New-York tribune., 1902-10-13
WOOD OFFERS NO RELIEF.
THERE Is No MORE THAN ENOUGH OF
IT TO SUPPLY THE NOR
MAI. DEMAND.

Not single cord of first class wood for fuel
has been shipped 20 this city by wood dealers or
owners Of timber lands in this State for some
time so far as could he learned yesterday, and
the wood cut and ready for market in Virginia,
North Carolina and other States. from which is
obtained the wood supply OF the country, IS only
sufficient for normal conditions Several men
who are prominent in the wood business told
Tribune reporter yesterday that ii seemed az if
the majority Of persons Of this city had learned
that il the city had % depend on wood as its
principal fuel this winter, or for the next month
alone most homes would be cold. factories
would have 70 close and business in general
would he so seriously handicapped that it would
not be able 10 recover its normal volume until
long after the holidays.
For the last ten years or more this State has
sent practically cordwood to this city. and
what wood il now has available for this market
il is thought. viii not exceed five thousand cords
This. with the thousands OF cords ready 10 be
sent here from Virginia and North Carolina,
would be burned in a little more than week
some dealers said yesterday. If nothing hut wood
and oil used FOR heating and lighting
But there Is no prospect ~ any considerable
amount Of cordwood in the State getting to this
city. according to persons who have been for
many years actively identified with the wood
business. Customers have told various ups State
dealers that they will take all the wood the
dealers have on hand at prices which the wood
would sell Tor i'm this city. or have induced the
dealers 10 keep the wood where IL is. so that IL
can he burned by local people institutions in
case Of need Any upstate dealer who ships
cordwood to this market under the present con
dijions runs the risk Of losing all his old
toners. and after the coal strike is over he
would be forced to close his place Of business
few
The dealers who We're questioned yesterday
about the wood supply said that they were pow
erless To do anything 20 better conditions. The
supply for each winter is cut some months he
fore It is shipped 10 this and other markets. and
what wood is cut now would not be ready 10
send 10 the dealers for a long time.
Il wish the public could know" said one of
the leading wood dealers Of this city yesterday.
that We have all the orders We can attend to
now. In fact il viii take us a week 10 fill the
orders now file. You cannot say any too
emphaticaIly that all the wood cut and in tran
sit would not heat this city for one week. We
do not expect. however, TO see the price for wood
raised again this season. for the reason that
most persons are now aware that the wood
dealers viii not be able 20 neat their houses and
% furnish heat for Office and loft buildings the
apartment houses. the hotels the factories. etc.
and the demands being made on are getting
To a normal standard on October I We raised
the price for Virginia pine. oak and hickory
81. and Virginia pine and oak is now selling al
Sl7 cord and Virginia hickory AT so cord
] think "A cord Of wood would last much longer
than ton Of coal"
II was also learned from a Trustworthy source
yesterday that some - the leading coal dealers
are ~ the opinion that the coal strike will last
for some weeks Yet unless a cold snap should
set in i'm the near future II such a cold wave
should sweep over this city most OF the big hos
pitfalls and charitable institutions, owing 70 the
smallness of their present coal supply. would
have 90 use of fuel or close their doors.
Some Of their patients are critically Ill., and %
remove them 10 their homes would more than
likely cause their deaths Just what to DO In
case neither coal nor OF could p" obtained IS
pcrpleNiug the supcrintendcuts of these hosIi-
tails. for % keep some patients I'm cold rooms
might prove fatal as transferring them %
their homes
There was a report current yesterday that
some of the churches would have % shut their
doors unless they could get coal AZ a reasonable
price. The Methodist Episcopal city Mission -
sorcly in need 81 coal The Presbyterian city
Mission which maintains a number 81 churches
I'm various parts 81 the city. has none. nut OK
poets To- get some. The coal supply OF the
Protestant city Mission Is small. one day last
week gas had 20 De- turned on. 70 is said. in the
kindergarten II the Second Avenue church OF
the Baptist city Mission To heat the rooms
At the following stations coal is now being sold
10 the poor AZ l. cents pail:
East Side-No. 2i5 South-st-, No PSI South-st-
SITS No. l06 Goerck-st.. No 2t Stanton-st. foot 81
Fifth-st East River; 10 l,I East Ihird i-d 10
s. No III Sixth-st.. No. 5l2 East seventy
fodrth-st 40. 40s East seventy-slxth-st.. No. +i3
East River No. io5 East Nnety-third-st-; No. 80
East One-h hundred -and-seventh-st-. one-huHdred
aud-niuth-sJ. and East River, No ~ East one
huudred-and- -ninth-st.. No. 325 East One-hundred-
on The Vest side-No COS Greenvich-st. No 53s
West Thirty-eiehth-st. foot Of Thirty-eighth-st
North River; foot OF Forty-siXth-st.. North River