The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-01-05
Virginia Coal In Brazil.

Cousrl-GcneraI Eugere Seeger' "'''i"N
from Rio Janeiro to the State Department
under date OF november stb, says
at may interest the American coal
trade 10 learn about the bids which we're
rendered to the Brazilian Government, on
october sIa, for 10000 tons Of steam
coal for the Central railway of Brazil.
"The bids we're as follows:
"fD Toms Creek Coal aud Coke Com
pany. Of yirgiuln, to deliver at the wharf
"a 25s. l0d. (s6.2s) per ton, pias z m'''e's
US cent-j to the wharf.
"t2) The Brazilian Ccal Company, Cory
Brothers. to deliver in the railway wagons
at 35s. (s7.79).
"lg) Visconde Rodrigues de 0liveira,
TO deliver beet Cardiff C. {. at US Va
1920.
"l4) The Tredegar Iron and Coal Com.
pany, to deliver Tredegar coal c. IL l. al
Dos. IOd. ($I26).
"(5) Empreza Industrial Brazlleirs,
Candida Caetano Ferraz, to deliver Ctruih
best steam C. i. f. at 2ss Sd. ts7.NI.
"(G) Norton Megaw & Co, New River
Coal, run of mine, C. j. {. at 27s lld(so.'s)'
an John Sunley & Co., London; vii.
son Sons Il Co., to deliver best CardIff
steam coal C. i. f. at BIS. I'd. per Ton
EI72).
"(s) john Carew Co, to deliver Eir-
ginia coal c. l. E. at Ses. 3D. per ton l*o'S0l'
.'f0) Joao Cordoiro da Graca, to de-
liver best Cardiff steam coal C. /. T. at 2os'
Cd. 1858 per ton.
"uO) Marianne do Medeiros, 10 deliver
best Cardiff steam coal C. j. f. at 2Ss. I'd.
$500 per ton.
"uD Lage Irmaos, to deliver Powell
Dufryn coal in the cars at BIS. SoO3) per
ton: TO deliyer Croyap patent fuel in the
cars at 32s ($179) per toni TO deliver
80 900 tons of POcahontas steam coal into
the railway wagons ut 29s. ($1.O6) per ton,
exclusive of Clause III, OF the call Tor
tenders"
"The bid No. IL Of Lage Irmaos was
made, it will be noted, exclusive Of clause
3 of the call for tenders, which reads {"
follows,
"The coal must be deliyered i4 large
lumps; not more than per cent of small
coal of the size Of 20 cubic inches being
admitted.
VIRGINIA BID LOWEST.
at will be seen by the above that one
of the American bids, that of the Toms
Creek Coal and Coke Company, of Yir-
GINA, for 25s. lOd., is far the lowest OF all.
The American coal offered in competition
with the so. called Cardiff coal IS certainly
Of equal quality, if not better, than the
English varieties, and therefore it would
seem that the contract should be awarded
to the Americans. The matter, however,
will probably not be decided before the
new President has entered upon his duties,
November 18th.
ain connection with this matter, the
following newspaper clippings may be OF
interest:
(FTOm the Brazilian ReYieW.)
"The Toms Creek Coal and Coke Com
pany has consigned a trial shipment OF
excellent coal TO this market, which has
lust arrived and been discharged at rate
that il rather unusual in this easygoing
port, 5000 tons having been discharged III
nine days, or $50 tons per diem, whilst the
usual rate does not much exceed $50 tons.
The Toms Creek coal comes from Pulaski,
in Virginia. and is said to he better for
steam purposes than even the Pocahontas,
that 80 much has been heard Of lately. AT
present. what with the Dissatisfaction
caused by the strike and substitution OF
Scotch coal for Welcb, taken with the
dissatisfaction rampant amongst coffee
shippers, many Of whom would support a
movement that would insure competition
with the actual shipping lines, the moment
could not be better chosen for an attack
on what hitherto Was regarded as a
British monopoly, and which Britishers
will have to look sharply after IN fntHrS If
they do not wish to lose it"
From the Times of Argentina
ave have seen the Pocahontas coal
from Virginia that has lately arrived here,
and, unless more care he taken in screen
ing it, tie chances are that strong com
plants will be made by consumers. The
coal is very soft and liable TO eFHmble. 1t
does not bear much handling, and special
care should therefore be exercised in hay-
ing it we'll screened before shipment.
The samples we have seen cOntais too
much dast for any practical purpose, but
we presume that more care in the ship
ment will be taken in future, if there be q
disposition on the part of those interested
to cater for hold in this market. Both
the Norfolk aud Newport News coal have
sufficient difficulties 10 contend against
with regard to freight and quality as com
pared with Welsh coal, without having
those difficulties increased by means of
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