1124 May.'28,'■'1915:’ ' THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. ________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS. Editorial Articles :— page The Practical Man of the Future__________________ 1125 Drink and Work_____ _____________;...................... 1125 Articles:— ; ... The Use of Pulverised Coal ...:______ ________ 1115 Drills and Drill Bits .......................... 1116 Storage Battery Locomotives ..........____.....1117 The Cordeau Detonant.....................______ 1118 Narrow-Gauge High-Capacity Wagons for the Burma Mines Kailway ___..;__________________ 1118 7 The Coalfields of Spitsbergen ___________........... 1119 Obituary__________________________________ 1119 Folded and Faulted Zones in the Crow’s Nest District __.................________________ 1120 . The German and Austrian Coal and Iron Trades ... 1120 Trade and the War........................... 1123 Labour and Wages............................__ 1131 Some Recent Decisions Under the' Workmen’s Compensation Act ____......................______ 1132 , ’ Book Notices ........................__ ______ 1137 The Freight Market .......................______ 1138 Coastwise Shipments During April______________ 1139 Open Contracts.^_____________________________ 1139 r Abstracts of' Patent Specifications Recently Accepted__________________________________ 1140 Government Publications ___________________” 1142 Publications Received _______________________ 1142 The Acquisition of Enemy Patent Rights........ 1142 Indian and Colonial Notes _______........________ 1121 / Current Science and Technology.............. 1122 ............... No'tes from the Coalfields ................ 1133 .................... ■ r Monthly List of Recent Coal Literature...... 1136 ...... Law Intelligence ___________\___......................... 1137 . Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies ......... 1138 ........ The Coal and Iron Trades............ 1123, 1126—1130 • The By-Products Trade ....................__ 1130 The Tin-plate Trade ___.................<______ 1130 The London Coal Trade __..................._______ 1130 Miscellanea Russian Iron Production in 1914 __ __ _______..... 1123 7 - Mining at the University of Manchester ..__ 1130 Grimsby Coal Exports ... , ...........__........ 1137 Partnership Dissolved—Tmmingham Coal Exports 1139 Manchester School of Technology : Research Scholarships.........................____________________ 1140 s North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers—Hull Coal Exports ...:.. 1142 ______________________________________________ ADVERTISEMENTS. Offices for ADVEimSEffiENTS and PUBLICATION— 30 A 31> Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C. 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UNDERWOOD, Tpor Sale, Sinking Pump, by Evans, 12 3rQ>lee17trbeet2,‘’E ears experience gas and house coals, home and export • at present m similar position; salary £350.-Write, Box 6077, Collie Guardian Office. 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. '■ " ■ VENTILATING fans AND ENGINES. See Advertisement appearing on front Cover of alternate weeks, THE WADDLE PATENT FAN AND ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Llanmore Works, Llanelly 17 Cl for minerals, JDVJLXJLUjLlL^JuJjjO WATER AND BRINE. Boreholes fdr Prospecting ifa . ’ Underground Workings a Speciality. VIVIAN’S BORING COMPANY, PARKSIDE, CLEATOR MOOR. OVER 84 MILES OF BORINGS COMPLETED. Established 42 years. Largest experience. Telegrams—” Vivians, Parkside, Oleator Moor.” BORING tor MINERALS, &c. Solid Specimens of the Strata obtained. Established 1888. Work guaranteed. J. S. DAVIDSON & SON, St. Bees, CUMBERLAND. _ .For COLLIERIES RflilS V V and WORKS. Roof Bars THOS W. WARD Ltd, I 'I'.": * Pit Props I * Albion Works, . I SHEFFIELD. Arches ) try us. — ■ _____________________ “CROWN” BOILER COVERINGS encased in STEEL SHEETING. Simply unimpairable by heat. 96°/0 SAYING in Condensation. Greatest Economy & Service. Nearly 5,000 Users. SUTCLIFFE BROS. Union Works, Codley, nr. Manchester. SAFETY LAMPS. LAMPROOM FITTINGS, Enamelled Notice Plates, — APPLY — PROTECTOR lam[10ahntd1n0 CO. LTD., ECCLES. First-class Manager having had manage- ment of important collieries, seeks re-engagement; Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Yorks, coalfields experience; used to heavy outputs, disc, bar, and chain machines; 20 years’ testimonials —“ COAL,” Box 6010, Collie v Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.U. UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. DEPARTMENT OF MINING. THE SESSION WILL COMMENCE ON OCTOBER 7th. rPhe Department of Mining is designed JL to meet the full requirements of COAL and METAL MINING Students. In COAL MINING practical work is taken at Lancashire collieries. In METAL MINING arrangements are being made for a final year’s training at the School of Metalliferous Mining. Camoorne. Special attention is also given to MINERAL ECONOMICS to meet the requirements of students who intend to undertake prospecting appointments abroad, or under Colonial Governments. The three years’ course for the Degree of B.Sc.Tech, in Mining includes Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Metallurgy, Engineering, Geology, Mineralogy and Mining. HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS. Mathematics ;_______ Prof. H. Lamb, Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S. [F.R.S. Physics______________ Prof. Sir Ernest Rutherford. M.A., D.Sc., Ph.D., Chemistry___________ Prof. H. B. Dixon. M A . M.Sc., Ph.D , F.R.S. Metallurgy___________ Prof. O. A. Edwards, D.Sc. Engineering _______ Prof. J. E. Petavel. D.Sc., F.R.S. Geology and Mineralogy Prof. Sir T. H. Holland, K.C.I.E., D.Sc , F.R.S. Mining* ____1____ N. T. Williams, B.Sc. Prospectuses may be obtained on application to the REGISTRAR. BOROUGH OF CHELTENHAM. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT. ■ TENDERS FOR COAL. Renders are invited for 6 or 12 months’ JL supply of Rough Small STEAM COAL to be delivered to the Electricity Works siding on the Midland Railway at Cheltenham, from 1st July, 1915. A specification and form of tender may be obtained from the Town Clerk. The Corporation do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or anv tender. Sealed tenders endorsed ” Tender for Coal,” must be addressed to the TOWN CLERK, Municipal Offices, Promenade, Cheltenham, and must reach him before 10 a.m. on Thursday, 10th June, 1915. TO COLLIERY PROPRIETORS AND OTHERS. The Corporation of Birkenhead are pre- pared to receive TENDERS for the supply of North Wales, Lanca shire, or other good large colliery Screened, Freshly Wrought STEAM CO AL for a period of six months and twelve months, commencing on the 17th AugU't, 1915, the coal to be delivered in quantities of about 300 tons per week, as hereunder mentioned, and as may be required for the Corporation Ferry bteamers. - Tenders to state (a) the price per ton delivered free in railway wagons at Hinderton road Coal Sidings, Birkenhead ; or, in the alternative (&) the price per ton delivered free in bags, by carts to be provided by the Con- tractors, on the Landing Stage at Woodside, and partly on to the deck of the Goods Steamers at the said Stage. The bags used must be sound and of good strong quality, to the approval of the Ferries Manager. Tenders must also state to what extent the coal will be screened and kept clear from slack. The price quoted i i the tender is to include the cost .of all weighing (if anvj required under the Weights and Measures Act, 1889. The person or firm whose tender may be accepted will be required to enter into a contract containing a clause as to the payment of the rate of wages and the observance of the hours of labour and conditions recognised and agreed upon between the trades unions and the employers in Birkenhead or in the locality in which the work for carrying out the contract is executed, as the case may be. Form of tender, together with any further particulars, may be obtained from the Ferries Manager, Woodside, Birkenhead. Tenders (on tender form), sealed and endorsed “ Tender for Ferry Coal,” to be sent in to me not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, 29th June, 1915. The Corporation do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. Town Hall, By order. Birkenhead, JAMES FEARNLEY, 29th May, 1915. Town Clerk. COOKE & BYRNE, 60, HARCOURT ST., DUBLIN, are prepared to form Private or Public Limited Com- panies with a view to providing additional capital. COLLIERIES BOUGHT AND SOLD. . All correspondence treated confidentially.. _________________ Address, COOKE & BYRNE, 60, Harcourt Street, Dublin, and at London,, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Paris, and < '■ k other Branches., Geo. -N. Dixoti & Co., 43, Castle Street, Liverpool, Auctioneers and Valuers, COLLIERIES, Brickwork^ & Mining Plant. TO COLLIERY PROPRIETORS AND OTHERS. The Corporation of Birkenhead are pre- pared to receive TENDERS for the supply of ROUGH SLACK, (Washed asd Unwashed) and SMALL COAL (Washed and Unwashed), delivered at the Corporation’s Electricity Generating Stations, situate in Bentinck-street, Craven-street, and New .Chester-road, respectively, and/or delivered at Hiudeiton Yard Railway Siding, Birkenhead, for a period of 6 and/or 12 months commencing the 1st day cf July, 1915, the period to be at’ the option of the Corporation. Forms of tender and specification, together with any further information, may be obtained from Mr. G. P. Shallcross, Borough Electrical Engineer, Craven-street, Birkenhead. Tenders stating the price per ton delivered, sealed and endorsed “ Tender for Fuel for Electricity Works,” must be sent in so as to reach me not later than 9 a.m.on Thursday, the 10th dav of June, 1915. All deliveries must be made from time to time according to the require- ments of the Borough Electrical Engineer. The person or firm whose tender may be accepted will be required to enter- into a contract containing a clause as to the payment of the rate of wages and the obs arvance of the burs cf labour and conditions recognised and agreed upon between the trades unions and the employers in Birkenhead or in the locality in which the work tor carrying out the contract is executed, as the case may be. The Corporation do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserve to themselves the right of accepting the whole or any portion of a tender, and will not make any allowance for or in respect, of any expenses incurred by the parties tendering. Town Hall, By order, Birkenhead, JAMES FEARNLEY . May 25th, 1915. . Town Clerk. COUNTY OF LONDON. The London County Council invite TENDERS for the cartage of COKE during the year commencing 1st July, 1915. ; Forms of tender and other particulars mAy be obtained on personal appli- cation or by sending a stamped addressed foolscap envelope to the Chief Officer of Stores, L.C.C. Stores, No. 31, Clerkeuwell-close, E.C. No tender receive! at the County Hall after 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 8th June, 1915, will be considered. County Hall, JAMES BIRD, Spring gardens, S.W., Clerk of the London County Council. ' ,19th May, 1915. MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. TENDERS FOR COAL. The Directors of the Manchester Ship Canal Co. invite TENDERS for COAL, to. be delivered during the' twelve months ending 30th June, 1916. Specifications and forms of tender may be obtained on and after to-day on application at the Stores Depart- ment, Manchester Docks, Trafford-road* Salford, and tenders endorsed “Tenderfdr Coal,” must be' delivered to the undersigned not later than 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 2,1915. By order of the Directors, 41, Spring-gardens, Manchester, F. A. EYRE, ■ May 18,1915. Secretary. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY. TO COAL MERCHANTS AND OTHERS; TVTotice is hereby given that the Council Ll of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney will receive TENDERS from such persons as may be willing to enter into a contract for the supoly between the 1st July, 1915 and the 30th June, 1916, of about 10,COO ions, consisting of Welsh SMOKELESS COAL, Hard Bituminous STEAM COAL (large and small). HOUSE COAL and COKE, to be delivered in carts and/or barges at such points in the borough as may be directed from time ro time. Forms of tender and conditions of contractmay be obtained on application to Wm. C. P. Tapper, M.I.E.E., the Borough Electrical Engineer and Manager, at No. 27, Osborn street, Whitechapel, E., on paymentof a deposit of one guinea, which will be refunded to boria jide tenderers after the tenders have been adjudicated upon, or, in the event of no tender being sent in, upon satisfactory r asons for not tendering being, given, together with the return of the specification. Additional copies will be charged for at 5s. each which will not be'refunded. Copies of the specification may also be seen at any time by appointment at No 27, Osborn-street, Whitechapel, E. Sealed tenders, which may be for all or any part of the above quantity, must be addressed to the Chairman of the Electricity Supply Committee, endorsedTender for Coal and ^oke,” and left at No. 21, Osborn-strett, E„ before noon on June 14th, 1915. The Council reserve the right to divide the contract amongst two or more contractors, and do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or anv tender. Municipal Offices, GEO. W. CLARKE, 15, Great Alie-st., Whitechapel, E., Town Clerk. 26th May, 1915. ; ______________________________________________________________ ____ MAXAi MAXA LTD., 43, Cannon St, London, EC. ______________________________ J. W. BAIRD AND COMPANY, PITWOOD IMPORTERS, WEST HARTLEPOOL, YEARLY CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO WITH COLLIERIES. OSBECK & COMPANY LIMITED, PIT-TIMBER MERCHANTS/ . NEWCA8TLE-ON-TYNE. SUPPLY ALL KINDS OF COLLIERY TIMBER. Telegrams—“Osbecks, Newcastle-on-Tyne.” ____________________________________________________ AND Journal of the Coal and Iron Trades. Joint Editors— J. V. ELSDEN, D.Sc. (Lond.), F.G.S. HUBERT GREENWELL, F.S.S., Assoc.M.I.M.E. LONDON, FRIDA Y, MAY 28, 1915. _____________________________ The London coal trade has been very irregular during the week. Colliery prices remain unaltered, but the demand is not so strong for household qualities, though difficulties of transport; have been the source of considerable anxiety. The1 seaborne market is hampered by the refusal to grant licences, and ships are waiting turns. ; . An important meeting is called for to-day (Friday) of 7 all: of the London . traders . to . consider the Government proposals/ * as to. the restriction; of profits during the summer. • • < .- •Holidays always have, a disturbing effect upon coal business, and .this Whitsun was no. exception to