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Show $100,000 Coal Grant Remains Unused for Period of 80 Years PITTSBURGH. PA. - For 80 years the sum of $100,000, intended to buy coal for needy families, has been kicking around here and nobody no-body knows how to dispose of it. In the 1800s two wealthy men. Charles Brewer and James Crawford, Craw-ford, bequeathed large amounts of money to West Penn hospital to buy coal for needy families. The hospital foetid that there were not enough needy residents in the designated areas to spend the fund. When the hospital took the case to court, the combined funds were ordered turned over to the Pittsburgh foundation. |