The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-29
THE GAYLORD DEAL

Was Contaminated Saturday, Not
withstanding the News silly AS
sertions Of Three Weeks Ago-A
Sunday BaGk-down by the Unrs-
liable.
About three weeks ago the News
came out with great flourish of head
lines in the assertion that the Gaylord
coal works, located over the river
above Martins Ferry, had been sold for
$4,000. The Intelligencer promptly
called the Evening Unreliable down,
whereupon the News. with characteris-
tic impudence and reclSlessness. reiter-
ated its untruthful statement. Yester-
day morning. the News comes out with
the story that the deal was consum-
mated Saturday, thus giving the lie to
every assertion 1t made three weeks
ago. Possibly It's liar-in-chief felt GER
tain computations of conscience on the
first day in the week. and forced him
self to write the truth for once
The sale of the Gaylord Saturday
morning is one of the largest deals in
coal made in this section, including not
only the Gaylord works, but the coal
underlying lands in the same vicinity.
The Gaylord Coal Company's 1914
acres of surface and coal, including tip
pie, chute, cars, ETC., and the coal I'M
DERIVING the George Cochran farm Of
11s acres. and also the coal underlying
the southern part Of the Patton farm,
south OF Patton's run, Of eleven acres
are all in the sale. The deed for the
property, which belonged to David W.
Roderick, John o. Jones and George D.
Rowland, Of Martins Ferry, was delIv-
cred to the attorney for the purchaser.
]. D. sauters, of Pittsburgh. shortly be-
fore noon Saturday. While the consId-
Grafton price named in the deed was
$50, 900, and the revenue stamps indica-
ted that the purchase price was the
amount named, 1t was learned from an
entirely reliable source that the actual
purchase price was considerably less
than the amount named on the face of
the deed, the exact price being withheld
for obvious reasons.
1t was understood yesterday that Afr.
sauters will take charge of the works
this morning. The mine is located on
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad,
and 1t is understood that the product of
the mines win be shipped by that road
direct to Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
where 1t win be consumed by Industries
in which It is thought the purchaser is
Interested
Even the benighted News has become
enlightened and some of the facts In
the case are published in the issue of
yesterday, after apologIzing for and
denying in part Its mlsstatements of
three weeks ago. but still'sticking to its
old and false assertion that the money
had been lying in the Commercial bank.
The fact is the money was not in bank
until Saturday morning neither were
the deeds In hank, but the deed was
executed and acknowledged late Friday
night and Saturday morning, upon the |
arrival of the money and its payment to
Roderick, Jones and Rowland the deed
was turned over to the agent for the
purchaser
The agent for the purchaser says
that they will open extensive mines on
the Kuckuck farm, adjoining the
Gaylord works on which they now have
an option and viii build number of
tenement houses. The purchaser has a
son, r. L. Sauters. In Cleveland. who is
coal merchant, and a son, W. D. sau-
tiers. in Mcdonald. Pa. who had charge
of the Black Diamond mines, which Mr..
sauters recently sold to a syndicate,
and the business of which is expected
to be cleared up not later than the first
of April. after which time IT is thought
the son will take active management Of
the Gaylord works. Until further ar
rangements are made, Mr., ]. o. Jones,
one Of the former owners, who had
charge of the books for the Gaylord
Coal Company, win be in charge for the
new owner.
While vast body OF coal land adj
Joining and back of the Gaylord mines
for several miles is under option, partly
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