History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . uantity. The lumber used in constructingthe first engines sent from the United States to Rus-sia was furnished by him. Mr. Pruner was one ofthe original stockholders of the Northern PacificRailroad, with Jay Cooke and others, and he took aprominent part in the early completion of the rail-roads centering at Tyrone. He also helped to openup the first bituminous coal-mines operated in Clear-field and Centre Counties, and the company of whichhe was a member, the Osceola Coal Company, intro-duced the bituminous coal of the Clearfield regionint
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . uantity. The lumber used in constructingthe first engines sent from the United States to Rus-sia was furnished by him. Mr. Pruner was one ofthe original stockholders of the Northern PacificRailroad, with Jay Cooke and others, and he took aprominent part in the early completion of the rail-roads centering at Tyrone. He also helped to openup the first bituminous coal-mines operated in Clear-field and Centre Counties, and the company of whichhe was a member, the Osceola Coal Company, intro-duced the bituminous coal of the Clearfield regioninto the Eastern cities, and was the first shipper ofcoal over the Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad. He isan ardent Republican, but has never sought office, andhas held only minor ones in the town in which heresides. As a business man, he has been very success-ful, a fact due to his untiring energy and force ofcharacter. In 1871 he retired from business in Ty-rone, and passes most of his time in New York andPhiladelphia, where he has business yj. f/
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