The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-03

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1901 they organised the Fairmont coal
Co. with $4,000, 900 capital stock. and
this company beginning business On
July I Of that year. took over the
Camden holdings, with me big ope:
ratons at Monongah, carrying 3d.
acres Of surface and $1,000 acres of
coal in the surrounding section; the
Clark Interests, with four going mines
and 1900 acres Of coal; the Hutchln.
son holdings Comprising the plants ut
Meadow Brook, Ehlen, Melrose.
Worthingtoa, Luther, Lynch and Rey.
noldsyilIe; the Mudlick field compris-
ing 5000 acres Of undeyeloped terri.
tory, and numerous otter plants and
tracts.
By this consolidation the FairmOnt
Coal Co. came into possession of more
than so mines and number of entire
towns, covering many square miles Of
territory. These properties are sit
5uated in the counties of Marion, Mon.
ongalia, Harrison, Lewis and Taylor
extending from Faifmont north toward
Morgantown, south toward clarks
burg and Weston and west toward
Warrington. The company now has
61,OOO acres Of coal, 5000 acres of sur
face and drumming mines. The out
put for the year 1906 was 100000
gross tons, and for the first half Of
the present year the production reach
ed 2.9OO,OOO.tons. This means for the
entire y months Of the present year
the output will reach about 100000
tons.
The application of up-to-date meth
DDS in producing and disposing of co 1
having been INDICATED by each sue
cessive step taken, the organizers and
managers Of the Fairmont Coal Co
went still further in the business Of
combination and enlargement. In DC
tober, 1901, they organized the clarks
burg Fuel Co., in 1903 the Pittsburs
and Fairmont Fuel Co., and in 1870;
the Southern Coal and Transportation
Co., all Of which are conducted under
the same general head. Early in 1905
control Of the Consolidation Coal Co
of Baltimore was acquired by the Wat
son interests, thus concentrating the
most important step taken by then
since the formation Of the Fairmont
Coal Co. The Consolidation Coal Co
was and Is the owner OF a number Of
mines of large productive capacity ir
the Georges Creek region in Mary
land, and also owner Of a majority Of
the stock in the Somerset Coal Co.
operating largely in Somerset county
Pennsylvania. With the passage OF
the control of the Consolidation Goa
Co. to the Watsons controlling in
terest in the Fairmont Coal Co. was
secured to the Consolidation Coal Co.
so that the latter now owns the
Georges Creek operations and cor
trolling interest in both the Somerset
Conl Co. and the Fairmont Coal Co
and its affiliated concerns, the Clarks
burg Fuel Co., the Pittsburg and Fair
mont Fuel Co. and the Southern Goa
and Transportation Co.
The fielding together of these inter
ests was in number of particulars
a triumph Of business acumen little
short of genius, but in no feature
stronger than in that of providing
greater facilities for marketing, 1t Is
a common saying among coal mer
that anybody can get out coal, but i,
takes a man to sell It" That is the
special province of the Consolidation
Company in this new combination, and
there it shines.
The Consolidation Coal Co. owns
piers, docks and wharves in the har
bors of Baltimore, Boston and New
York, together with lighterage plants
hoisting machinery, ships, tugs, barg
es, towboats, lighters, floating bunk
ering machines, receiving pockets
storage bins, horses and wagons suffl.
cient to transport, store and distribute
millions of tons annually. The Fair
mont Coal Co. on its part controls the
Northwestern Fuel Co., with its prln,
cipal offices in st. Paul, Mimi, which
acts as selling agent for the combina
tion in the Northwestern territory
This company has docks at Duluth
Superior, Washburn and Milwaukee
and docking arrangements at Loraln
and sandusky. These docks enable
the company to store large quantities
of coal and 10 have it ready for I'M.
mediate delivery to the trade through.
out the great Northwest. The Fair.
mont Coal Co. also has six extensive
retail yards conveniently located IN
the city Of Cincinnati, where custom.
ers are supplied by the company's own
teams. Another possession Of the
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