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TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS BY CARS ON SURFACE.
(a) That railroad cars and other cars shall be
handled with care.
(b) That safety switches shall be placed above
all breakers, so as to safeguard the leaders, and
at any other place when requested by the inspector.
TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS FROM SUFFOCATION IN CHUTES.
(aI That no person shall shovel coal in any
pocket until the loader is notified.
lb) That the loader shall not load from any
pocket until he is informed that the person or
persons are out of the pocket.
RESCUE AND FIRST AID COUPS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED.
ta) That rescue corps and first aid corps shall
be established at each colliery or at each group
of collieries as agreed upon between the superintendent
and the inspector.
You are kindly requested to order that the suggestions
given in this letter be carried out, as it
is the sincere desire of the department, and I
know it to be your desire also, to make a record
for the year 1914 in the way of reducing accidents
in the mines.
Kindly acknoweldge receipt of this communica­
tion. JAMES E. RODEUICK,
Chief of Department of Mines.
DECEMBER ANTHRACITE SHIPMENTS.
The anthracite shipments for December, 1913,
as compared with 1912 were:
Companies. 1913. 1912.
Philadelphia & Reading.... 1,058,723 1,223,880
Lehigh Valley 1,062,57S 1,108,765
Central R. R. of N. J 663,395 760.419
Dela., Lackawanna & West. 839,384 850,977
Delaware & Hudson 590,158 598,969
Pennsylvania 546,976 543,361
Erie 709,431 667,532
Ontario & Western 191,973 190,539
Total 5,662,61S 5,944,502
The shipments for the year 1913 as compared
with 1912 were:
Month, 1913. 1912.
January 6,336,419 5,763,696
February 5,674,169 5,875,968
March 4,909,288 6,569,687
April 5,966,189 266,625
May 5,995,742 1,429,357
June 5,970,047 6,191,646
July 5,487,852 6,285,153
August 5,369,900 6,576,591
September 5,572,279 5,876,496
October 6,338,194 6,665,321
November 5,786,931 6,165,536
December 5,662,618 5.944,506
Totals 69,069,628 63,610,578
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 45
VIRGINIAN SHIPMENTS.
The coal shipments over the Virginian railway
in tons for the month of November, 1913, were:
Coal, Net, Tons.
Kanawha, Glen Jean & Eastern R. R 44,725
New River Collieries Co 38,818
E. E. White Coal Co 33,548
Slab Fork Coal Co 28,595
Loup Creek Colliery Co 27,304
Gulf Smokeless Coal Co 26,435
E. E. White Coal Co 24,002
Pemberton Coal & Coke Co 19,535
McAlpin Coal Co 16,713
Winding Gulf Colliery Co 15,208
New River Collieries Co 14,198
Raleigh Coal & Coke Co 13,741
Bailey Wood Coal Co. 12,459
Gulf Coal Co 11.495
The New River Co 11,486
Long Branch Coal Co In,740
The New River Co 9,696
Sullivan Coal & Coke Co 9,389
Lynwin Coal Co 9,007
Pemberton Coal & Coke Co 6,035
The New River Co 4,896
Sugar Creek Coal & Coke Co 4,181
The New River Co 4,137
The New River Co 3,878
The New River Co 3,409
The New River Co 3,114
The New River Co 3,066
Woodpeck Coal Co 2,884
Meade Pocahontas Coal & Coke Co 2,467
Pemberton Fuel Co 2,406
The New River Co 2,150
Mount Hope Coal & Coke Co 2,059
City Coal Co 195
Total 421,971
One Hundred Rats a Month.
Is a record for one trap in one establishment.
but that is the number caught in a livery stable
in Scranton. Pa., in one of the traps invented by
H. D. Swarfs of that city, see ad. on page 12. this
issue. Adv.
The Cincinnati Coal Exchange board of directors
met Dec. 31 and named the executive officers of
the exchange for the ensuing year. C. R. Moriarty,
of the Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Co., was
elected president; Captain C. J. Menges, of the
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Co.,
was elected vice president, and J. H. Briscoe, of
the Hinsch-Briscoe Coal Co., was elected secretarytreasurer.