The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-11-26

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Philadelphia Ledger, 21st inst There is
no important change apparent in the an
thracite coal trade the past week. The de-
mand is still IN excess Of the supply. The
few days ofcool weather last week were pro-
ductive Of nothing so much as the necessity
Of making provision for fuel when the win
ter shall be onco fully upon us. The unusual
feature Of the coal market just now is that
there is a full demand for coal and especial
ly for all the domestic sizes, and no com
plant ofprices on the part Of the consumers.
An unusually satisfactory feature of the
market is that prices are not the result Of a
forced shortening Of the supply Of coal, for
the supply up TO the LIST instant was 4,O00,-
900 tons in excess OF the supply to the same
time last year. The lesson to be drawn from
the present situation and outlook of the an
thraciie coal trade is 10 lay in the winters
supply at the earliest practical convenience
of each particular dealer and consumer. The
supply Of coal mined ia 1881, it is now
pretty we'll ascsrtaned, will be large, but it
is at the same time ascertained that the de-
mand will be correspondngly heavy. There
is very light stock of domestic Goals on the
market, 50 that three days of cool weather,
though not more 80 than seasonable, will
run the market bare, besides this, preparaa
tions are going forward all around for an
increased demand for manufacturing sizes
II is now well understood that nothing
illustrates the growth and tendency Of the
iron trade better than the enormous in
crease in the capacity of the iron works in
the West, some of which, the Trade Journal
remarks, especially "the iron mills of west
ern Pennsylvania aud eastern Ohio, are
rvalling the mammoth works Of England
When the Improvements which are in
progress at Brown ,Bonnel & Co's,at Yuungs
town, o., are completed, they will have l2t
pudding furnaces. Oliver Bros. & Phillips
will soon exceed 100. Jones & Laughlin.
have 76. Graft Bennett & Co., have 6l or.
dinary furnaces and some 10 or II Danks
rotafies, which would bring their capacity
u? to very nearly 100 ordinary furnaces
Painter & Son have So. With the exception
Of the Burden mill ,at Troy, we believe thert
is not merchant mill east that has over 81
furnaces; The Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company at their severn
works add up over so, and the Lackawan
ma reports 1l3; but these are really "rai
mills" The general prosperity OF manu-
featuring interests and of business at larg,
increases the number of customers of the
anthracite interest, but the amount of Goa
taken by eaah customer is not so large bu
that there are plenty of fresh orders on hant
from the same old parties by the time thu
average shipper has served his customer
once all round. This keeps things lively
and leaves no room for apprehension, fo
the dealer knows when the demand slack
up little that it will be so much the bet
ter in short time. There is nothing mys
terious in any quarter ofthe market. Every
body in the trade can sec just where the de
mand is coming from, just why it is com
ing, and can calculate pretty well how lonj
it is going to last. Manufacturing centre
supplied by rail are not in any hurry to ge
more than their immediate wants call for
while points that receive their coal mostl,
by tidewater have completed their prepara
tions for the close of navigation. The trad
consequently has a general aspect of steadi
ness, with plenty Of legitimate but no arti
fetal activity.
The total tonnage Of anthracite coal iron
all the regions for the week ending Nov 12
as reported b. the several carrying compan
J les, amounted to 67G,373 tons, against G35
s67 tons in the corresponding week last yeal
: an increase Of 81 500 tons. The total amour
of anthracite mined for the year is "a ,4Sli
$50 tons, against 1892 tons for til
same period last year, an increase of 1000
43S tons.