New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-05
coal TRADE REVIEW.
From TIE Engineering and Ain.no Journal Oct o. 1873
ANTHRACITE.

From TIE Engineering and Minno Journal Oct ., 1873
ANTHRACITE.
Upon every side we get the report that there
s better business doing and that prices stronger
But them the comparison Is made with the very stag
nant condition OF things that ruled during the summer
As compared with the corresponding period OF other
wears, business Is st remarkably dull, especially In
this market Is said that a very active business has
Puiladelpha. Inland consumers and deal
either do not want much coal the approach OF the
close OF navigation must drive them into the market
soOn Retail dealers report good business but say int
consumers are not purchasing as hDrriily as
in former This is accounted for IN several way
first by many households having carried supply
OF coal from last year second. combination is
organization wth which most consumers are fiIn-
lar and they believe that II Is but temporary lnstu
ton, and they do not want 10 be caught with heavy
stocks should the organization be abandoned for they
would then exTect lower prIGes tlfd, there Is acge
class people that cannot purchase large quan lts
of coal usual and VINO. under the high prices hey are
compelled to pay for the article wall econonze rs much
Tie QUESTION OF continuing the combination after De
appear 10 be the Lenigh Valley ilroad Company
and tue Reading Ruroad Company. These companies
do not object 10 getting hgh prices, nut lney 90 OBJECT
and seem to have good ground for lt. 70 so
small business. According 70 the statement Of
the accountant Of tho Board OF Control, from
January l to September 81, as compared with the
hk" rerod 81 iS ~ ons 6,c o o. @ GV
TONED os 5,0O2 1853 ons, while the three
Lackawauui companies, the PeunsylvaDia Coal Com
pany the Delaware aud IIu son, aud tue Delaware,
Lacgawanua aud Western. lost bu 63729 tons. Ii Is
therefore, thul tOinD HHOil CONTINUES III
popularity with not All. OF these companies; ana
IL surprising lhut the managers and stockhodera
OF the Reading aud Legh Valley should consider they
paying heavy for this graiy cling friend
ship.
We have spoken OF the curtantnt That has taken
place in the CONSUMPTION Of antbraclic coal, OWING 10
its high price. We informed that the Crown
Point. Port Henry and Hudson furnaces are using %
per coke. AS prominent officers III some ~ Tue
coal companies Interested Ia at least ono OF the
above concerns they must Iociby dze tue truth oil
remarks, even though they may not openly ac-
knowledge 1t. 80
The production OF anthracite coal last week was DOB,
266 tons, ~ against 352O50 tons the previous week
aud 1876 222 the corresponding week or 1871 IN
total p-uOuctiOn from January to ScpiCmber . was
IL 923 079 tons compared with l3922,9O2 tons Tor
the IKE period Of last ear showing falling OF TINS
year OF 2,l99, 1873 tOus.
BITUMtNOUS.
There Is q better business doing in bitumnOus coal
and considerably more inquiry. The number OF manu-
featuring concerns have been consuming an acte
coal that making Inquiries Tor hlunlnOu-
Is constantly increasing The shipments are well main
tanned, the industry, as whole, will hold lt OWL
show increased production. tbls year. vessels
liberal supply and eIghts easy, ana arc lkc!y u
be long tue anthracite productoI Ii cuftaicd