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46 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
FAST WORK AT NEW DOCKS.
scrap lumber. This car was blown over the end
of the dump and most of the scrap lumber landed
In a recent test made by tb.e Pittsburgh Coal Co.
on or about the motor. Whether the car passed
of its new Dock No. 7 at Duluth, some fast work
over and on one side of the motor is, as yet, in
was accomplished. This dock has just been com­
doubt. In spite, however, of the fact that the
pleted, and is equipped with three bridges of the
motor had its normal quantity of gasoline upon it
most modern pattern, having been constructed by
and was exposed to the violence of the explosion,
the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co., and the records
the gasoline tank was not injured, none of the
established prove that the efficiency of this dock
connections were disturbed and the motor itself
surpasses any of similar equipment, and will prob­
was so slightly damaged that about four hours'
ably equal that of any four-rig dock in tbe North­
work by one man in cleaning out the coal dust
west.
and replacing a few of the parts, put it in condi­
The steamer J. S. Ashley, with 8,983 tons of
tion to run—practically as good as new.
lump coal, was unloaded in 10 hours and 15 minutes,
and the cargo of the J. R. Upson, 8,747 tons
of the same grade, was taken out in 10 hours and • PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS •)
55 minutes actual working time. This means that
on the full running time of the test, the coal was Secretary of the Interior Fisher during the fort­
handled at the rate of 900 tons per hour, including night announced the appointment of Dr. Waldemar
the delay in cleaning up anod finishing the hand­ Lindgren as chief geologist of the U. S. Geological
ling. While working in free coal each clam aver­ Survey. The position had previously been tendaged
nearly six tons to the lift, and it is estimated ered to Dr. Alfred H. Brooks, chief of the Alaska
that in performing this class of lightering, the corps of the Survey; but Dr. Brooks had consid­
three rigs will average 1,500 tons per hour.
ered it his duty to decline the honor, feeling that
Altogether, the test was most satisfactory, and the best interests of the Alaska work demanded
it is now considered that the Pittsburgh Coal Co.'s
new dock is about the fastest unloading equipment
his continuation in that special field.
at the head of the lakes.
The board of directors of the Consolidation Coal
Co., Baltimore, Md., declared the regular quarterly
dividend of 1% per cent, on its capital stock, pay­
WEST VIRGINIA MINING INSTITUTE TO able October 31, and also declared a quarterly
MEET IN FAIRMONT, DECEMBER 4 AND 5. dividend of 1% per cent, on the subscription receipts
for stock carrying dividends declared after
January 31. 1911, payable October 31, 1911.
E. B. Day of Pittsburgh, secretary-treasurer of
the West Virginia Coal Mine Institute, was in
Fairmont, W. Va., November 8, in conference with
President Frank Haas, and as a result a committee
was designated to arrange for the institute
meeting at Fairmont December 4 and 5.
The committee will consist of R. T. Cunningham,
W. S. Haywood. A. H. Fleming, A. F. Smith, A. B.
Scott, E. M. Showalter, Brooks Fleming, Jr., E. B.
Day. R. M. Hite, M. W. Head, Harold B. Clark.
M. L. Hutchins, Duncan Sullivan, W. J. Rathburn,
L. H. Smith and L. M. Davis.
MOTOR PRACTICALLY UNINJURED.
In the accounts of the explosion at the United
States Bureau of Mines' experimental mine on
October 24, this paragraph appeared:
"A gasoline motor standing 100 feet from the
entry of the mine and supposed to be out of danger,
had a small red flag on it in order that an
explosive force might be noted on the flag. A
part of this flag was found in a tree several hundred
feet away. The motor was wrecked."
This seems to have been incorrect and the
facts in the case are:
Just back of the motor was a car loaded with
It is understood that the Northwestern Fuel Co.
is planning to enlarge its No. 2 dock at Superior
to an extent that will provide storage capacity for
850,000 tons. New coal handling facilities will
also be installed.
Pittsburgh district river shipping coal companies
sent 1,000.000 bushels of coal to southern markets
on a rise in the rivers on November 9. The
shipment practically clears the Pittsburgh harbor
of coal.
The main offices of the Vandalia Coal Co. will
be moved from Indianapolis to Terre Haute, Ind.,
December 1. Part of the office force already has
changed base.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Coal & Coke Co. announces
the removal of its Washington office from
the Munsey building, Washington, D. C. to 146-156
West Main street, Norfolk, Va., on November 10.
The Island Creek Coal Co. will erect a ccal storage
dock at Duluth, Minn., in the near future, having
purchased a site on the water front at that
port for the purpose.