The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-06

1ne American sheet and Tin Plate
Co. last Friday advanced the price of
blue annealed sheets 81 ton. lnde-
pendent concerns have also advanced
selling prices 81 a ton on black and 81
ton on the galvanized product The
new scale of the American Sheet and
Tin Plate Co. on blue annealed
sheets is: Nos. to s, S1.G5; Nos. 9
and 10, S1.70; Nos. II and II, $l.75;
Nos. Il and Ia, $780, Nos. 10 and lG,
$l90.
The schedule of the Independent
companies on annealed and galvan-
lied is: Nos. II to 81, $2.O5; Nos. %
to "a, $2.1O; Nos. % and &c, $2.15; No.
81, S2.25; No. 2S, $3.50; No. 80. $2.4O.
Galvanized: Nos. IL to IA, $3.50; Nos.
Is and 16, $2.45; Nos. II to 21, $2G5,
Nos. % to "a, $40; Nos. 25 and 2G,
$3.50; No. %, $31O; No. 2S, $3.25; No.
20, $685.; No. 80, $500.
The Monongahela River ,Consoldat-
ed Coal and Coke Company last from
100000 to 100000 as a result of
the storm in the lower Mississippi
Valley, although the exact amount
cannot be determined, according to
George w. Thesis. presiden. of the
company. The loss in coal was ap.
proxlmately S,325,0OO bushels Mr..
Thesis said:
Our loss included practically all
the coal adoat at New Orleans, Baton
Rouge, Bayou Sara, La, and, Matches,
Miss. amounting to 332 coalboats
money loss of wEjch, after making
reasonable allowance for salvage. will
probably reach from s600,000 TO $70O,.
00O."
Most of the coal will be recovered
by digging, and water diggers. barges
and boats will be rushed to the scene!
Mr.. Thesis received the following re-
port from r. w. Wilmot, manager Of
the company, in New Orleans:
George W. Thesis, President, Pitts
burg. Pa.
Dear Sir-Your company's losses
here by the storm are appalling. All
wires are down and we have not yet
received full reports. AS nearly as
We can make out everything at VIII
low Grove was lost; everything at
Coalport but two dumpboats and one
boat of coal sank. At Algiers Schnei
dau lost one full boat and part of a
boat of coal. We lost part of a boat
of coal and the tug Carrie b. was
torn loose, capsiZed and went down in
deep water, becoming total loss. We
sent 4 man to Baton Rouge to get
news of the feet there, but he has
not returned. We fear, however
that there must have been great loss
there.
Everything possible was done to
keep your property afioat, but it was
humanly impossible to resist the
great waves which rolled over the
fleets and submerged them. Never has
the writer seen such a hurricane. OF
course, large part of the coal can be
recovered, and we suggest that you
send us n lot of empty barges to put
it in. We are writing this hastily to
get word to you as soon as possible
and hope to send you telegram from
some point in the interior.
r. w. WILMOT, Manager.
Almost the entire supply of winter
coal for New Orleans was lost. The
company carries an insurance fund o,
its own, and whatever amount is in
the fund at the present time will be
available to apply toward the loss
The amount in the fund at the close
OF business for the last fiscal year
ending November, 1908, was 100000
The miners in the Charleroi mines
have settled the controversy over the
use of carbonite by agreeing to have
test of the explosive to determine
whether it is more expensive than
black powder.