The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-31

Just at the moment when the bidding
was most spirited q truck, which was
crowded with men and boys, was seen to be
moving off. Some wag had started the
horses, and the scramble which cnsued af-
forded no little merriment for a time.
FORTY THOUSAND TONS OF CRATE.
The 40, 900 tons of crate coal were start
ed off briskly at So per ton, but the first
sale was effected at SO 80, the purchaser
being Mr.. Ford, who took Q 900 tons.
Eight thousand feven hundred tons were
disposed of at SO as per ton. and then there
was pause. Some one bid SO 90. and at that
price, lots ranging from 100 to 5000 tons,
weI Off like hot cakes. Mr.. Draper had
ali he could do to take the bidders in their
right turn. He got excited, and, while
shouting himself all the while, cried out
dent shout. 1f-you-w tonne
just hold-up-your- hand-snd-that-w i be
suili lent" The balance of the 40, 900 tons
of CRATE coal was thus disposed of at $500.
EGG AND STOVE COAL.
Two thousand five hundred tons of egg
coal were then put up, the first sale being
made at SO %; about 5 900 tons were dis
posc1 of at that price, and then d lull inter-
vened, and So l2t was offered, and the
bidding Immediately became very spirited.
The balance was sold a. that tiguIe, the
las! purchaser announcing his name as
Potts, a chance for n pun which the auc-
tiOneer could not overlook, as he an
nounced in slentorlaa tones, "The last 800
gone to Potts" About $1,000 tons of
stove coal were sold a SO 80, and the bal
ance of %, 600 tons at SO 80.
DELAWARE, LAoKAwANNA AND WESTERN.
The coal sold for account of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad
realized the following prices:
| 10000 tons steamboat. 10 to Sc SIS
| 10 o00 IONS egg..'''' 70 10 ~
| 40 OO9 tons SiOVe...................3 % 10 Go
| $4,000 IONS chestnut ......,.... 10 TO 10
PHILADELPHIA AND READING.
The Philadelphia and Reading company
had 200 900 tons to sell of Schuykil white
a'h coal, deliverable to boats and barges at
Williamsburg, New York harbor. The
following table will show the lots disposed
Of a nd the prices brought;
| 5000 tons broken COAL ......... s2JO
$4,000 tons egg. ......,........,,. 30 TO f2.62H
| 10000 tons chestnut. ............. 2.20
AMI 1875 900 tons (. o. b., at Port Rich
mond, Philadelphia, as follows;
| 10000 tons steamboat. tos225
1900 tons roken'.......''." 245 TO 2.s5
10 GOO 10 stgg..'''.'........," ZulH 10 $50
| SOU tOnS StoNt' '....'......... oou 70 5.ho
$4,000 tons chestnut. ........".. l.'o to 1.s2>S
THE PENNSYLVANIA ooMPASYs COAL.
The first lot offered on account of the
Pennsylvania company was 5000 tons of
steve size. 1t opened At 81. 70 per ton, and
dropped almost Immediately to $252t, and
| all that was sold afterward was at tue lat :
ter figure. The chestnut opened at So 80,
and large lots were afterward disposed of
a. prices ranging from Sl,75 to So 05.
Fifteen thousand tons of lump coal were
disposed of in one lot at So so; 5000
steamer, at S2.72l; 10000 crate at $2.67b;
and 1000 egg, at from So S5 to $780,
| THE RANGE OF PRIoRs.
The following is the range of prices re-
allied at the sale:
Steamers on 10 $500 Stove. .s2beX to 50 90
CRATE. 2oIk TO 800 Chest't u TO S.42k
| Broken. 245 10 268 Lump. $50
] Egg..... 2.o7 10 1855