Evening star., 1923-03-23
FORD SEEKS END
OF j. S. FUEL WOES
Purchase of 100000, ,OOO-
Ton Coal Reserve for Dou-
BILE Use of Product.
VAST DEAL CONFIRMED
Manufacturer Adds 10000 Acres
to Holdings for Use
in All Plants.
VAST DEAL CONFIRMED
By tine Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
DETROIT, Mich. March 2G.-OfTi-
cial confirmation today at the Offices
of Henry Ford at Dearborn that the
automobile manufacturer had pur-
chased 10000 acres of undeveloped
coal land in Kentucky was coupled
with the statement that MIR. Ford in
tended to solve the country'S coal
problems "by using every piece OF
coal twice"
BY purchase of the property. it was
officially announced at the Ford Of
fees, Mr. Ford comes into possession
of a vast tract of virgin coal lands
with a reserve coal supply of 500,-
00O, 900 tons This property, added to
other coal lands previously pur-
chased, brings the total number OF
acres of such land owned by the man
ufacturer to $4,000.
Supply for All Plants.
From these holdings Mr.. Ford hopes
that within year Will come SUI
ficient coal to supply all his factories
in every part of the country. all the
factories and mills manufacturing
various products for his own concerns,
as many of the industries in this dis
trict as care to buy coal from him.
and have left fuel sufficient to supply
a part Of the domestic demand of the
country.
Mr.. Ford. it was announced, will ask
all industrial users of his coal to in
stall furnaces that will remove only
the gas and similar substances, 1eav-
al ,.ro,y, jroI a iI
purposes. The coal. after this process,
would be sold to heat the homes of
hundreds of thousands of workers
throughout the country. The fuel re-
out would be even more valuable for
home-heating purposes than it was
before, it was explained.
Outlay Likely $4.OOO,OOO.
Mr.. Ford's latest purchase cost him
between three and four million dol
lars, it was officially announced
When asked how long it would be
| before development of the new prop
erty begins officials of the Ford com
] pany replied:
1T j. Mr.. Fords policy to act quick
/; ly. You may be sure that not an hour
! will be wasted in getting this enter
prise under way"
Coupled with the coaI-mining plants
Mr.. Ford also will work on one of his
pet hobbies-reforestat
, The purchase, located in parts of
| five counties of Kentucky, but center
I: ing in Clay county, is covered with
what is described as one of the finest
: stands of oak to be found in the coun-
try: There are 5O0,00O,OO0 feet of this
.. timber awaiting the wooman's AK
. but although the Ford industries use
20o,000,000 feet of timber every year
not a foot of that standing in Ken
tucky Is to find it's way either to mar
ket or into the Ford products at this
time. 1t Is the manufacturers idea
1t was explained. to use the surface
| of the ground for scientific research
work and experiments in reforestation
while miners are digging under ground
to bring up the coal
, The latest purchase makes Mr.
Ford one of the most important coal
land owners in the country The coal
land he now owns comprises five
pieces of property. on which are ten
| large mines with twenty-five OPEN
ings. This, of course, does not count
the number of mines and openings
that result through the latest acquisi-
tion.
That the Ford campany will be able
to dispose of all the coal it proposes
to mine was revealed today. One
thousand firms in the Detroit indus
trial district already have asked to
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