Minglewood Coal Company

Minglewood Coal Company
	The Southwestern Way. Wooster Progress. 1914.
Formerly called	Minglewood Coal & Ice Co.
Type	Coal Dealers; Sand and Gravel Quarrying;
Industry	Retail; Mining;
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	204 E Liberty St, Wooster, Ohio
Key people	1919: Louis Snavely, Manager 1930: James McSweeney, President; L. T. Snavely, Secretary-Treasurer
Products	Brick, cement, sand, sewerpipe, lime, plaster, drain tile, building blocks, mortar color, etc., etc.
Brands	Pocahontas, Minglewood, Massillon, New Philadelphia, Cambridge, Anthracite, etc., etc.
Services	Dealers in Coal, Coke, Lime and Cement

The General Office was located at 204 E. Liberty St. opposite the Archer House hotel, and the sand and gravel plant was located on Prairie Lane Rd., while the Ice plant and cold storage was located on E. South St. near the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing, and the yards were located on E. Henry St. at Pennsylvania Railroad crossing in Wooster, Ohio.

Locations

General Office: 204 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
Ice Plant & Cold Storage: 0000 E. South St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
Sand & Gravel: 0000 Prairie Lane Rd., Wooster, Ohio 44691
Yards: 0000 E. Henry St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

City Directories

1894-1895 - Business Directory, p. ad, 81
1919 - Wooster City Directory, p. 123
1930 - Wooster Directory, Minglewood Coal & Ice Co., James McSweeney, President; L. T. Snavely, Secretary-Treasurer, p, 162, 226.

Comprehensive History

Slogans

1915 - "Tell us your wants"

Historical documents

1901 - Wooster High School annual ^[1]
1924 - Storage Plant Is About Done - The Minglewood Coal and Ice company will soon be able to use its new cold and ice storage plant on the company's grounds near the coal yard. The construction work is being done by Contractors Long and Bogner and is about completed.

The cork work is being done by L. Mundet and Son of New York. The insulation is nearly finished and the piping has about all been installed by the Vitter Mfg. Co. of Milwaukee.

There will be an elevator in the plant and it will be furnished by the Otis Elevator Company. The plant will contain three large cold storage rooms in addition to a large ice storage place, which may also be used for cold storage purposes. The Minglewood company is hurrying completion of the plant because contracts have been made with several parties to place apples, fruits, vegetables and eggs in storage by the beginning of winter.In a few days the company will have ready for distribution a circular giving prices per bushel or per crate for storage. The circular will contain rates for other things that may be placed in storage.

The storage of ice will make available for Wooster and other places a supply that will meet the needs at all times. The plant is one of the best equipped in the state. The company's business has grown rapidly and the officers are preparing to take care of more towns next season than were supplied this year. ^[2]

1927 - Wooster High School annual ^[3]

Timeline

Gallery

Photos

Minglewood Coal & Ice Co, circa 1915
Material bins for gravel, sand, limestone, etc.
Located on Henry St. in Wooster, Ohio,
opposite Schellin Park
Photo provided by Dan Ackerman in July 2017

Business Letterheads

Minglewood Coal & Ice Co. invoice dated 1927.
Minglewood Coal & Ice Co. invoice dated 1947.
Receipt from The Minglewood Coal & Ice Co. for cold storage of apples circa 1940s.