The story of Pittsburgh: Coal and coke

Coal and coke (Vol. 1, nr. 4)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831622963

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239757

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Title:: Coal and coke

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 4

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1920

Scope:: [ca. 16] Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Coal and Coke

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The Story of Pittsburgh Coal and Coke : B® tHE recent death of Henry Clay Frick was a great loss to the financial and industrial centers, not only of this country, but of other countries also. Mr. Frick was undoubtedly acknowledged to be the “Coke King of the World.” It is a singular coincidence that the passing away of Andrew Carnegie, the “Steel King,” should so soon be followed by the death of his sne-time partner, Mr. Frick. The two co-operated for many years, but were business opponents later in life. Mr. Frick was born at West Over- ton, Westmoreland County, Pa., on December 19, 1849, and was therefore about threescore and ten years old when he died. At the age of ten he was a boy on a farm, and he received very little education such as one gets in the schools, but his practical business education, obtained in the great world of industrial activity, was wide to an extraordinary degree. He did, however, enjoy a short term at Chester Military Academy, after a few years in the elementary school at West Overton, and he also spent a few months at Otterbein University, Ohio. At the age of 16, Mr. Frick began his business career as a clerk in a dry goods store, and later went as book- keeper to a mill owned by his grandfather, Abraham Overholt. He had an almost intuitive knowledge that the coke industry, then in its infancy, was destined to become one of vast importance, and he invested all his savings, and all the money he could borrow from his relatives, in coke ovens. He was successful as a coke operator from the very beginning, and in 1878, he and his partner owned 200 ovens. Then came the panic of that year, but not-

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