476 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. September 3, 1915. CONTENTS. Editorial Articles :— page Oil v. Coal ................................. 477 The Distribution of Coal..................... 478 Articles :— Air-Compressor s»f or Colliery Work.......... 467 Coal Mines Inspection in 1914 ............... 468 Accidents from Explosives in 1914 ........... 470 Coal Mining Organisation Committee........... 471 Mining and Other Notes..................... 473 Output of Coal in the First Half of 1915 .... 473 The German and Austrian Coal and Iron Trades ... 474 Trade and the War............................ 475 Mineral Statistics for 1914 ................. 483 Labour and Wages............................. 483 Book Notices................................. 485 Open Contracts............................... 487 Obituary..................................... 488 The Freight Market .......................... 488 Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently Accepted................................... 488 New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron Trades ................................... 490 Publications Received ....................... 492 Government Publications ..................... 492 Catalogues and Price Lists Received.......... 492 Current Science and Technology.................. 474 Notes from the Coalfields ...................... 485 Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies ........... 487 The Coal and Iron Trades .................. 475, 478—482 The London Coal Trade ....................... 478 The By-Products Trade ....................... 482 The Tin-plate Trade ......................... 482 Letters to the Editors :— The Distribution of Coal..................... 473 Miscellanea :— Hull Coal Exports ........................... 468 Grimsby Coal Exports ........................ 478 Partnerships Dissolved....................... 482 ADVERTISEMENTS. 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No.—Holborn 2763. Booklet of useful information gratis. Chart of 187 Mechanical Motions with description of each, post free, 6d. Patents, &c. — General advice free. Low Inclusive Charges. Regd. British, U.S., and Canadian Patent Agents.—THE CONSULTING PATENT AGENCY, 253, Gray’s Inn- road, London, W.C. Write, call, or phone. Ph.: Holborn 6109. VENTIL ATI NG FA NS AND ENGINES. See Advertisement appearing on front Cover of alternate weeks, ' THE WADDLE PATENT FAN AND ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Llanmore Works, Llanelly VIVIANS BORING COMPANY jkOwy 84Miles of Borings Completed-ji 5^ WORK GUARANTEED. JHF .*2 YEARS, BORING for MINERALS, &o. Solid Specimens of the Strata obtained. Established 1888. Work guaranteed. J. S. DAVIDSON & SON, St. Bees, CUMBERLAND. “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. hr. Manchester. STEEL Rails Roof Rars Pit Props Arches For COLLIERIES V V and WORKS. THfls W. WARD Ltd., Albion Works, SHEFFIELD. TRY US. ------- STEEL & FILES. FANSHAWE & MARRIOTT ATKINSON, Steel and File manufacturers, Ecclesfield, near Sheffield. Telegraphic Address: “ Fansha, Ecclesfield.” WAGONS. 4 00 NEW 12-tonners for sale, side and end doors, 3 in. sheeting, all British ironwork; immediate delivery. Apply, “SHIPPERS,” Box 6145, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival street, Holborn. London, E.C. Tpngineer or Foreman with a thorough 11J knowledge of electrical machinery and all kinds of colliery plant, requires situation.—Box 6125, Colliery Guardian Office. 30 A 31, Furnival street, Holborn, London, E.C. /Colliery Manager and Mining Engineer seeks post home or abroad; 10 years’ experience England ; 3 years’ experience India; speaks Hindi and Bengali; knowledge Spanish ; excellent testimonials and references; good organiser.—Box 6154, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. /Colliery Traveller, in position, desires change, age 35 ; 17 years’ experience; references; Birmingham Bristol, and south preferred, or any position of trust considered.—Box 6157, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street. Holborn, London, E.C. anted by a large West Yorkshire V V colliery,a fully qualified and competent COLLIERY SURVEYOR —Apply, stating age, experience, salary required and references, Box 6156, Colliery Gu rdian Office, 30 & 31. Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. spenders are invited by the Yorkshire .1 (West Riding) Electric Tramways Co. Ltd., Belle Isle, Wakefield, for the supply of all COAL required for above work, 130 to 150 tons. Slack through lin. toljin. screen is preferred, but alternatives through larger or sm tiler screen will be com idered Coal to be delivered in barges to Belle Isle Wharf. Wakefield, and price to include delivery into crane buckets. The contract will be for one year from the 9th October, 1915. Tenders to H. ENGLAND, General Manager, Belle Isle, Wakefield. PARTNERSHIPS or DIRECTORSHIPS REQUIRED by the following investors, viz.: Capital available. Experience. Business Required. <£5,000 Merchants ... Directorship in sound Manufg. Co. £5,000 Motors Engineering or Manufacturing. <£5,000 Brewery Coal. £3,000 Chemicals ... Chemicals or Allied. £3,000 Textile Manchester Heavy Goods preferred. £3,000 Commercial... Directorship, Devon preferred. £2,500 Manufacturing Manufg. has export connections. £.1,500 Soft Goods ... Coal. £1,000 Ironmongery Wholesale Hardware. £1,000 Accountancy Manufg., Wholesale, or Agency. Owners of established sound businesses requiring capital should call upon or communicate confidentially with Messrs. COOKE & BYRNE, 60, Harcourt St., Dublin. Geo. N. Dixon & Co., 43, Cattle Street, Liverpool, Auctioneers and Valuers, COLLIERIES, Brickworks & Mining Plant. V’V anted for one of the largest Colliery ▼ V companies in India, 4 First-class Certificated MANAGERS. 2 OVERMEN with second-class certificates. 1 Practical COLLIERY ELECTRICIAN. 1 Practical COLLIERY ENGINEER experienced in sinking Applicants would have to submit to medical examination, and would be interviewed at a convenient cer tie, when details would be fully explained. Travelling expenses paid. Good salaries to good men. Free return second-class passages, &c. Succes ful applicants would have to sign 3 to 4 years’ agreement. Full particulars with qualifications, references, experience, age, &c. should be given hy first letter. Apply, Box 6153, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31. Furnival-street, Holoorn, London, E.C. TXT anted, to correspond with an energetic ▼ V and experienced man desirous of starting in the coal trade, but who is prevented d >ing so for want of capital.—Box 6155, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. SOMERSETSHIRE. EDFORD COLLIERY, HOLCOMBE. Three miles from Chilcompton, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, and 4 miles from Radstock, Great Western Railway. TO COLLIERY PROPRIETORS. IRON AND MACHINERY MERCHANTS AND OTHERS. Important and Unreserved ‘’ale of the whole of the PLANT and MACHINERY at the above Colliery. VY Wainwright, Laver & Crees Ltd. are ▼ T favoured with instructions from Mr. L. V. Trotman, Chartered Accountant. Frome, Receiver and Manager for the Debenture Holders, to SELL by AUCTION, at the above Colliery, on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1915, at 1 o’clock prompt, the whole of the above, comprising 2 Lanca- shire Boilers 7 ft. 6 in., single cylinder 15 in., 3 ft. 9 in. stroke, second motion, geared 2J to 1; Winding E gine, with fl, wheel and drum ; cages, 2 w nding ropes (one new); Boiler Fe^d Pump, by Hayward & Tyler; Donkey Feed Pump, Cameron type; pair Haulage Engines, 7 in. diameter, 12 in stroke, with drum, and 250 vardsjin. wire rope, with shaft and driving pulley; a quantity of Steam Piping; 40 new latest approved Oil Lamps; Electric Shot- firing Battery; 200 yards D uble Bridge Rads, with ties and wooden sleepers; Briquette Press, with elevator, pulley, and shafting complete; 4 large Coal Screens; quantity of new and old Iron; Mortar Mill and Pan, shafting and rulley complete ; 13 Coal Trams ; small Tram-weighing Machine, by Bartlett & Sons; Disintegrator; 60 Briquette Backs, each to hold approxi- mately a ton: Washing Machine, with elevator, screens, driving pulleys, &c.; Saw Bench; Emery Wheel; quantity of Shafting and Belting, Bolts and Nuts, with usual accessories to a working colliery. Further particulars, cards to view, a ad catalogues, mav be obtained of the AUCTIONEERS, Shepton Mallet; or of Mr. L. V. TROTMAN, King- street, Frome. XAC|-H,P, High-class Coupled Corliss M 1 / Compound ENGINE for sale, complete with Surface Con- denser, cylinders 20 in and 39 in by 48 in, Barring Engine provided, Flywheel in eight segments, 18 ft. diameter, grooved for 14 by If in. ropes; just finished running and being replaced by electrical plant- in splendid order throughout.—“COMPOUND,” Wm. Porteous & Co., Glasgow. For Sale, pair of 16| in. by 16 in. “ Marshall” Horizontal ENGINES, coupled, nearly new; cheap for quick removal; on seat, near Glasgow.—“SUPERIOR,” Wm. Porteous & Co., Glasgow. LTD , Brislington, Bristol. QO in. Steel Tubes, 900 ft., in 36 lengths, new condition, 3/16 in. thick; will be sold cheap to clear. JOSEPH PUGSLEY, Lawrence-hill, Bristol. 4 12-ton Wagons to Let on Simple JLkZ VZ Hire for one year or longer term.—GREOORT A CO. For Sale, 10 and 12-ton Second-hand COAL WAGONS, and 10-ton COKE WAGONS, prompt delivery.— FITZ H. SEVERN, Parliament Chambers, Nottingham. U'lourishing Colliery, handsome profits, JL proof, unusual opportunity; £60.000; for sale or managing director with capital.—Apply, J. R. LOOKWOOD, 18, Bank-street, Sheffield; principals only. For Sale, Vertical High-pressure Three- throw PUMPS (2), by Hayward Tyler, 7Jin. gunmetal plungers by 9 in. stroke, gear driven by Vertical Steam Engine, 9 in. cylinder by 10 in. stroke, 10,000 gallons per hour; fine sets.—WILLIAMS A SONS, South Bermondsey Station, London, S.E. For Sale, 120 ft. of 9| in. Steel Flanged PIPING, high pressure, in various lengths; also 80 ft. of 9 in. diameter Cast Iron Flanged Piping, and large quantity of other various sizes.—WILLIAMS A SONS, South Bermondsey Station, London, S E. For Sale, 100-kw. C.C. 6-pole Dynamo, by British Thomson-Houston Co., 480-550 volts, 182/192 amps., 180 r p m., ring lubrication ; low price.—WILLIAMS A SONS. South Bermondsey Station, London, S.E. For Sale.—Seen fixed in South Wales, powerful pair of Compound HAULAGE ENGINES, by Worsley Meanes, in practically new condition, cylinders 22 in. and 30 in. by 42 in. stroke, drum 7ft. diameter, special hilical gearing; this is a really splendid pair <.f engines, and will be sold a bargain to save removal. JOSEPH PUGSLEY, Cattybrook Ironworks, Lawrence-hill, Bristol. YA7anted immediately, small Direct ▼ V driven Alternating GENERATING SET. about 100-kw., 50cycles, 500 volts.—Reply, with full particulars, EAST BRISTOL COLLIERIES, Kingswood, Bristol. "Practically new Belt-driven Holman. Air JL COMPRESSOR, 16 in. by 20 in., 500ft. capacity, latest type with automatic con r«-»l. JOSEPH PUGSLEY, Lawrence-hill, Bristol. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. /Colliery Ventilating Fan and Engine, by Walker Bros., Wigan, capacity 275,000 cubic feet, cylinder 24 in. diameter ; on-) pair Winding Engines, by Walker Bros , cylinders 24 in. diameter; Steel Headgear, 50 ft. to pulleys, diameter 11 ft, and other Plant at Coalbrookvale Colliery, Nantyglo.—For fun her particulars, apply GRUNDY, LAMB & GRUNDY, 14, John Dalton-street, Manchester. anted, one D.C. Electric Generator, 50 to 150-kw., 500 volts, with or without switchboard also Engine to drive same, gas, oil or steam, or turbine; low pressme, exhaust, or mixed steam.—State price, condition, and where can be seen, SHERWOOD OOLLIERT CO., Mansfield. TO PIT PROP BUYERS. or Sale. 80 (Eighty) ACRES OF TIMBER. Situated near Falmouth, suitable for pit props, and admirably situated for removal by rail or water. Apply to R. H. S. HENDERSON BULL, Marlborough, Falmouth. VAT anted, Geared Winding Engines, with y V drum about 7 ft. diameter.—Apply, Box 6158, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C.