The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-04-06
COMPANY ORGANIZED,
Green River Coal and Mining
Co.. Elects Officers.
Committee of Stockholders TO
20 Over the Ground TO
Make Inspection.

The stockholders OF the breen
River Coal and Mining Company; a
new West Virginia corporation which
will operate a gigantic Coal mine on
Green River near Rochester this
county, mention of which appeared
exclusively in these columns several
weeks ago, organized Thursday
March % at Psrkesburg West Virgil
MIA by electing the following Of
fcers, President, c. H. Shattuck;
Vice President. Lysander Dudley;
Secretary, J. w. Dudley, jr., Treas
urer. J. II. Grogg.
The board of directors who are all
charter members are: c. II. Shat
tuck. II. H. Moss, Judge Reese Biz
zard, b. d. Stout Gordon c. Enoch,
J. NJ. Dare. Jessie l.. Cramer. w. II.
Wolf, J. H. Grogg. L. Dudley. j. W.
Dudley. jr., and E. M. Gilkeson. of
Parkesburg West Virginia; DR.. A.
ID. James Of Penrod. KY. Hon.
Warner U. Order. Bowling Green,
Ky. and Z. l.. Morgan, of Friendly.
West virginia. Others who are char
ter members are G. G. Brown. of
jackson KY, Clay Taylor. of Roches-
ter, KY, and w. F. Harvey, of Char
lesion, w. Va. A. T. Smith. of Fri
endly, w. Va. w. J. Singleton, of
Parkesburg, w. Va.
The stockholders at their meeting
passed resolution recommending
that a committee take immediate
steps to examine the coal property
now held under contract in Ohio and
Muhlenberg counties in Kentucky.
The board will act on this recemmen-
dation in the near future and pay
the property visit. The date fixed
upon for the inspection trip is April
IL.
II the property is accepted on this
visit il will be purchased at once by
the company and they will proceed
to arrange to operate it on new
system. The board will arrange. if
the property is purchased. to develop
an out put of 10000 tons Of coal
daily. Parkersburg will be the prin-
cipal place Of business for the con-
Germ. The capital stock of tn COM
pany is 81. 100000.
This list of business men and capt.
talists, says the Parksburg News, in
itself is ample insurance that the
company means business and that it
is acting on business lines. AS soon
as the property is taken over. the
company will begin operations.
C. H. Shattuck, the newly elected
President of the company is already
President Of the Citizens National
Bank one of the largest financial in
stitutions in Parkersburg President
of the Parkersburg Marietta and In
ter urban Railroad and heavily inter-
ested in number of other big con-
Germs. As an executive officer he
has few peers.
Clay Taylor is large owner of
coal mines and farm lands, and is a
prominent citizen of Ohio County,
Kentucky, of which county his bro
Their S. C. Taylor was sheriff for one
term.
DR.. A. d. James of Penrod, KY.
has served two terms in the lower
branch of the legislature of his state,
one term in the State Senate and has
just retired from the office of the
United States Marshal for the State
of Kentucky which Office he held for
eight years having received his APP
pointment from President Mckinley.
He is now being urged to run for the
nomination for Congress and is a
large owner of coal farming land in
addition to which he is firm friend
of the l.. and N. Railroad. He is
now devoting his energies to the the
mineral resources Of Western Ken
lucky especially Of its coal fields.
Hon. Warner U. Order of Bowl
ing Green, KY, has for a number of
years devoted great deal of time
and energy to bring about the pro-
per development of the coal fields
along Green River and has been