608 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. September 29, 1916. CONTENTS. Editorial Articles :— page Coal Mining Organisation Committee .......... 609 Stone Dusting in South Wales................... 609 Articles Coal and Shipping ............................. 599 Newcastle Colliery, Blair Athol ............... 603 By-Product Coke Plant at Terre Haute .......... 604 The American Coal Trade ....................... 604 Mechanical Stokers and Fluctuating Loads ...... 606 Miners’ Wages.................................. 606 Presentation to Mr. G. Blake Walker ........... 606 Mining Industry and Military Service........... 607 The German and Austrian Coal and Iron Trades ... 614 Advantage of Owning Railway Wagons ............ 614 Trade and the War ............................. 614 Coal Mining Organisation Committee ............ 615 Book Notices................................... 616 Labour and Wages............................... 618 Open Contracts ................................ 620 Coastwise Shipments in August ................. 620 The Freight Market ............................ 620 Obituary ...................................... 622 Government Publications ....................... 622 Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently Accepted..................................... 622 Publications Received ......................... 624 New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron Trades...................................... 624 Reports of Meetings :— South Wales Institute of Engineers ............ 601 British Association for the Advancement of Science 605 The Coal and Iron Trades...................... 610—614 The .By-Products Trade ........................ 613 The London Coal Trade ......................... 614 The Tin-plate Trade............................ 614 Notes from the Coal Fields ....................... 616 Monthly List of Recent Coal Literature.......... 619 Indian and Colonial Notes......................... 607 Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies ............. 620 Miscellanea :— A Department of Minerals and Metals............ 601 Partnership Dissolved ......................... 606 Belgian Fuel Output in the First Half of 1915 . 607 French Committee on House Coal Supplies...... 607 Abnormal Prices of Coal........................ 613 Errata........................................ 614 Tonnage Delays at Blyth—Refuse as Fuel ........ 618 Tin-plate Industry—Hull Coal Exports—Wire Shipments Refused—Miners’ Lamp Glasses ...... 620 For 52 insertions 2s. 6d. ”) „ 26 „ 3s. 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THE CONSULTING PATENT AGENCY (1880). 253, Gray’s Inn Road, London, W.C. VENTILATING FANS AND ENGINES. Advertisement appearing on front Cover of alternate weeks. THE WADDLE PATENT FAN AND ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Llanmore Works Llanelly VIVIANS BORING COMPANY Ik 0^88 Mila of Borings Completed^ Wk WORK GUARANTEED. BORING tor MINERALS, &o. Solid Specimhnb of the Strata obtained. Established 1888. Work guaranteed. J. S. DAVIDSON & SON, St. Bees, CUMBERLAND. INCREASE STEAM CAPACITY OF BOILERS. water HEATER-SOFTENER combined Utilise Exhaust Steam or Gases. Write— ———— The Lawrence Patent Water Softener, &c., Co. Ltd., PARLIAMENT MANSIONS, WESTMINSTER. “GROWN” BOILER COVERINGS of Outstanding Superiority. 96°/o SAYING Intensest Heat cannot Impair. SUTCLIFFE BROS. nr. Manchester. STEEL Rails Roof Rars Pit Props Arches For COLLIERIES and WORKS. THQS W. WARD Ltd., Albion Works, SHEFFIELD. TRY US. -------- MARITIME COALINGADMINISTRATION Planning of Coaling Stations. Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster, England. RAILS. RAILS. ALL SECTIONS AND ACCESSORIES. Also quantity F.B. suitable for bearers. Sleepers. Timbers. Switches and Crossings. Buffer Stops. Locomotives. Cranes. Wagons. ARMYTAGE & JONES Ltd., Sheaf Street, Sheffield. "Oepresentative wanted for Northumber- _JL|j land and Durham Coal Fields by large firm of Wire Rope Manufac- turers. One with previous experience and connection preferred. Applica tions treated in strictest confidence. State particulars and salary required to—Box 6544, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E C. Iplectrician wanted by Colliery Company JL-J in the Midlands to take charge of New Electrical Installation. Must have experience of three phase, exhaust steam-turbo alternators, electric haulage and pumping. Apply, giving age, experience, when at liberty and salary required, to—Box 6546, Colliery Guardian office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. Instructor required for Mining Depart- ment by well known Technical Institution. Salary £120 to £200 per annum. Applications, giving full particulars of experience and qualifica tions, to be addressed, in first instance—Box 6543, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. VV anted a person Calling on Collieries, V V willing to offer Cotton Driving Ropes on Commission. Address- Box 6540, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. Will applicants under Box 6486 for situation as Coal Salesman for Midland Colliery kindly note that the position has now been filled ? Experienced Surveyor, exempt, desires appointment with firm of civil and mining engineers; excellent draughtsman, thoroughly reliable, highest references; state salary.—Apply. Box 6510, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival street, Holborn, London, E.C. \ VT anted First Class Certificated Collier j ▼ ▼ MANAGER for a large Colliery in South Yorkshire ; experience in longwall, heavy pumping and coal cutting essential.—Apply, stating age, salary, and copies of two recent testimonials to—Box 6533, Codie , Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival street, Holborn, London, E.C. YXTanted, for a Colliery in the Midlands, V y with an output of 1,300 tons per day, and Brick and Sanitary Pipe Works attached, an Assistant Enginewright of good education, and a fair draughtsman. Send full particulars of experience, wages required, and copies of testimonials to Box 6536, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. Geo. N. Dixon & Co., 43, Street, Xtverpool, Auctioneers and Valuers, COLLIERIES, Brickworks & Mining Plant. Auctioneers & Valuers to the Engineering Trades. KNIGHT & PARTNERS Ltd. 27, Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. SALES conducted in all parts of the Kingdom. COAL, IRON & STEEL SHARES. WILLIAM CHAPMAN & COMPANY, Stockbrokers. (established since 1851). Cavendish Buildings, Wheeler Gate, NOTTINGHAM. Special Business in Coal, Iron and. Steel Shares. Lists, reports, &c., will be forwarded regularly on application. /Colliery Manager for India. A large firm controlling several Indian Collieries in Bengal invite applica- tions for the post of Colliery Manager. Applicants (either ineligible or discharged from the Army) must be fully qualified, well educated, and have received a thorough training as a Mining Engineer. Commencing salary with a five years agreement. Rupees five hundred per month, rising to seven hundred per month by yearly increments. In addition there is a substantial bonus scheme, also free quarters Free passage both ways. Apply, with copies of full credentials, to Box 6537, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. VV anted a Driller, for India; must T ▼ have knowledge of Calyx machine and diamond boring; ineligible for Army; free passage out and home; agreement three years— Application, with full particulars of experience, stating age and salary required to *' R.R..” c/o Streets, 30, Cornhill, E.C. COLLIERY INVESTMENT. Qmall capital required to develop very k_J valuable Coalfield which has been proved to exist over 3,000 acres, now a current going concern; output reached profitable quantity, coal exceptional quality for House, Gas and High-class Coke and By-products. Apply—Box 6545. Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. IRON ORE ROYALTY AND LIMESTONE QUARRY. To Let, the Yeathouse Iron Ore Royalty and Limestone Quarry, at Frizington, near Whitehaven. Par- ticulars supplied by Messrs. MAIN b SONS, Whitehaven, Cumberland ^Penders invited for One Leather Fan JL Belt (copper sewn), treble edges, and double centre, not ran six months, 104 ft. by 42 in. wide; equal to new Apply, 20. EXCHANGE, CARDIFF. VUanted c. and w. price for 1,000 tons ▼ V Merthyr Large, 500 Monmouthshire Large, 2,000 tons Staff., Derby or Nottingham Best Brights or Large Nuts; also 500 tons Forest Rubbles and Large, 1916 delivery. Cash against invoice.—DIRECT COALS LIMITED, Yeovil. Tel. add., ” Willie, Yeovil.” Beiliss & Morcom’s 180 kw. Generating SET for Sale, cylinders 12in. and 20 in. stroke 10 in, Siemens Dynamo shunt and compound wound 480 to 550 volts.—BEELLEWELL A CO., Royal Exchange, Manchester. For Sale, Steam Driven .Air Compressor by Ingersoll, two stage, Compound Engines, Automatic Steam Regulator and Air unloader, for 327 cubic ft. free air. practically new ; also 7 ton Steam Derrick CRANE by Watson, Glasgow, 58 ft. jib, with Vertical Boiler 7ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 6 in., injector, cyls. 7 in. dia. by 10 in. stroke, STANLEY ENGINEERING CO., Bath. For Sale, Evans Belt-driven Pump Centre Ram Packed Tvpe, 8 in. rams by 12 in. stroke, helical gears ; Smith Vaile DUPLEX PUMP, 7 in. by 5 in. by 10in. stroke; Tangye’s SPECIAL PUMP, 7 in. bv 7 in. by 12 in. stroke; Tangye’s 10 in. Belt- driven CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; two No. 3 PULSOMETERS; Avery’s 2 ton Pit Bank WEIGHBRIDGE. STANLEY ENGINEERING CO., Bath. VW anted, Pair self-contained Hauling T ▼ ENGINES, main and tail, 8in. to lOin. dia. cylinders.—Full particulars, specification and price to WIRBAL COI>I>IERT LTD. Neston, Cheshire. Browett & Lindley 300 kw. Generating SET for Sale, cylinders 16£ in. and 31 in., stroke 17 in., dynamo compound wound 480 to 550 volts.—HELLEWELL b CO., Royal Exchange, Manchester. \Wanted a good Second-hand or New ▼ ▼ horizontal electrically driven treble ram Pump, capable of delivering 150 gals, per min. against a head of 809 ft. Pump will be con- structed on a girder frame.—Box 6547, Col iery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival street, Holborn, London. E.C. WAGONS FOB SALE. Qpring Buffer Wagons (Laminated k/y springs). 200 10-tonners, side doors, £40 e^ch. 150 do. new side doors full length, £50 each. 180 8 tonners, side doors. £38 esch. 30 do. with drop sides. £40 each. 70 11-tonners, Hoppers, bottom doors, £50 each. DEAD BUFFER WAGONS. 50 P-tonners, side and end doors, £25 each. 35 8-tonners, side and bottom doors, £22 each. 25 do. ballast wagons, drop sides, £22 each. All the above wagons in first-class condition, and can be recommended. They are for use on private sidings. Enquiries solicited for all types of wagons, for any service, new or second-hand. JOHN F. WAKE, DARLINGTON. SALE OF OGMORE GAS POWER PLANT. For Sale, Gas-driven Electrical Gen- erating Plant, at present in daily use supplying electrical energy to a group of collieries, consisting of PRODUCER HOUSE.—Two Gas Producers, each capable of delivering 1,000 cubic ft. of gas per min. against a 3in. water gauge, complete with dust catchers, cooling towers, coke and sawdust scrubbers, tar extractors, hydraulic seal boxes, etc. One steam driven No. 4 Roots Blower driven by Thwaite vertical 10 in. by 10 in. engine. One Robey loco type Boiler, evaporating 7001b of Water per hour at 1201b. per sq. in. One Cochrane Boiler (vertical), 3 ft. 9in. by 11 ft. One Gasholder single lift of 15ft., 30,000 cubic ft. capacity. 250 ft. of 2 ft. 6 in. d a. Gas Main, with two 2 ft. 6 in. gate valves. One Simmance Abady Calorimeter by Alex. Wright A Co. Ltd. Westminster. POWER STATION.—Two 750 BHP. 2 stroke double-acting horizontal 2 cylinder Gas Engines by Mather and Platt, with spare parts, direct connected to two 650 k.v.a, 25 cycles, 3 phases, 2,200 volt generators, Crompton A Co. Ltd. One Koster Air Compressor, with receivers. O e Electrical Blower, consisting of one No. 3 Roots Blower coupled to 14 h.p. d.c. compound wound Motor, Mather and Platt, with starter, automatic speed and vacuum controller. Persons interested may view the plant under working conditions during the next four weeks on application to Messrs. OORT BROTHERS b OO. LTD., Collieries Dept., Cardiff.