The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-10

motion engines. u Roots positive blast
blower, jXG long, and 3X0 in diameter
all on one bed plate; Johnston patent
feed arrangement and line of 10-inch
cast iron pipe through which the re-
fuse waiter is carried to its destina
tion. The engines, running at Il
speed OF twelve revolutions per min
ute, are belted TO the blower 80 that
tae speed of the blower Is reduced to
twenty-five revolutions per minute.
The blast OF air 10 conducted through
2Oiuch galvanized iron pipe from ths
blower to the feed arrangement where
1t is reduced TO twelve inches, aOd after
passing through the feed arrange.
ment, when the culm and air
comes together, it is again reduced
to the 10" line OF cast iron pipe. BY
far the most important part of this ap-
partus is the teed arrangement This
is placed Immediately below the hop
| per, which receives the refuse, all the
chutes being arranged 30 as to bring
the refuse 10 common center. The
refuse fed into the hopper is carried by
spiral couveyor or worm along
chamber when it drops into the blast
and is forced into the discharge
pipe and carried out along the line OF
cast pipe and thrown from 2j to l5O
feet from the end of the pipe, the larger
pieces going to the outer edge Of the
bank. The first cost of the above de
scribed plant is between 1900
aud 5000, including founda-
tiOns; aud to give our readers
better idea Of the cost of operating
aud the benefits derived from it, We
refer to tho plant at the E igerton
| Coal company, where they employed
daily eight men and boys and three
mules to handle the refuse, while after
the plant was put in the force was re-
duced to one man, at cost of Sl,9j
per day. In the month of October,
1891, this company shipped 90 PA W
tons, and paid $ejG. II, or oil per
ton for handling refuse, while in Oc-
loher, 1892 "a, $50 SO tons were shipped,
and the refuse was handled at cost Of
$32.B2. or .00l3 per ton. The above
plant is in successful operation at the
mines of tha Mt. Lookout Coal com.
pauy, the Northwest Coal company,
the ConnelI Coal company and the
Greenwood Coal company,
The present situation in the anthra-
cite trade is simply this. Business is
stagnant, demand is light, restriction
is now at the 80 per cent. point. as
compared with last February, and
may, after the fifteenth. go as low
as 40 per cent, The ruling price
for anthracite coal Of good brands,
free on board, net, is about as follows;
Broken, So 60; egg, So. 10; stovA, S4 10,
and chestnut, "a 10. Tue official cir
culsr which is still nominaIy quoted
is on basis of s. 80 for stove, These
prices will probably rule during the
balance of the winter, and may reCeda
10 cents for stove and chestnut There
is, as the Colliery Engineer points out,
really no money in the business
Mt these figures so long M the
mines are forced to restrict 50 per
cent. of their capacity. II they were
warranted in mining 70 psr cent. they
could make little money, or If re.
striction Of 80 per cent. stimulates
prices tho increase will represent u
margin Of profit. 1t is for these reas-
ons that the sales-lgents have not
taken official action on new circular,
preferring to allow the old circular to
rule nominally, and sell at the prices
quoted, thereby afforling the trade
sufficient elasticity to avail itself of
any change for the better, instead Of
being bound down by circular on the
| h,cf. of Z for k,u glnnll troIa
ditions warrant a higher price.
Thomas l.. Green has been Chos as.
sistant secretary of the Anthracite Coal
Operators association. He will occu-
by offices at 1906 and 1907 Havemeyer
Building on Cortlandt street, New
York The membership Of the asso-
citation now represents yearly tom
mage OF nearly H. 900, 900 IONS, estimat
ing the yearly output at 43. OOO, 900 tons
1t is 4 notable fact that the large COM
panies. at first disposed to look with
disfavor upon any banding together Of
the individual operators, are giving the
present association their cordial gym
pathy and support 1t has wisely been
said by one commentator on this point
that were its objects antagonistic to
the welfare OF the anthracite industry
tho companies would certainly not
adopt the very friendly attitude which
they had toward it,
Statement of shipments Of anthracite
coal Capproximstsd) for the week ended
Feb. 3, compared with the correspond.
ing period last year:
Regions 1894, 1893
Tons. Tons. Tons
Wyoming. $3.50 . Dos 500 Dec gjj 80,
Lehigh ..... S2J0l lil aii Dec. ~ ~
schuylkill,.. lG2iSl 2j323l Dec. 10 Oia
--s-.=
Total ...... igsI3i ss30ig Dec 3Sj "a
Total for
year to d 'tegsOS $50 ajSjO4 Dec. IiG ili
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