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February, 1905 COAL AND TIMBER
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
—The Colfax Consolidated Coal Company,
of Colfax, la., has ordered two Ottumwa
box car loaders.
—The National Coal Company of Akron,
Ohio, has received authority to increase its
capital from $50,000 to $200,000.
—The cities of Ashland, Ky., and Huntington,
W. \"a., are making strenuous efforts
to have the C. II. & D. R.R. locate
their proposed bridge across the Ohio River
at their respective points.
—Oil well drillers report having gone
through 'a 12 foot vein of fine coal" near
Cadiz, Ohio. Perhaps these are the same
fellows who struck "a 12 foot vein of fine
coal" in Mason County, W. Va., about two
months ago.
—Messrs. Douglas G. Putnam, E. W.
Strack and M. W. Thomas appeared before
the River and Harbor Commissionin
Washington, January 12th, at the instance
of the Commercial Club, of Ashland, Ky.,
relative to the location of Dam No. 29 at
this point.
—Coal operators, of Canada, arc falling
into line and ordering box car loaders. The
Souris Coal Mining Company, oi Winnipeg,
Ont., has just ordered an Ottumwa,
and the International Coal & Coke Company,
of Coleman, Alberto, has installed
an Ottumwa since January 1.
— The State Railroad Commission of
Kentucky, has ordered the A. C. & I., and
the C. & O. Railroads to re-establish old
rates at once on mileage basis. Rates will
be 80 cents out of Kilgore to Cincinnati,
and $1.10 west, to Lexington, both railroads
to be treated as one and tlie sau'ie
railroad hereafter. This change in rates
will allow of several mines now 'die on
Lexington division of C. & O. R. R. to
commence operations at an eariy date.
—The Acrogen Coal Company composed
of Frostburg, Md., capitalists is opening a
mine near Paintsville, Ky.,on Big Sandy extension
of the C. & O. R. R. This com
pany is installing tipple and plant for operating
electric chain cutters. They expect
to be shipping coal within the next 90
days. This operation promises to be one
of the largest in the Johnson County, Ky.,
coal fields and preparations are being made
to eventually mine 1,000 to 1,500 tons of
coal daily.
—A company has just been organized
at Lexington, Ky., with $50,000 capital, to
develop the Bell County coal fields. A
inammotn coal elevator is to be erected
at Lexington to handle the output of the
mines when opened. C. K. Oldham was
elected president of the new company, and
associated with him are State Treasurer
Henry M. Bosworth, Judge J. F. Bosworth,
Bosworth Brothers, John C. P'itzpatrick,
Charles J. Bronston, Judge F. A. BUIIOCK,
Major H. E. Helburn and J. W. Keyer.
—A large deal in Kentucky coal lands has
been consummated at Ledington, by the
sale of two large tracts of coal lands in Lee
County, near Beattyville. Messrs. J. P.
Amsden, A. E. Richards and J. C. Thompson
sold one tract of 1,900 acres to Attila
Norman of Frankfort, and another tract
of 1,100 acres to the Kentucky Block
and Cannel Coal Company, of Lexington.
Both purchasers will install machinery and
push the work of development as rapidly
as possible. Mr. Norman expects to have
on output of 600 to 800 tons per day, and
the Cannel Company 1,000 tons daily. The
consideration of the transfer was not made
public.
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BERTHA COAL & COKE
The
COMPANY.
Bertha Coal and Coke Company, a
West Virginia corporation, with $320,000
paid in capital stock and owning about
6,000 acres of coal lands in Marshall and
Wetzell Counties, W. Va., held their annual
stockholders' meeting in the office of
Mine Inspector, I. G. Roby, Uniontown, Pa.,
January 17. The following board of directors
chosen: James E. Roderick, Hazelton;
J. D. Evans. Johnstown; Albert Gaddis, L.
C. Mechling, David Junk and I. G. Roby,
Uniontown; W. A. Stone, Hop wood;
George AI. Davies, Lansford, Pa., and
Charles McCamic, Moundsville, W. Va.
The new board is the same as the old, except
that Messrs. Mechling and Junk take
ihe places of S. M. Simpson, of Brownfield,
and J. W. Byers, of Fairchance, who
declined re-election. The old officers were
elected as follows: James E. Roderick,
president; Albert Gaddis, vice president; W.
A. Stone, treasurer, and I. G. Roby, secretary.
RAILROAD
TIMBER.
Pennsylvania Railroad Planting Thousands
of Trees.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has undertaken
to grow the timber for its future supply
of crossties. Already it has planted
over 280,000 trees and intends to set 0"t
800.000 more this year.
This will require 2,000 acres of land,
which has already been selected along the
principal divisions of the system. It is
estimated that it will require 30 years for
the trees to attain their full growth, and
that to supply the road's demand, it will be
necessary to plant 39,000.000 trees.
The Pennsylvania road has experimented
with the yellow locust trees, and its plantings
have ali been of that kind. Ties made
of this material are more durable and lasting.
The trees planted have been seedlings
twi oj- three years old, and cost, including
labor, about 8 cents each. They were
. a-iit-d ten feet apart, averaging about 400
to ihe a"re, although
54,871 trees plantc I
recently were placed six feet apart and
88,127 were set eight feet apart. The total
number planted by the railroad company
is as follows: Newton Hamilton, 13,610;
Conewago, 68,460; Pomeroy, 20,280; west of
Atglen, 16,557; Atglen, 8,108; Juniata Stage,
50,300 and along the Atglen and Susquehanna
branch, 53,000, a total of 280,530
trees.
The land, except a tract of fourteen acres
at Newton Hamilton, is owned by the railroad.
To supply the increasing needs of
the Pennsylvania alone it is estimated that
it will be necessary to plant 1,300,000 trees
each year for a period of thirty years, the
time required for a tree to mature. If
planted ten feet apart, or 400 to the acre,
it will entail the continuous use of 97,500
acres, or 152 square miles of land.
CAMDEN
INTERESTS
Control Northern Coal & Coke Company.
Senator Camden, who has been a large
stockholder in the Northern Coal & Coke
Company since its organization by J. C.
C. Mayo, has been buying all of the stock
of the company, which he could find for
sale during the last few months, and the
"Camden interests" now control the company.
The value of the property of this big
corporation runs into the millions of dollars.
Their coking coal is of superior
quality and will be developed on a large
scale, as they will have several hundred
ovens ready for operation by the time the
C. & O. Railroad reaches their property
in the upper valley of the Big Sandy.
The offices of the company will be moved
from Chicago to Ashland, Ky., and Parkersburg,
W. Va. Ashland is the home of the
General Manager, J. W. M. Stewart, and
Senator Camden's headquarters are at Parker
rsburg.
W. C. JUTTE RESTRAINED.
In the case brought by the Monongahela
River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company
to restrain W. C. Jutte from engaging in
the coal business in the State of Pennsylvania,
for a period of ten years from the
time when the plaintiffs purchased the defendants'
coal business, the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania has handed down a decision
affirming the decree of Judge Shafer
of Allegheny county.
JudaMe Shafer had issued a restraining
order against Jutte which was stayed, pending
appeal, and which now becomes effective.
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