The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-05
Meeting of Coal Carriers-NO Com
bination yet Formed

The adjourned meeting of the representa-
tives of the great coal carrying and coal
producing interests took place at Philadel-
phia, Wednesday, and another effort was
made to come to an agreement. The con-
sultation was long one, beginning at noon
and lasting, with am adjournment for lunch,
until halt-past six in the evening; but in
spite Of its length it was not conclusive in
its action, and the combination is not yet an
accomplished fact. The gentlemen present
were the following Thomas Dickson,
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company ;
Samuel Sloan, Delaware Lackawanna and
Western Railroad George A. II. Hoyt,
Pennsylvania Coal Company Thomas A.
Scott, A. j. Cassatt, Isaac Wister, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad F. S. Lathrop, E. W. Clarke,
New Jersey Central Lehigh Navigation
Company and Wilkes Barre Coal and Iron
Company p. Wilbur, DIR. Lnderman,
individual operators on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad F. B. GOwen, Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad John L. Graen, of indi-
vidual Schuylkill Operators.
The proceedings of the mc6lihg as they
were furnished to the press, are as follows
The committee of five reported the full
details of the tonnage ofeach interest, and of
the aggregate, and properly assigned to the
respective companies such tonnage as were
duplicated ON the return of more than one
company, but reported no distribution of
tonnage. The report was accepted, and, a
motion being made that the tonnage of the
last five years be taken as a basis of distri-
button, the following interests voted in the
affirmative :-Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, New Jersey Central,
Pennsylvania Coal Company, Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company and in the mega
tive, the Philadelphia and Reading and the
Delaware, Laclawanna and Western. The
vote not being unanimous a motion vas
made that the results ef ten years prcduc-
ton be made the basis ofthe allotmep., upon
which the following voted in the if.rmatiye
Philadelphia and Reading, PENNSYLVANIA
Coal Company, Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company; and in the negp i've the Central
of New Jersey, the Penpsy lvania Railroad
Company, the Lehigh Valley and the Della
ware, Lauckawanna and Western.
Judge Lathrop Suggested the following as
compromise or the basis of 20 100000 tons
perannum as '.otal shipment philadelphia
and Read .ng, twenty-eight and three
quarters per cent of the eutire production of
anthrH.cte; Lehigh Valley, eighteen and
| thrge-quarters per cent Central Of New
Jersey, thirteen and one-quarter per cent
:, Delaware and Hudson twelve and three
| quarters per cent DeluWaIt, l-hcha-
wanna and Western, twelve and three
| quarters per cent Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, seven and three-quarters
per cent Pennsylvania Coal Company, six
| per cent provided that the tonnage given
TO the Lehigh Canal by the Lehigh Railroad
Company shall be chargeable TO the latter.
| This allotment was accepted by all the
interests represented except the Lehigh
Valley operators, vino voted against it, DR.,
Linderman stating that he thought il unfair
TO those whom he represented.
The vote not being unanimous the meet
ing adjourned sine die, with the understand
ing that if requested by the representatives
of the Lehigh Valley operators within forty
| eight hours, il will again convene at the call
Of the chairman, Mr.. Dickson. It is not
likely the Lehigh men will come in, and the
combination is, therefore, as far from being
formed as ever.