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42 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
got $16,000,000 of this. He now asks for con­
cessions amounting to $5,000,000 per vear more.
or a total of $15,000,000 in three years. Add this
to the other $16,000,000 and you have a total of
$31,000,000, leaving a deficit for the operators. It
is evident Mitchell has made large demands in
order to make liberal concessions when the time
conies."
SEVEN MONTHS EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Exports of coal and coke from the United States
for the seven months ending July 31 are reported
by the bureau of statistics of the department of
commerce and labor as follows:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Anthracite 1.402,057 1.417,789 I. 15,732
Bituminous 3,386,041 3.824,452 I. 438.411
Total coal 4.788,098 5,242,241 1.454,143
Coke 311,102 342,126 I. 3L024
Totals 5,099,200 5,584,367 1.485,167
The coke went chiefly to Mexico, with some shipped
to Canada also; the latter being taken by
blast furnaces in Ontario. The coal exports were
distributed as follows:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Canada 3,566.938 3,930.143 1.363,205
Mexic ° 544,550 540.823 D. 3^727
Cuba 257,174 283,598 I. 26,424
Other West Indies.. 159,994 181,357 I. 21363
Prance 9,704 651 D. g',053
Italy 53.580 51,771 D. 1,809
Other Europe 39,452 lo.SbO D. 23,592
Other countries. .. . 156.706 23S.03S I. 8L332
Total 4.7SS.098 5,242,241 I. 454,143
The greater part of the exports are to adjacent
countries—Canada, Mexico, Cuba and the other
West Indies. The coal to other countries goes
principally to South America. Exports to Canada
in detail were as follows:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Anthracite 1,383,558 1,398,252 I. 14 694
Bituminous 2,183,380 2,531.891 I. 348^511
Total 3,569,938 3.930,143 1.363,205
Imports of coal, into the United States for the
seven months ending July 31 are reported by the
bureau as follows:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Canada 715,724 753,643 I. 37,919
Great Britain 53,601 27,526 D. 26,075
Other Europe 50 114 1. 64
Ja P an 33,722 39.058 L 5,336
Australia 122,855 85,898 D. 36,957
Other countries.... 977 38 D. '939
Total 926,929 906,277 D. 20,652
CHANGES AMONG READING OFFICIALS.
The management of the Reading Coal & Iron
Co. has made something like a score of changes
among important operating officials in the past
six months. All look to the instilling of younger
blood into the company's affairs. Following the
recent retirement of aged John Veith as mining
superintendent, who was succeeded by Reese Tas-
ker, comes the official announcement of the retire­
ment of Superintendent John Maguire, of the
Pottsville division. George B. Hardesty, of Hazle­
ton, an official of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Co.,
is appointed to succeed Mr. Maguire. The latter
is a veteran of the civil war and was one of cap­
tors of Jefferson Davis. The jurisdiction of E. E.
Kaercher, superintendent of the Tremont division,
is extended to cover the Minersville division. J.'
W. Morrison, outside foreman of Alaska colliery,
is promoted to be outside superintendent of the
Minersville division. J. H. Lee, outside foreman
of the St. Nicholas colliery, is promoted to be out­
side superintendent of the Tremont division. The
campaign of changes started with W. J. Richards
being taken over from the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre
Co. He succeeded R. C. Luther as general manager,
in charge of all the Reading's interests at
Pottsville. Beyond his exceptional value to the
company as a thorough and tireless operating official
he has won the steadfast loyalty of the employes
in measure never before attained.
PERFECTING PITTSBURGH C& WEST­
MORELAND COAL CO. MERGER.
The Pittsburgh & Westmoreland Coal Co. of
Pittsburgh, capital $3,000,000, was incorporated at
Harrisburg, September 13.This is the company
which is merging the Hazel Kirk Coal Co.. capital
$1,000,000; the Shoenberger Coal Co.. capital $668-
000; the Penn Manor Shaft Co., capital $632 000the
Pittsburgh & Connellsville Coke Co., capital
$700,000, and the Pittsburgh & Westmoreland Coal
Co. The combined tonnage will be about 2,000,000
the year. Coal acreage owned is 6,000. Officers
named in the papers approved by Governor Pennypacker
are D. W. Kuhn, president; H. K Knopf
vice-president; S. A. Davis, secretary; W A Lyon'
treaturer; and J. H. Roelfs, all of Pittsburgh'
H. A. Kuhn is general manager and George A
Magoon, sales manager. The companv holds
some exceptionally valuable assets in its gas coal
properties.
With the one thing on which there is accord in
the anthracite "situation," avowedly, "it is too
early to talk," there's surely no dearth of "quote"
and "inspired" stuff getting into print.