Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1918 — TALK OF COMMUNITY COAL YARD. [ARTICLE]

TALK OF COMMUNITY COAL YARD.

There is quite a bit of talk of trying to establish a community coal company in Rensselaer to handle this great public necessity at practically the actual cost of handling, which would mean a saving of about $2 per ton over the (prices charged, here during the recent coal “shortage,” and be another case of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.