The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . -pany, with .lames (ondicn as ] Fairbairn. vice pi-esident, and FdwardAtkinson as suiierintendent. During tlie twentyyears that followed the company prospered, the 24 THE STORY OF STREATOR. mine outgrew the original idea of its founders,railroad connections with the Santa Fe andChicago & Alton were established, and
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . -pany, with .lames (ondicn as ] Fairbairn. vice pi-esident, and FdwardAtkinson as suiierintendent. During tlie twentyyears that followed the company prospered, the 24 THE STORY OF STREATOR. mine outgrew the original idea of its founders,railroad connections with the Santa Fe andChicago & Alton were established, and it be-came an important shipping mine. In thattime about 400 acres, or approximately 2,800,-000 tons of coal have been mined by thecompany. In the evolution of the coal trade the pre-paration of the product for the market hascome to be a prime necessity. While in the was sorted into three sizes, lump, nut andwashed screenings. Tlie washed coals founda ready market and became favorites in thetrade. The market of the Acme product hasbeen the territorj- between Streator and Chi-cago, and, largely, the local factories, whichconsume a large amount of fuel. The SantaFe railroad, also, has been a large bnyor ofAcme coal. AVhen the original founder, Eobei t Fair-. The Acme Coal Company Plant. early days the trade would accejjt anythingtliat looked black, it has steadily grown morecritical and now demands the most carefulcleaning, sorting and sizing of the Acme Coal Company lias been one of thepioneers in the special preparation of its pro-duct. It early established a coal washingplant, in which its product was subjected to athorough treatment by which the impuritieswere washed away from the coal. The product baiin, Sr., of the Acme, retired from activebusiness, the management passed into tlie com-petent hands of his sons, Thomas and RobertJ. Fairbairn, the former being president, andthe latter being secretary and treasurer of thecompany. They have another mine at Fair-view,
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