Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-13
ROOT SAW MORGAN
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May and is greater than Friday night
run, which was 1S9 cars.
cinders and SpIinters.

Almost 900 tons of soft coal ar
rived at Boston, Saturday.
Quite lot of soft coal arrived in
Bath last week. One lot of 900 or 1000
tons was for NJ w. Sewall & Co.
1t is reported that blacksmiths in
Ashland are using the soft coal which
was discovered on the new Fish River
branch of the Il. 4 A., and that it is
giving good satisfaction.
DIR. w. Seward Webb has ordered
| that 10 carloads of dry hard wood,
| which is piled at his place at Nehasane.
| i'm the Adirondacks, be sent to Utica.
| " Y and distributed among the fami-
lies of employees of the Mohawk & Ma
lone Railroad. who are in great need
| of fuel
Boston men have been in the Aroos-
took valley locking for wood for fuel
! The various kinds of firewOod are now
| high in Fort Fairfield and vicinity
from 81 to s., according to quality and
place of delivery; but If It doubtful if
they grow any higher this season than
| they are now.
There is no anthracite coal for sale
| in Skowhegan and but a small guam
| tity of bituminOus. Dealers succeed in
getting a carload of the latter at time
and can supply the call in small lots
for immediate use. Wood will be USED
| for fuel much more generally. the COM
| ing winter, than for many years.
| The coal which was stored at the
railroad bridge at York for the use of
! the draw tender has been divided be-
| tween York Harbor and York Beach
/ for use at the stations. This will prob
| ably be sufficient to last till the goth
| of November. when the road will dis
continue service, it is understood.
! Bangor is being fairly buried with
soft coal. During the past week 1000
| tens have arrived for local coal deal
ers. and not including 1900 tons for
manufacturing concerns. In spite of
the situation in general the arrival of
10 cargces in one week, or 15 for local
dealers, is close to the record of the
| busiest seasons in the most prosperous
| times. More is on the way.
Caribou is one of the fortunate towns
! i'm regard to the amount of coal on
| hand. the local dealers have a suffi-
! cient stock on hand to supply the needs
of all who are in the habit of burning
| coal Mr.. Glenn has received several
| requests from Fort Fairfield. Pressure
Isle and Houlton to ship some to those
| places but he refused. intending to
keep it for local consumers.
Pressure Isle StarHerald: We I'M
| derstand that the Il. Il A. +. r. has
made a rate of Sc per cord on hard
wood for fuel from here TO Boston. ana
| that parties are in this section trying
| to contract for wood to be shipped to
that market After the freight and
other charges is added to the first cost
of the commodity, it is likely to be
! a pretty dear article to the city con-
sumner
| The Bath branch of the Maine Water
Co. is well stocked with coal. having
| enough to last until the first of May,
provided two cargoes which have been
! ordered arrive. One cargo is $50 tons
| from Nova Scotia and the other is one
which was ordered in the States sew
eral months ago but has not been
! shipped At present at the Nequasset
and Thompson Brook coal bins there
are about 500 tons.
The people of Pittsfield are taking the
Goa! famine situation gOod-naturedly.
It is the next thing to an impossiblllty
to get anthracite coal at any price, and
those who are so situated that they can
burn bituminous coal are filling up their
bins at fancy price. Fitted stove
wood is selling from 81 to $3.50 per cora
and dry cord wood at $3.50. a large
amount of wood is being shipped from
that station to Massachusetts.
The citizens of Guilford are feeling
very comfortable about this time. Last
spring the freshet injured the store
houses of the coal company so that
they were obliged TO fill the orders OF
their customers in the spring at the Ola
nrices to clear out the buildings. that
they might be repaired. Now every
body is rejoicing at Guilford. in full
bins at low prices and only one or two
PARTIES in the village will have to pur-
chase during the high prices.
The supply of anthracite coal in Port
land is fast dwindling away and there
is probably scarcely more than 800 tons
or hand. The firm of F. II. johnson
& Co, which all along has had the
largest amount of any of the dealers,
has about $50 tons at the present time
and there is of course a big demand for
il even at the high price of Slo a ton
There seems. however, to be no danger
of a soft coal famine. for since Satur-
day there have arrived $4,000 tons of
this Goa.
over in st. Stephen the scarcity OF
coal is making itself manifest as the
days grow colder. The schools have y
very limited supply of hard coal and
expect to use soft coal. Trinity Epis-
cOpal church through the foresight of
its officers has a sufficient supply of
hard coal for winter use. but the other
churches will be compelled to burn
either soft coal or wood Very few
houses are supplied with Hard coal, and
NOS a ton can be purchased there. The
last sales were made at SIS. per ton. and
soft coal is now quoted at 81.
Four hundred tons is the extent of
BiddefOrd and Saco's present hard
coal supply and there is nothing in |
sight to indicate that another ounce |
will be received before Jan. 1st even |
if any comes after that These 400 |
tons are the property of the Biddeford |
and Saco Co. and the greater part of |
II will be taken care of by the orders |
already in. What little coal the COM