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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1925
Page
3
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce plans a rail and waterborne goodwill tour to New England Chambers of Commerce and Manufacturers Associations, reuniting with New England delegates after a year. Participants include T. Farrell of Pocahontas Fuel, E. E. White of E. E. White Coal, and Major W. P. Tama Jr of Gulf Smokeless, highlighting coal trade links and regional exchange.
The Virginian party will visit New England as official guests of several states. W. E. E. Koepier secretary of the Pocahontas Operators Association and RK H. Gross president of the New River Company, based in Boston, head a group connected to Smokeless coal fields. The delegation will be hosted by Chambers of Commerce and Manufacturers Associations in about fifteen cities and travel by water rail and automobile.
Demand for by-product coke drives prices up in parts of the East and signals a price rise of about a dollar per ton. Three leading smokeless coal shippers in West Virginia announce October prices lower than September, implying a shift in market share as others may need to adjust or concede volume to the leaders.
The first shipment of Welsh coal moves toward the United States as a precaution against anthracite strike shortages. Burns Brothers, New York’s largest retail coal dealers, announce contracts with Welsh mines and expect additional orders from Germany. Quantities are not specified, but up to fifty thousand tons monthly may be arranged.
A study of main sources of fortunes among leading income taxpayers shows coal ranks low. Banking yields automotive oil mining tobacco traction and publishing appear with stronger links to wealth than coal. The article notes coal does not produce large fortunes despite public claims.
Anthracite workers in West Virginia face reduced outside employment as the current suspension nears its end. In spring, miners quickly found work on construction and road projects, but now opportunities are scarce and demand is easing after a recent surge.
Lexington youth Morman B. Daniel arrived at the University of Kentucky with 2.67 dollars and worked five jobs while attending law school. He saved 3000 by graduation and, at about 25, he was elected to the Kentucky legislature and may run for Congress next year.
Workers relocate to Charleston West Virginia to seek employment in bituminous coal mines while planning to return to the anthracite region once operators and the United Mine Workers reach a new contract.
William D Ord and family moved to a new home on the Potomac river near George Washington's famous estate. Ord is president of the Empire Coal & Coke Co at Landgraff West Virginia and head of the Smokeless Coal Operators Association of West Virginia, with long ties to Washington. The Landgraff home will be kept and used as needed to supervise his coal properties.
The article traces U S coal existence from Independence, noting early output under 15 million tons and the impact of dynamite on mining. It highlights rising production by decades: 1870 33 million, 1880 71.5 million, 1890 over 192 million, 1900 270 million, 1910 over 600 million, and 1920 about 650 million tons.
The article recalls Benjamin Franklin lines on taxation and life, noting how old truths echo today. It cites Franklin’s quips about government taxes versus burdens from idleness pride and folly, suggesting enduring relevance.
Lilly Land Co promotes Beckley West Virginia lots and truck farms. Properties marketed with 5 percent down and 2.5 percent monthly payments, no interest or tax, and a deed to a beneficiary on death. Office in Beckley with additional listings in other towns under same terms.
Fragmentary line indicates tax commissioners cannot ease or deliver aid by permitting an abatement. The readable text hints at a debate over reducing tax burdens or offering refunds through abatements. No clear names, dates, or places are present.
The Boston and Maine Railroad awards CC H. & Son of Boston a contract to deliver 900 tons of Island Creek Coal over twelve months from April 1, 1926, to March 31, 1927. The contract includes options for an additional four years.
A 500 mile willow post trail across the Alaskan hills marks a tribute to native ingenuity. The growing trees form a living path with native characters and English words indicating distances between camps and villages along the route.
Tokyo reports that country doctors are scarcer in rural Japan, with regions having one physician per 20,000 residents. The government offers around 900 dollars annually to attract doctors to these underserved areas.
Four night classes for miners in McDowell county have been organized by the extension department of the College of Mining of West Virginia University. A fifth class at Gary has 33 men enrolled, with Welch 15, Twin Branch 15, Kimball 12, and Coalwood 24. Additional classes started at Mt Hope, and extending to Williamson, Montgomery, Logan and Wheeling under the same program.
Booth-Bowen Coal Company installs a new washery at its Simmons Creek plant, finishing a prior construction program begun last year with a new tipple. The Pocahontas field facility is described as among the finest, fully equipped with modern devices to ship prepared sizes of domestic coal.
Extensive improvements at the Weyanoke Coal and Coke Company tipple in Lowe West Virginia on the Widemouth branch include a new washery to improve preparation of Patterson Pocahontas coal. Alterations also increase plant capacity.
Carl H. Knudson, consulting engineer at Baldwin Locomotive Works and inventor of a new diesel type engine, predicts coal burning steam engines will soon disappear. The oil engine electric motor design costs less to operate, can pull passenger trains at 75 mph non stop, and haul 3000 tons of freight on level track, triple the capacity of steam locomotives.
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