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606 SOUTH Mics-11GAN Avenue
CHICAGO January 22, 1936
QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
ALL AGREEMENTS ARE CONTINGENT
UPON STRIKES, ACCIDENTS AND OTHFR DELAYS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
Mr. R. S. Gelbreeth
Suot. Visoomsln .I`. Steel Co., Imc.
Behhem, Kentucky
Deer Sir:
It ls oosslble for us to take lm teh cer; of oosl
per day st the Steel Works orovided they are flat bottom
gondola oars EDO not more than ten osrs ere received lh e
day st the Steel Works, Coel lh these oers would be
uhloeded with our orldge grebs end carried uo on the dock
storage.
We have discussed the oossloillty of obtolhihg
this class of equipment with the Traffic Ueoertment, sud
they heve requested that we ask you to out in an order with
your local L & N sgeut orderlhg ton flst bottom eohdole
Cars for shlotzent to the S Feel Wo rk s .
These flet oottom oars are to be used only ln the
shlomeht of "C" seem cosl, and the tonnage shlooed lh them
will be in excess of your oresent shlpolhg order.
We request thst you advise us if you are unable
to obtelu the flst bottom gondola eoulomeht.
Yours very truly
WISCONSIN STEEL COLPANY
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THE ROBERTS COAL & COKE CO.
TOLEDO, OHIO
November 4, 1956
Wisconsin Steel C0.,
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606 S0. MlCHlg&H Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.
Gentlemen:-
We have had another serious complaint registered by the Seaman—McLcan O0.,
Monroeville, O., 0n the last car shipp@& bh»m. 5xu·sel~eu:w went to see these
people and &dv;sss that thqy are justifi©@ in their complgimt as the car did run
vepy small and about fcuy bans of Slaek in ax0es$. They have given us another
trial and firmly state that if this nay is not like it was l@st winter, and frac
‘ from so much slack, they will never bqy &n0th©y car. Y0u.mad@ this shipment Om
November End, and sincerely trust they will have no further cause for complaint.
We are enclosing order #774, for car Egg: Eckles Coal & Supply C0,, Plymouth, Mich.
This is their Second Shipment and wish to caution you to watch the preparation 0n
this order as yell as their oydcy #775. These people are good customers and they
were pleased with the first car and do not want the second car to run small and full
0f slack so that they will say "the first may was nice but the next one is not up
to st&udard".
We are &lS0 enclosing order #777, Thompson Coal Yard, Bellevue, O., and #778,
Farm€r$ Mcru¤mtil@ & Elev. C0., Lindseyj O. ani ¥779, Erlin Elev. & Sup@Ly S0.,
Erlin,O. &nd would kindly ask that you see that this preyzraticn is up to what
it waa last wintey. We have been working on these three accounts for more than
two years and {hq? saw "Bed Comet" lust winter in other yards and these &r2 initial
orders and will have to come up to the preparation of wh&t they saw.
We have a number of other orders on file which are initial orders and which we would
ask you to watch very carefully in l0ading_ namely #891; Huntertown, Ind., 728, New
Bavaria, O., 729 Hamlcr, O., 756, Moytimeyj O., 744, Arlington, O., 745, Kenhou, O.,
746, Jenera, O., 748, H©u@0m, Mich., 757F Mason, Mich., 76%, West Unihy, O., 769,
Yale, Mich., 772, Jonesville) Mich., 733, Oitaw&, O., 751, Ligoniev, Ind.
We sincerely trust that we will not have these complaints b0_c0nt©ud with this winter
like we did season before laSb. It is to sqy the least, very discouraging and c@r—
tainly does nob "help" matters &qy and there are plcnby conditions bo contend with,
without having to overcome preparation complaints, and last but not least, does not -
mhice either of us may money.
We have not as yet received reply from you as to the complaints registered by our
customer at Flint? Fenton, and LaRue.
Please get behind this "preparati0u" matter and let us have coal prepared like we had
last winter and eliminate these complaints.
Very truly youys,
THE &OBE&TS COAL & COKE QUMPANY.

 Form P 97
606 $0uTH NhcH1eAN Avenue
I CHICAGO
I` _ I ,, Y QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
I I ALL AGREEMENTS ARE CONTINGENT
UPON STRIKES, ACCIDENTS AND OTHFR DELAYS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
November 9, 1956
Dicteted November 7, 1956
Mr. R. E. Gelbreeth Supt.
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Wisconsin Steel C0., Inc.,
Benhem, Kentucky.
Deer Sir!-
We ere enclosing herewith copy of letter received from Roberts
Coel & Coke Co., regarding some recent shipments else orders
which are still open.
May we eek that the several matters referred to receive your
very best ettention?
Youre very truly,
WISCONSIN STEEL COMPANY
 
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COKING TEST, *11** smm 00AL:
Answering your letter of November 9 on the above subject,
I agree with you that we should make am exhaustive test ee soon as
we have eufficient "B" seem coal available.
We cen make e primary test by shipping up the 200 tons
daily of ”B" seem coel and eccumulating su;t`f1c1e¤t tormege to enable
ue to do so. This can be taken care of at the first opportunity.
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 Nov. 10, 1956.
Visconsin Steel Cc.,
606 So. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, Ill. .
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Gentlemen: Att: Hr. J. J. Fox.
O On Saturday, Oct. Slat, I was in Detroit and went
to see the Coal Freight Agent, Hr. H. D. Pilsen of the Louisville 8: Nash-
ville Railroad. Up to Saturday morning, Oct. Slat we had received no
gondola shipments from the Bonham mine since Oct. 12th and I took this
matter up with Hr. "ilecn, relative to our car supply, as you were telling
us that the railroad was furnishing you with no gondolas or foreign oars,
and despite your request were not getting cars for commercial loading.
And in addition to this we received no shipments at all on either Oct. 30th
or Slat, due to the fact that Bonham advised us that the mine was idle
on Oct. 30th and 31st on account of no oars. S
I put in a very strenuous kick to Lir. Wilson and
stated that I just could not understand how a mine with a car rating of
80 cars per day, as Bonham has, could go for three wedcs and not get a
single gondola oar and scarcely any hoppers, for commercial loading, when
other operators are getting practically 90% of their rating. Mr. Wilson
said he could not understand it either and he put in a long distance call
for hr. Dewberry at Louisville. Mr. Deurberry advised that he would look
into the matter and wire Hr. "7ilson the situation.
A copy of the letter which we received on Nov. 2nd,
is hereto attached which is self-explanatory. And from this letter it was
very evident that the proper pressure was not being brct to bear on the
railroad at the proper place, to get the desired equipment. The fact that v
on mmday Nov. 2nd there was loaded 10 gcndolas for om• account, and 9
“ the balance of the week, xp to and including Friday Nov. Sth.
we are driving hard here to get all the billing
for "Red Comet" domestic coal that is possible, but of course you know —
there is no use of putting forth extra effort and expense to sell this
coal if we can't get it shipped promptly and it takes your co-·cperat5.on
in these instances and would like to suggest in the future that if the
L. se N. Railroad is not furnishing you cars for commercial loading on
\ V/your regular request, that you take the matter up with Mr. Dewberry at
\ / Louisville.
V Very truly yours, ‘
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WISCONSIN STEEL WORKS _
Mr. C. F. Biggert, Vice Pres. November lU,l9}6
Hr. Geo. E. Rose, Asst. to Vice Pres.
BENHAM COAL .
We have had some complaints from the Blast Furnace Department
on the quality of coke, and Messrs. Brewster and Standerline took the
matter up this morning on the basis of its becoming a serious condition
and one that seems to be persistent and not a temporary condition. Mr.
Standerline has been trying to determine the cause of this trouble, as you
will note by the attached copy of his letter of this date, from time to time
for the last month, but can find nothing in the operation to which the changed
quality of the coke can be attributed.
The serious condition we speak of occurs in the blast furnace
operation, which has been erratic. The change in coke is that there is an
excessive amount of sponge and parts of the coke are extremely porous.
This kind of coke makes it impossible for the blast furnace operator to con-
trol welght of coke charged in the furnace. This results in irregular fur-
nace operation, both as to analysis of the product and the working of the
furnace itself, which would naturally be expected from varying proportions
of actual weight of coke going into the furnace charge. During the past
week we have experienced some abnormal furnace pressures due to the extremely
bad working which we have mentioned. This condition has occurred inter-
mittently since the middle of October, but is more in evidence now, both by
the frequency and the severity of the upsets.
Previous to the receipt of the cargo of the Steamer ”Ferr1s" un-
loaded November lO, the condition was more spotty, but since the arrival of
this boat, it has been consistently bad. With the crowded condition of the
dock, all of the cool used comes from the last cargo delivered so that we
feel quite sure that it is a coal condition, and that the Steamer "Ferris”
cargo was made up of a large percentage, or entirely, of such coal. We nhl
have to work out of this as best we can by going to other parts of the pile
and mixing this cargo in small amounts as we go along, but these facts are
brought out in order that the origin of the coal going into the Steamer "Ferr1s"
may be traced back to the mine and identified with any change that has taken
place there.
We understand that the Traffic Department has the car numbers of
every car going into this cargo, the same as other cargoes, and the mines would
certainly be able to identify the loading of these cars with the operation of
particular days and thus identify the source of the coal going into this cargo.
If there was a considerable amount of this cargo mined under conditions ‘
different from coal previously mined, say in July and August, it would establish
in the minds of everyone the source of this trouble. If it can be shown that

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this cargo or s. part of it came from new openings, or outcrop, or any other
location or condition that differs from previous conditions, we would then
know whether such conditions ere to be permanent or whether they are only
temporary.
Will you please have this traced back definitely, and as
accurately as possible.
This is not a case of going back to the coal for the answer to
our trouble, 1.e., saying that it must be caused from something outside of
ou.r om plant operation. We have made every possible effort to determine any
differences in our operation, but cen find nothing of which we cen even be
suspicious of resulting in spongy and extremely porous coke. In other words,
we are not "passing the buck" along without having determined very conclusively
that the origin of the poor qunlity of the coke must lie in the coal going
into the ovens.
Very truly yours,
WISCONSIN STE WORKS
INT1®ATIONA.'L HARVESTER COLIPAHY
L_ B. Robertson, Gen. Supt.-

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Hr. L, B. Robertson, Gen.Supt.- November lh, l9j6
I BENHAM COAL
About the middle of October the Blast Furnace Department began to
complein about the quality of coke received from the Coke Plant. They com-
plained about the increased amount of sponge end fines in the coke. Our in-
vestigetion showed that at times there would be an increase in spcngy condi-
tion in a few ovens end then the coke wculdlook as usual. We checked into
our operation very carefully. Our he ts are better than they have ever been,
and our coal mixing end pulverizetion was being properly done. In order to
make sure that some of the coal which accumulates in the bottom of the larry
bfn and slowly oxidlzes did not break loose at times and ceuse the formation
of a few ovens of bed coke, we cleaned the bln on November Nth. This did not
correct the condition. The last few days the coke produced has contained
an unusual smount of sponge which occurs throughout the oven.
Altho the cogplaint by the Blast Furnace Dept. was not definitely made
until about October 17th, there may have been some occasion to question the
coke previous to that date. In going thru the General Foremen's log book,
I find that on one turn early in September a few ovens in one series pushed
hard.
Our operation at the Coke Plant is as uniform as it is possible to
make it and the only explanation I can give is that there may be some varie-
tion in the cool received. Since our storage pile is full, the coal used ls
taken from the cargo last received.
The Steamer "Ferris” finished unloading Tuesday, November 10th and
since about that time the coke has nontnlned an increased amount of sponge,
spongy ends, large light blocks and has been decidedly inferior to our usual
product end the operation of the furnaces has been seriously affected. It is
not possible for us to tell which compartments in the ”Ferris" the coal we
have been using cane from.
I would like to learn if there hos been any condition at the mines
which might explain this situation. The coel looks the same nltho an increased
amount of smell pieces of slate has been noticed ln the fines.
Yours truly,
B. A. STANDERLINE,
Supt. Coke Dept.-

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WISCONSIN STEEL WORKS
Mr. C. F. Biggert, Vice Pres. November lM,lQj6
Mr. Geo. E. Rose, Asst. to Vice Pres.
BENHAM GOAL
We have had some complaints from the Blast Furnace Department
on the quality of coke, and Messrs. Brewster and Standerline took the
matter up this morning on the basis of its becoming a serious condition
and one that seems to be persistent and not a temporary condition. Mr.
Standerline has been trying to determine the cause of this trouble, as you
will note by the attached copy of his letter of this date, from time to time
for the last month, but can find nothing in the operation to which the changed
quality of the coke can be attributed.
The serious condition we speak of occurs in the blast furnace
operation, which has been erratic. The change in coke is that there is an
excessive amount of sponge and parts of the coke are extremely porous.
This kind of coke makes it impossible for the blast furnace operator to con-
trol weight of coke charged in the furnace. This results in irregular fur-
nace operation, both as to analysis of the product and the working of the
furnace itself, which would naturally be expected from varying proportions
of actual weight of coke going into the furnace charge. During the past
week we have experienced some abnormal furnace pressures due to the extremely
bad working which we have mentioned. This condition has occurred inter-
mittently since the middle of October, but is more in evidence now, both by
the frequency and the severity of the upsets.
Previous to the receipt of the cargo of the Steamer "Ferris" un—
loaded November l0, the condition was more spotty, but since the arrival of
this boat, it has been consistently bad. With the crowded condition of the
dock, all of the coal used comes from the last cargo delivered so that we
feel quite sure that it is a coal condition, and that the Steamer "Ferris"
cargo was made up of a large percentage, or entirely, of such coal. We mil
have to work out of this as best we can by going to other parts of the pile
and mixing this cargo in small amounts as we go along, but these facts are
brought out in order that the origin of the coal going into the Steamer "Ferris"
may be traced back to the mine and identified with any change that has taken
place there.
We understand that the Traffic Department has the car numbers of
every car going into this cargo, the same as other cargoes, and the mines would
certainly be able to identify the loading of these cars with the operation of
particular days and thus identify the source of the coal going into this cargo.
If there was a considerable amount of this cargo mined under conditions
different from coal previously mined, say in July and August, it would establish
in the minds of everyone the source of this trouble. If it can be shown that

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this cargo or a part of it came from new openings, or outcrop, or any other
location or condition that differs from previous conditions, we would then
know whether such conditions are to be permanent or whether they are only
temporary.
Will you please have this traced back definitely, and as
accurately as possible.
This is not a case of going back to the coal for the answer to
our trouble, i.e., saying that it must be caused from something outside of
our own plant operation. We have made every possible effort to determine any
differences in our operation, but can find nothing of which we can even be
suspicious of resulting in spongy and extremely porous coke. In other words, L
we are not "passing the buck" along without having determined very conclusively
that the origin of the poor quality of the coke must lie in the coal going
into the ovens.
Very truly yours,
WISCOHSIK STEEL WORKS
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COLEAHY
L_ B. Robertson, Gen. Supt.-

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Mr. L, B. Robertson, Gen.Supt.— November lh, l9}6
‘ BENHAM COQQ
About the middle of October the Blast Furnace Department began to
complain about the quality of coke received from the Coke Plant. They com-
plained about the increased amount of sponge and fines in the coke. Our in-
vestigation showed that at times there would be an increase in spongy condi-
tion in a few ovens and then the coke wouldlook as usual. We checked into
our operation very carefully. Our heats are better than they have ever been,
and our coal mixing and pulverization was being properly done. In order to
make sure that some of the coal which accumulates in the bottom of the larry
bin and slowly oxidizes did not break loose at times and cause the formation
of a few ovens of bad coke, we cleaned the bin on November Nth. This did not
correct the condition. The last few days the coke produced has contained
an unusual amount of sponge which occurs throughout the oven.
Altho the complaint by the Blast Furnace Dept. was not definitely made
until about October l7th, there may have been some occasion to question the
· coke previous to that date. In going thru the General Foremen's log book,
I find that on one turn early in September a few ovens in one series pushed
hard.
Our operation at the Coke Plant is as uniform as it is possible to
make it and the only explanation I can give is that there may be some varia-
tion in the coal received. Since our storage pile is full, the coal used is
taken from the cargo last received.
The Steamer "Ferris" finished unloading Tuesday, November lOth and
since about that time the coke has contained an increased amount of sponge,
spongy ends, large light blocks and has been decidedly inferior to our usual
product and the operation of the furnaces has been seriously affected. It is
not possible for us to tell which compartments in the "Ferris" the coal we
have been using came from.
I would like to learn if there has been any condition at the mines
which might explain this situation. The.coal looks the same altho an increased
amount of small pieces of slate has been noticed in the fines.
Yours truly,
B. A. STAHDERLINE,
Supt. Coke Dept.-

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WISCONSIN STEEL COMPANY
606 SOUTH NIICHIGAN Avenue
CHICAGO
November lo, l9j6
Mr. R. E. Galbreath, Superintendent
Wisconsin Steel Co. Inc.,
Benham, Kentucky
Dear My. Galbreath:
I em sending you herewith copy of letter of
November lh received from Mr. L. B. Robertson, together with
Mr. Standerline’s letter to him of the seme date. The
contents of these letters will inform you just what has
been developing, as they think, from the quality of coke
made from "B" seam coal.
You will note Mr. Robertson requests information
relative to the loading of cars for the Steamer "Ferris",
and whether there was a considerable amount of this cargo
mined under conditions different from coal previously mined
in July or August.
I wish you would please go into this matter care-
fully end pass on all the information you are able to develop.
Very truly yours,
WISCONSIN STEEL COIIZPMTI
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President " t'
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WISCONSIN STEEL COMPANY
606 S0uTH IVI1c1—u<;AN Avewue
GMCAGO
November 16, l9§6
MI`. R. E. Gnlbreeith, Supt.,
Wisconsin Steel Co. Inc.,
Benhem, Kentucky
Deer Mr. Gelbreeth:
In connection with correspondence forwarded you
from Messrs. Robertson end Stsnderline relative to the coke
situation st the Steel Works, I em also sending you herewith
report of car loadings for the Steemer "Ferris" to determine
whether it is possible to identify cars that contained "B" seem
coel only. We would like to have this checked to see whether
you.cen develop anything.
As we are mining only BOO tons of "BW seem coal
per dey, we do not see how it would be possible to have any
large quantity loaded in the Steamer "Ferris". However, as
suggested above we would like a thorough check uede of coal from
the "B" seem to find out, if possible, the cause of the unusual
condition in the operation of the blast furnaces this pest week.
While everything is normsl egain this morning, we would like to
develop ell the informetion possible es to the coal you.ere now
mining.
Please return cer loading report when you have
finished with it. -
Very truly yours,
V WISCONSIN STEEL COMPANY
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Mr. L. B. Robertson Novombcv 16, 1956.
General Superintendent
BENILQM COAL
In my letter to you dated November 14th, 1956,
I reported that the quality of coke being produced at the
Goku Fiani was not wood, thai thc cokv contained consid-
erable aponqe, apongy eros, lar5e lipkt blocks enc that
the coal from which tbia coko was produced was received
on the Simm:a.n1· }?‘eu·riu vohich was \LY11(·2=C-IBC: Tue-mag, November
10f.:1;, 192%.
Or T‘a1:z:.rr3&;r and F?am··Ys.y wo took for Coke Plant
oocration, Bonham coal from the storage pilo which had
been rmzezivoo oe rlier ix; Mw grosr, or·b2.‘iTI;r in .*211;;. The
rzrlre T>ro<‘¤1cod *`tr·or¢· ‘n}·i.; cor:} r;?`o~=~n   vcr; *3or*5.d@r’ improve-
rnent. Thcro is no sponge prasnnt aithoxzgk flwrn sr? an few
Mrk ends and yiccos of c<¤}:<`· haIvir·g‘ s yrs-:**17z:r Cfmcarance.
I um?arra1:z¤ro from ?'r. T.¤I.Ti