268 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OB, 



VERTICAL SECTION OF A COAL MINE. 



tions, up to January 13, reached $12,857,400, of which 

 $8,543,000 were pro rata, and $2,305,630 has been 

 paid in. 



" The company have determined to construct a fleet 

 of additional steam, colliers, some of 600 and some of 

 1200 tons capacity, the machinery to be built at the 

 company's shops. A contract has been made for the 

 hulls and boilers for two vessels for a trial. If they are 

 successful, a large fleet will at once be completed." 



Now this is a remarkable history of prosperity, and 

 it is significant as showing the rapidity with which the 

 Coal Monopoly is fastening its yoke upon the people of 

 the United States. In the year 1872, one-third of the 

 total production of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania was 

 carried to market over the roads of the Philadelphia & 

 Reading Company, or, in other words, the people of the 

 Eastern and Middle States were at the mercy of the 

 Philadelphia & Reading Railroad for one-third of their 



