The New York herald., 1876-09-29
COAL UP AGAIN.
Effects of the Sale of One Hundred
Thousand Tons Yesterday.
AN ADVANCE ON PREVIOUS PRICES.
How Retail Dealers View the Situation
of the Market

Tho great coal sale Of the place yes
terday at the Office OF the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company, corner Of Cortlandt and Church streets,
whero that company offered 100 600 tons Lackawanna
at public auction to the highest bidder The coal is
deliverable at the company's docks at Rondou during
tho ensuing month on the same terms and under tho
same conditions governing previous sales except that
the company agrees at It's own expense, to tow vessels
up and down for all purchasers who wish their coal
delivered in this harbor. The same auction firm which
has conducted previous coal sales had charge OF this
ono. Mr.. Moulton representing tho company. Nearly
500 persons present. the bidding being quite spr
ited and the lot taken in less than twenty
minutes after the aucioneer mounted the platform.
The nrst lot offering 5000 tons of steamboat,
which sold average OF SIS Is l6 per ton. the
petition for IL being unusually active Thirty thousand
tons OF grae then offered. and they quickly
disposed of average OF So 20 per ton. Then fol-
lowed tho sale OF 600 tons Of egg which brought
average Of So S51 The final ofor as 900 tons OF
stove, which went OF at IN average OF 81 10. Mr.
Mouton expressed entire satisfaction with the SALE
He estimates that the advance Wednesday q
prices will sixteen cents per ton. Among the
heavy buyers yesterday Hopkins & Pomro-, OF
Providence r l.; William H. Jourdan, of Worcester,
Mass Ward, Talbot & Oliphant, OF New York; G. NJ
winslow, OF Boston; J. d. X. Crook, Of New York
Lewis Moore, OF Hudson, and Castner, Stickncy 4
Wellington, of New York There other small
buyers the line OF the Hudson River their pur-
cbases are likely to materially afrcc. the ruling
prices for this fall.
VIEWS OF RETAIL DEALEKS
With view OF enabling domestic consumers to form
an opinion as tho of tho retail Market HER
AID reporter yesterday visited large number OF retail
dealers in the city requested them express opin.
ions the probability OF rise or fall in prices IN
The retail market
f. /. Carey, OF Nos "A and 20 New Chambers street.
n retail dealer and contractor oil the Department OF
Public Works, SAID -
As far my judgment goes coal will go up on ac-
count Of tho approach of cold weather and tho
fact that small consumers are waiting for the market
TO fall. My advice would be for them to put in their
supply present ruling rates. which nearly al.
the yards delivered as follows for Lehigh:--
Stove (white ASH, per ton. 90
Stove (rcd ASH, per ton. 80
Egg (whc ash) per ton 90
Egg (reu asn1, per ION D 30
These arc the lowest ruling prices now but fear
they will advance The coal business ~ regular lot
and whichever company wins in these coal sales will bo
able TO dictate tcrms to all tho others The maddie
men, who at these sales bull and The market are
working for themselves. As lar the retailers arc
concerned, we can only buy from the company whose
prices fixed" Tor each month For insta nee here
chase
'NEw YORK, Sept l, 1876
''Thc following will be the prices OF this company q
cons, delivered FREQ board at Port Johnston N j.
between the 1st o September and the 1st of October
next Tho company reserves the right to change same
variations All sales subject the printed conditions
Of the