Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-01
WEEKLY COKE REVIEW.
Nearly All of the Operators Are Now
Running Six Days n Wcek-A Mass
Meeting Intcrferes With shipments
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SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.i
scoTTDALE, July Sl.-The coke trade is NOV
ing steadily upward and shipments continue 10
ADVANCE. The fve-day run which has bcen
used to considerable extent, especially oy tne
larger operators, is no more, as it has oeen re-
placed by the six-day run. The FLICK ana
Southwest companies are the latest concer ms
to inaugurate the six day per week operations,
and indications are apparent that this run
will become general throughout the region IN
course of couple weeks.
Orders are still increasing, particularly from
the Western districts. where number Oh large
furnaces have been blown in. An operator
said to-day: ~ have received advices from
various points of consumption in the W West,and
find a steady and conservative demand for
coke. The midsummer season has indeed mao no
detrimental effect on the coke trade. The
yards as far as can learn, are about all freed
Of stock coke. At Cleveland, Chicago, 81.
Louis and other Western points there is good
demand for all grades of coke. 1 anticipate
no change in prices, and you are right
in stating = that the existing prices
will likely rule until next February"
Several coke companies are making prepara-
tions to fire some of the ovens which were
blown out indefinitely few months ago on ac-
count Of scarcity of orders for production.
The Parrish plant of the Dunbar Furnace
Company which had been idle since the Hill
Farm disaster was resumed last week. The
Youngstown plant of the Frick company,
which had been extinct for five months on ac-
count of repairs, was lighted up last week.
There are only about 2, 400 idle ovens in the re-
gion, and there are signs that this number will
be diminished if the stiff demand for coke con-
tinues.
Shipments will not be as large as they would
have been otherwise this week had not the
miners took to-day OF to attend the Meyer
mass meeting. The prosperity of trade is not
marred by any labor difficulties. A strike
is again threatened at Raineys works,
and there are fears that it may ma
terialise this time. The car supply was
excellent last week on all roads; and
shipments were sent of promptly. Produc-
ton is not falling behind the demand. Only a
few works restricted production last week by
operating rve days. Shipments last week were
LOO cars larger than the week previous. They |
averaged LIB cars, against l.095 cars of the |
week before Eastern shipments decreased 5V
cars, Western shipments increased Us cars and |
Pittsburg shipments increased 25 cars. The /
was the distribution: To points west |
Of Pirtsburg, $500 cars; to Pittsburg and river |
points, ,625 cars; to points east of Pittsburg, |
$50 cars; total, 6675 cars. The record of the |
preceding week was as follows: To points west |
# Pittsburg. 3675 cars: to Pittsburg and ylver |
POINTS, 900 cars: to points east of Pittsburg, |
800 cars; total g. .575 cars. Coke prices are un.
hanged. They are as follows: Furnace coke, |
2 l5; foundry g 45: crushed, 81 IS; all on |
,oard cars at ovens Freight rates are: