| Show cheav CHEA COAL FOR M MILFORD I 1 RD Z milford times cheap coal for milford is a blessing now in sight as there seems to be every pros hect that the san sail pedro i company will bui bu 1 1 a branch from lund to the coal and iron fields of iron county general manager wells and senator kearns who is a san sail pedro director went down to iron county last friday traveling as far as lund by special train and returning sunday they were very favorably impressed by what they saw and remarks that were dropped while they were in milford indicated that the building of the branch had been practically decided upon while in milford senator kearns was shown the sights of the city by jim lindsay and ed peak A party of prominent coal operators arr fram m the east last week visited the anthracite deposits that have been opened up by R A kirker at new harmony on the line between iron and washington counties the owners have spent in developing these deposits and with proper equipment they could now send out tons per day this coal is a kemt anthracite and it is claimed that as a smelter fuel when mixed with coke it gives better results than coke alone with a railroad from lund direct to the coal mines the coal ought to be laid down at milford at per ton at the outside and the fuel problem for this dreigon would be solved railroad men are of the opinion that the san pedro will be forced to build to the coal mines in order to provide its own fuel supply at present there is not a single coal mine along its entire route and it is obliged to buy every pound used by its locomotives in these days a goud gaud coal sup supply ply is one of the first things locked after by a railroad company |
