Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-27

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Forty.sevcn thousand aud eighty
seven tons Is every pound Of coal that
went out from this region for the week
ending Saturday last against tity.six
thousand nine hundred and eleven
tons the same time one year ago. This
Is indeed discouraging to all who take
an interest in the advancement of this
great coal field.
Why the management Of the Penn.
sylvania company will, by the with
holding OF cars from. our shippers,
give to its enemies such convincing
proof that It's facilities are inadequate
To the necessities Of the region, is some
thing wc cannot iathom and, if it
were not that We know better from
their own lips, We would suppose that
the small amount that ha, gone for.
ward was from the want of orders by
our shippers but we have been as.
-urcd that if the cars could have been
supplied nearly double this amount
would have been shipped
With the large increase in the mum.
Der Of collcrics, the extension of all
i,s branches, and a greater demand
than ever for our coal, the company
thus tacitIy admits that it is not near.
ly as well prepared to facilitate the
interests of our shippers as it wa. the
same time ono year ago, when it sent
forward nine thousand eight hundred
and twcuty-iour tons more than il did
the past week. il causes it, best
friends to despair Of her, aud -ilcnces
all argument in opposition 10 the build.
ing OF another road into our region
whether competitive or cooperative
something to help out those who have
their money invested in our region and
who are sustaining daily losses from
this compulsory inactivity aud, as
we have said before, the great wonder
with its friend, is that il would begin
t. weaken in this way at this partcu.
lar time, in the face of the cxtraor.
dinary efforts the Vanderbilt road is
making towards completion that may
take hold Of this freight the Pennsyl.
yania is reiectiug.-Rcrr.Nr.
Our brother Brisbin, of the RcrriUr.
in the foregoing article gives but a
faint gIimmcring Of the truth. Why
this scarcity Of cars Is it because
the 7. r. X. Go. have no cars which
could be sent into the region Ger.
tainly not. For the corresponding
week Of last year they furnished
nearly 800 more cars then they did
last week. Surely they have no less
cars this year than last. Is it because
they are short of motive power to
move the cars they have. They surely
have as much motive power as they
ever had at any previous date. What
then is the reason Simply this, the
managers Of the railroad are not di'.
posed to furnish n sufficient number Of
cars to accommodate the region.
Why? Because the scarcity Of cars
hurts the small operators the worse.
a large percentage Of the cars daily
received are marked special assign.
ment,' aud are all delivered to n few
large operators, and are not charged
in the general distribution. The same
favoritcs then receive their full pro
rd'O Of the cars for general distribu-
ton This leaves the small operators
who cannot get into the special rs.
signment' ring, with less than half
the number of cars in proportion TO
the capacity Of their mines, which the
large operators receive. The result
il the business Of these small operators
is interlercd with, they are prevented
from filing the orders they have and
they dare not bid for large orders be,
cause they we'll know they cannot get
the cars to Gil them. The undoubled
policy of the present management of
the PeDna. r. X. Co. is to crush out
the small operators in our coal regions
Is this TO the interest Of the stock
holders Of the road2 Certainly not. But
if the whole bituminous coal business
in this region of the state can be con.
centrated into q few bands il will be
so much easier for the few gentlemen
composing the ring of managers, 70