The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
HELEN GOULD CALLS FOR COAL
HER PRICELESS ORCHIDS WERE
~ DANGER or FREEZING.
Couldn't Get . supply Of Anthracite NJ
lr>inEtOn and TcleEraphrd for a
BOatlOad-She Only Obtained a Little
Shortage sim Great. but Relief Near.

Coal dealers yesterday were liter ally
swamped with orders, given personally
and sent 10y telegraph and telephone. which
they could not fiji. The only ray of high,
in the situation was a notification received
by some of the dealers that beginning with
u, X week New York will receive Lar ger
shai c Of anthracite and less will be sent to
other places,
The costly plants in the conservatorieS
of Miss Helen Gould at Irving on-on-the-
Hubs pn had a narrow escape from being
ruined for lack Of coal 10 keepthe houses
warm. These lighthouses and their contents
are valued at nearly a million dollars.
Some Of the orchids are priceless.
The late Jay Gould had "A passion for
rare orchids and for many years before he
died had been collecting them from differ
ent parts Of the world. Miss Gould has
taken the same pride in III" conservatories
as her father did. She telegraphed yester-
day to Carter 4 Blaisdell, coal agents in
this city, to send boatload Of coal at once
TO Tarrvtown to save her iiowet-.
The firm could not get a buatload al
once, but telegraphed 10 the owner Of a coal
yard along the Hudson in which II has an
interest To send enough coal To heat the
hothouSos for a day or two till more coal
can be- sent.
Both cparators and dealers deny that any
attempt Is being made TO hold back coal
A. the offices Of the principal coa-carrying
companies ii was said that none Of the coal
they supplied went into the hands OF specu-
lators.
A. To yarns that while New York is
suffering from lack Of coal, miles Of carr
filed with anthracite are TO bc seen on the
tracks at Weehawken y. j. a representative
81 President Underwood Of the Erie Rail
road said
The coal is being rushed 10 whore it is
wanted as fast az possible Sometimes
there are 800 cars there laden tn coal
and AZ fast a. these are moved they will be
replaced 10y hundreds Of other cars. Not
pound Of coal is kept minute longer than
the time necessary To ship II to the points
where II n most needed.
As an instance Of how impartially the
shortage In coal hts every one President
o yphant of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal ,omray laid that he had been
asked 10y an official If one Of the companies
to ger him some coal This mans own
dealer had failed 10 deliver and no other
would sell him coal because hc was not a
regular customer
The supply of coal AZ the Barber yard
in Wafer street. where coal Is sold by the
pail to the DOR, gave out shortly after
noon Yesterday. About 800 would-he
buyers wer" then in line and n wild scene
occurred Policemen induced the people
to 60 away. The distribution will begin
again this morning
Nflll'' li' tpdl WIS l"lilb il-l llJNlltu q
poor tailor named Abraham SwGuf was
arrest ed ON the charge of stealing coal from
n thirteen ynar-old boy. The boy said he
left bag containing two pals of coal on
the sidewalk and Swauf took 1t.
When the tailor was arragned before
Magistrate Hogan in III" Centre street
police Cour, the Magistrate discharged him
dealer said that all the Coal-Carrying
companies except one have promised that
next week New York will he receiving Il
larger share of coal, less will he sent To the
Lake regions and part of the coal which
would have gone West will he diverted
here He would not nam" the company
which would not make any change,
The Charity Organization Society re-
ported Yesterday that fewer people are
now applying for aid than usual and it
* not distributing more coal than IN or
binary years.
The salvation Army has received many
requests for coal which IL canuo supply
Commander Boo h-ILcker said Yesterday
thai hC had asked p rnss on Of the Board
81 Aldermen 20 demonstrate at street cor
ners the utility of oilcd-soaked porous
bricks.
Astory vas told at salvation Army head
quarters to show how the coal shortage
affects people who can buy "A ton of Goa.
man who called ON a dealer uptown for
half ton was told Il AZ II could not IN. de-
livercd now. He burst into tears and said
he had a child dying of pneumonia AT HON"
and had no Coal. investigation showed
that the story was true and the dealer
managed To supply him with enough coal