The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-11

Contract Awarded for the Supply
for the Coming Winter Many
Firms Among the Successful Bid
ders for Some Portion of What Is
Needed--The Price Is Slightly
Lower Than u Year Ago.
The state of Minnesota let contracts
yesterday for enough coal to set al
most anything on fire this side of the
Philippines. Not that it will be willful
waste. but Minnesota requires just 3d.
600 tons of coal every winter to run
the various state institutions and the
capitol building.
There is wide range between the
amounts required by the different state
institutions. 1t only requires 400 tons
of Pocahontas coal to keep the chilling
blasts of a January wind from the
chamber Of the hard working legis-
lator. while the insane asylum at
Rochester takes several carloads, in
all $3.50 tons of Youghiogheny, nut and
stove coal, to heat the institution dur
ing the winter months.
Bids. for this coal were opened ON
Aug. by the state purchasing commits
sion and called for only the first grade
OF anthracite and Youghiogheny coal,
delivered f. o. b. cars at the institu-
tons designated in the circular which
was sent out at that time to the coal
companies
Inc contracts were pretty well divid-
ed between the various coal companies
in the state. The commission which
attended to the little formality Of max
Ing the contracts is composed of the
governor, auditor and state treasurer
A slight reduction in the price Of
fha iS I'M ba Go,,
as compared with the prevailing price
year ago. However, this does not
help the careful housewife to whom
the coal bill is as a mountain Of woes.
as inquiry at any fuel establishment
Will disclose a very rigid backbone to
the coal market, and no decline in
the retail price over last year. But the
state does not purchase coal by the
single ton, and 1t has it to burn at
all times. This fact is responsible for
the decline in the cost to the state.
The states coal bill figures just $125,-
600 every year. This year the average
price paid for hard coal Is about $3.50
while last year 1t cost the state some
thing over 81 per ton. Soft coal has
declined In cost to the state about 80
cents per ton under last year.
The following is the tonnage requir-
ed for each Of the state institutions:
Hospital at st. Peters, 900 tons Youghio-
gneny; 80 tons anthracite, CRATE; $50 tons an
thrac1te, stove; 80 tons anthracite egg
Hospital at Rochester-5,5 500 tons Youghio-
gheny; 300 tons anthracite. stove; SO tons an
thracite. nut.
ing Valley; 200 tons anthracite. stove.
Capitol, st. Paul-400 tons Pocahontas or
New River.
Faribault D. D. and B. Institu.e-s 900 tons
foughiogheny; 40 tons anthracite, egg; %
tons anthracite, nut.
~ State Training School, Red Wing-9OCO tons
nCh nny
Soldiers Home Minnehaha-2 100 tons
Youghiogheny; 12O tons anthracite
Reformatory, St. Cloud-2C0 tons Youghio-
berland.
University at Minneapolis-25 tons coke,
CConnellsyllle; 25 tons anthracite. egg; 10 tons
Experimental Station. st. Anthony Park-1Oo
tons Hooking Valley; 700 tons rea; 100 tons
anthracite S1a1 n,,, stove 10 tons anthracite nut
Illinois Wilmington, La Sale or Spring VAL
ley); lbs tons anthracite, stove. ~,
Contracts were awarded the following
firms at the figures set opposite their
names:
st. Peter Hospital
Pennsylvania and Ohio Fuel company,
st. Paul, Youghiogheny coal .......... 8 IS
Pioneer Fuel company anthracite CRATE 50
Pioneer Fuel company. anthracite, stove. SO
Pioneer Fuel company, anthracite, egg. 6 SO
Rochester Hospital
Pennsylvania and Ohio Fuel company, ST.
Faul, 1OuSn1OSneQy coal 8 Is
Mccarthy & Newman, Chicago, anthra-
MCCARTHY { Newman. Chicago. anthra: %
Farbault institution ':'''' : =
Sunday Creek Coal company. Youghio-
Pioneer Fuel eI company. St. Paul anthra. %
Pioneer Fuel company St. Paul. anthra. -
Red Wing Training School. ''''''' 81
Pioneer Fuel company, st. Paul,
Youghiogheny coal go. ...........2 80
Pioneer Fuel company st. Paul, anthra-
Soldiers Home, Minneapolis. ''''''''' ' ~
Pennsylvania and Ohio Fuel company,
st. Paul, Youghiogheny coal :. ......... 2 90
Pioneer Fuel company, st. Paul. anthra-
Reformatory, St. cloud 1900 . %
Northwestern Fuel company. St. Paul,
Pioneer Fuel. St. Paul, anthracite, egg. a
Pioneer Fuel. st. Paul. Cumberland. 80
Hospital. Fergus Falls
Wheeler. Carter Co., Minneapolis,
Pioneer Fuel company st. Paul. anthra-
cite, stove 80. 80. ................ 50
Capitol Building, St. Paul
Northwestern Fuel company, Pocahontas
State Public School, owatonna- Z %
Pennsylvania and Ohio Fuel company,
st, Paul. Wilmington coal ~ .... 9 II