The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-08-18
BIG CREEK, Aug. IS, 1877.
The Coal Trade,
REVERE.

The anthracite coal trade still wears q more
encouraging aspect than was hoped for a month
ago. The business is active and prices hold up
well, encouraging the belief that the market
Will continue to the end Of the season more in
the control Of the producers than 1t was during
all the fOreDart OF the year. The Reading Rail
road Company and the Reading Coal and Iron
Company are persistent in their policy, adopted
at the time the combination was broken and
the proposition Of MIR. GOwen to pool the coal
product was declined by the other prOducing
md carrying companies, namely, TO throw as
much coal from the Schuylkill region into tho
markest as was practical from its unequalled
facilities for the movement of that great staple,
The temporary obstruction Of fortnight ago
in that region has passed, and, with q good
understanding between the companies and their
employees, the outlook is quite satisfactory.
There VITA be no short supply OF coal. nor is 1t
probable that prices will fall below fair re-
muneration, Tonnage is tue great purpose Of
the Reading Railroad Company. and Ia a won.
derful source Of revenue. For the week ending
on Saturday night last, which is week later
than our Iabulated report OF the trade, the busiI
ness OF the road footed l55,OO tons, against Il2.
600 tons carried IN tue corresponding week last
| year. OF this amount there were sent to Port
| Richmond 81 500 tons and within the same
| week there were shipped from Port Richmond
i2OU0 tons, reduction OF the stock there Of w 20
| TONS There has heen at no time during the
| trouO roles OF he past three weeks more than I've
| OF the Bfty three oOlleries operated by the
| Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com.
pany not at work on account OF the labor dim.
cultles and within the past week these nave all
| been started and are now working Iull aDded,
| the outpit by the Coal and Iron Company for
the week enllng on saturday last reaching s4..
| 90 tons. The cOllieries Of the inOIvldua opera
| tors in the SUhuYlkil region have generally re,
| sumed work. though 1t is alleged that commit.
tees protesting 10 represent parties in some OF
| the more northern coal REGIONS have beeu in
dustr1Ously endeavOring to create strike by
the Schuylkln mtners and all the Indications
are favorable TO continuous large Outpit for the
| remainder of the year III that coal region. Busi
| ness has not so thoroughly resumed in the other
| coal region. All the LeniPh and all the MAha-
! noy mines having transportation over the Le-
! high Valley Railroad are at full work, but none
| OF those in The Wyoming region are in opera
ton. The coal OF the company on nand 1t Am.
boy on the 4th instant was about 9576g tons
trather more than was last week estimated) and
during the weeN following the receipts at that
point were about 2O,oOO tons and the shipments
| some 3O 0OO tons. 1t thus seen int the stock
! OF coal at that point is steadily running down.
Notwithstanding tue prices Of coal at New
vance OF the previous week, when the trouUlo
| threatened caused most apprehension, the de,
mand f3r coal there is good anl II is 6ehoyen
| that fully one half OF the greatest advance will
| be- continued to the end OF the coal seasO lt
u known that notwithstanding the greatly in.
ere ssh production OF coal that OF last year,
there is comparatively light stock on hand II
| having generally gone infO consumption, and
that NON lns point OF time laSJ year 10 tne emu
OF The year the coat tonnage was unusually
large. larger by comparison than It viii prODa.
bly, be from this time forth TO the end OF 1877.
These facts all operate in favor OF fcmness in
prioes Of coal. Those best informed 20 the
coal movement incline 10 the opinion heretofore
expressed in this oOlumn, that The present Is the
best time hence 70 the years end to lay IN coal
1t is not probable that prices will go lower, and
they may from various causes 20 higher. Goa
production Ou the Lehigh and Susquehanna di
VISION OF the Central Railroad of New Jersey L.
o. the present narrowed TO the mines at Honey
brook and to those Of u few individual opera
tors and the men at even these threaten q
stop on the 18th instant unless their demands
are conceded. which at present does not seeu
prob bile The kew YORK companies are also
| producing sp9rIngly.
The influence Of the strike in Luzerne and
adj AGENT regions in curtailng shipments Il
plainly SHOWN IN the tabulaled reports ~ the
rhrInkage OF shipments, whilst the settlement
OF trOuUle in tle odhulYkill region and alOnl
toe Pennsylvania Railroad main line nnl
branches causes an increase IN shipment
thence.-LeOger Monday.
} The following table shows the quantity OF Goa
shipped over the Lehigh Valley RAilrOad for N
week ending Aug. nth, 1877 and for the year
4 | q IN tine m Ia