Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-13
PLENTY or COAL.
New York Does Nos Anticipate
knminc At Present.

Famine ~ Present.
New YORK, July Ia The rrib une
ssys: The concensus of opinion
among a plumber OF prominent coal
dealers In this city anu It's Vicinity Is
tu the effect that there is no danger Of
0 coal famine. Tue yards ami duckl
arc we'll supplied with GOAL and the
present STOCK Ii sufficient 10 last for a
long time.
The strike is at present confined to
the oitumiuous coal regions anu the
uss OF soft Goals Ia comparatively limit.
ed in this city. SnCuiu the strike
spread among the anthracite coal
mixers, there would undoubtedly b.
good cause Tor alarm. One thing in
isvOroI the ordinary consumer Is tnst
little coal Is required at this sessIn .
the year. o. course, the railroad com.
pAnies, factories anu other large CON-
sumeis are In a far different position.
They use large quantities OF coal nj al
eeasons Of ihs year. In this city,
however, they are prevented from us.
log bituminous OPAL by law and con-
stquenily the strike as yet has not put
them to any Inconvenience as IL has
10 Chicago ami other western
cities, Comparatively little BIZ
luminous coal Il used in Brook.
lyn. A few large factories there
use 1t as do the trolley roads at their
power houses. A movement has been
started TO compel the latter to give up
iIs use.
The great railroad lines that reach
this city are well stocked with coal at
the present time. The majority OF
Them now burn anthracite cUsi in
their passenger locomotives. The
biluminOus coal, however, 10 used al.
most exclusively on freight loc0mo-
lIvgs.
Supt. Bro ks Of the pennsylvania
r0nu saiI that the rsiitoad had 3 stock
Of coal on hand sufficient to last it u
month. Tae locomotives OF the pas
senger trains, he declared, burned an
thracite coal almost excluBively, as did
some OF the locomotives OF the fast
height trains. SHOULD It become
necessary all the locomotives, inclu1-
ing those which draw the freight
trains, coulo burn anthracite coal.
The PsnnsyIvsnt u large carrier
Of coal inclu Ling the bituminous Goals,
and shoulJ the strike contiGua Il
would feel the loss OF these freights.
Other railroads carrying large guam
titles OF coal are the Philadelphia ana
ksauipg, which runs to Jersey CITY
over tue New Jersey Central ,racke,
the Lshish Valley AMI Delaware,
LscRawana anu Western.
lhe PniIauelphis and Rending Coal
company anu the LsDigh Valley bosn
operate coal miues OF their own. All
these companies, report good supplies
II coal on hand at the pr,ssut tune.
The Manhattan Elevated Railway
company burns only snIhricits coal In
lta engines, cone, queDtiy II Ia not
effected by tho strike. Egen ths own.
era Of river craft are nos as yet much
worried, as anthracite coal 10 almost
txciusiveIy consumel on the boats OF
AL CLASSES.
The time Is drawing nigh for The
dealers TO lay In their winter stock OF
fuel OF coal, and shouli the strike con.
inue 1t will delay, at least so lar NJ
bituminous coal IL concerned.
A conducto, OF one OF the Ohio soft
coal roads taiu:
1--WE have evidence from the west
that tho soft coal strike is really going
% bs the salvation Of the transports.
zion com papies OF that distrl CT, because
IL will eventually get the price OF soft
cosl to d place where there viii be
money In nauling 1t. 1t may be called