The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-07
one week SUPPLY
OF COAL ON HAND
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now in the yards OF the Chesapeake and
ONO Railway Company. This very con-
siderable quantity Is consigned to various
DEALERS principally. 1t is believed. to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal and Coke Com
pany, Mr., n. O.. Brooks manager, and
The Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency.
Mr.. James ~. Hopkins agent. These two
companies while having the same name
as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company, have no connection whatever
with the company. They are large pur-
chasers Of coal and coke FOR dealers IN
Richmond, Newport News and elsewhere.
and much of their coal Is consigned,
therefore, for transportation on the Ches-
apeai,e and Ohio road-that Is ALL Many
of the Richmond deassrs buy all their
ccal through the agencies One OF tho
agents said Yesterday that he hAd coal
O.. the Chesapeake and Ohio yards now.
and that some of the dealers who were
co,,,n,aining about not having coal and
being unable to get It. but who were
II cir usual customers, had not applied
to them.
G. & o. EQUAL TO EMERGENCY.
The statement was authorized at the
general offices Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company late in the after
noon that tho company was able easily.
without use Of all available equipment,
to haul all coal consigned over the road.
willins: TO Go SO and was doing SO. The
statement was made also that no COM
1.!aints that coal was not. coming through
promptly had been made to the proper
ct1'ce, and that If any dealer who had
coal on the road gave the numbe- of
his car it would be hunted up for him
and handled.
rive carloads OF coal were released by
tho Atlantic Coast Line road Sunday to
the Passenger and Power Company and
three yesterday. These eight. says Mr..
Tiaflord, will keep the power houses in
operation for 4 week. and in that time
snt'Ytr shipments are expected. The Coast
Line has seventeen other carloads be-
longing to this company. Mr.. B. Cot
tell. coal dealer. who supplies a number
Of large tobacco and other factories of
tre city. said he had but little coal on
hand. hardly enough to supply two days.
He had coal up the Chesa peal1e and
C;:io. but did not know when 1t would
come.
Mr.. S. H. HAYES said he did not know,
but thought there was little coal here.
He hadn't been around the yards. but
he wasn't afraid they would throw coal
a. him-that was too precious to use that
way
STATEMENTS FROM FACTORIES.
1t was stated at the Allen and Ginter
Branch of the American Tobacco Com
pany that the factory had q good sup
NV on hand.
Mr. Yarbrough. OF w. ]. Tarbrough and
Sops. said they had a fair supply on
hand and did not anticipate closing. The
foreman of the Lower Gas Works stated
that they had enough coal to last five
or six days, and had agents scattered over
tie country trying to buy and get Goa!
here He hoped and thought it would
come by the time the present supply
WAS out Mr.. c.. 2. Walford. clerk Of the
School Board. said the schools had a sup
rly sufficient to last ten days or more.
This was anthracite. but II + came to the
pinch he thought the soft would be avail
able. AS yet the schools have no use for
coal. The Treaesar Works has enough
coal for present purposes. and does not
fear serious difficulty in getting in more
when this on hand is gone.
The Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works.
which. like the Tredegar. uses an i'm
,rense quantity. is not fearful OF having
TO shut down. having quite 4 good-sized
quantity on hand and reasons to believe
that more will be forthcoming.
The statement was authorized at the
Locomotive Works that this plant had
enough coal for the present. and that
:se greatest fear for them was that the
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get short Of this commodity and their
e:ec.ric rover and light be cut off. The
Richmond Fire Department has but a
.s..fai. supply on hand, but except In case
OF fire. practically none is Used There is,
no occasion for alarm on this score
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION.
The situation among the railroads seems
to he this: The Chesapeake and Ohio is
handling coal readily east and west as
consigned, without delay. according to
its claim, with full equipment mot in use:
the Atlantic Coast Line is temporarily
delaying delivery OF some coal. This may
grow out of the fact that the Norfolk
and Western, over which this company's
coal would naturally come. Is choked with
freight and coal traffic. The entire stu
uation seems TO be that for the present
there is enough coal here to supply the
City and its many manufactures and
plants one week at least, with the rea-
sonable prospect Of more at the end or
that time.
The Merger Sustained.