Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1902 — Steamer Service Increased. [ARTICLE]

Steamer Service Increased.

Owing to the increased trade with South Africa since the termination of the war, two steamship companies have begun bi-weekly service between New York and South African points. There is a great demand for American lumber, building materials, grain and agricultural implements. After taking an active part in the organization of the Equitable National Bank in New York, and being elected its president, Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott handed in his resignation to the directors of the bank, owing to pressure of other business. While repairing a brwak at the top of the Clinton blast furnace at Pittsburg, I*U., Master Mechanic Martin Harrihill and two pipe-fitters, Michael Mustin and Michael Beckswith, were overcome by gas and were found later lying on the platform unconscious.