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The Jamison Coal & Coke Co., of Pittsburgh,
has bought the 53 acres of coal underlying the
old Hackley farm in Salem township, Westmore­
land county. Pa., to be worked from its Crabtree
No. 4 plant. The price was $1,100 an acre.
The Central Illinois Coal Operators' Association
and the Association of Fifth and Ninth District
Operators, have amalgamated under the former
name. Only commercial mines, unaffiliated with
railroads, are eligible for membership.
The Shoemaker Coal Co., of Philadelphia, has
purchased the lease and property of the Moshan
non Coal Co., at Lilly Pa,, and will open another
mine on the tract, which comprised, when first
developed, approximately 3,000 acres.
A little less than 4,000,000 bushels of coal was
sent out from the Pittsburgh harbor March 20.
Of the shipment, 3,805,000 bushels was sent out
by the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal &
Coke Co.
The supply and oil house of the Pennsylvania
Coal & Coke Corporation at Patton, Pa., was de­
stroyed by fire March 20. Defective wiring is
thought to have been responsible for the blaze.
The Warner-Leonard Coal Co., of Cleveland, O.,
has purchased 500 acres of coal in Fallowfield
township, Washington county, Pa., from Joseph
Rider's heirs and others fo v $550,000.
The Philadelphia Breaker, Order Kokoal, held
a koruskation March 19. Imperial Modoc J. A.
Ballard, of Detroit, Mich., was present and a class
of 14 candidates was initiated.
The Johnson heirs. J. S. Liggett, the Wallace
heirs and George Buxton sold to the Duquesne
Coal & Coke Co., 250 acres of coal at Independence,
Pa., for $100 per acre.
The Coal Dealers' Association of Reading, Pa.,
has appointed a committee of three to arrange
a day for its annual outing to be held during
the summer.
The Westmoreland Coal Co. has declared a dividend
of 3% per cent., payable this date to stock­
holders of record March 18.
The imports of coal into Ecuador for 1913
were 30,891 tons, of which the United States fur­
nished 20,218 tons.
The Bessemer Coke Co., of Pittsburgh, has an­
nounced an increase of its indebtedness to the
extent of $150,000.
The Carlisle Coal & Clay Co. of Sullivan, lnd.,
has reopened its mine after an idleness of three
years.
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
The annual convention of the National Com­
missary Managers Association will be held at
the Seelbach hotel, Louisville, Ky., Aug. 18-20,
1914.
W. H. Hughes & Co. are installing a complete
electrical equipment at their Ben's Creek mines,
at Lilly, Pa.
MR. D. A. THOMAS DISCUSSES
COAL SUPPLIES AND CONDITIONS.
Mr. D. A. Thomas, the noted Welsh coal opera­
tor, is in this country again for the purpose of
arranging for the development of a large coal
acreage and the construction of a railroad in the
Canadian Northwest. In an interview previous to
leaving for the site of the new operations, Mr.
Thomas, said:
"My interest in producing coal in Wales, is
secondary to my interest in locating depots all
over the world. 1 recognize that if I am to keep
them going successfully, I have to look ahead
for supplies. The unsettled labor conditions in
the Old World make it all the more imperative
that I look to America for coal for the future.
The labor situation in England is very much unsettled,
and 1 would not be surprised if we have
serious trouble with the miners in 1915."
"Legislation prohibiting the sale of any but
American coal on the Panama canal is entirely
unnecessary. Panama is the natural outlet for
American coal, and American producers will un­
questionably reap the benefits that will accrue
through the operation of the new waterway. When
one considers that in the past 10 years, American
coals have supplanted Welsh coals in the West
Indies, one does not need to give serious consideration
to the fear of competition at Panama from
Welsh or German coals.
"The canal will play an important part in commerce,
and I am therefore giving it a great deal
of study. To have my coal interests international
appeals strongly to me, and I am hoping to ex­
tend my operations from time to time, so that
my producing interests will be situated so advantageously
from a geographical standpoint that
my coaling depots will be assured of a constant
supply of coal and at competitive prices, no matter
where they may be located.
"I see a great future for your better grades of
American coals from the operation of the Panama
Canal. Your coals are at present impregnable
so far as the West Indies are concerned. The
west coast of South America will take a great
deal of tonnage from American shippers when the
canal is opened up, while at the present moment
Americans are increasing their shipments to the
east coast of South America and to the Mediterranean."