Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Closed for Lack of Coal. [ARTICLE]

Closed for Lack of Coal.

Altoona, Pa., telegram: The Altoona Iron Company, the largest Industry outside of the Pennsylvania railroad company’s shops in this city, employing several hundred men, has closed down indefinitely because it is impossible to secure coal. This is due to the car famine existing on the Pennsylvania lines occasioned by the enormous freight traffic. The local car ' shops are working double time to supthe demand.