New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
COAL PRICES NAY GO Up.
BELIEF THAT THERE WILL BE A RISE
OF % CENTS A TON
USUAL RATE FOR IEHIGH STOVE COAL OF THE
FIRST QUALITY s. %. But UPTOWN PEOPLE
OFTEN HAVE TO PAY MORE.

FIRST QUALITY s. %. But UPTOWN PEOPLE
OFTEN HAVE TO PAY MORE.
From all accounts at present the outlook for the
price Of the coal NcwYorkers will use TO warm them
selves and cook with this winter. is somewhat un-
certain one There is a general feeling among the
retail dealers Of the city however, that there Will
probably be a rise OF 2 cents ton or thereabouts
which IL enough to pinch a large number OF the
city's poor badly. In oil cases II ere seems 10 nc
general impression that the decision rests entireiy
with the mighty wholesale dealer. and that retail
ren will not make much. whatever happens.
There has been, II Is true. moro or less
fuetuating rise In coal prices for the last year
and n half due directly TO the advances market
by the mine-owners But they contend that this
Is not done with malice prepense. having Simply
resulted from the workings of the law OF supply
and demand. and that all they have done Is TO
make an agreement mot TO go into bankruptcy
The ,sua, price for Lehgh stove coal OF IN" mrs,
quality IS now s. % n ton when delivered at the
sidewalk In front Of the purchasers housN
Franklin II. Knower. who Is connectei "''i 'he
firm of Jeremiah Skidmores Sons, whn have an
office at No I,road-st.. quoted s. % as the pr'
for the bts quality OF Lehigh stove coal.
I'VE dump It In your coa-cellar at that figure. "
II isn't TOO much trouble. he added. f'afiy "S'
year the coal sold for $. That was the spring
price which we always make lower. as an IN
cenive to our customers TO get In their coal earlier
IN the season and get the work of our hands
Well that coal went up ~ cents In the fal. ana
the following April 1t dropped to s. p. In July II
reached the s. 30 mark again. and since September
has stood at s. 75 Furnace and egg Goals have
keep about even with the stove coal though some
OF the larger &C al OF the best quality Is worth
a5 or 80 cents more ton. because II is pure.
think It likely that may have an advance in
the price. Stove coal may reach the 50 mark IT
should do so in order enable the retailers 10
make their average seasons profit. as they have
not been advancing prices In tho same proportion
as wholesale dealers have for the last year. The
range Of prices will depend largely on the wcahe-
A good cold snap will advance the value OF the
commodity"
F. H. Marston Of Marston & Son. No 81 Beaver
ST.. said that he had quoted s. as the price
for a ton of the best grade of coal in all sizes,
In this spring and in Of 1885, and s. 2J in this
and last years autumn Il do not look for a rise
of more than 2j cents at the utmost" he added.
land should be surprised II thcr" were none al
all. Tho mid llcmen will make nothing by IT, II II
does come.
Whether the trust is to be In evidence or not this
winter its power seems to be feared In some quar-
Company, No 2l2 South-st.. reporter met "A
refusal discuss prices, the ground that those
who m~ddcd with the big wholesale dealers affairs
were to meet punishment.
In spite OF the figures which the retail dealers OF
the CITY claim TO sell the best quality OF stove coal
at however IL is we'll known that many OF them.
especially the uptown men. do not actually deliver
il at less than Sc 81 % ton II Is not i'm
probable, therefore. that larger advance In price
than 25 cents ton may be expected this winter