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PITTSBURGH DISTRICT CONSUMED
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
15,000,000 TONS OF COAL IN 1910.
The city of Pittsburgh with a population in
1910 of 533,905, consumes practically as much coal
as the city of Greater New York wdth a population
of 4,766,S83, according to a statement which will
appear in the chapter on "Coal" from Mineral
Resources of the United States, by E. W. Parker,
statistician of the United States Geological Sur­
vey. The total shipments of coal to and through
Pittsburgh exceed the movement in New York
harbor including the local consumption by nearly
50 per cent. As near as can be ascertained, there
were 15,600,654 tons of coal consumed in the Pitts­
burgh district in 1910. The consumption of coal
in the city of New York is estimated at 17,500,000
short tons. The total movement of coal to and
from the Pittsburgh district in 1910 was nearly
51,000,000 short tons. The total movement of
coal in New York harbor including the consump­
tion of the city, was about 33,500,000 tons.
In the total movement of coal to Pittsburgh and
points west thereof, there is an increase in 1910
over 1906 of 4,217.101 short tons, most of which
was in the movement of coal by rail to points west
of Pittsburgh. The rail shipments to the Pitts­
burgh district increased about 1,500,000 tons, while
the water shipments fell off about 275.000 short
tons. The water shipments to western points
were cut down by low water in the Monongahela
and Ohio rivers and tbe rail shipments to western
points were increased by the strike in the Illinois
and southwestern fields. The total shipments to
the Pittsburgh district by rail and water increased
from 14,391,754 short tons in 1909, to 15,600,654 in
1910. The shipments to points west of Pittsburgh
increased from 21.445,380 short tons to 24,-
453,581. The total shipments by rail to Pitts­
burgh and to points west increased 5,186,991 tons
in 1910 over 1909. while the total water shipments
decreased nearly 1,000,000 tons. These figures
do not include any coal mined in the Pittsburgh
district and shipped to eastern points nor do they
include any shipments of coke. The quantity of
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\ Home Office, SCRANTON, PA.
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coal shipped to eastern points during 1910
amounted to 10,781,544 short tons, against 11,300,-
162 short tons in 1909.
The rail and water shipments to and from the
Pittsburgh district during the last five years have
been as shown in the following table:
Year. Short tons.
1906 37,251,690
1907 36.408,049
1908 30,643,943
1909 35,837,134
1910 40,054,235
The following table shows in detail the ship­
ments to the Pittsburgh district and to points
west of Pittsburgh, by rail and by water, in 1910,
in short tons:
To Pittsburgh (By rail, 6,139,959 (
district ) By water, 9,460,695 \ 15,600,654
To west of | By rail, 22,683,276 f
Pittsburgh ) By water, 1,770,305 \ 24,453,581
Total 40,054,235
The large dam recently constructed by the
Brothers Valley Coal Co., at Macdonaldton, Pa.,
broke Sept. 16, and the water rushed down the
valley. Failure to put the foundation on bed rock
is said to have caused the trouble.
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