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President Roosevelt congratulates Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane on his attention to detail, and is sure that his visit “had a most helpful effect on the fuel situation in the Northwest.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-21
President Roosevelt asks the Interstate Commerce Commission if there’s any way to address the issue detailed in a letter from The Lakota American newspaper editor Avard McIntosh Beveridge to North Dakota Representative Asle J. Gronna. Beveridge’s letter concerns the coal and fuel shortages in North Dakota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-13
A dejected coal sculpture of a royal figure labeled “Old King Coal” wears robes and a crown which he holds onto his head. In the background are factories burning oil for fuel and spewing thick black smoke which drifts, in the shape of a hand, toward the coal sculpture with the intent of snatching the crown from his head.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-09-17
President Roosevelt is forming an Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials to investigate greater efficiency and safety in fuels, construction materials, and mining. Roosevelt has invited representatives of government offices engaged in construction and engineering, industry experts, and representatives from national engineering and similar organizations to serve as members. Roosevelt has appointed Rear Admiral Cone as a member and representative of the Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-03
President Roosevelt is forming an Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials to investigate greater efficiency and safety in fuels, construction materials, and mining. Roosevelt has invited representatives of government offices engaged in construction and engineering, industry experts, and representatives from national engineering and similar organizations to serve as members. Roosevelt has appointed John H. Rankin as a member and representative of the American Institute of Architects in place of William S. Eames who has resigned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-03
President Roosevelt is forming an Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials to investigate greater efficiency and safety in fuels, construction materials, and mining. Roosevelt has invited representatives of government offices engaged in construction and engineering, industry experts, and representatives from national engineering and similar organizations to serve as members. Roosevelt has appointed Rear Admiral W. L. Capps to serve as an ex-officio member as Chief of the United States Navy Department Bureau of Construction and Repair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-03
President Roosevelt informs Rear Admiral Barton, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, that he is creating an advisory board related to the properties and best uses of structural materials and fuels in the United States. Roosevelt believes that this topic is very important to the Navy, and appoints Barton to serve on the board as representative of the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-30
President Roosevelt informs Rear Admiral Mason, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, that he is creating an advisory board related to the properties and best uses of structural materials and fuels in the United States. Roosevelt believes that this topic is very important to the Navy, and appoints Mason to serve on the board as representative of the Bureau of Ordnance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-30
President Roosevelt informs Thomas L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, that he is creating an advisory board related to the properties and best uses of structural materials and fuels in the United States. Roosevelt believes that this topic is very important, and appoints Lewis to serve on the board.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-30
President Roosevelt informs William Kendrick Hatt that he is creating an advisory board related to the properties and best uses of structural materials and fuels in the United States. Roosevelt believes that this topic is very important, and appoints Hatt to serve on the board.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-30
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus of the recommendation by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, and the Interstate Commerce Commission to lay adequate fuel supplies for all federal offices in the Northwest before winter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
President Roosevelt writes to Secretary Bonaparte regarding the establishment of fuel depots in the Northwest. They would have enough fuel for the Army and Native American schools in that region.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Agriculture Wilson that the federal government should set a good example for the rest of the nation by purchasing adequate fuel supplies for its offices in the Northwest to ensure that there is enough energy for that region during the winter months.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft of the recommendation by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, and the Interstate Commerce Commission to lay adequate fuel supplies for all federal offices in the Northwest before winter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
President Roosevelt tells Postmaster General Meyer that the federal government should set a good example for the rest of the nation by purchasing adequate fuel supplies for its offices in the Northwest to ensure that there is enough energy for that region during the winter months.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Interior Garfield that he thinks it is an excellent idea to establish fuel depots in the Pacific Northwest to ensure that all of the government facilities have enough fuel for the winter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou that he thinks it is a good idea to establish fuel depots along the Northern Pacific Railway. Roosevelt approves of this means to ensure that there is enough fuel for Indian schools and other institutions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
Maurice Paterson asks Theodore Roosevelt to help him patent and market his coal economizer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-24
Frank J. Miller has a solution for the issue of alternative fuel and asks Theodore Roosevelt to help market it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-11