1016 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN, May 8, 1914. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CO0TEHTS. Editorial Articles :— page Londonos Electricity Supply and the Coal Trade ... 1017 Calorific Test for Coal Gas..................... 1018 Articles New Coaling Station at Tyne Bock ............ 1005 _____________________________________________________ Signalling in Coal Mines...................___ 1006 The “ Juniper 33 Control Gear ................. 1008 The “ Schoeller33 Patent Gas Indicator for Miners' Lamps ..................................... 1009 Approved Safety Lamps ....................__ 1009 Reports on the Senghenydd Explosion .......... 1011 Institution of Mining Engineers ............... 1015 Labour and Wages............................ 1018 A Modern German Colliery Plant .............. 1021 Mining and Other Notes ...................... 1027 The Freight Market .......................... 1028 Open Contracts............................... 1029 Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently Accepted 1030 New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron Trades.................................... 1032 Government Publications ..................... 1032 Publications Received ........................ 1032 Catalogues and Price Lists Received............ 1032 Law Intelligence ............................. 1023 Continental Mining Notes ..................... 1024 Notes from the Coalfields ..................... 1025 Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies ........ 1028 The Coal and Iron Trades ... 1012,1013—1215,1019,1020 The By-Products Trade ....................... 1012 The London Coal Trade ....................... 1015 The Tin-plate Trade .......................... 1015 Miscellanea :— Royal Commission on Metalliferous Mines and Quarries_____................................. 1007 Huil Coal Imports—Partnerships Dissolved ..... 1015 The Laying up of Vessels ..................... 1018 Immingham Coal Exports—The Illumination Test for Gas—Grimsby Coal Exports .............. 1027 Hull Coal Exports—Panama Canal and Coal Trade 1028 _______________________________________ ADVERTISEMENTS. “GROM” B08LER ©ffiVEMTCS _______ Offiices for 30 & 31 rj Telegraphic Address —“Colliery Guardian, Fleet, London.” Telephone—1354 Holborn. ________ CONTRACT ADVERTISEMENTS: Prices for SPECIAL POSITIONS on application. 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"OTauted for a Colliery near Leeds, f v UNDER-MANAGER with first-class certificate, not over 40 ; £3 (three pounds per week) and coals allowed: send copies of testimonials.— Apply, Box 5653, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. Assistant Surveyor requires Situation; ave 20; 3 years’ experience in mine surveying: excellent testimonials. -Box 5645, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. Qub-Agent wanted for the Ferndale k_7 Collieries; applicants must have had good underground experience in the South Wales coalfield and technical knowledge of mining —Applications, statim? age, qualifications, experience, salary required, with copies of testi- monials, to be addressed to Box No. 12, Bute Docks Post Office, Cardiff. No interviews will be granted. Wanted, an energetic Manager for a small colliery (developing) in North Wales.—Apply, Box 5659, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. VYTanted for a Mining Office, a reliable V V UNDERGROUND SURVEYOR holding the prescribed qualifi- cations ; one having experience in making surveys in the S. Staff thick coal seam preferred.—Apply, stating age and salary required, enclosing copies of recent testimonials, to Box 5660, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival street, Holborn, London, E.C. "OTanted, two Underground Engine- V V WRIGHTS to take charge of compressed air driven haulages and coal cutters ; must be able to organise the work and control the men working under them : liberal wages paid to really suitable men.—Apply, Boar 5661, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 Si, 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.O., giving full particulars of past experience, with references, age, and wages required. IJTanted at once, two reliable Draughts- V y MEN for a Colliery Engineer’s Office near Sheffield, applicants must have experience with colliery plant.—Apply, Box 5662, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C., giving full particulars of past experience, with references, also state age and salary required. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. TENDERS FOR COAL. rpiie Council of the Metropolitan Borough B of Southwark are prepared to receive TENDERS for the supply of COAL to the Manor-place and Lavington-street Baths, to be delivered at the rate of about 25 tons and 20 tons per week respectively, at the Public Baths. Tenders, duly signed, must be sent in under cover endorsed Tender for Coal,” and addressed to the Town -Clerk, not later than Wednesday, the 27th May, 1914. m , Forms of tender may be obtained on application at the Town Clerk s office as under. The Council do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. Southwark Town Hall, F. H. GNAY, Walworth-road, S.E., Town Clerk. 8th May, 1914. Geo. N. Dixon & Co., 43, Castle Street, Liverpool, Auctioneers and Valuers, COLLIERIES, Brickworks & Mining Plant. Anthracite Coalfields. BY ORDER OF THE COURT. THE MIERS ESTATE, GLAMORGAN- K SHIRE, SOUTH WALES, about 15 miles from the important shipping port of Swansea, and in a district teeming with Works. Will be OFFERED FOR SALE, by Auction, at THE HOTEL METROPOLE, SWANSEA, on the 16th day of JUNE, 1914, at 3 p.m., in One or More Lots, THE VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, SITUATE IN THE PARISHES OF CADOXTON - JUXTA - NEATH AND LLANGUICKE, COMPRISING LET AND UNLET MINERALS underlying an Area of upwards of 8041 ACRES, now being worked by, amongst others, the well-known Crynant, Brynteg, Seven Sisters, Onllwyn, Maesmarchog, Gwauncaegurwen, and Blaencae- gurwen Collieries. A FREEHOLD GROUND RENT, FARMS AND SHEEPWALKS, Besides the GREATER PART OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ONLLWYN, and THE MANORS OF CAEGURWEN, NEATH ULTRA, AND KILYBEBYLL. The Surface Area aggregating about 3,292 ACRES. The whole producing a gross income of Upwards of £18,000 PER ANNUM. The Coal underlying the Estate is chiefly Anthracite, but there is also Steam Coal. Amongst the Seams at present being worked are the Red, Eighteen Feet, Furnace, Big, Brass and Bluers in the Dylais Valley ; and the Red, Big, Black, Peacock, Middle and Lower Veins at Gwauncaegur- wen. And although the Workings have been Extensive, there are still Enormous Reserves of Coal, from which a big revenue may be anticipated for many years. In addition to the Minerals let there are large Areas unlet, which a purchaser could deal with immediately. Further particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale may be obtained from the following Solicitors, viz.:— G. EDMUND HODGKINSON, Esq., 124, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. Messrs. PRITCHARD, ENGLEFIELD & CO., Painters’ Hall, Little Trinity Lane, E.C. Messrs. SHARPE, PRITCHARD & CO., 12, New Court, Carey Street, W.C. Messrs. ATKEY, CLARKE & ATKEY, 9a, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, W. Messrs. HELDER, ROBERTS & CO., 3 and 4, Clement’s Inn, Strand, W.C. Messrs. E. AV ARD OLIVER & SON, 1, Corbet Court, Gracechurch Street, E.C. Messrs. WALTON & CO., 101, Leadenhall Street, E.C. Messrs. WHITTINGTON & DAVID, Victoria Cham- bers, Neath. R. J. THOMAS, Esq., 20, Fisher Street, Swansea. And of the Auctioneers, Messrs. JOHN M. LEEDER & SON, 46, Waterloo Street, Swansea. And at the Place of Sale. _______________________________________________________ BOROUGH OF BRIDLINGTON. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT. nPenders are invited for one year’s supply 1 of SMUDGE COAL, commencing July 1914. Calorific tests will be made and a sample truck may be required. Approximate quantity 2,000 tons. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned on or before Friday, May 29th, 1914. Electricitv Works, AETHUN J. BECKETT, M.I.E.E., Bridlington. Borough Electrical Engineer. COUNTY OF LONDON. nphe London County Council invites M TENDERS for the supply and delivery from 1st July, 1914, to 30th June, 1915, at the Generating Station (Tramways Department) East Greenwich, of about 165,000 tons of STEAM COAL. Tenderers may quote for the whole quantity or for a smaller quantity subject to stating the proposed period of delivery. Full particulars as to the conditions of contract appear on the forms of tender, which may be obtained on personal application or by sending a stamped addressed foolscap envelope to the Clerk of the Council, County Hall, Spring-gardens, S.W. No tender received after 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 19th May, 1914, will be considered. County Hall, LATTHENCE GOMME, Spring-gardens. S.W., Clerk of the 6th May, 1914. London County Council. Xpor Sale. M A 16in. cylinder six-wheel Coupled Saddle Tank LOCOMOTIVE, by Pecketts, 150 lb. w.p., built 1902. __ 14in., 13 in., 12 in., 10 in., and 9^m. cylinders six ana four-wheel LOCO- MOTIVES, by leading makers. . Quantity New Specification Steel Frame, Spring-buffer, Main Line WAGONS, fitted with loose wood boxes, splendid condition. 7-tonLOCO. CRANE, by Smith, Rodley, 4ft. 8£m. gauge, 801b. w.p.; first-class machine and cheap. BENTLEY & JUEB, Lower Ince, Wigan. _________________________________________________________ BOROUGH OF CHELTENHAM. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT. TENDERS FOR COAL. HUenders are invited for twelve months’ m supply of ROUGH SMALL STEAM COAL delivered to the Electricity Works Siding on the Midland Railway at Cheltenham, from 1st Specifications may be obtained from the Town Clerk. Sealed tenders endorsed “ Tender for Coal,” must be addressed to the Town Clerk, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham, and must reach him before 10 a.m. on Thursday, 21st May, 1914. Electricity Offices, WALTEB J. EACHE, Manchester street, Cheltenham, Borough Electrical Engineer, 6th Mav. 1914. TTorizontal Engine, by Eraser & Chalmers, Bfl 16 in. cyl. by 52 in. stroke, fitted with expansion gear and Hartnell’s governors,flywheel 13 ft. diameter, grooved for 8 IJin. ropes, speed 100 revs.!; cheap for quick sale.—C. F. DAVIS, 18, Billiter-buildings, London, E.C.