The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-17

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unnecessary snd inprudent speeches at
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Kanawha Goals.
We publish this morning an abstract OF
an authoritative article from the Engineer
ing and Mining Jjostr nal upon fhel Kanawba
Coal-F Field and Coal Trade. The rapid per
centage increase, both in 1876 and 1875, in
coaltonnage, ID The more surprising In view
Of the extreme sttingency OF financial az
fairs. Owing to Che extreme depression.o OF
the iron interest, the usually very large de-
mand from iron establishments has greatly
1essened where, in ordinary times, a great
increase could reasonably have. been ex-
pected. ------.-..---
The increase isi due to healthy demand
for domestic CONSUMPTION. and for gus COM
spanies. The quality Of these Kanawha
Goals is such that the introduction OF them
merely as .,an experimental trial lnsures
their. future use. The possession of the
very best article necessary for consump-
ton, with ordinarily good management,
is guarantee, OF profit and success.
But even this would have no result had not
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
so reduced their tolls rs to enable the coal to
be transported with reasonable profit to
the owner Of the mines and tothe Golfers.
In fact. reduction all round, so to speak,
had to be made to enable any OF the parties
to prosecute the business Of developing the
mineral region.o OF the Kanawha Valley. We
see by the very able report Of Mr.. GowEN,
the president of the Reading railroad, that
the cost OF mining anthracite coal "has
" been gradually reduced from s2.51 in 1873
ssto $2.44 $40 in 1874, ,S1.S6 ITO in 1875,
Hand S1.S5 Lilo in 1876; and it is expected
"that during the coming year the cost will
"not greatly exceed 81 per ton-a rate
"reached during each OF the last three
"months Of the past year." tits believed that
the mines of the Kanawha Valley will take
the same enlightened view. OF this their true
interest, and gracefully acquiesce in a SINH
lar reduction of their charges in harmony
with the general movement; and especially
OF the increased purchasing value Of money,
now that a specie-basis has been SO nearly
obtained. Mr.. .GowES states as minimum
royalty in Pennsylvania thirty cents ton.
We are gratifed ito state that some OF the
most valuable coal properties Immediately
on the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road have been leased for a royalty Of ten
cents per ton: -, -; -, ....!SsnI':.t ...'.r'
The statement we publish embraces the
financial years terminating the Both Of Sep
TENDER. We are enabled to state that the
increased receipts and shipments for the
months Of October: Noyember and Deem
Der of the past year present most ,agreea-,
bleexhibit. 20 -, - s.. ~ - .
And now what Of it, why, it will en-
sure to our city rapid increase of her ship
ping interest, giving a reduced freight for
all articles imported by vessels which come
freighted to our .WhagYes, with the certain
ty>of receiving certain and full freights on
the outward voyage, There are twenty
mines now open on the line Of the railroad,
on many ,oaiwhich operations were com
.menced during the past year, and all Of
which have been. more actively, and eff
GENTLY worked the latter part Of the year
than previously. We, feel warranted in
saying, il this harmony between the miners,
the proprietors Of the coaEIands, and the
directors Of the railroad continues, with
reasonable effort to extend the demand for
coal, that the shipment of coal will be this
year more than trebled We understand
that the New York coal agency has exerted
itself most efficiently Ia this direction, and
through its fundamentally the gas-coals OF
the Kanawha have been used with the
most gratifying results by the princi-
pal gas companies of the city Of New York.
Intelligent efforts are being made to intro
duce the Kanawha Goals in other cities on
the Atlantic coast, and the confident hope
is expressed OF shipments to Italy and other
European countries which have to import
their fuel, the cost Of freight, whether
from P Philadelphia or the James river, being
the same, and not much in excess offreights
from the English mines to the same coun-
tries; and thus we may hope fer the com
mencement Of a. direct foreign trade to Vir-
ginia waters, which has been so long
darling object with the people Of the South
and lastly, the superior quality Of this coal, Its
inexhaustible supply, and the price at which
it can be delivered, together with the salu-
brity Of our climate and the mildness OF our
winters, will. soon establish iron furnaces
along the railroad, aud give to the whole
line, including Richmond, advantages for
manufacture, in ,,all its diversified FORMS
not surpassed, by Philadelphia or the most.
favored locations in the N orth, 1870 ~.
Does He, Indeed? H.,
One thing we are, sick OF, and that is the
everlasting statements about what this man
says, and what that man advises, and SO on on:
Are we all children Can't somebody think
for himself One SAYS there'll be war. an.