Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1908 — A Coal Contract Worth While. [ARTICLE]

A Coal Contract Worth While.

~ ■ The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has recently spent >1,000,000 opening up a new road to coal fields. At least 1,200 men began work in the mines Monday morning and 2,800 miners will be put to work within the next ten days. The company announces the closing of one of the largest coal contracts in railroad history, a contract which will require 4,000 men to work steadily for five years. The contract calls for the delivery of 3,000,000 tons of coal yearly for five years to the M. A»Hanna Company Of Cleveland.