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od, J. A. Baughman, W. W. Driggs, J. ri. Gordon,<br />
A. C. Smith. D. H. Sullivan, W. H. Haskins, Wm.<br />
Green, G. W. Savage.<br />
In behalf of operators: The Zanesville Coal Co.,<br />
by 0. F. McKinney, president; J. M. Roan; Geo.<br />
M. Jones; W. A. Gosline, Jr.; J. H. Opperman;<br />
A. B. Dawson; The Kennon Coal & Mining Co., by<br />
R. T. Price, general manager.<br />
T. M. Davies, W. L. Timmons, secretaries.<br />
THE MOVEMENT OF RIVER <strong>COAL</strong>.<br />
With the south greatly in need of fuel and the<br />
Monongahela valley miners in want of employment,<br />
as a result of the long drought, the effort to run<br />
out coal on the Ohio river was accompanied by<br />
accident and loss. The high wind that ushered in<br />
the cold wave caused all of the trouble. Haste was<br />
necessary to take advantage of the providential<br />
rise in the rivers, the lower temperature threatening<br />
to cut off the water supply before the shipment<br />
could be started.<br />
These facts afford an irrefutable argument as to<br />
the duty of the government to improve the Ohio<br />
river. If that stream were permanently navigable<br />
for coal craft the consumers throughout the south<br />
and southwest and the producers in Pennsylvania<br />
and West Virginia would not be dependent upon<br />
the vagaries of the weather to meet each other to<br />
their mutual advantage. There would never be<br />
any necessity for starting coal tows in the teeth of<br />
a gale, inviting disaster to the shipping interest<br />
and disappointment to coal users down the rivers.<br />
With these hazards removed the price of coal<br />
would be lowered to consumers; industry would be<br />
placed on a more certain basis and loss of productive<br />
energy avoided. This improvement ought<br />
not to be delayed a moment beyond the time essential<br />
to its accomplishment.<br />
The net results of the timely rise in the Ohio<br />
were the shipment of some 8,000,000 bushels of<br />
Pittsburgh coal, and about 5,000,000 bushels from<br />
the Kanawha region. The advance guard left<br />
Pittsburgh on December 28, on which date 3,000,-<br />
000 bushels were started. The start from the<br />
Kanawha was necessarily later. It was estimated<br />
that but little of the Pittsburgh coal would go beyond<br />
Louisville, the demand between that point<br />
and Cincinnati being sufficient to absorb the entire<br />
shipment. As might have been expected under the<br />
circumstances, there were many casualties during<br />
the run, particularly to the Pittsburgh fleet. The<br />
conditions were unfavorable in the extreme and<br />
the showing, on the whole, was not a bad one. The<br />
most serious wreck was that on December 29, of<br />
nearly the entire tow of the steamer Crescent of<br />
the Peoples Coal Co., at Merriman. The channel<br />
THE <strong>COAL</strong> TRADE BULLETIN. 35<br />
at that point was closed, as a result of the coal fleet<br />
striking the lock walls at dam No. 2, in the Ohio<br />
river. The Crescent had in tow a fleet of seven<br />
coal boats and one barge and in making the locks<br />
the fleet jammed into the lock walls, breaking six<br />
coal boats to pieces.<br />
Four pieces of the wreck sank near White's riffle<br />
and two coal boats went on the dam and broke up.<br />
The fleet carried about 180,000 bushels of coal and"<br />
all is lost except one coal boat and a barge containing<br />
about 32,000 bushels of coal, which were saved.<br />
As soon as possible the wreckage was blown out<br />
and the boats delayed by the accident continued on<br />
their way. The other accidents incident to the run<br />
will be found elsewhere.<br />
C. JUTTE CS, CO., OF PITTSBURGH.<br />
Work is nearing completion on the big modern<br />
elevator at New Orleans for C. Jutte & Co. of<br />
Pittsburgh. This plant will have a loading capacity<br />
of 5,000 tons a day and is costing about<br />
$150,000. It is electrically equipped and lighted.<br />
The Jutte interests have purchased the tug Independence<br />
from New York owners to handle its<br />
traffic in and out of New Orleans harbor. She is<br />
a modern craft and the purchase price was about<br />
$80,000. The Peoples Coal Co., controlled by the<br />
Jutte interests, has plans ready for making railway<br />
connection from the Pike mine at Brownsville,<br />
Pa., the output of which has heretofore been<br />
handled on the river. A double steel tipple will<br />
be erected and connections will be made with the<br />
Pennsylvania and P. & L. E. railroads. This plant<br />
is expected to put out on an average of 2.500 tons<br />
a day for railway shipment.<br />
Big Order For Steel Coal Cars.<br />
The Pittsburgh Coal Co. has ordered from the<br />
American Car & Foundry Co. 2,000 steel coal cars.<br />
Delivery is to be made from March 1 to July 15.<br />
Of the cars 600 are intended expressly for the use<br />
of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal &<br />
Coke Co. The cars are to have a normal capacity<br />
of 90,000 pounds with an overload capacity up to<br />
100,000 pounds.<br />
Shawmut Company Taking Up Coal Options.<br />
Agents for the Pittsburgh & Shawmut Co. are<br />
taking up the coal rights on 5,000 acres situated<br />
between Clinton and Freeport on the West side of<br />
the Allegheny river. The coal is said to be among<br />
the finest along the river and it believed that<br />
when this tract is taken up the Shawmut company<br />
will at once consider the extension of its railroad<br />
to the newly acquired territory.