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THE FOREIGN COAL TRADE.
The following are the principal available items
of the foreign coal trade:
Imports of fuel in France for the three months
ending March 31 were as follows, in metric tons:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Coal 2,774,760 2,383,660 D. 391,100
Coke 413,590 371,340 D. 42,250
Briquettes 138.240 106,350 D. 31,890
Total 3,326,590 2,861,350 D. 465,240
Exports of fuel from France for the three
months ending March 31 were as follows, in metric
tons:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Coal 269,500 466,500 I. 197,000
Coke 31,241 67,320 I. 36,079
Briquettes 21,197 11,390 D. 9,807
Total 321,938 545,210 I. 223,272
Exports of fuel from Germany for the four
months ending April 30 were as follows, in metric
tons:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Coal 6,011,604 5,413,723 D. 597,881
Brown coal 6.635 6,300 D. 335
Coke 905,801 798,057 D. 107,744
Total 6,924,040 6,218,080 D. 705,960
Imports of fuel into Germany for the four
months ending April 30 were as follows, in metric
tons:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Coal 1,863,348 3,235,416 1.1,372,068
Brown coal 2,566,707 2,669,995 I. 103,288
Coke 175.474 246,584 I. 71,110
Total 4,605,529 6,151,995 1.1,646.466
Exports of fuel from Great Britain for the five
months ending May 31 were as follows, in metric
tons:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Coal 18,360.879 19,064.304 I. 703,425
Coke 268,412 267,179 D. 1,233
Briquettes 531,019 441,417 D. 89,602
Total 19,160,310 19.772,900 1. 612.590
In addition to these exports there were sent
abroad for the use of steamers engaged in foreign
trade. 6.768,817 tons of coal in 1904, and 7,015,698
tons in 1905; an increase of 246,881 tons.
The exports to the United States, included above,
were as follows for the five months:
1904. 1905. Changes.
Atlantic ports.... 21,203 16,443 D. 4,860
Pacific ports 55,493 34,ouJ D. 20,833
Total 76.796 51 103 D. 25.693
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 43
^ COAL TRADE CASUALTIES.
Flre has again broken out in Sumter mines,
near Chattanooga. Tenn., the opening up of all the
slopes in the mines fanning the fires into a blaze.
which was thought to be entirely out. Work on
repairs has been in progress for some time, and
no one supposed that hidden in the recesses of the
mines fire was still slumbering,
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In a collision in a fog off Presque Point, in Lake
Huron June 18. between the freight steamers Etruria
and Amasa Stone, the Etruria was badly
damaged and sank to the bottom of the lake, carrying
with it 7,000 tons of Hocking coal, which
had been loaded on the Hocking Valley docks at
Toledo.
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The breaker structure of the Sioux colliery,
operated by the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., was destroyed
by fire on June 27, causing a loss of $55,-
000. Four hundred men and boys are idle.
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The steamer Vulcan, owned by the Vesta Coal
Co., turned turtle in the Monongahela river near
Charleroi, Pa., on June 20 and probably will be
a total loss.
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The towboat J. E. Leonard, engaged in the Monongahela
river coal "trade, was burned near
Brownsville, Pa., June 23; loss $15,000.
To Test Mine Inspector's Ruling.
Ex-Mine Inspector William Callaghan, mine foreman
of W. J. Rainey's Revere mines near Connellsville,
Pa., was arrested on June 26 and held for
court on a charge of violation of the mining laws,
made by Inspector I. G. Roby of the Fifth bituminous
district. Callaghan is charged with not
directing his men to undercut the coal before
blasting. Because of an order to compel this,
recently issued by Roby, the two Riverview mines
and the mines of the Masontown Coal & Coke Co.
have shut down, the miners refusing to undercut
at the present scale. More shutdowns are expected
and the result of the matter is watched with
interest by operators and men.
Low Fares for Fourth of July Trips via
Pennsylvania Lines.
July lst, 2d, 3d and 4th, excursion tickets may
be obtained at ticket stations on the Pennsylvania
Lines to any other station on those lines within
a radius of 200 miles. Excursion tickets will be
valid for return until July 5th, inclusive. For
particulars regarding fares and time of trains,
apply to Pennsylvania Lines Passenger and Ticket
Agents.