The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-09-01
THU COAL TROUBLES.
Favorable Result of the Great Sale
for Consumers.
REARRANGfNG PRICES.
Schedules OF the Companies for
September.

The wholesale market for coal was somewhat do
moralized yesterday morning, the several producing
companies having recovered from the shock Of the
sudden depreciation in prices manifested by the great
auction sale OF August 80 Early yesterday morning
each company declared that they had no prices and
would not make any until to-day. About noon It was
evident that the companies were In council and that
before night some arrangement would be made to
regulate tho wholesale prices Tor September rumor
was current carly the afternoon that the Lehgh and
wilkesbarre Coal Company had sold during the
morning at SO 80 while the market price on the
previous day was So so. BY investigation that
story was found to be false. That company had
made no prices. and would not until to-day. The
Delaware LacKawanna and Great Western Company
announced that they would not enter into any con-
tracts until tho other companies made definite prices
They expected to publish a schedule OF rates To-Day
The Lehlgh and wiIkesbarre Coal Company made Inc
decision. Later the afternoon the fennsyi-
vana Coal Company published the following circu-
LAR
Present prices for Pittstou COAL to be delivered at
Ncwburg during the month OF September, subject TO
the usual conditions OF sale and shipment Tho CON-
pany reserves the right to advance prices any nc
except upon orders entered PRIOR such advances and
orders sent in will not bind the company until ac-
cepted:-Lump, per ton of 2,240 pounds, So 10;
steamer So 10 crate, So IS; egg So IS; stove, 81;
chestnut, So 60 sixty-hve cents per ton additional
for delivery at New York for cash.
Immediately thereafter the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company announced their prices for Sep
boat lump s. %; crate, SO 80; egg; IS 90:
stove 81 49, chestnut 81 l5free on board ut Rondout;
fifty per ton freight to New York thus equazing
prices with the Pennsylvania Company
Reading Coal and Iron Company instructed their agents
In this city 20 mako their prices to-day as follows
For lump, steamboat broken and egg size $751; stove,
So 5O chestnut $3-delivered at Philadelphia; freight
to New York. delivered alongside, 81 extra Mean
while the delivery the coal sold at auction on Tues
day Is progressing rapidly Tho soft Goals OF the wy.
oming ami Wilkesbarre companies being sold al
foil
stove 81 Is, and chestnut, So ~ The rates Tor mrs.
class Lohigh will no. be fixed until Saturday
The Anthracite Coal ASSOCIATION, controlling the ship
Of coal from the mining region to all points on
railways to the West far as Chicago, held another
meeting in this city yesterday and made schedule Of
prices IN accordance with those given above the spc-
cal by contract the Western roads govern
ing the prices ut points OF delivery.
For CO II parson with the announced prices for this
month the following statistics dating back to Septem-
ber 1871 given as the results OF auction salcs-
In September 1871, Jonn H. Draper u Co. sold lot
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
$780, coo TONS at the following quoations:-Lump. -
81 27; steamboat, 81 AK 81 5o crate, 50 10 :
Al The sale an September 1872 of IS 900 tons the fol
lowing prices were realized Lump, SO 65 50 67H
81 oas s To- siovs Il Fix s. IS; Chestnut
In 1878, at the September sale, when the coal CONF
bnaton had advanced the prices the auction sales Of
boat nj 80 81 S2l CRATE SIS s. O23s; egg. S. S2H
a S. 80; stove, S. 45 So 47}s; chestnut, 81 ~
81 72H
In 1874 further advance made by combined
effort Of the several companies, andat the September
sale of 60 600 tons the prices ranged as folows:-
steamboat IS 17H a SIS 80; crate. S. 22H a IS PIX;
egg IS IS; stovo Sc o2H So o5 chestnut 81 % S.
During 1875 the Delaware. Lackawanna and western
stopped their usual monthly auction sales and made
the following prices for Goals delivered free on board
for the fall Of Lump, IS 05 steamboat
s. 15 CRATE So 25 egg. s. 90; stove, 80; chestnut
S4 95 Fifteen cents per ton more than these prcca
we're charged 10 buyers not having contracts
The rates OF the company for August last were
MS follows with an addition twenty cents per ton to
BUYERS not having contracts Lump, 81 10; steam
boat 81 So CRATE "a 30; egg, $5 stove, 50 co. chest
nut. 81 90