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Iti,Coal Trade of Pennsylvania.—-Scarce three centuries have elapsed sjnce the va-4t»e-^|;coal was first discovered,juitl itisno\^n;,generaLuseJn- both England and Amenta, and applied to many highly^use-fui dnd valuable purposes. It is evident that although the United S ates possessesalmost boundless forests of timber^yet that in certain portions of the country, and in the immediate vicinity , of the large seaboard cities there must necessarily bo a considerable.deficiency of ityKfperienccd, and indeed now, although the demand for•* . * ■ C . owood has been much lessened by III o' ex-; tensive use of coal, some .^owners of for* ests contiguous to the navigable streams on 1 the Atlantic coasts, have actually, refused to fell their trees unless for timber purposes and, at an increased recompense, they considering, them entirely too^valpa-ble to be felled for the mere purposo of fuel, and look forward to the*, day as not being far distant when their value will .increase four-fold. : When the timber lof af i IcountryTs used for fuel, there soon becomes a scareihrol it, and especially where it is the interest or the jand-holder to clear his. ' j . »i / • « s • igrouhtl for; thfe. purpose* of agriculture,which is the case-throughout/the. inland^taies. In England1 and Ireland, turf ami ^peat had been used from time, immemorial before the introduction of coal, , and its'V»l' -V'•1x valuc was so little; krvo wa for'ne atfy.four -1 centuries after iterdiscovery, that ft/wiji,; .onlyxnqi by the poor in the abseh^.df* :• other foe!. The. coal trade of England ii -, now said to be 21,000,000JoiisV and grvei employment to 180,OQO' coijtevs* y /IK ‘The inconveniences anticipntcfrom i'y scarcity of fuel, occasioned by the Vapid/'TUecrease of woodhyid inMhe vicinity of/our;' city, Itavo been dispelled by dm coaVdiSf jcoverjes in .theJifirit of the staicf ftvhiciv . [will doubtlesseuppiy^H our wahtsfn that Mine for.Centuries to'.coinv; Besides. their -y * n tna im er j u*t na med, jb ty ai»T ^ ’ M *' 'V * '* ' ‘ ''', JT * I ’ *■ ' « I « v , I.
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Carlisle Herald and Expositor
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Mar 03, 1841
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