The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-07
THE IRON TRADE.

THE CONDITION OF THE AETIlRACITE FUN.
NACEs.
The following carefully prepared arti-
Gle from the Iron and Stccl Bulletin has par
ticular value in view Of the coal mining
troubles;
During the strike now prevailing in
the anthracite coal regions, furnacemen
arc rapidly being compelled to blow out
their furnaces or resort to the use Of coke.
In the Iehlgh Valley the supply Of an.
thraCite coal is becoming 40 short that
those iron manufacturers who are deter.
mined to use nothing else cannot expect
to run their furnaces longer than The lst
Of May. The Thomns-lron Company
have been using coke at Alburtls aud
HOhenduaqua for over two weeks, using
about One.fOurth coke to three.fOurtls
anthracite, and they say the new fuel
works satisfactorily. The Crane Iron
Company have purchased 1000 tons Of
coke,.and began to use It in one Of their
stacks ut Catasauqua on last Saturday.
They are mixing II with anthracite in the
same proportion IA the Thomas. Coke
costs So 80 per ton, delivered at points in
the Lehigh Valley, and II has been, deter.
mined by actual experiment that In
anthracite furnaces j tons Of coke
are equal in smelling power to
II tons Of anthracite, these being the
quantities required OF each respectively
to produce ton Of iron. The following
il very nearly The situation In the lehigh
Valley: Carbon Company, three stacks,
have one stack in blast, and arc receiving
coal regularly; Lehigh Valley Iron Com.
pany, three stacks, have two in; Crane
Iron Company, six stacks, have three In;
Thomas Iron Company laye both stacks
at Alburtis In, and two out Of six at lIO-
kendaulua; Allentown Rolling Mill Com.
pany, two stacks, have one in; Emaus Fur.
mace IL In; Allentown Iron Company have
oil five stacks IN; Lehigh Iron Company,
two stacks, have one in; SauCon Iron Com.
pany have both their stacks out; Bethle.
hem Iron Company, four stacks, have all
their furnaces In blast, but may blow out
all soon; Coleraine Iron Company, two
stacks, have one In, but may blow II out
soon, as they arc short Of coal; Peter
Uhlers furnace ia out; Glehdon Iron
Company, five stacks, have two In; Mil.
lerslowti Iron Company's furnace Is out;
North Penn Iron C0mpanys furnace lin,
but Ia expected soon TO blow out; and
Edge Hill Iron COmpany's furnace Is In.
In New jersey the Andover Iron Compa.
ny, three stacks, have two in; MuscOnet.
cong Iron Company, two stacks, have one
in; aud Port Dram Iron COnpany's fur.
mace Il In. Total number Of stacks cnu.
meratcd, SO; in blast, 81, and out Of blast,
%.
In the schuylkill Valley some furnaces
are siill supplied with anthracite by the
Philadelphia aud Reading Coal and Iron
Company, who have managed to get some
coal from the Wyoming cOllieties. Some
furnaces are, however, running partly on
coke --Seyieft, McAla6us h Co.s, +. X @.
Bfuokes and Montgomery Iron Compan-
les. The condition Of the schuylkill
Valley furnaces ia very nearly as follows:
81. Clair Furnace IL ont; Ringgold Fur.
mace Ia in Port Carbon Furnace il In
Atkins 4 Brothers three furnaces are in
Minefsyille Furnace Is out; Topton Iron
furnace Is out; Temple Iron
furnace Il in; Seyfert,
4 Co. (twostacks) have one in;
Clymor Iron Company's furnaces is out
Keystone Furnace Company two siacksj
have one In. Eckett & Brothers. two fur.
naces are out; LeespOrt Iron Companys
furnace IL out; MOnocacy Furnace IL
nit; Moselem Furnace Is In; White &
two furnaces are out; Phoenix
Iron Company three Stacks) one out and
two have been "banked up" for three
weeks; Montgomery Furnace IL In; Nor.
fistOwn Furnace Is out Schall & Co.'S
furnace IL out; Il. & q. Brooke flour
stacks) have one in; Swcedc Furnaces
are both out; u. y. 4 II. s. Hitnet three
,lacks) have two in; s, Fulton 4 Co.'S
Two furnaces are out; j. i. Moothead 4
Goa two furnaces arc out; Polstown
Iron Companyt furnace il In, and Rob.
bins 4 Sons furnace IL in. Total mum.
Der Of stacks enumerated, AZ; in blast,
Is; and out Of blast or "banked up,n 81.
Our Information about the susquc.
hanna Valley IA moi so full, but the fol.
owing embraces some Of the furnaces Of
hat locality: Hon. q. Dawson Cole.
man, thfCO etNCka. hae ono In. X. ". Cnle.