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64 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
of malfeasance in office, the court shall certify the
same to the Governor, who shall declare the office
of said inspector vacant and proceed in compliance
with the provisions of this act to fill the
vacancy.
The costs of said investigation shall, if the
charges are sustained, be imposed upon the inspector,
but if the charges are not sustained, they
shall lie imposed upon the petitioners.
ARTICLE XXII.
INSPECTION DISTRICTS.
Section 1. Under this act the bituminous counties
of the Commonwealth shall be arranged by
the Chief of the Department of Mines into 25 inspection
districts, and it shall be the duty of the
Chief of the Department ol Mines to assign the
inspectors to tlieir respective districts. He shall
also designate their places of abode, at points as
convenient as iiossible to the mines ot their districts.
Section 2. With the consent of the Governor,
the Chief of the Department of Mines may, at
any time, redistrict the bituminous districts and
add to the number of inspectors if, in his judgment,
the number should be increased.
(TO BE CONTINI ED IN ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 1)
CERTIFIED MINE MANAGERS,
EXAMINERS AND ENGINEERS.
The following are the successful candidates who
recently passed the Illinois State Mining Board:
Hoisting Engineers—Joseph E. Beeby, Springfield;
Fred Sexton, Benton; Lawrence Seets, Herrin;
John J. Redman, Witt; Leonard Pease, Wyoming;
Leonard Keay, Seatonville; Deside Arnold,
Seatonville; Vance MacDonald, Staunton; 0. W.
Walker, Staunton.
Mine Managers (first class)—Joseph Wood. Benton;
Benj. Firth, Gillespie; Alex. Adams, Carterville;
Claude Little. West Frankfort; Geo. Dickinson,
Eldorado; Harry Adams Kane, Farmington;
Alexander Jones, LaSalle; James Love, Benton;
Wm. Medill. W. Frankfort; M. J. Carraher, Benton;
James McMillan, Lincoln; John J. Jeremiah,
Christopher; Robert Crofts, Cardiff; James Towal,
Benton; W. B. Miller, Carterville; Joseph Farrimond,
Williamson; G. W. Shanahan, Gillespie.
Mine Managers (second class)—John Kucera,
Dorsey; R. A. Brackett, Exeter; R. L Wilson, Catlin;
E. E. Rining, Arenzville: M. J. Norton, Milan;
Geo. Northrop, Alsey; James Conn. Ipava; L. P.
Brown, Marion.
Mine Examiners—Eugene Maule, Shiloh; Albeit
Goodman, Harrisburg; John Catlin, Elmwood;
John Campbell, Benton; Thos. L. Wood, Pinckney-
ville; John Frazer, Gillespie; Mike Priddy, Herrin;
Jos, W. Johnson, Murphvsboro; John C. Wilson,
Lockport; M. F. Pittman, Carterville; John
Day, Gillespie; M. F. Cummings, Springfield;
Frank Fullerton, Girard; Benson King, West
Frankfort; John E. Byron, Springfield; Wm. J.
Cummings, Springfield; Geo. Stille, Staunton; Geo.
N. Luke, Benton; John Taylor, Lincoln; Chas.
Roth, Virden; Thos. Eddy, Dorrisville; Edmund
Hunsinger, Staunton; Walter Eddy, Dorrisville;
Thos. Ferguson, Sawyerville; Richard Davis, Harrisburg;
Peter Kasavage, Johnston City; Pearl T.
Wilber, Hillsboro; John W. Benson, Benton.
LAKE COMMERCE DURING JUNE, 1911.
A decline since last year of almost 25 per cent.
in the monthly volume of the domestic lake shipments
is shown by the June figures of trade movements
on the Great Lakes just made public by the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
The June shipments of soft coal, 2,231,632 short
tons, for the first time in the present year likewise
show a considerable decline from the 1910
shipments of 2,806,963 short tons, the heaviest
losses affecting some of the largest coal ports
such as Ashtabula and Cleveland. The six months'
shipments of this article, 5,008.853 short tons, indicate
a loss of about 15 per cent, from the 1910
record. Of the 4,715,989 short tons unloaded during
the first half of the present year, 2,537,170
short tons are credited to Lake Superior ports,
1,965,410 short tons to Lake Michigan ports and
over 200,000 tons to ports on the other Great Lakes,
Milwaukee being the only port which shows a larger
quantity of soft coal received during the
month and six months' period as compared with
last year. The June shipments of anthracite coal,
725,277 short tons, proceeding mainly from Buffalo,
compare favorably with the quantities shipped last
year, 628,026 short tons. Owing to lighter shipments
during the earlier month, the total for the
first half of the present year. 1,372,039 short tons,
shows some decrease as compared with the corresponding
1910 figures. About 60 per cent, of the
hard coal shipped during the first half of the present
year was destined for Lake Michigan ports and
slightly over 27 per cent, to Lake Superior ports.
The O'Gara Coal Co. has renewed its contract
with the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
road, but this year the tonnage bought considerably
exceeds that of last year, amounting to nearly
250,000 tons. The coal comes from the Harrisburg
or Saline county, 111., field. The excess sold
this year over last season displaces dock coal.