San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-12
OUR COAL.
AVAILABLE HOLDINGS FOR AN
EMERGENCY.
San Antonio is Not One of the Best
Stocked Cities in the World
In This Line.

tonight, San Antonio would have
plenty of beer, little ice. three
days of street car service and
scarcely any electric light to speak
of, besides lack of other conven-
fences, as the institutions provid-
ing these conveniences are all de-
pendent upon a large coal supply
and this at present is very limited.
Some people assert that it would
be but a matter Of few days be-
fore the people, in case of an effect
ual tie up, would begin to feel the
effects of a genuine fuel famine.
With a view of ascertaining the
coal supply of the various large
concerns in the city, reporter for
the LIGHT made the rounds Of the
town this morning in the course OF
which he gained fair idea of the
city's coal supply.
The international and Great
Northern railway company is per-
haps the least prepared to hold out
against any extended strike, as far
as coal is concerned, for in its bins
it has 1900 tons, which quantity is
sufficient for its present needs for
about forty days.
The Southern Pacific company is
we'll supplied with fuel and would
not be uneasy on that score. The
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass road
with a fair supply Of its own, could
draw on the large Southern Pacific
and it would be fixed. The exact
amount of coal on hand here by
the Southern Pacific company could
not be ascertained, but it is under
stood to be quite enough to meet
present requirements for some
time, but in case of general tie
up the lines would not need their
coal and could perhaps be persuad-
ed to help relieve the fuel famine
that would certainly ensue.
Next to the railway companies
are the breweries, as regards coal
supply. The Lone Star is in
the position, that it consumes
about one car per day
and has in it's bins between forty
and forty-five car loads of Rockdale
and Indian Territory coal.
| The Alamo brewery is not quite
so we'll fixed. 1t claims to have
enough fuel to run for nearly thir-
ty days. Mr.. Legler, the manager,
estimates the supply in the bins
and the depot at present as ten
cars.
The City brewery is even less
prepared. If the towns supply of
coal should be shut off tonight, the
City brewery would have to close
down its plant in the course of a
few days, as at the most favorable
calculation, the company can only
show up ten cars, although a sup
! ply of fifteen more cars is expected
| in the next few days.
The San Antonio Gas and Elec-
trio Light company, which sup
plies not only all of the public and
private gas and electric light, but
also the power for three electric
car lines, has $50 tons Of coal stored
| in it's bins at the gas works on
West Houston street. The gas
works consume 1000 pounds per
day, and the electric light works
on Nillita street, about % tons per
day. If the company had to de-
pend upon this supply of coal
alone, the works would run scarce
/ ly over a week.
The Crystal Ice company on Ave-
nue. B, which uses almost one car
per day, would have to close shop
about ) O'Clock next Monday after
noon in case of an effectual
tie up in the course of the next
twenty-four hours, as it has about
a five days supply on hand.
The other ice factories have fair
supply, but not enough to prevent
a l ice famine in case Of long hold
out.
The Alamo Cement works, which
uses but one kind of Indian
| Territory coal for it's kilns, had to
| shut down its work for the past four
weeks as the miners, strike in the
territory cut Off their supply.
They have several tons of Lytle
coal left and with which to run
their boilers if they can't get the
! kiln coal.
The people of Fort Sam Hous-
ton, thanks to their provident
! Uncle Sam, who always keeps the
quartermaster's department well
| filled, have 100000 pounds of coal,
which is enough to run the post
until the end of the month.
The wood and coal yards are
well stocked with fuel, but when
the large manufacturing concerns