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COAL MEN SADDLE
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(rard Estate Collections Co to
City as Sharo
High Costs
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ASSESSMENTS KEPT LOW
Br.GEOTCGE 'OX McCAIN
"When an anthracite operator -who Is
eii 'working his mine on n royalty basis
u vpwparcs Ms annual report for submis
sion to the Federal or Stato Govern
ffltnt. ho charges his payments on nr
count of royalties to the Olty of Phila
delphia. That Is, provided his operation li
'' situated on lands owned by thp Stephen
Of rard estato.
"Why do you charge It against the
City of Philadelphia?" I asked one of
too big operators. "Why not credit
th. cash payments for royalties to the
Glrard estate?"
"Because." and ho lauched as ho
replied, "the city of Philadelphia Is
managing tho Glrard estate, receives
all benefits accrulne from theso mlu-
injc royalties and the public, which)
is always so ready and eager to acclaim i
us as profiteers and pirates. Is entitled j
to know that the goodly Cltv of I'hiln- i
delphla has n direct Interest In this I
no-called profiteering
"In other words. Philadelphia Is par- i
ticeps criminls. The more we get for i perience
uur vuHi, iuu uiKiir jimc wt cunrgv.
the more money or tho greater the rake
off for Philadelphia." he paid with n
wavo of the hand, as if dismissing tho
subject.
"But it's the Glrnrd Estate. Why
not put it that way In your books and
reports Instead of tho City of Philadel
phia?" I continued.
"The Glrard Estato Is Philadelphia.
Tt her tnke.her share of the blame for
high prices," was his conclusion.
In the above, I have merely reflects'
the feeling nnd expression of an opera
tor who has been pajlng royalties, as
he puts It, to the city of Philadelphia
for years. He asserts that the present
royalties are excessive, but It Is Phila
delphia consumers hn, largely, tniist
foot the bill in the end.
I nm able here to present, from testi
mony tunder oath, some Idea of the
city's prospeetlvo income, for many
years, from the Glrnrd Estate royalties.
The name of the concern is, for the
present, withheld, though it can be
forthcoming at any time where occasion
demnnds.
This tract of coal, operated on a roy
alty basis, comprises 300 acres of land.
It Is a part of the origlnnl HO.000 acres
of anthracite lands, approximately, pur
chased by Stephen Glrard.
It Is estimated by the persons taking
out the anthracite on the tract that by
the time all the veins, or scams, are
exhausted the city of Philadelphia, as
the operators designate tho Girard
Estnte, managed by tho Bonrd of City
Trusts, will have collected something
liko $0.aOr,000 In royalties.
At the same time the operators will,
according to their engineer's estimates.
have cleaned up many millions ns their
Klisre of the transaction.
The operators in question cstimntc
that the have sixty-throe feet of coal
in all the veins.
To understand this. It must be remem
bered that nnthraclte lies In veins of
varying thickness. Those nearest the
surface are usually thickest. Sixty
three feet of roal means that If nil tne
veins wcrn placed together they would
measure sixtj -three feet in thickness.
"To make perfectly sure of being con
servative " said an ofllclal. "I'll gic
them forty feet of solid coal and al
low twenty -three feet for rock and
waste.
Can Oct 1ROO Tons Yearly
t universal estimate cased on ex-
is that on aero of anthracite
one toot in llilcKiic-s win j u-icl INK)
. tons of the finished product.
"The rest of it is merely n matter of
I arithmetic, l'orty feet of coal nt 1800
I tous to the foot would ho 711,000 tons.
I The operators in question gave it ns
their Judgment that thev would make
from SI .10 to 51.15 a ton.
I "To be safely conservative, Jet their
returns be plnced at SI n ton. The in-
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come would ba from one ncrn of this
toal land $72,000 as their share."
Itojnltlcs exclusive) of this were es
timated by the official In nucstlon, fig
uring on certain fluctuations through
the jears, nt 33 1-3 cents n ton. This
nould yield unother 521,000 to the acre
a total, Including tho operators'
share, of $00,000 ns the vnlu of each
aero of roal land.
''Willi the city of Philadelphia, or
the Olrard Kstate, receiving .$21,000
royalty an neio as It.i slinrc, the 300
ncres will, In tho end. hnc given tho
city ,n grand total of 0.300,000 bv the
lime the coal veins hnvo been exhausted.
"And remember that this Is for roy
alty on only a very small fraction of
the estate's entire holdings In the nn
thraclte district," concluded tho offi
cial. A most remarkable condition prevails
throughout tho lower anthracite coal
field. It Is the undcr-valtiatlon of theso
loal lnnds for taxation purposes.
Assessments Merc Sonj
Land with an nppnrcnt nctual vnltic
of millions Is isscshhI at n song. The
land and coal property comprised in
tiie above is nsscssed nt only .$1C00.
Schuylkill County, one of the richest
mineral regions on earth, has had, until
u Ov j eats ago, a struggle to rnle
enough money bv taxation to pny her
puhllc school tracners.
Why?
Schuylkill politicians who lnve grown
wealthy might be able to answer the
question if they would.
LA YS BRIDAL GOWN ASIDE
TO NURSE STRICKEN FIANCE
Miss Helen Byrnes, Bridgeport, Pa., Sits at Bedside of Intended
Husband, Aiding Him in Fight Against Death
There Is n white bridal gown In
llrldgcport, I'n., that remained In Its
box todav when It was to hnvo graced
n wedding.
The pretty dress should have been
decking the petito form of Miss Helen
C. Uj rncs.
Hut Instead
In n modest gingham gown, Miss
Iljrncs stood on tho porch of her
vine-clad home at 70." Dn Knlb street
and said. "Sh-h!" On the door of the
house was n ,ellow sign. It read,
"Scarlet Fever '
Sunday morning William Otley,
nrooMine, Miss Hymn's llnnee, wns
stricken with scarlet fever nnd today
the much honed and planned-for wed
ding day he Is lying critically 111 nt the
home of his finncce.
Otlev. who was n first lieutenant,
Hattcry C, 108th Artillery, wns spend
ing the week-end nt the Hyrncs home,
when ho wns stricken. Without
thought of contagion tho girl who was
shortly to be his bride, volunteered to
nurse him. Until Monday sho spent
every minute nt his bedside, but Mon
day night It wns decided that It was
Imperative to put tho case in the charge
of trained nurses.
Cool nnd collected, but showing the
strain of worry In her pretty dark eyes,
the little bride who was to have been
today, discussed the case from the
seclusion of quarantine nnd the porch.
"I can only tnlk to him now through
the door," she explained. "Thcv won't
let me sen him nt nil. Hut I am a
great deal relieved. For two days he
was so critically ill we were very much
worried. Ho wns delirious. Hut now
the doctors say he Is n little better nnd
that he will get well. I have been
worried n great deal. Today is tho first
day he has known people.
"Of course It Is nn extreme disap
pointment to every one the postpone
ment of the wedding. Tho plans were
simple 'nnd not too elaborate, but, of
course, it wns to hnve been n renl wed
ding. The invitations had to be. re
called, .lust as soon, of course, ns Mr.
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It Is just possible that young Otley
contracted scarlet fever In the service
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he has been in chntge of the recruiting
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New Vorlt, Juno 8. Humors of the
proposed purchnso of the Aetna Kx
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Powder Co.. were confirmed when the
Aetna stockholders sanctioned the sale
of Its properties, assets and buslnesfr.
This marks the culmination of a trans
action that has Interested financial and
business circles for tho Inst two years.
The last formnllty took placo today
with the nctunl transfer of Iho property.
Hy this purchase the Hercules Co.
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Information pertaining to the where
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