The daily Republican., 1902-12-11
NO COAL
YET IN SIGHl
City Dealer Admits That tl
:. Situation Here Is Extremo- (
ly Serious.
OFFICIALS MAY APPEl
a
To Reading Company to Send
Anthracite This Way.
Cannot Escape Suf-
fering This Winter.

There Is no coal in he city al
none is on the way here. The sit
alton is indeed Serious
This is the status of the loc
coal market as explained by one n
the leading dealers to-day. It
coal story in itself, and while 1t MAJ
not tell Of suffering now that motl
crate weather has suocssiei the aia
most frigid temperature of the past
few days, 1t holds out no hope "a
the "coalless" residents of the citS2
that their suffering will be relieved
at any time this winter. The situ3
ution, therefore, is most acuts
There is talk of having Mayol
Fisher and City Council appeal q
the Reading Railroad Company "a
such a supply of coal, as vii
prevent actual suffering here. TilaH
movement il this direction mar
take definite shape in a few dsyl
and as similar conferences hay5
brought relief TO other cities, mers
chants here have hopes that the afj13
peals OF Wilmington officials may
bear results.
Relief from the cold wave cana|
yesterday afternoon, when the TOM
perature began rising. The chapsNl
came none too soon, not only to the
poor, but for thousands whose
greater means have been unable ia n
avert suffering from the cold inA
their home. The moderate wealth..
er may not be blessing for long, n
however, for it is predicted that al
though to-day will be characterized
by moderate temperature, Fridavt
will be fair to partly cloudy, Will
colder weather and brisk
northerly to northeasterly winds
followed by rain or snow in this
section. On Saturday we are prom
lsed partly cloudy, slightly colder
preceded by rain or snow N
On the coasts.
Coal dealers say that there has
)een much trlckery practiced by
hose who desire coal, and they, the
lealers, in an effort to act fairly II
With consumers, have to use their IA
Judgment in selling to people. The
tealers say that they have endeav-
'red to divide the small supply of "A
'oal around among the buyers So
hat no one should really suffer, OH
my one person get an undue quan-
ity. But several buyers have been
ound to leave orders at all the coal
ards. and thus get three or fourg
ons, when their neighbor probably
las had to beg hard to get ton or
alf ton. Then another choice
ractlce is to telephone that there
an invalid in the house, and
aif ton is absolutely necessary to
eep up one good fire in the invag
dis room. These and other devices
ave caused some of the dealers to
eel that all the deception cannot be
aid to be upon the part of the n
callers. lnsome instances, persons
tho are known to oe entirely hon
st, have stated to the coal dealer
lat they have not secured any coal
any dealer in Wilmington, but
ave had it hauled in to them from
le country to help ill their bins.
he situation is such that dealers as
ell as consumers should use moth
g but fair and honest measures.
/ he dealers in wood are still ply
( Il good trade. and several coun-
y dealers are hauling large loads
wood to customers.
The bakers are in a bad way for
al. and some of them are using
ood and bituminOus coal to keep
} their fires, The latter answers
~ well, except that it requires
ry much more care in its use, ss
# coal makes very hot fire and
apt to burn the bread.