, 1876-08-30
COAL.
The Great Sale of Anthracite in
New York Yesterday.
Prices Drop from Ono to Two
Dollars Per Ton,
Other Big Sales Are Expected ID
Follow.
Effect or the Sale on the Coal
Operators.

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suoA aec e.u"s, ~ h,o''' ~ .anose. ..a 1'a"e'
""sn "1s .o' ~ .'ss. wv" ~. ~ ou sns.a
.a1p!e nns''' t.on ~ 10 y. "I s, soun'.s
me'o I.Gsl"t, '.'ens0 s&.c'ons .'sn," ;"
INC nclghoofhood, anu Wagons, trueks, AMI wis
dows were filled with spectators, Willie the aet"
ual buyers were cougregntcd lii dense mass
the oontIons IT., ~ ta sos and it ,hat
~ ,,"staa., . NV % oae na .nn. na
~ ~ WINS peT1ect'S bona nae, ana tnat no fcecFva-
tlon waa to bo put on tho goods offered for sale.
s e saa M e1s % were ts1 four s0pss sen"
way anu no effort would Do put forth ny them
70 Keep INC MARKET up Tho buyers could Wy
and rest assured TINT their Judgment was oil
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Goal COMPANY. TIC De'awaro, Lacka'sanna q
Western Railroad Company, Tho Philadelphia
g. Hcol|0r Railronl Compnny, and tt,u Penn.
xr;vanla Coa, Eomnanv Ti,o Dc,awarc q
I..,,atr,.,,.a ,,rs. aT,r"a IN nnn 49," ~ 49,,
~. n" l'at onI.tA llo'o"o tons VI eoa''
ays lnonsan nov tons o. s.sancF seal wa put rp
price fell to sa.s5, and then to se,75, Mt whlcl,
H.. i.,n,,co w ,,o,,r.,t Tort- t,,.ss',, sats
ras t,,n,, ,>,,t ~, a,,, IN, rst n,o a9"H, ~.
was :taeh pMt up anu tno 'lsst price ohefcu Was
renaindrr sold for $500 to speculators, WHO
1o,,,,t nj }t,o rain nj T. mn inns 1,cr hy1 Tvcr.
tr.nsa ,,,o,,sor tors ~ o,,+ f,rr,,oi,t 60 or ,na
~ 4a,< sono y, ~ ".uusn1 s'..' "l'o
e5.ASta' lheFo was uccltloa manifestation on
tho part Of tile buyers to wait until somo made
o purchaac, aud then beat thu price down.
The purel,ascrs were evidently uncertain Of
how far tho market might brcak, and many held
lack, expecting that thcy would got good bar
gains. In .nany cascs they were successful, as
PRICES TuMBLED Du1ttNG TilB SALE,
md tllen recovered to beyond tho start
ing point, as tho Bupply bccadle ex-
hau.tea Eortg taousand ;t Il toHs ~ Of stove
OF. It thcn, advanced at Jump to $3.p0a and
WINS ra7idly Disposed Of. This finished the Del
nware g. Hudson Canal Colnrany's stock.
Tho next Offering was f10, ,000 tons Delaware,
IngkaWannA II Western, known ns Scranton
COAL" Teu thousand toils of steamer sold at
$2,b down to $2.70; 10000 tons crate went Mt
sa.S5 to $2.G5; 15,0O tons egg began nt $3.50,
went t, down to ss.7o, anti then up to s2So;
'0'' 'oD' ''I.c ntr1nlT sisIss1 DECLINED &c srEi
to s3.b5, and then recovered to $3Go1f. Fitteen
thousand tons Chestnut won't ~ at ea:70 to
$2.7f5. OF 100000 tons OF tho Philadelphia d.
Reading Coal aud Iron Company, It, 200 tons
only were dcl!vcrablc at Wtl!inInsburg by barge
Or boat; the remainder, 125, 900 tons, 9. b. Ut
roFt Mshmona seyS1!yyr sS H thousand tons of
ss.e7N; 500 @ J., tons Of the same at ss;eo1 nd.
Si!uGcA ~ Rsetots1t t1GA 0eCiilcl W P1uoi Ut
which price tho balance waa bought up. Thirty
'ffve thousand tons OF stovs commenced nt $32l
went to s32e2 aud udvanced " s9.s5. Ten
Thousand tons ot chrstnut sold for $2.20. Ten
Thousand tons of Rteamhnat, deliverable ut
Port Richmond, sold at $a.25 to 500. Ten
thousand tons Of broken started ut $2.4S, jump
cd to $2.7o, and thcn to $2.85,
ONE LUCKY srEouLATon
buying *, 600 tons ut $a.45.
rhisty-tlve thousand tons Of egg, same condl-
tlons, were next oilcrei, and ,000 tons went at
$3.071Ss at which figure tho lot WINS closed ont.
Filty-ttye thousand tons Of stove commenced
at sob7t5, fell to 81. at Which price this rc.
mainaef, 1000 tons. waa bought up. Fifteen
thousand tons chestnut, Philadelphia d Keasl-
$l,7o, at which tho balut,Gc Was bought up,