Of anthracite. and
2G5, 600 tons OF bitumiuouH. This includes oil
tho anthracite, but ony tho Eric and B|cssburg
| varieties Of btnminous. as ull tho illinois and
| indiana choap coal, nnd largo portion Of tho
| Ohio coal comes by rail. lilo anthracite,
| added to D. Uttlo over 100000 tons, which
! ror,aincd on hand last spting from tho ntock Of
| lH73, u,akes about 100000 tons available
supp!y, ngn!uel about $50, COO tonn last year. Of
wliicl, 100000 tons were left oYer as above
| slated.
i letter vaa road from Lougntrcet 4 Co., Of
Buffalo, and Iurton Bros. & Co., Of Erio nd
verting to tho ato prosecution Of robert LAW uv
yiue!ication Of Mr.. Inv. regret'ng the
trouble ho Ind been . pa's pEs',, to- stt t4ar say
suited in tho tota! expulsion from ,tho
trade of the "middlomen' or ''sc1pers." it
| wuuld 10 3 blossns to nil concerned. These
n:iddlcmon, operating without character or cap.
ial, were characterized as ''corltcr cornorants."
swallowing To or rs cents Of tho pricc OF oRch
ton Of coal. aud rendering DO service aa all equiv
| alent.
referred to q committee Tor examination and re-
The proposed action OF tho Common Council,
directing thut every loud Of coal should ho
weighed Oh some q the public sisy sea'es, WAS
sbiAty Of passing 5.0oU loads Of coal a day over
ward liz empty wagons, aud the moral
impossiblty OF "lcsis1ating honesty .nto mcn,",
wore freely commented on, and various plans Of
action were proposed for protecting tho public
against short weights without either DESTROYING
tho possibility Of carving on tho coal business
or demonstrating III additional Charge for weigh
ing boing added to every ton sold. But in view
| Of tho fuet that no decisive action lsaH NJ rot
been takon by the Council. i was doomed boat to
defer at,y action bf tho Coal Eachnnso unit!
| after Huch measure Inns boon formally passed
upon by the city authorities.
There beint; no further b,lsuonH, tho ES-
chanse aljournod to meet the fret Saturday in
next month, when tho regular monthly meeting
will occs.s
II METHODIST CHURCH EXTENSION.
THE aoc1Egy or TAl: ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE.
The Chicago Church ExtouHiou Society Of the
Rock River Conference held mcotinE ycsos-
day afternoon ut No. ii Washington street, DR..
A. ]. Jutkiu was cHlled to tho uhair, aud II. 8,
Towlo Taa appointed Secretary. There wcro
prosent III addition to Mcssrs. JutKin uua Towlo,
MesHrs. Teuaacll, 0ooifellow, mud Hitchcock.
Mr. Hitchcock, Treasurer of tho Doard, statcd
TINT ut tie lust meeting Of the Board ho was
i called npo,, for statement Of hih account with
| the Parent Church Extension Society. lie at
TINT ti,no stated hn had no tneanB of uscerta!t-
;ng bow tho account stood, except III to the
D anlouut wlc! had hcen Forwarded from tho Con.
ference at philadelphia. Through u mistake,
3n3 hat tta rrnhu