Frostburg mining journal., 1882-02-04

90 OO al DalllGoit t anu 3o lU(tUpo 10
at G oteetown would have ecu only
fair prices.
Frei hts on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal opened at rs cents pr
ton, and advanced TO 90@95c. dur ng
( the season. In MAY, the s s'ockholder
Of the canal authorized the use Of the
repair bonds in tee treasury for the
onlargem MT CT tue locks. Already
large titles of stone, lu Der and
other material have beea delivered,
and actual work has hesun. 1t is not
expected, however, that the whole
work will be completed short Of tp o
or three years. When it Is done,
rates of freight, it is stated by sood
authorities, can 10 rsduoed 10 60
cents FER ton, and leave as good a
profit to the boat owners as at present
with 95 cents.
| The business Of this district was
curtallei owing to scarcity of cars
on the Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
sylvania railroads, and lew water IN
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, caused
by the general drought which extend
ed over large portion of the county,
| The policy OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad appears az times to bG TO do
tho busine tlat others desire to do,
be the profit ever so little or The less
ever so great. The hauling OF Cam
berlsnd ca, a prof able businesr,
waa reduced last year by the scarcity
of cars. AT the same time, the sane
road, to compete with the Pennsyl-
wanna railroad. hauled coal from near
| Plttsburg "a distance about thirty PEI
cent greater) at about the same pric,
as for hauling ccal from Cumberland,
thereby reducing the car supply for a
rrc6tabe business. And yet the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad post=res
before the public as the ehaiupion OF
dlflsrential rates. At the same time,
he me I'VE power aud rolling stock
were used FIR carrying grain and
othsr materials from The West at ruin
ous prices A moderate reduction IN
fieights and full supply OF cars TO the
Cumberland district would have m :
terially improved the balance sheet ot
the ompsny.
1t is said thst freighfs will! e al
V ncsl in 1882 We hardly thir k
III thew wiil be maintalnei if they
re and It is greatly to te hopel that
40 I'll /. Aovement will be inaugural
cd, either by this OF by no Pennayl-
varla raI!oad company.
In CMso dat n coal com- any
win b d.nged mot of liz rev4na
rom ca rylng The coal OF tt e her
hi rels few years ago, ve:y r4p
IDLY lncle sing T. outI u and getting
TITO 10. ition whore it has yi.e sarn
'ute'est iu the cost Of TIE production
ha the otLer companies have Oar
ing 1881, it made an important now
OF enins with the view Of increasiny
ts output, and during the conliue
season vii ~, bably produce much
more thab it ha heretofore 4 ne.
There is tendency TO develop the
small voins OF the re. ion. It Is ssi
thst Rame good results are obtained
from thi. coal, and it is thought coke
ovens NAV te built for converting this
coal into ccke.
During sew raj years past, and
especially in 1881, large contracts
ere raele t, deliver coal. The ey-
pc ieuce Of tsose VINO have preeticaA a
lhls mode Of DING tu-ir ass has b er
70 uuproGtshl BE that wo think the cus.
ON will naturally disappear. IN;
original vslne of Goa! and the limited
prof in mining it make ths guaran.
teeing of freights a very unecund bus
mess principle, and it is to be hoped
for the iaterost Of the producers, that
it will be discontinued.
An important f'atnse in the affairs
Of the Cumhe land District in 1881
was the completion of the Pitisbnro
and West Virginia Central railroad
", ich was opered near the close o!
the season 1t connects with the Bal.
timore and Oslo railroad, at Bloom
ington, jut west OF Pietmont, and
develops the southern limit Of tie bia
vein of the Cumberland f ed l7ing in
Wet Virginia Taia road will prob-
ally furnish several hu dred thou
and tonn in 1882. It has contr ct
with the Oh sapeake and Ohio cana
very similar TO that lf the Georges
Or elk an Cumberland railraad,
namely, for limiting the tolls Oh basi-
ness coming Yer the oad.
CLEARFIELD REGI N.-The Clear
field region coU'inaed ihr ugh 1881
ls Progressive re ord, and rntil oe
It loes u buaia, sd nearly as great as
It's rival, the Cumberland field The
shipments last year agLre ate 2 382,
62l et 'ons, an iHcrSase over 1880 OF
6Bl $50 tone, or 32 per aent. Thst
he Uns ness was not several hundred
thou ard tons greater is not the f.nlt
# the mlaiug compan es and fiims,
ii oi the irapspor at on mpgnv,
,hieH We this district nun an itad
equat uppi OF ars i rug N, ST OF
lac rsi S la- re s of y odnr.
lDn SIX Gle ~ 1882 ~ CONS ated
81 - 1881, btt tlsu / 4ogglt ( al
IL nc pass 20 tnJe ihe sa
ral u, b tore Il u sald chat the
rvra ~ anil CEar6,, 4 ru lroad " IN