New-York tribune., 1900-12-21
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1900
THE PASSING THRONG.

R. a, Blackstone OF Wheeling. w Va. in speak
ing yesterday at the Waldorf Astoria Of the coal
trade outlook said: There Is great
THE COAL activity in the coal trade just now.
TRADE OUT and the shortage in Europe IL
LOOK TO me. will prove of great
ultimate advantage to America.
At present we are unable to take full advantage
of it, owing 10 lack of boats 10 convey the coal to
Europe, and we are also hampered by the lack of
facilities for handling the coal when get IL
there Both Of these drawbacks we hope to remedy
in the near future and to be able TO supply the
full the demand for our coal in Europe It is Curl
Gus. but coal and ore are handled more efficiently
and in lass time upon the Great Lakes than upon
the Atlantic seaboard They far ahead OF
our seaboard cities in handling coal and in the
Great Lakes ports as seaboard cities are
ahead OF the European ports In many European
ports vessels are still unloaded by hand and il
are used to more modern methods the delay and
trouble OF 1t are simply maddening. II you have not
seen them work on the Great Lakes IL would be
revelation / remember one case where six thou
Sand ton ooat came INTO huron; think 1t was. too
late In the day TO take and, in fact. there
Range. forty miles away. Although that ore had to
be dug from the ground loaded on the cars and
transported forty miles, so expediuOusy was the
work carried on that by O'Clock the following
evening even & they were warpng that six thousand ton
viii give you an idea of how they work. They will
tons of ore and tip il on board bodily. It is really
wonderful. We viii apply the same methods to the
european coal trade in order TO handle it eco
nomically and we'll"
Did you ever go coon hunt?'' said P H
Bnley Of Richmond. Va, at the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel yesterday. Its really very ex-
HUNTING citing and we'll worth trying. You
COONS hunt them after dark. and the coon
IN THE invariablv cova-e a good strat~b ~
SOUTH territory before being compelled to
take to a tree. 1t is almost always
from half an hour to hour from the time The
coon IS hrst started to the time he is compelled to
take TO the tree. The dogs go off on the 'coon's
Ial4 and you follow after as fast as possible. When
the pace gets too hot the coon takes to the highest
Tree ne can ind and the dogs see that he stays
tnere until the hunters come up. Usually the coon
Is at the top Of the hghes tree in that part Of
country and up it mountaineer promptly climbs
Win W. Inc speed and agility Of his simian ancestor
cdA get at the coon the coon usually finds it
49, ~ ana transforming himself into para
clle sets saii for the earth beneath. I'll bet even
money you can chuck d coon off the top OF the
S Su ETY. Building and he'll alight the
S1Uara q Hqnhurt No matter how high the tree. he
however, II is different. There is at once MKT
ue OF eroWls. snars and short barks and then
ensues as fast and game fight could wish
10 see When it over what is left OF the coon is
aIter another home as the case NAV be-
sometimes though. the coon will get out on a
me tree has to DE chopped down Then it's about
an even chance that the coon may get into another
tree oeIore he can be killed When the coon Is
treed II weird sight There you all are in the
only by the pine torches carried by the party The
negroeS are grouped around. their glistening eyes
1o L91rneo upward IN the attempt to catch first
dogs at the trees base completes the picture It's
mighty good sport, coon hunting and IL II comes
your way should advise you to take it In