The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-17
NE W WORK TRAIN
FOR OskALQ0sA
RUNS TO ANDERSON COAL MINE
IN MARION aeouNTY.
CARRIES FIFTY MINE WORKERS
From Points Along the Rock Island
Line Including Evans and Clivet.
Other News and Comment
Of The Mines.

The working force in the Anderson
vile mine was given a bog boost this
week when miners train, one to
haul workmen from Oskaloosa, Evans
and Olivet was put on the Rock Island
branch and will be continued so long
as conditions require.
The train leaves Oskaloosa at 600
every weekday morning and will pick
up workmen at the two other places
mentioned and possibly at Harvey. 1t
will take about so minutes to make
The run to the mine. Returning in the
evening the train will leave the mine
at 4:30.
Heretofore and for some weeks, An
derson has been working about 105
miners each day. The new arrange
rrent boosts the working force up to
at least 1856 and will possibly run 1t
up as high as 10.
This ARRANGEMENT will accommodate
Cskaloosa, Evans and Olivet miners
who would rather pay train fares than
to pay board and be away from home
of nights.
Coal Production.
The geological survey reports that
the production of bituminous coal for
November was, with one exception,
the largest in any month in the MS
tory of bituminous coal mining in
America. A preliminary estimate plac-
es the output at 47,74I,000 net tons.
January, 1917, recorded 47,7SS,OO0 tons
but in twenty-siX working days,
against twenty-five, or 25.5 for Novem-
Der. me average production per work
ing day during the month was 1871
432 tons, as compared with l,75I,3oo
tons in October. The November rate
has been exceeded only once in the
last two years, when in February,
1916, the average day rose to l,SS2,77l
tors.
How Denison Saves.
Denison, Iowa, began saving coal
early and makes an estimate of its
saving. The electric light plant there
reduced lights so per cent and so
saves 1,150 pounds of coal daily. 1t
cuts off the current on Sundays from
:oJ p. NJ. to 4:30 p. M, and according
to the Denison statement saves over a
ton a week that way. Union church
services and cottage prayer meetings
save $50 pounds a week. The court
house saves 600 pounds each week day
ol ton and a half by limiting its
heating space. The post office reduced
, it's temperature and saves 400 pounds
| day. The hotels cut heat out of I'M
occupied rooms and save 1900 pounds
day. Last of all the estimate is made
that 1900 pounds of coal is saved every
day in Denison by sitting ashes. Total
estimated savings for the week, sc,
175 pounds or about 10 tons.
Iowa Coal Waste.
Iowa consumes over seven million
of tons of coal every year and it is
said that this large amount ought to
be reduced at least one million of tons
# the boiler plants were put into good
shape and the firing of coal were done
III a. HOuSc
it is said that if little more care
were taken in the firing of the coal
and the removal of the ashes that
shovel full of coal a day will be saved,
and this means that more than ton
of coal a day will be saved in the
hcaIlng season.
An End Some Day.
We presume some of the scientists
have made careful survey of our
coal fields, and know about how many
years our coal supply will last us, but
we do not happen to have such fig.
ures at hand. Of one thing we may be
very sure, namely, that the time will
come when our coal will be practically
exhausted. 1t is no longer being made,
and we have been drawing upon it
for many years. We cannot continue
to take it out efinitely.-Knoxville
Journal.