Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25
COAL CARRIERS KICK
Complaints Thai Lehigh Valley
Gets More Than It's Share.
soME vERY SUGGESTIVE FIaUsEs

The Iehlgh valley Ralsroad increases EaA
Coal Tonnage as IN Asfonishing rate.
while the other Roads saser = Large
Observation-Disclosures Of New vosl
Coal companies.
PHILADELPHIA, April Is. The Iehigh
Valley railroad is getting more than is
share of the coal production. and the
other companies are preparing, it i said.
TO resent the increase.
It has been known for some time that
the Lehigh Valley has been increasing
its output at an astonishing rate. The
weekly statements showed this and the
company finally ceased to publish Them
This made the other companies still
more suspicious and they threatened to
make trouble.
The statement OF the tonnage pub
lished this week showed large decrease
for the Schuylkill and Wyoming regions
and M increase for the Lehigh. Since
the beginning Of the year the output
from the Lehigh region has been very
heavy. In the last statement the fig
ures Of the different railroad companies
are not given, nor Il any statement
made of the stock on hand at tidewater
shipping points. This Is contrary to the
usual custom.
Some Suggestive Figures.
A dispatch from a New York news
agency says: "a suggestive fact in re-
gard TO the condition of the coal COM
panies Is TINT the producers have APP
parently decided not TO furnish returns
For the monthly statement Of tonnage
heretofore prepared by Mr.. John H.
Jones, of the bureau of anthracite coal
statistics. The statements heretofore
have given the production Of each com.
pany. with the comparative stock at tides
water, etc. The statement for March
gives simply the aggregate output Of the
three principal districts. According to
this statement the output for March,
1889, was 2,l03.062 tons, decrease Of
5S2, ,666 tons. The Wyoming REGION de-
creased 440, ,6S2 tons, the SchuylxilI region
decreased 20J, ,O36 tons, and the Ichioh
region increased SO, ,9J9 tons. The Lehi0h
region has increased its output for the
year 949, $40 tons, compared with de-
crease of ,955, 435 tons in the Wyoming
region. These figures emphasize re-
ports which have been current in regard
to the difficulties which have arisen be-
tween the Lehigh Valley and other COM
panies growing out of the heavy ship.
ments by Coke Bros. and other indivi-
dual operators of the Lehigh valley re-
gion."
The Reading coal tonnage for the week
ending April 20 was 81 .S74 tons, as COM
pared with IA 800 for the corresponding
week last year. a decrease of 40, ,525 tons.
The tonnage for the year to date is 2 ,0D2.-
104 as compared with 1,O1S,560 for the
corresponding period of last year, an in
crease of 173.5l5 tons.
Kicking Coal Companies.
A later dispatch from the news agency
above referred to contained the follow
ing:
There is a little lEeeze among the coal COM
panies having their headquarters IN New York
city over the Inadequate returns Of March
statistics Of coal tonnage as made up In piila-
delphia. The Lehigh and Wflkesbarre pro-
tests. and way somebody seems TO be interested
In holding back statistics and they propose fo
look into It. The Delaware and Hudson pro-
test against the meaRre statement, and intend
to find out the reason for IL. The PENNSYLVANIA
Coal company thought they had the regular
reached the conclusion that IL had been lost.
and they began 70 try 10 find IL. The Della
ware, Lackawanna, and Western had II, but
declined to give IL for publication. stating that
II the regular statistician gave out only i
meagre statement he probably considers Il ad-
visable that no more should be given out. The
coal trade journal d0E'4 like Il Bit and SAYS
the companies will hear from II. we learn,
however, thatthe amount Of coal at tide water
is over 10000 tons ana was increased during
the month about 1000 tons.