Frostburg mining journal., 1883-05-05
MINING AFFAIRs.-Ths Koontz

wages of the three are aggregated
and equally divided. The proposal
appears to meet with disfsIor.
Mining reports unimpreved since
our last.
Hitchins Bros, operating the
National mine, have recently pur-
chased the wharf OF the Hampshire
and Baltimore Coal Company at
Georgetown, and as soon as the wharf
is in readiness, will receive coal at
the Georgetown wharf. the coal being
shipped there BY canal.
Inspector Thomas Brown was in
town Wednesday. Referring to the
JOURNAL editorial last week entitled
"The Cause OF 1t" he said that it
must be acknowledged that disap-
pointmsnt was felt at the untoward
state Of Affairs in our coal trade, and
he looked upon the competition of the
Kanawha and New River coala as a
source of some of the trouble and as
occasion for fear in the future. There
was ray Of light shed upon the sit
uation, however, by the efforts max
ing to meet and defeat the advance
from that quarter. He referred to
the building of road from Dru m
Point, on the Chesapeake Bay, to
Washington city, and the prospective
completion at day not distant Of ii e
Washington and Ohio railroad, Y hich,
1t is designed, will penetrate both this
ard the Elk Garden f Id Taking a
map. it Is easy to sse that from Drum
Point TO Piedmont, West Va, the
route is nearly AN airline and short
cut to peint on the Chesapeake
much lower than Locust Point. A
twc-fold advantage is gained IN re-
duceJ transportation both by laad
and water over our existing outlets,
while the Virginia cosls will bs me-
at tide with water tr,nslt nearly
equal and iail carriage much in our
favor, Another esterpriee, looking
TO an additional outlet, deserved some
consideration, but too little is known
of the purposes OF the pr factors to
hazsrd an opinion of its value. He
referred to the proposed extension Of
the Vanderbilt road from Bedford to
Cumberland vta the Short Line.
Should these projects &C me to compile
tion it is safe to predict that Locust
Point as coal.shiE ping port will lose
much of it's import ance and George
townlikewiae. At any rate, the Inspcc-
tor does not share in the despodent view
many are taking of the future Of our
trade. The coatesssdly great super
iority Of our product, and the excel
lence and skill of our miners, COUP led
with the ability and disposition OF our
operators to inset any and all compe.
titiop, must preserve to this region
the benefit of all the many intrinsic
advantages it possesses.
Latest.-The Baltimore Sun OF
yesterday contains a statement which
looks badly for this region. 1t says
that "Clesr6eld has taken about all
the contracts" This has been
brought about by the faithlessness Of
the Pennsylvania railroad to the com
pact with the Baltimore and Ohio
A Baltimore coal operator says there
is now only left the local trade, and u
few contracts, and the sale of tran
sient eargoes for the great M ryland
coal felIs, vaa the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail- oad." Anent our talk
about Kanawha and NV River Goals
the San concludes: "The Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, which was moi
bound by an agreement, has been
moie fortunate in securing eastern
contracts
The outlook FIR this region a, and
below Lonaconlag IL not really DIS
ccnrsglpg, but III this place Il oppear-
dark
The inmaN steauthip lioa, ioargser
years customer * the C9as5idaE.sp
coal coInpapy, las iald o. cop;l, c. il
Cl+al feld.
The NORTH German L.oyds, suf pos
ed to be secure for tbs region, hs,
done the same thing.
AIoTHER AND P sITIyELY TIL
LAST PosTPoNlHEsT. A recent l.,
tey from CJl l. F. Copslsud TO IL,