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THE SCRANTON, TRIBUNE- THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1900.
V
PREShNT CONDI riON
OF THE COAL TRADE
AS
BEEN FROM OPERATOR'S
POIi.i1 OF VIEW.
January Opena Under Favorable
Conditions The Prospectb for the
Trade During the Coming Months
Will Depend Upon the Action of
tho Froduieis as to Tonnage and
Prices Last Year Has Been One
of More Than Usual Interest in
the Anthracite Industry.
The Jnnu.iry letter of tin- Anthrnclti
Coal Opuatuis association s.i.s with
reference to tliu condition of the
markut:
The anthracite m.nket In Uci ember ic
fleLtcil the mild weather ilutltirf the
gnntcr part of tint monih. Dealers had
laid in full ritippllts aiitidp.iting an ac
tive demand, In tho absence of which
they made current hales from lliclr
blocks bujlng little to replenish them.
Notwithstanding the- falling off In eon
sumption, as compared with the pre
lous month, December iIom.i1 without
liny material Increase In the stocks car
ried by tho selling companies, nor, during
that month, was there any moement
r.ecci-ary to restrict tho tonnago pro
duced. January opens under favorablo condi
tions Stocks In the hands of retailors
nre about the ncrnge usually held; the
resores In the hands of the selling com
panies nre normal, consequently, tho cold
weather which m iv bo expected during
this and next month will c.iun a. steady
bmlng moement from dealers, In order
to keep their stock largo enough for theli
current demand. Such bulng will, of
tourso, decrease steadily to avoid storing
n surplus of high priced coal when lower
spring prices prevail, but It Is nut piolu
ble that tho htoiks now carried will be
nllowed to decrease bcfoio tho beginning
of next mouth.
In the New DrBlmil miiket. dealers
nte fairly well supplied nnd feel nble
to meet any demand caused by cold
weather. In the West, stocks aro un
usually small and had It not been for tho
datively mild weather, tho shortnga
would have had s-crious r suits. It Is
to be expected. In the event of cold
weather, tint n largo all-mil business
will bo done, and In anticipation of this,
fielphts lmo been advanced 50 cents per
ton, making the Chicago tato ?IW per
ton.
PROSPECTS FOIt TRADE.
Tho prospects fcr tho tr.ulu during tho
coming months will depend upon the ac
tion of tho producers ns to tonnago and
prices. Any oftort to fouo coal upon
tho market will react dKisiinus! on
prices. Tho utmost cure will be neocs
mry during tho am thieo months of tt'e
year to iicvent tho proiHiclloi: from e
coedlng the rormal consumption. Thero
is no occasion for eaiolcg l.itso quanti
ties of tin fuel in stock, uhete it can
bo used as a club In the market. Tlie
probable consumption must be carefully
t'tlmated and tho prrduitlon kopt well
within thl flguie. leaving a margin for
cxtin work, should u larger tonnage bo
required.
1'ilces will, of course, depend upon the
supply, but there Is no picsetu Intention
to sell at a lower llgure tlun now pre
vailing. The unusual scarcity of bituminous coil
has caused an eceptlonnll active de
mand for the anthracite small sls but
n jet no ipprec table luciousc In th.it tor
biokeu, though tho prko for the latter
clotelv approxln.ates that paid for smalt
quantities o' soft ccul. This condition Is
likely to bo aggravated t ext month, since
reducing tho output of nntluncltc to the
usual tonnago for Junuaiy nnd Vcbruaiy,
will decrease the supply of tho small
sizes, and bituminous mini s do not ex
pect to be relieved from their picssuic
until later In tho spring.
Tho ear Just closed has been one of
more than usual Interest In the anthrr.
cite Industry. It has wltncMcd changes
among tho tratispcrtatlon lines; largo
transfers of coal property an effort at
unity In tho mii'ingcmont of tho markets;
exception il activity In general Industrial
conditions which enlarged tho anthracite
market to tho extent of absorbing nil tho
tonnage which tho mires were cnibltd
to offer; a fuither, nnd admitted, reallzi
tlon on tho part of tho lnigo i nmpanies
that improved methods nro domnnded
for tho profitable continuance- of tho In
dustry, and tho surcessfu! Issuo of the
efforts of the individual operators to
bring about a reduction in tho excessive
rato of freight charged on their product.
CHANOE HAS TAKEN PLACE.
nut In no one thing I as there been a
greater result than In the i hango which
has taken place In tho attitude of those
intererted in the lnigo mining ujul trans.
-porutlon companies. Whllo they have
undoubtedly realized for a long tlmo that
changes werp desirable, there has not be
fore been so carrest a desire to ilnd a
Weans of correcting tho evils which h.ivo
developed, end to placo tho indusuy on a
permanently sound basis.
The year 1899 was an exceptionally fa
vorable one for the ronsldemlon of such
questions. Tho activity of tho niutket
wag so great that, durlns the first half
of, the year, the output required rela
tively little oontrol, and, since the com
panies were able to dlsposu of their pro
duct readily, they had no excuse fcr the
usual over-supply in July nnd August.
This period past, the mineit wore taxed
to their utmost to fill tho demnnd.
Prices, while not nearly so high as they
should have been early in the year,
showed a steady improvement nnd, as the
earnings of the companies were increased
through advancing rices and greater ton.
nage, it was natural that former differ
ences should dwindle In tho perspective
of the pntt, and great opportunities open
for the future.-lf thes conditions could
b maintained.
How this can he rinno tin still tn h
decided. A single company to handle tho
entire product Is a logical, and tho only
permanent, meant. Of rourse, the mme
Hit could tin accomnl short bv main.
Inimjr tha output within the demnnd.
ihli has. honucr, been utttn;teil iiu
often and Iihk failed to Hlenaily because
ono or tmotlier Interest placid u too 'lb
era) construction on Its exprettx'd inten
tlon, that It would bo hardly worth try
ltiR nijiiln unless If tho Influence, existed,
ono man was given control and power to
maintain It to the degree of summarily
removing those who failed to comply
with him suggestions.
WOULD CAUSE ARGUMENT.
Whatever plnn mlnht bo sucticsted or
considered would meet with numerous
objections. Thv various nnd complicated
details of tho operation of each Interest
would furnish fuel for argument after
argument ugnlnst one and another point,
and, as has been tho case bcfoie, the ef
forts to meet each would In tho end
make tho undertaking so complicated as
to bo Impossible of fulfillment. No plan
for tho gfiicral good of till could bo
enlert without each being willing to
lcld whero nccticary for harmony. In
other worde, such a project must be
evolved as a general plan and tho policy
of this plan fully considered nnd dls
cumed before the various members aro
fitted Into the shell. This fitting process
must be u buslncrs proposition, Irrespec
tlvo of any other considerations.
The ndjustm.nt of the anthracite trade
on a iiuilltuble bals would have on in
fluencp far bond tho operators, rail
rendu ami employes directly Interested.
The rn.tl operators nre heavy investors
In numerous manufacturing and Indus
trial Intel cits throughout this country,
nnd tho owners of ieeiirltl In the roll
road hac l.irsc Investments rliewhere.
Anvthlnp which would horlously cripple
tho nntrnrlte Industry would show Us
effirt In these, with results most In
jurious to the commercial progress of
tho entire country.
INDUSTRIAL JOTTINGS,
Delaware nnd Hudson Company Im
provementsInteresting Railroad
Gossip D., I. & W. Board.
I'ollowlng Is tho make-up of the
Dolnw.np, Itckawnnna and Western
board for today:
Thursday, Jan. IS, 1000.
WILD CAT. SOUTH.
1 a. m-i:. M. Ilallett.
2 n. m P. I). Secor.
J a, tn P. P. Stevens, vxlth C. Bartholo
mew's men
4 n. in J. Huiklnrt.
I ."0 n. m W. K. "Mann.
(.TO n. m. S Pineity.
S a. m. O. Case, with II. T, Fellows'
men.
0 a. m. T. Kltrpatilek.
10 a. m J. Swartz.
II n. m. J. Hush.
1 p. m J. Devlnc.
1 p. m J. Hrook.
2 p m I. Cnvanaugh, with Gerrlty's
men.
" p. m. I' Duffy, with O. Wallnco's men.
4 4S p. m. W. A. liartholomew.
4 45 p. m. O. Kearney.
SUMMITS.
T a. m , south G. Prounfolkcr.
10 CO a. m.. south Mot.ane, with Wur-
rlck's men.
11 o. m , south H. Buh.
11 SO a. 1 1., north J. 12 Masters.
C p. m , south-J. M. Madlgan.
PUI.LUnS.
10 n. m. recklus.
PUSHERS.
6 20 a. m , south House r.
11 "0 a. m.. south M. Moran.
T p m , south M. Mtirphv.
10 oO p. m., south C. Cawley.
PASSI2NGER KNOINCS.
7 a. m Wldcnor.
C 30 p. m McGovern.
WILD CATS, NORTH.
0 a. m , 2 engines t. Doudlenn.
U.'O a. in . 2 engines O. Hill.
1 p. m , 2 engines John Onhngnn.
4 "0 p m., 2 engines s Cnrmody.
6 p. m., 2 engines O. Randolph.
D. & H. Improvements.
The Dolawaic nnd Hudson Is con
templatlnR an Improvement which Is
of vast concein to the public nnd the
cmploves. The company some tlmo
ago filled the pond hole between thet
main Hacks nnd the Wyoming Valley
Ice house with culm for the purpose o
moving tho main line thereon and
avoiding tho interfeienco that it occa
sioned by tho incessant moving of tho
coal nnd fi eight cars in tho yards be
tween Matket and Scott streets.
The mov ing of the main line will al
low the yard engines to do their shift
ing continuously, as it is the intention
of tho company to connect the new
branch at fcott street and run it along
side of the ice house to tho Valley roal.
Numerous other sidings will be con
structed and the facility for holding
cits will be Increased considerably.
This piopoFed plan will do away with
the many tracks about the round house
and the coaches that stand on these
side tracks will be placed on one of
the new sidings near the freight depo.
The company also Intends to build
nn addition to their freight house, pro
viding the consent of the mayor and
council can be procured. The present
building Is much too small for the
wants of the department.
It is also Intended to build nn nddl
tlon to the round house to hold all the
of the engines. At present a number
of the locomotives are left standing on
Ul Non-Irritating
Cathartic
Kasy to take, easy to operate
Our
Entire Stock
of Diamonds.
Watches,
Jewelry and
Unredeemed
Pledges Are
Now Sold at
Auction to the
Highest Bidder,
as We Must
Vacate the Store
We Now Occupy
by April 1.
Davidow Bros
227 Lackawanna Ava.
a siding outside the round house.-Wllkes-Barrc
News.
This and
Tnat.
The Knickerbocker Ice company, Rt
New Haven, has received the contract
to All tho Ico houses of the Central
Railroad company at Ashley, Mnuch
Chunk, Mountain Park nnd Beranton.
About S00 tons will be required.
The Ontario railway opens the yoar
1900 with an ndvance In the first week's
lecelpts of $11,095 over the snms week
In 1S99. As favorable a year is the last
one was It Is believed that tho prewn:
year will show a great gain on any pre
vious one.
It Is rumored that the Leriah Vol
ley Railroad company will bult 1 n tele
graph line between TunkhnmHc and
Montrose. Five hundred twenty-foot
poles have been ordered of J ihn M.
Jennings, of Mehoopany, to be deliv
ered at Tunkhannock before Jan. IS.
The New York Tribune states that
tho New York Central Is likely to como
Into possession of the Delaware and
Hudson between Albany and Montreal,
either by lease or purchase, but It Is
not probable that it will absorb tho
Albany and Susquehanna nor any part
of tho Delaware and Hudson extending
to Wilkes-Dane, Scranton and Hones
dale. A railroad tricycle has been received
at tho supervisor's office of the Central
lailroad at Ashley. It Is to be ued by
the supervisor in discharging his du
ties. The tricycle weighs about seventy-live
pounds and can ho doubled up
nnd readily lifted from the track. It
has two wheels, two feet in diameter
each, on one side, and another one foot
In diameter on the opposite side, ench
with a flange to fit the rail and a three
quarter Inch rubber tire. The machine
is propelled by foot or hand power.
The Question of
the Purity
of all articles for table
use should be most
important in every
household, as adulter
ants are dangerous.
MACHINE-HADE
TEA reaches you ab
solutely PURE. Harm,
ful substances are not
necessary to . make
THIS TEA palatable
or pleasing to the eye.
DIRECTIONS. Use lefes tea and In
fuse ihltEG to FIVU minutes. Al
ways use boiling water.
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
iBl !.!
Ceylon Tea
REFRESHING. PEUCIOU3
Bold only in L.nd rkn.
50o, 60c, and 70c par pound.
UPTON'S
9
CEYLON
TEAS
ARE THE BEST
For Sale by All Grocers.
1 Big
Ladies'
GommoQ
Sense
50c Rnbkrs
for
25c.
Sizes iyi, 3,
3 34, 4, kyi
All
MYER
The Cheapest Shoe
jfiitftt1l
1111
tl0i3
Tit
&HLAUA
FALLING
HAIR
RESTORED
by warm shampoos with Ctmcciu Soap, fol
lowed by light dressings with Goticura, put
est of emollients and greatest of skin cures.
This treatment will clear the scalp and balr
of cnuts, scales, and dandruff, soothe irrl.
tated. itching surface, stisralata tas kale
follicles, supply tho roots with energy xA
notirlehtnent, and produce luxuriant lustrous
hair with clean, wholeeome scalp.
EoJltTtrrvhn. PoTTtp.iiC.Coi. o Praps.
glllll$l!llllg
rx Tits MotiBv llAiinw vuie Sroiti -r-
ioiE i
1 1 HEATERS 1
l S Handy to have one in S
I 55 the house during; cold or 55
I ( I damp weather. Have you jjjf
I seen the B. & B Heater? 55
g With Bail H
1 $'?a I
iwi Foote & Shear Co. stts
flg H9N. Washington Ave M
:3I!3HIIII!33II.BN
NEW YORK HOTELS.
The St. Denis
Broadway and Eleventh St., Naw York,
Opp. Orace Church. Europe-! Plan.
Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards.
In a roodest and unobtrusive way there
are few better conducted hotels In the
metropolis than the St. Denis.
The (treat popularity it has acquired can
readily be traced to Its unique location.
Its home-like atmosphere, the peculiar ex
cellence of its cuisine and service, and Its
very moderate prices.
WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON,
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
Cor. Sixteenth St and Irrhj Plui,
NEW YORK.
AMERICAN PLAN,
Day and Upwards.
LUHOFKAN PLAN,
Day and Upwards.
$3.51) Per
$1.50 Per
I. D. CRAWFORD,
Proprietor.
t
For Business Men
In the heart of the wholesale
district.
For choppers
S minutes' walk to Wnrmmnkers;
S minutes to Slpfiel Cooper's Ulg
Store. Easy of access to the great
Dry uooas stores.
For Sightseers
One block from E'woy Cars, giv
ing easy transportation to all
points of Interest.
t HOTEL ALBERT i
X NEW YORK.
Cor. 11th ST. k UNIVKnSITT PL. -f
4- Only one Block from Broadway.
t Rooms, $1 Dp. Pc..,RA.u.?.AnfSbr,. i
The Dickson Manufacturing Co.
fccranton and Wllket-narre, Pa,
Manufac.urer of
LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY ENQ1NES
Boilers, Hoisting and Pumping Machinery.
General Office, Scranton, Pa.
MADE ME A MAN
, AJAX TABLETS TOSmVELYCDEE
orT.Ippotencr, BlotrlousMa, eto, oceej
br Abuse or othir JIicomm and Iadlr
notions. Thev.tttMilu.amt turttu
nctoroLostVltiUtr in olaorretmr.t&l
utaaanraritndy. buslneufir marrtavn.
RsSBI'rtTnat Imonltr end Conjunction if
.onlntlxno. ThelmvA ahowa lmraeill&ta Imnrovo
nentned (Cecta a CORE nbere all other fail!.-.
eltt upon hating the eennlno Alr.x Tablets. Thtj
nsTocarcataoniandsonilwillcnrojoa. vorlroQto
itiroTirUttaeuarantnatoclxtBeuro CflflVQ in
oachcaMcr rstondtho nonor. PrlcoWUUIOtrcr
rBcl.nri or.cts 1U103 (fall trcatxant) for (2.C9. Br
mail, la plain wropner. nnon irclpt ot rrleo. i Ircnlor
"" AJAX REfAEDY CO., tSSSSTm
For sale in Scranton, Pa., by Matthovn
Bros, and H. C. Sanderson, Druggists.
Sale on Men's
Russet and Enamel
$3 and $4 Shoes,
stylish, all sizes, all widths,
$1.98, $2.48 "'$2,791
DAVIDOW
Store.
307
ConnoltySifallac
The Muslin
Underwear Sale
Is in full blast. Our best efforts have been applied to the '
stock as you'll see it this week. We -are sure that frugal
buyers will yield us their appreciation. We are conscious 1
of having achieved great values and want you to see them
Corset Covers, 1 Oc, 1 2Jc, 25c
Drawers, 1 9 Cents, 25 Cents
Gowns, 48 Cents, 60 Cents,
Skirts, 48 Cents, 75 Cents
CONNOLLY & WALLACE,
-------t
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
OF SCRANTON.
DEPOSITARY OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Capital SSOO.000
surplus A0O.000
WM. CONNELL, President.
HENRY DELIN, Jr., VlccPrer.
WILLIAM H. PECK, Caihirr.
At Retail.
Coal of the beat quality for domestic
use and of all sizes, including Buckwheat
and Blrdasye, delivered In any part of
the city, it the lowest price.
Orders received at the nfllce, Connrll
building. Room 806: telephone No. 1762. or
at the mine, telephone No. Z7i, will ha
promptly attended to. Dealers supplied
at the mine.
MOUNT PLEASANT COAL CO
Iff llntarf ,0 unfortunate iuOt-h from
Youthful Errori. Lou V Itallu Vtricecee cie
mb1 fur Sworn T.ttmontalt .od "cck "
" Truth to Vnt. , r. 1 II KM, M. I) ,
104 Verth Hltlh St., I'hll.drlnbla, .
l'a. I'uiltlr.IT tn on r ipft i it la tlt .
nlrahil Mmtata Ia mntm ai.n thuiith iKs ntattl a1rttv1 flr
UUtr.lfrl Frfibcueicurfdla 1 to lOiltvi Hour? S9
?TTTTf
T-V-T
' T T T T T
cut to
Lackawanna Avenue.
M0UT PLEASANT COAL
;
9
Men's
Robbers,
Nearly ,
All
Sizes,
at
SCRANTON'S SHOPPING CENTER.
SPECIALS
Carpets.
"W'p aro coming to the close of the
largest year's business wo have ever
know n.
What does this mean except that
we have given better service than any
other concern In this city, and aro in
a position to do it for the coming
jear7
It means, besides, that tho makers
come to us ilrt because wo are the
largest customer? and offer us first
choice of their goods.
Wo buy certain patterns and control
them In tho finer Axmlnsters and
Wiltons and the next largest buyer
can buy the next best pattetns. and
(If he bus enough) control them.
01 course we are headquarters for
WALL PAPER and DRAPERIES
WILLIAMS & ITANULTY,
129 WYOMING AVENUE.
L 111 I
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacturers 3r
OLD STOCK
PILSNER
435 to 4S5
N. Ninth Street,
PA
mull i n
Telephone Call, 2333.
OR. DBNTEN, jii Sprue Slr.it. Scran
ton, Ptv ll 'cut. am Chronic DUeoci ol
Men, om'n n,ChllJ'.n. Conaulta Ian in 1
(lamination tre Ollls Mojr Dally and
bun lay o a. to 9 p. .
127 and 129
WASHINGTON AVENUE
Wilton,
Axminster,
Velvet,
Brussels,
Ingrain.
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimnmiHiiiHiii
Umbrellas
Repaired
or
Recovered.
Skates
Sharpened
I at
i FLOHEY I BROOKS' 1
S 211 Wash 1 nut on Ave.
E We can show you the 1900 S
s Model Chainless Bicycle if you a
I will calL I
nillllBllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIinSllllllli
THE
;ic POWDER CO,
Booms 1 nnd'2, Com'llh B'l'd'g.
SCRANTON, PA.
Hining and Blasting
12
POWDER
Mada at Mooilo and Huib lalo Worici,
LAPLIN ft RAND POWDDR CO.'S
ORANQE OUN POWDER
Kl'Ctrla Itatterlet'aKlootrla Kxplol.rt.
eilodliu blaiti, safety KuuajI
Repauno Clratilcal Ca's "o".
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