The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-31
Goal men
Are to Hold Their Next State
Meeting in the City of
Morgantown.

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The summer meeting OF the West
Virginia Coal Mining Institute will
be held at Morgantown june "a. -
and &c. A large number of persons
from ClarksDurg and its vicinity are
members and will attend. while sew
eral will take part in the program
The Invitations and announcements
of the meeting received here tell
that there is desire on the part OF
the officials of the institute THAT the
coal men of the state get acquainted
with the state university. 1t is be-
iieyed that when the interests be-
come aware that the excellent equip
ment OF the school so far as the
college of mines is concerned, that
they will take more interest in 1t
ana win begin the ground work OF
very important mining schoolgin the
state.
All day Thursday will be devoted
to visiting the most representative
mines in the Connellsville region.
a special train will leave Morgan
town about . o'clock and will run
to Mount ,Braddock, where the W..
]. Rainey properties VIII be visited.
Among the interesting features Of
the mines to be visited are:
Rectangular coke ovens with COM
plete machinery equipment; waste
heat ovens in use for power genera
ton; coyington leverer for coke
ovens: covington coke drawing ma: ma
chine: mechanical stokers for the
burning of coke breeze for power
generation; completely equipped
shops for the repair OF ali mining
machinery; systematic supply house;
tireproof mine hospital; mine res
cue training station; recreation nan
and Fairgrounds; excellent sanitary
arrangements; concrete swimming
pool for employees, 40 feet by So
feet with two shower baths, one for
men and one for women; an expena-
iture of $4,000 being maze TO move
miners houses 900 feet away from
the mirie to better living conditions.
AS is customary the program on
Tuesday morning at $3.50 O'Clock
viii be opened with addresses OF vel
come. These will be delivered by
Mayor Stewart and prof. c. II.
Jones, dean of engineering at the
university. There will be responses
by the vice presidents of the insti-
t6te, one of whom isryice President
George T. Watson. of the Consoiida-
ltion coal Company. a sea
The presidential address by Neil
lRobinson, mining engineer OF
Charleston, will follow. and then
there will be paper, Gasoline MO-
tor Haulage in Mines by R. y.
lHodges, mechanical engineer, OF the
George ID. Whitcomb Company. OF
Rochelle, III. In the afternoon Will
be the excursion about Inorganic wn.
/ T. H. Huddy, general manager OF
the Boomer Coal and Coke Com
pany. will open the Wednesday pro-
gram at $50 o'clock, when he viii
discuss THE Qualifications of Gen
eral Manager from a superintend-
ient,s Standpoint OF View" to be
followed by an address by Ira ~
! Shaw. of the Pittsburg Young Men
,Christian Association.
| .The Hess Dustless Mining Ma
chine" will be described by r. C.
Taylor, secretary of the Hess Com
, pany, of Ansted, w. Va.
J. Clark Evans, secretary of the
Fairmont Mining Machine Company
will discuss "The Use of Steel ttes
rTb{s a. a very timely
subject and Mr.. Evans will likely
have the most important paper OF
the meeting.
/ George +. Rowen. engineer IN
charge of the Kuhn power develop
'jment OF Cheat river, will close thu
session with talk on The Devet
lopment on the Cheat River at Cheat
Haven. Pa"
At s o'clock in the evening will bt
the banquet which is under th'
Ichnrge of competent committed
and which promises to be an enter