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INDUSTRIAL PROWESS OF PITTSBURGH
PRESENTED TO INTERNATIONAL CON­
GRESS IN BELGIUM BY VICE-PRESIDENT
ANDERSON OF THE PITTSBURGH CHAM­
BER OF COMMERCE.
Discussing Pittsburgh and its industrial advantages
before the recent International Congress
of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial
Corporations at Lifge, Belgium, Mr.
George H. Anderson, vice-president of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce, said in part:
The great coal producing fields of which Pittsburgh
is the center are estimated to contain coal
sufficient to last 700 years at the present rate at
which the district is mined, viz.; about 35,000,000
tons per annum. In cheapness and excellence this
coal has a world-wide reputation and is a prime
factor in securing to Pittsburgh its pre-eminence
in industrial enterprises. Not only so, but with
unlimited coal deposits and favorable transportation
rates by rail to the Atlantic coast and water
to the gulf, other countries will pay tribute to
Pittsburgh for fuel supply in the future, aside
from being in itself a prime factor in economic
conditions, assuring industrial supremacy in perpetuity.
To move the enormous burden of traffic (not
considering freight in transit) in the year just
ended required 2,600,000 cars, containing 80,000.-
000 tons. Estimating the river and harbor traffic
at 10,000,000 tons, you have a total in tons of 90,-
000,000 for the Pittsburgh district. Eleven railways
are required to carry this freight, and even
with so large an equipment the service falls short
of carrying all the business that is offered.
Pittsburgh coal is carried 2,000 miles by the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans and
the Gulf of Mexico at $1 per ton, paying a profit
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 53
on its transportation. Raihvay freight would not
be less than $8, which would be simply prohibitive,
while in the other case it can be delivered
at tidewater and compete successfully for
the world's trade. A fleet of boats towed by one
steamer carried 50,000 tons to New Orleans. An
ordinary fleet will carry 12,000 to 25,000 tons.
The navigable streams of the great Mississippi
and Ohio valleys carry a burden of over 25,000,000
tons annually, which is distributed from the headwaters
of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico; thence
to the world's markets.
The total burden of traffic now carried annually
on the Ohio river and its navigable tributaries is
estimated at 20,000,000 tons, official reports giving
the harbor of Pittsburgh credit for 10,000.000 tons.
RECENT COAL TRADE PATENTS.
The following patents recently granted of interest
to the coal trade are reported expressly for
THE COAI. TRADE BTIXETIX by J. M. Nesbit, patent
attorney. Park building, Pittsburgh, Pa., from
whom printed copies may be procured for 15
cents each:
Compressed air water elevator, A. W. Drake,
Lattimer Mines, Pa.; 800,277.
Coal cutting machine, also mining machine (2),
C. O. Palmer. Cleveland, O.; 800,478 and 800.479.
Device for holding checks upon mine cars, J. M.
Wysor, Mannering, W. Va.; 800,781.
Machine for operating coal augers, J. H. Htthn,
Gypsy, W. Va.; 800,920.
Machine for operating coal augers, J. H. Huhn,
Uniontown, Pa.; S00.013.
Mining car, A. C. Latimer, Meadow Lands, Pa.;
801,147.
Miner's pick, Alexander Walker and R. W.
Mewes, Whatcheer, la.; 801.166.
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