The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-29
SEATTLE COAL RULES.
II Is Capturing the San Fran
cisco Market.
AUSTRALIAN LOSING GROUND.
4 lGsrshanss 0pinion u washingten's
orsss sEinsrals-A Pennsylvanisa
on Natural Gss.

3
from Philadelphia, where he has been on
visit TO his mother. whom he had not seen
for ten years Talking with Posr-IE-
rELIIoErcER reporter, he said:
washington coal II gradually driving
Australian coal out Of the San francisco
market. The proportion now is two-fifths
Washington, two-6fths British Columbia
and one-fifth Australian, and Washington
coal is gaining ground. The market has
been practically uniform for the last year.
aWhst do you think Of Washington coal
for coking7"
ssEome coke from the Wilkeson mine has
been shipped from Tacoma, and it has no
standing 1t all IN the San. Francisco mar
ket. Wsget the best Cardiff coke there ct
$6.87K to 81 ton, which Is brought over
in ballast, and Washington would have to
produce q good coke at the same price to
compete with II.
rs there any anthracite coal in this
staten
IAN know about that is that . man
brought me sample Of anthracite coal,
which. he told me, came from within =
Adius of 100 miles from the Northern
Pacific railroad. There IL no doubt aboutits
being anthracite coal, but know nothing
more about where it camc from than what
this man told me. There Is, however, only
limited market for anthracite on this
coast. What furnacsmen want 10 coke. and
where they can get 1t rs cheaply ~ they
can here, there Is no chance for anthra-
cite.p
Have you seen any OF the new mines In
this state7'
No, and hope they viii not open any
new mines. The market is 30 well supplied
now that we are nearly down to an East
ern basis already. and Eastern men have TO
be satisfied with = profit Of 10 cents ton"
Mr. Y. =. warden OF ureenspurg. IA,
- at the Rainier: having come 70 Seattle .
week ago with MT. A. n. Sloan. OF the
same town' VINO mas some properly IN the
nelgnDofnood OF ceasue. Mr.. sloan mas
returned East ana mas ieit Mr. warden 70
close up some business snairs LOT MIN.
Mr. warden y an engineer ana surveyor
IN ureenspurg, Wnicn II IN the center OF
the natusai gas secton OF western Penn-
syivanas sno teiis some surprising iacts
as the results OF the discovery OF the new
iuei. IN conversaton VAN fosT-iNrxL-
IoENcEk reporter ne saad:
Ine manuiacsufers are moving out
nearer the gas Weiis ~ ORDER 70 get the 1un
pressure OF the wels ana escape the city
.axauon OF flsssoule- Wenave glass works
IN ureensouig wnicn nave increased the
popuianon rom z,ooo IN iSoo 70 aoout 300
an sne Guy sno suburbs - THIS census.
Jeannet.e - soWn Oh sDous 4'oou people,
'ouf mlies rom ureensourg' wnicn mas
grown within enloe VI .ou1 years. "essinR-
nous nss 1emoseo MS a'lDlske works
70 WHMeIuine' heW muss nearer fitts-
Ouls. anu : aaigo Pa.e-elass WORKS. IN
Wnlcn s1'oooVoo = lnsesseo' mas oeen puiit
AZ Cnar!erol' On sne Mononsaneia river,
lofty inlles soov. 1is'souI Inc manu-
iac'u1e.s arg moving ous ~ " near the gas
supply
tug eAs supply noi0lns eutf
en-. ina. requires little explanation.
Inc nrss wens tnas were struck nad q
PRESSURE 9. lUV POUNDS 70 the square
incn, Du. mere were only = Few OF them.
cince that ume Wehs nave been
put GOWN IN All direcuons. all
drawing rom the same stratum
Oh gas. Na.uraiy. the pressure has de-
creased ana = no" 10y 70 zoo pounds but
snere u tne same qusnusy OF gas 70 draw
rom. Inc enect Is the same Is having
NUMBER o. no'es IN pepper-pox instead OF
one.
Inc reahy serious enect OF this reduc-
uon OF pressure Is that there Is not enough
70 carry the gas any distance after allow
ing ior loss py iricnon. by the time itreaches
Iisssouis 'nere oniy ABOUT nfteen
pounas pressure ana no means nave been
.ounu 70 Keep up tne pressure. Inc Wheel
81 DrQC6SS which N.
CREASED .ne pressure seven pounds, and
.ney may 90 sometnins with 1t,
pus mas nov peen brought into
Piao'ioaa .ec ~ al. A any case snere Is
NOT room 10! more manuiactorles In the
o.ss n'n ~ ~ Iissspurs, sno mere Is every
,sason ial 'nelu " Iocase near tne wells.
Hven = .ne pressure were 70 IAN 70 ten
pounus ~ sno Squsle ,ncn, 'ney could stun
use - " pelns nea. Tue "ens' though 1t
"ouio % eAnsus.eu IN transportation for
long aissance. gun fisssourg and Allie
gneny nave nearly doubled their popula-
''on IN tne last zen years. and Allegheny
county mas Desween ooouo ana $4,000
people.
10 you tnnk tnere Is natural gas in
washington MI. warden was next
asked.
III We naa country like this right be-
side our natural gas region / would not
oriii Tor gas IN 1t. You have only thirty or
iorty miles from the sea to the foothills and
the strata are all broken up, SO that any
gas tnat oid form would escape through
tne crevices OF the rocks Where We find
the rocks exposed we do not find gas in
paying quantities. You can easily find gas
wnere the rock strata are unexposed with
the synchnal and anticlinal in regular