The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-14
HARD WORK T0DELIYER COAL.
ONLY HALF TIRE USUAL GUAM.
TITY SENT OUT YESTERDAY.
New Coal DEPOT on the west side-No
Scarcity ~ Places where the Poor Are
Supplied-little Distress. 10 Ear. for
Lack Of Coal on the East Side

New Coal DEPOT on the west eide-No
Scarcity ~ Places where the Poor Are
supplied-lAttie Distress. 10 Ear. for
Lack Of Csal on the East Side.
Snow made delivery Of coal difficult
yesterday. and though q good deal came
to tide water the handling OF 1t was slow.
Carts that ordinarily take out ak tons at
time took only three tons, and the trips
were fewer. A large coal dealer said:
Not much more than half the quantity
OF coal usually delivered could be sent out
on account Of the snow. The bringing OF
coal across the Hudson was also much
delayed. and the handling on both sides
took more time than usual
Efforts are to be made this week TO let
Brooklyn have q larger share OF coal.
President Baer Of the Philadelphia and
Reading Company, who WAS at the Waldorf
yesterday. had talk with some Of the other
presidents Of the coal-carrying roads on
the situation. Later he said;
We are mining NJ much coal as we pos
sibly can and shipping it to New York a.
fast as We can and II is getting there. The
present scarcity il no fault Of the operators
or the coal companies. The absence Of tho
usual summer reserve, Of course, makes the
supply far below the normal and the cold
weather has increased the demand. As to
how long the scarci will continue I cannot
say, New York is swapping UP all the coal
we can bring In and the weather conditions
make delivery difficult. The coal roads are
rushing anthracite to New York AZ fast a.
they can. Every car that can be used Is
pressed into service
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sales agents for the New York Ontario and
Western company said that New York
was getting its full share Of coal. The
difficulty is In distributing II properly.
Care will be taken that all the depots for
selling coal by the pail are supplied.
Tenement House Commissioner Robert
W. De Forest told SUN reporter that
more depots for selling coal at ten cents
pail will Ia opened One for West Side
people will be supplied by the Communi-
paw Coal Company az 10 yards, COZ to 6os
West Fiffy-first street in accordance with
an agreement with the OPERATOR The
depot will be open beginning with to-day
till late hour every dav. including sunday
About II go pals of coal were sold yes
terday at Alfred Barber's Sons depot AT
377 Water street. Mr.. Barber said yester-
day that he expects to have 10000 tons
iV ulstriDutlOn tHlS Wetk, VI WHIou S,OVp.
which were held up in Jersey City by
the storm. are expected tomorrow.
A number Of people on the East Side
have been keeping coal csllafs and selling
coal by the pan for ~ cents. the pail being
little over half the size Of the pals sold
AT the depots, Some dealers al hrst were
averse to selling coal to these people but
have changed their minds. as it will enable
some people to get coal who cannot get
coal any other way
Dealers began yesterday TO encourage
the proprietors Of apartment houses to IRE
Yea coal for heating purposes. IL IL al
ready in use and Ia becoming recognized
now as one of the domestic sizes.
Bv the apartment houses using pea sizes
more OF the domestic sizes are left. This
winter the people who will find II hardest
70 get coal will be people who ordinarily
buy ten or twenty tons at time,
Robert Hunter, head worker OF the Uni
versi'y Settlement Rivington and FL
bridge streets. said yesterday that, SO far.
there has been little distress for lack of
coal on the East Side