, 1881-10-23
COAL.
The Process Of Transfer from TIM
Vessal to the Shore.
Important Part That hIac.,lnor..
Now Plays ia Il.
Whit the sho7elers ARE Paid a1i Whara
--~ They Work. .

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thing 1t is;o "itncs> tho wlloies lie ilunilinp, II
that very dirty, but absolutely nert,,.rv 81.
mtnt of modern civilization, c.,at. 81; o,:iy !.
it Interesting t. lsnte tho mnl!uer III ,sn;.s,
coal is handled, bit it Is cruatI; ,urnr1sjon
to note The nlis.lher Ut times tls,t i. il h,,,,
tlled, and -to foliow the stusks ruu,n,cni;,,, =,
| from the tt,otuctt IT Is bas;pil in the m1s.,
! up tt the time that it il ttr.pue,I ina
! crate or stnye or >h''vtltL info !, fu-nar's
tlIr WHO Is accustomed tn tie daily iurSr,s
! 1T SuNtfy scutE!cs Of c:,4l fyuln a dirk ce};. :
nr basement III nlt>:air rW'ls4S generally H.
borS under the Impression that Ae ur s1,a ha.
learned what il'c pr;sicilHi feature of tsIa I
tr:tr Is 5" far. 1t least. ;t> The actual wor,-
| Is collcGr'ltI; a1tl il must To- ;.ttmitt,u tErt
Slice tic tine coal WIS iir:it nscd for max
fires, machinery has It,Sr!l.d won,it.rfn;i,
tie amount uf ilnl:,an hAor 1.r:ess;ry n i,s ky
handling of il only be!nrr it rcachcs 1ha fa;ns
ly roal-bii: :lnd il ils, also bt: a,Imittm,
that the matter OF |HiaEs!n@ s'.1ai BY n,aeL,-
ery after it has gotten tint tar has iy4n
shanlcinsly neglected h; tie Inventors,
TIE LIST of 1..A1:ol-SAyIyt; M..C!1Iyrs
as far lis the coal t:;:: is cuI,,:erl,y4I. win n,+
he tn1Iplete until tiu'rt. has been f|e.;smt
snnlc contrivancc which, will swear Wien ona
finds the fire nearly nu. @':u tl:e coa:-buelrs
empty, which Will waltz siown into the crli,r
after nora nf the fue: w!licI, will swrar
again 1T finding the bit lacked and M ksy
iG'tt aRt NHhH wiz HUilH It's lleatt ajlf
s,EA>h its finger beture getting the ltcsrt
tilIetf.
NeNr to visiting the mines there is pr,la~
bly, nothing Aurt iutereatiH1 or nuyeI h :,
persoll outside Of the trade than to watr,
the unloading, of = vessel at su,I.;,
hates the sight of coal. from too freu,ent
contact with it would lind entertainment in
hanging arou1i while It cu1I-buat WIS bcfn.s
nnIUatttd. 4 I'iTHL:sE Reporter who vas h,
South Chicago Il day Or two :.yn amused
himself for a custpl, Of hours :,llA n,nre Ly
watching the work i the eoal-tlocks Of Lang
dom. Richardson Il To-. where Il steanl-bars,,
was b.n. uliua.st.I, 1i!d where railroatt-:a7s
were being Ina.iet. 1{r. Richardson, one ue
the firm. WIS there at tile SANE time and.
besides plotting the visitor about the docks
and barge. filled lliIn up in III en1ertaiuin:
way with Information regarding the great
traue i'll coal.
SOME LITTLE CARS
were running back and forth acrUss th9
docks Ut yards, oil elevated trucks. These
tr:scks wcr: probably twenty-five feet high, /:
and extended fru:l Hnu,en towers at lbs
edge of the dacSs bacK"ard to points just
over the railroad tracks-a distance OF abaut
400 feet. One al these little cars wouI
shoot across TIE track with the Speed Of the
wind would suddenly stop and open i.s two
sittcs like wings, allowing 4 shower Of
goal to fall out, anu then it would shoot
ppe d Chine aud as wft f,5t all + H. . M and ha s, S9Ms
itself also without help, the "hole work t+-
inG performed with tie most wonderful
rupidity. An il.eestigatnn made silbse-
quentls' By tie reporter with his split-secoui
watch showed that one Of these little c'al
cars, holuln. 3,4OO pounds, left its tower with
load, shot acis,ss the yarst, dumped its load,
and then canie back to tile tower agaili, all in
tile space Of thirty scco1ds- There were
three OF these lillte ears 1T work. anil >nlne
idea 1T tie rapltilty With which they 'ialld1sd
cs5al can be obtained wien it Is stated that as
high us 1.:O0 TONS Of cual have been unoad.1
from !, rcssel at these docks il, TIN hours.
The way in which ~.
THESE ->t.Tu,ArI C.AES AEt: LOADED
is alu1st rs ri pil as that by Which they ira
by which tiley unload then.-
selves. There being three cars, there arr also
three towers, in each ut which Is located i
scale aud the necessary machinery for ldad-
about rs fur apart lis The !atcl,ways 0f a
9ood-sixed s;:ilcnner. When IL buat comes
III to the duck there. is swung out frum ta.I
one of the towers Il movable jrttfoidins which
rests directly over L hatcilway uf the boat-
This l,a1cawas. Is provided with y system of..
:hai1,s and puIleys, BY means Of which aud
lie machinery III. iron tub h0!diAg
soye than half !. tul Of ct,al is llosted from
he hold Of The boat, carried over to the tower
llld emutIetl into the car: Then 1T Is sent:
'ack empty, but another full tub is waiting.
% take its place. For eacl car three tubs;
lrn Kept 1T work, so that there is never any
waiting. things being timed 50 that when tao
:ar il. coming back empty from its journey
tcEoss the yard there is a tub full Of coal
coming up from! the hold of the vessel to naeetl
/. 1t only requires the services Of two uieR
It each ear, their duty 5en: to guide the;
,ubs, weigh the car-load, and then set i CO.
nG. OH the track. The car.is worked 3; =
Intricate system ut cables, WeIghts>,
machinery. and springs, aIl OF which arese!t-<
actlng after the start has nIice been givel' ii
The hard work about nil this is to be foun:rf 4.
DOWN IN THE HOLD /:
II the boat that i; being ,,il1oatied. Th6i
ubS I'LL have to hc tilc! by s'1o:eIerS, for 4 as4
ct no machine lEtS been fol'nt Wllletl Willy
to tl1cir work. Tlicr.: airy usually four or}
i've lllen un,ler car! llatchway filling HUE
They are almost hidden from the light OF?
lay. a'1tl certainly from pure ar. lhey atG}
way tlo@n below the level nf the wates' oti wt'ai
lntlling TO be sce1! about thetn ot1i Tts.:e1
nls>cs nj coal. nothing t. breathe 1ni tne7
lose air AMI cloud, nf binding, chokinxI :
nal dust. The uu<ttsi1a5}iIy Ut stch u :,
OcatinN and such work w!teli the therfnone~
tr is 100 degrees in tile SHADE can be IN
hov.icrs do not carry lace ll:u"lkercsIleis.
["wn in the llol.l with then1 to mop up l ulgl
They simply let it drip afdiI
ccuinuIatc coal dust. Their own n'otneIs
tuU!u not FicU-i1ixG these StlDftttfsat nuin-j
When the weather Il Int they Wear hotHuE-1
II tic licld but shoes a1M pants, anu ua9f
cry liberia! portion ut tfLeig bolr displa1es4
5 very suun provided with Il Eeneershg ~. ".
lack. Tile slioyeltv Wilu is Of Il dl5kl lilis
y birth Is hot to ha distinguished from tl'o
ne who is white nnfi,r his pantaloo lis. Valu
utsi,le would supp,se that titose men Meae
danger ut dying from, heat aIi'i tat47i ,t.
t beh.@ c:lo1tit 10 death by cnal.dss51 oa~
hey seelu t. thrixtOn tile WGEn. -
THEY HAVE i PECULIAR pElsh
lille shoytiN:., md me that ls pleasant po na
a:,it!.fui. L Is nat-,scal AMI water. ia, pe1.
;nud soon maxi. them dizzy III SO hut plaee'
slttetl;!i3k wauih b!uat item up too nr uiua..+
MI pure WATER would give tHcin su'nd a.d
nnluliltt. besides producing weakness 80
:tlisea. The Est-'ral witt, te water n'nI ia NJ
ut once ltpufi5hiny and ,tenchsni ~ ~ tho t,o
irsr. Tiiis Is tlsc S;t1lc drink liscN ~ lsa uss
bling glllIS ;,ld ether hot alnt 5sitl'tlS p'su>'
here nlen l.;lv. it, work. =: .ha-
\ coal shoycler whose work Is IOWA ~ '"s
old Is paid from p
-. ~ 70 S12 FIR DAY,
le amount being regulated by the nuil,no. !
tons 1T Goa! handled. To be sure. he uos5
ut work afl the year rou1id. or even esrt' M
ny in the week while navigation IS opcn;
Ht he n1akcs e.lou:sn iii one tAy TO aul.s ta;r ~
shert spell Of foaIins. They kcep up sji- anIi.
rives OF labur, too, BECAUSE they have " "e's
rganiZel uniuu. .:,,.d
1t is hot every ct,al-tIocS that Is protlasJL
It'll autnulatic cars tUr loading ara Ht'Uu 49,
u cual. Indeed there are few DOCKS :.'.F
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