The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-08-26
The Coal Combination Dissolved.

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meeting was held at noon Tuesday. I'm the offlce
Of the Delaware and II ludson Company. Court
lannt street, New York Of the Board Of Control
OF the Coal Company Association. .at which were
present M ssrs. rh0s Dickson, Of the Delawai g
aud Hudson Co. samuel sloan, Delaware and
Lackawanns Coz F b Gowen, Reading Co i;
J Taylor johnson, central Of New Jersey. 4;
thoTles Parrish LebiRh Valley RailrOad Co. ;
@ A. Hovt, Pennsylvania Coal Co. A. Packer,
minares, Mr. Gowen offered the following pre-.
amble and resolutions, which were seconded by
Whereas. Prior to the orOanizqtion of the
Board Of Control for the current year a com.
mrtee. consisting of Thos DlckensOn and +. b.
GOwen, had 4 conference upon the subject OF the
continuance a this AssOciat ION with Asa PncK.
er president of the Lch. gh Valley Railroad o..
VINO informed sald committee that the main.
tnnance OF the oi Rsniz ltlon Of the AesoeI ed
coal Co. was ar moOrtant TO the intei est Of
the Lehigh Vhilev Railrord Company - to tbose
OF any other company and eXpresseda wish that
said association should be continued during the
year, and further pledFed himse and his com.
rany to take anv action which the individual
through Mr. PaIdee, ma heir representative and
snid BOard nf Control. might desire in order to
sustain aeld board az carry out lis regulations,
porter, was not oDhGed to become an active
member OF the sOCiation RDG,
Where's. In consequence OF the personal as
eurance thus given by Asa Packer. this sssOcia.
ton was subsequently formed and it's articles
OF association signed D, Nr. Packer as the re-
presentstlve Of the Lehiph Valley region.
And whereas, during the month Of April last
the quota OF the Lehieb Va 10y region was ID
esee.s eve, loo,WV tons. ann the representatives
OF that region admitted their inability to pay the
penalty provided for in such art cles VI assOcla
uon.
And whereas. at meeting Of this Board, held
on the llth Of May lal, the following rssUlu.
tions was unanimously adopted Viz:
Resolved. That IN view Of the PERSISTENT re-
fusal ~ the Leneh Vail Coal Co. to abide by
the action Of the Board Of Control aud of the ad-
mtted inability OF representatives Of the indivi.
dual operators Of he Lehigh Valley region to
40 nnNa mt nuf.w.
quote OF account of the want of cO.Operai ION OF
the Lehigh valley Railroad colt ia mex pedient
iun@er 20 continue our Associa ion and that
the Board OF Control now az jOurn sne de.
And whereas, uDon the adoption Of said reso.
luton, at khe suggestlon of Messrs. Pardee and
sawyer, Representatives, of the Lehigh region,
an adjournment until the following moIniug
took place. at which time the said gentlemen
pledged themselves to the Board thut II the ex-
cess OF tonnage over and above the proper uuotl
Of the Lehlgh Valley interests for tne month OF
Apln was not charged AGAINST such interest
t.ey would agree, on behalf Of all the Lellgh
Va ley operators. including the Lehigh Vauey
Coal Company to ABIDE by the action OF the
Board OF control and carry out the programme
OF the assoc! ated coal companies for the eLtire
season Of 1915.
And whereas this pledge of the representa-.
tive OF the Lehigo region was considered salts
dorsed by Asa Packer himself as shown bt the
following telegram cent 0y Mr.. ParGee on the
day upon which said p edge was gwen:
Franklin b. Goweu. President
Have seen Judge Packer. The agreement
Will be carried out.
And whereas, notwithstanding said agree.
ment, the Lehigh Valley region eGceeus its
quo IN the mouth OF June BY 1856 tons.
And whereas, at meeting OF the Board of
Control. held July 24tA, 1870, at which the cues.
ton OF excess Of ship nent by the Lehigh Valley
reglon was discussed, Hessrs. Psruee and
Sawyer repot ted that very large meeting Of
the Lehigh operators had been held ON Friday
Them last at which a resolution was adopted
nj M aIt
ments for two weeks In the month Of August so
ns to equahze their tonnage to its proper
and further, that at the said meeting a resOlu
tion had been adopted that the Lehigh Valley
opel ators would abide BY the action Of the Board
OF Coz troll. aud limit their shipments for the re-
malnder OF the ear TO their proper quota as es.
thDlished by The Board of Control wmch report
was CONSIDER ed satisfactory by the Buard and
Whereas, h notwithstanding eaid last agree,
ment. the Lehlgh Valley region is i'll excess OF
Its quota for the mOLth OF July S7,45l tons and
drv OF the individual operators repre- ented by
MT. PaIdee and MT. Sawyer TO carry out In good
faith the resolution last above referred to. the
collieles in which the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company Is interested have been shipping
coal dni ing tine August susL ensiOn Of mining,
ana 1t Is believed that the quota OF the Lehigl
VALLEY region will be IN excess Tor the month OF
August as it has been in June and July ana
Whereas, the representatives OF the Lehlgh
valley region at TINS Board admitted their IN
aDilty either TO pSy the penalty provided for IN
the arucles of the Assoc alton iOr excess OF ship
ments OF ple0Res they have heretofore made in
consequence Of the want Of cooperation OF the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and Asa
Packer the efOre,
Resolved, That this Association be dissolved,
and that this Board now adjourn sine DIE,
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
aud the meeting adjourned.
he gentlemen present desire to state that
they did not attach any blame to Mr.. Packer
personally, AID they believe that he had do 10
ton.
III o a. Il result OF the disruDtiou of the com
DlnatiUn ID TIE announcement OF u saie by Huc-
uOn on Tuesday, the 2ytn instant of 5O0,UJO tons
o. coal for account Of the Philadelphia and
heading the Delaware and Hudson he Deia-
Weie ana Western Railroad, aud the Pennsyl-
fhnIn companies.