Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-24
ANOTHER COKE DISORDER.
The Scarcity of Motive Power Added to Lack
of Transportation-The Demand is Still
Active-Over 1000 Idle Ovens.

of Transportation-The Demand is Still
Active-Over 1000 Idle Ovens.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIST PArcH.I
SCoTTDALE, October 23.-The same features
as set forth last week, with few additions are
noticeable in the coke market. The disorder
continues in transportation and now has con-
soling companion in the scarcity of motive
power The scant car supply, coupled
with insufficient motive power has
served to further demoralize shipping
facilities. The scarcity of motive power is
rather alarming, and the railroad people will
Immediately devise means to remedy it. The
absence of engines last week materially assist
ed in the retarding OF shipments. A railroad
official. who understands his business, spoke in
the following strain TO THE DISPATCH repre-
sentative: There is deficiency in motive
power, which, of course, serves as preventive
to our means OF transportation. The deficiency
is only slight, though, and we oeiieve tnat
everything as far as that is interested will be
speedily restored to normal condition. The
car dearth is as bad as ever and We entertain
but slight hopes for immediate Improvement.
At this iuncture of the year the volume of gen.
eral business is extensive all over the land and
whenever railroad company gets hold of car
1t generally holds to it as long as possible Un-
til there is subsiderce in business an improve
ment cannot be looked for, although nearly all
the railroad companies are equlpping them
selves with more cars"
Operators are utilizing all precautions to
y
Der Of days operated is arranged according to
the number of cars received. The demand is
still active with production about equivalent,
Furnace consumers by greatly economizng on
their receipts succeed in keeping their plants
in operation. No shut-downs among the
furnaces are reported on account of lack of
fuel Many them escaped a suspension by
the opportune arrival of coke. The works of
Mcclure Rainey. Taylor, Southwest, Schoona-
maker and Fnck, continue to run six days
week, while a few independent companies OBJ
serve the Wednesday or Thursday shut-downs.
The IDLE list of ovens in the region Is esti-
mated at 1.o00 The Hecla Company have
their 500 ovens at Trangers, on the Sewickley
branch, about completed. The Mahoning
plant OF 100 ovens is still idle. Fifty ovens are
still out at the PAUL plantof w. j. Rainey.
About all the idle ovens at the Davidson plant
-1l0-have been lighted. 1t is said that the
State Line Railroad will open up new coal
neid. The Hill Farm plant is still extinct.
The fire is still furious. 1t embraces $50
ovens; l04 ovens are out at theiCentral works.
Shipments last week averaged U6l cars per
day, against L077 cars of the previous week.
The total decrease in shipments was 95 cars.
They were distributed to points OF consump-
ton as follows: To points west of PIttsburg.
4,O5e cars; to Pittsburg and river points, !, lis
total, 6.365 cars. A comparison can well be
drawn by giving the record of the preceding
week, which was as follows: To points west of
PittsburC, 3,905 cars; TO Pittsburg and river
points, $50 cars; to points east of Pittsburg
,7I5 cars; total, 460 cars. There are no rumors
of an advance in prices. The following quota
tions rule: Furnace coke, 81 Is; foundry, 81 a;
Of 200e pounds
Freight rates from the Connellsville coke
region to main points of consumption are as
follows: