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Excerpt from Government Coal Purchases Under Specifications: With Analyses for the Fiscal Year 1909-10 The replies to a circular letter sent to the mayor of every city of over 100, 000 population in the United States brought out the fact that about 55 per cent of the cities replying purchase coal under specifications, many of which are similar to those used by the Gov eminent. A great many industrial concerns are likewise purchasing coal under specifications. The numerous requests received by the Bureau of Mines for authentic information concerning purchases of coal under specifications, or according to its heating value, attest the growing interest in the subject. The purchase of coal on a specifications basis is an important step toward the conservation of the mineral resources of the nation, for it results in the increased use of the lower grades of coal. The poorer grades find a market by competing with the better grades, not as to the price per ton, but as to the cost of an equal number of heat units. The purpose of this paper is to explain m general terms the methods that the Government has found most satisfactory for the purchase of a large part of its coal supply, including the consideration of bids, the awarding of contracts, and the analyzing of samples a on which the price corrections are based. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.