Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-21
COKERS CONFIDENT
OF n Good Trade and Are Building many
New Ovens-Cars Enough 10 Fill or.
ders-Prices Remain Steady
FREIGHT Rates.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcu.t
SCoTTDALE, March 20.-The coke trade
is again up to high standard OF excellence,
but it cannot be said to be booming. Con-
sumptive requirements are quite good at
present as shipments for last week Will lndl-
cate.
The coke operators have apparently perfect
confidence in the future coke market, or they
would not contemplate the erection OF SO many
new ovens. The lugrubrious utterances OF some
people that the coke trade would gradually
sink. and that many of the plants Woulu nave
TO close down on account of lack OF orders, has
not been verified, and to-day there is really not
one plant in the region idle save Wnere they
need repairing.
The shrinkage in coke shipments noted in
our last report was entirely due to scarcity of
cars caused by blockades on the Eastern and
Western lines. The Eastern trade is still suf-
fering slightly from blockades. Production is
still being limited to the demand and nearly
all of the works in the region are running but
five davs this week, which henceforth VIII be
the Iule until trade warrants six days. There
is a fair supply of cars again, which enables
operators to fill orders.
NO EFFECT ON THE MARKET.
The report in Yesterdays DISPATCH that
Eastern capitalists purchased 2 900 acres of coal
land in Somerset county is causing considera-
bic comment in coke circles. 1t is the inten-
tion of the purchasers to develop the field i'm
mediately by the erection of new ovens but it
will have no telling effect on the Connellsville
coke market. Possibly it may be the intentions
of the company to consume the output in their
own manufacturing plants.
Shipments for last week give total of $3.50
cars, and an average of about $50 cars per
day. The shipments for the previous week
averaged over 964 cars per day. The shipments
for last week were distributed as follows: To
points west of Pittsburg, 3S25 cars an increase
of 400 cars; to points east of Pittsburg, 1,S00
cars, an increase of 200 cars; to Pittsburg and
river points, l,625 cars. The shipments for the
preceding week gives a total Of s, ,7S5 cars and
were consigned thus: To points west of Pitts
burg. 8 425 cars; to points east of Pittsburg
!, 100 cars: to Pittsburg and river points, l,260
cars.
The region will not soon experience a crisis
similar to the car famine which overlook them
the latter part of last year when trade was so
brisk. Rainey, Frick & Mcclure and other
companies have large numbers of individual
cars, which will very ma terialy aid their trans
portation facilities.
IMPROVEMENTS AND PRICES.
1t is reported that the Pennsylvania Mining
the anchor works near Dunbar for short
time. 1t is a plant of 100 ovens and has been
selling its output to the ]. NJ. Schoonmaker
Company. Compressed air pumps are being
erected in several of the pits of the region
The Mahoning plant of 100 ovens is still idle.
Work is progressing on the McClure's new
plant of 100 ovens at Mayteld. The same COM
pany will erect 800 new ovens at Lemont on the
Colonel Evans tract.
Prices for coke are nomiually the same and
with no signs of a change. They are: Furnace
coke, 81 rs; foundry coke, 81 As; crushed coke,
s. 65; at ovens per ton of 700 pounds.
Freight rates from ovens to principal points
of consumption are as follows: