The sun., 1902-12-29

An ofYicial OF the Boston and Albany TOLD
The Bun reporter tonight that his road
was somewhat luckier than the New Haven
as It depends almost entirely upon tn
Pennsvlvania soft coal mined for its suppl,
and brings all its coal by rail over PRACTICAL,
it's own system. so that In case OF necessity y
all freight traffic could be suspended tc
allow coal To be rushed into Massachusetts
There has been no talk among the Albany
rcai officials of cutting trains from the
schedule.
On tho Boston and Maine the situation !:
about the same as with the Boston ana
Albany The road has a good supply on
hand and Is in position To bring IN fur'hci
supply by rail should st ormy weather prevent
il being conveyed by water, a. most OF II is at
Daniel W Sanhorn. general superinten-
dent. said to-night that ne had heard moth
ing OF curtaing the servicc o! his ROAD
He said the coal supply was ample for pres
ent needs and having direct rail connec-
tion IN New York state. it was an easy
matter to rush additional fuel in when
necessary The Bost on and Maine touches
so many scaports along the northern New
England coast hat It Is able TO land vesse'
coal at the terminals of almost every brancn
The New Haven road has a ways depended
largely for its coal upon vessels and was
caught with q comparatively small amount
on hand when the strike began. There
was enough. however. TO continue through
hut practically since the strike was settled
coal has been bought wherever available;
lately the Bost on supply has been hauled
from Providence, where IL was much
easier matter to bring in barges and sail
ing vessels than to take the chance OF hav.
ing coal-aden craft held up by storms ana
adverse winds hen rounding Cape Cod.
william L. Chamberlain. general manager
of the New Haven road. said this evening
that in discussing the coal problem one
Of the plans talked of was TO curtail the tram
service.
where he said Pennsylvania, Dominion,
and Welsh coal. or any other kind that we
can buy. is good enough under the present
conditions. II II case OF hand-to-nouth
with MS. and / would not be surprised TO
see the train schedule cut in hall before
long. How soon, | cannot say, but ! do
know that we have talked about 1t. az that
appears to be one OF the best remedies at
present for this coal shortage.
Il don't know how much coal We have
on hand at this time. 1t is not as large a
supply as We wish 1t was and is fairly well
scattered at central places on the road.
No plans have yet been made for curtaiing
the train service, but as | said before. this
scheme has been talked Of
The electric street railroads in Massa-
chusetts and northern New England are not
very short of coal just now. The Boston
the president Of the company. said o-night
that his company had no expectation and
no intention Of cutting down the car service.
At power house in Northboro peat is being
used successfully "a a substitute for coal.
Some Of the manufacturing plants in
New England are short of coal, but a. they
are nearly all on tide water where it Is an
easy matter To bring in fuel, or are on rivers
where they have available water power.
il is not believed there will be any shut
downs for any length of time. One or two
large mills in Fall River have been obliged
TO close for day or two at time, but that
city seems TO be the only place affected
at all seriously. A leading manufact uier
said tonight that there was no immediate
danger Of any shut-downs.
In and near Boston. the manufacturing
plants are not as badly OF as hey were about
the time Of the ending of the coal strike
Since then, Dominion and Welsh coal has
been landed in large quantities and by
cartins 1t themselves. the firms have been
able to keep the factories going.
Nsw HAVEN, Conn Dec Is; President
Haven railroad Company said tonight:
We are running our trains usual
and we hope to continue to do 40. We do
not expect TO have to make any change
in our schedule. owing to the lack Of coal
Whenever we have seized any coal it has
generally been with the consent of the
owners OF the coal and il has always been
returned Immediately. We have had to
borrow on rare occasions since this coal
shortage has been felt,
There is a law in this State that allows
the railroad company to take coal, under
certain conditions, that is, when we are
short and need it mperatively to run our
trains So far as | know there is no COM
bined movement between the railway
managers of New England to decrease
train service"
H.nr,, D oo..oo, ,,;.o n.oa,l... r
Sargent 4 Co. and a member Of the Yale
Corporation. said
We have enough to carry us along em-
porarily and we hope to be able TO get
more coal when our present supply is ex-
hausted. There is no combination OF the
manufacturers in this city to shut down
their shops that | have heard anything
about. This is the time when every con-
Germ or mandatory is fighting along by
itself. There Ia. Of course, a scarcity Of
coal. but haven't heard Of any large con-
cern that has been obliged to shut down
because Of an absolute lack OF fuel
One Of the officials Of the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company made the st ate
ment tonight that Ahe company had enough
coal on hand to supply their present needs.
He added
I'VE are not doing any different than
we have been doing every other year. We
are getting some coal by cont ract and
huying where We can. We are very busy
just at presen, and cert ainy will not close
down unless We are compelled to. think
we will probably I've able TO get coal as long
ms We need il. In the New Haven harbor
to-day there arc 10000 tons Of coal but il
is very hard To land it here. There are no
accommodations to land moe than few
hundred ions Of coal q day
The situation mp the Naugatuck Valley
is worse han IL Is in his city. All through
that region, from the reports that we get
here, every shop lis short OF coal"
BRIDGFrORT, Conn, Dec 2S.-The ant hra-
cite coal stringency has not yet caisf,i
suspension Of operations at any of the local
manufact ories and is not likely to right
away. Neither has II caused any great
suffering among the poor II is concedei
throughout Connecticut that Bridgepor,
is sit tuated better, as regards he coal
stringency. than any Other place in the
state. There is coal enough here TO keep
the factories running during January
HARTFORD. Conn. Dec. 2s-While the
factories in this city are running close
on their supplies Of coal. it is not though,
now that any Of them will have to slut
down for lack Of fuel Coal is coming
in in about the same ouln,ity as before
the Christ mas holidays Much more soft
coal IL being burned in the fac, ories than
before he strike. but il cannot Lc used
in some places and for some purposes
70 that The demand for anthracite il large
and steady. II is the general expect alton
that the factories can be kert going
N., nno 10 .