1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class I.: Sowerby and Phillips

335. SOWERBY and PHILLIPS, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Waldridge Wallsend Hutton seam, gas, and smiths' coal.

The exhibitors being the proprietors of the Waldridge Wallsend Colliery, desire to call the attention of gas companies and exporters to their Waldridge Wallsend Hutton Seam gas coals, acknowledged to be the best portion of the Hutton Seam in the county of Durham.

It possesses the necessary elements for obtaining the largest yield of gas of high illuminative power, and also produces a first-class coke; it is used and much approved of by nearly all the principal European gas companies.

By the system of screening adopted by MESSRS. SOWERBY and PHILLIPS, the gas coals designed for shipment to foreign ports are freed from all impurities; thus increasing the yield of gas, and completely avoiding a great waste in quantity, and consequent loss in freight, particularly where overland carriage from the port of delivery is necessary.

The Waldridge small coal will be found to be the best now in use for smiths' purposes, being perfectly free from sulphur. It is extensively used, and its qualities are well known in nearly all the continental ports.

SOWERBY and PHILLIPS are in a position to ship coals at Shields and Sunderland Dock (at which ports vessels of the largest size are always afloat while loading), and possessing by their own railway, a direct communication with the line of the North-Eastern Railway Company, they can when necessary despatch coals by the most direct and speedy route to all parts of the country.

"Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14th Feb., 1862.

"Messrs. Sowerby and Phillips, Proprietors of Waldridge Colliery.

"Dear Sirs— It is with the greatest pleasure that we testify to the excellent quality of your Waldridge Wallsend coals for coke and gas, from the great satisfaction which they have given at numerous gas works, during our uninterrupted export of several thousand tons per annum, since 1845.

"We are,

"Yours very truly,

"C. F. JACKSON and CO.,

"Coal exporters, Exchange Buildings,

"Newcastle-on-Tyne."

(Copy.) "Lyons, 21st Feb. 1862.

"I, the undersigned Augustus Genin, administrative Engineer of the Gas Companies whose head establishment is at Lyons, have pleasure in certifying that for fourteen years, I have always preferred for the supply of our works situated in France, Spain, and Italy, the Waldridge Coal, and that I have obtained from it the best product.

"This coal which was at first pointed out to me by my friend, Mr. J. B. Stears, has been supplied in preference by the house of C. F. Jackson and Co., of Newcastle.

" =Accept my friendly wishes,

(Signed) "AUG. GENIN."

(Copy.) "Lyons, 6th March, 1862.

"I certify that having for a dozen years employed in those of our gas works situated so as to be supplied by English collieries, the coals from the Waldridge pit, I acknowledge that according to their yield of gas and coke, they are equal in quality to the best gas coal from the Newcastle basin.

(Signed) "EMELIE VAUTIER,

"Engineer of the Gas Companies of the towns of Besancon, Bourg, Dole, Metz, Reims, Angers, Limoges, Clermont, Fcrrand, he Puy, Montauban, Perpignan, Agen, Ala is, Valence, Grenoble, Venice, Trieste, Padoue, Vincenne, Trevise Verone, Florence, Malaga.

Viewed for authentication of the signature placed above,

Lyons, 7th March, 1862. (Signed) "The Mayor of the Second District,

PUVONOY,"

(Seal.)

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