Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
90 HARD COAL is TO BE HAD.
.,oncc OF Price to s1s, Therefore.
STOCK Taken in Report That
cbrrchcs May Clos This Winter.

:. e almost impossible to anticipate
-. ceiling prices OF coal twcnty-four
80 ahead This is due to the fact
So most coal is selling at auction. the
res product being knocked down to
,ir highest BIDDER
rho large western dealers have repre-
s.-,sfiy.as in the heart Of the coai-felds.
80 sa anxious are these agents to get
,asi that they run UP prices on each
..h.r The large western and northern
-les must have coal in quantities, and
6~4.frs. therefore, pay any price that
~. insure ain early snipment. The mine
mes do not discourage these pur-
5.s..E methods, as ii means money in
A. he conference yesterday of the
T7{rh5nond Coal Dealers Association. a
rev scale of prices was put into effect.
ms selling prices now range as follows:
S.,6raCi1e. $l8 a ton.
Spiu lump. So a ton
SieaT1 coal, s. a ton.
Cskvood. S. cord.
sr.hracite coal. however. cuts little
fcgfs as there is practically none on the
~ Ts e. Wholesale price of coal is interest
a. 3. comparison:
Sar lump, $6.&5 TO Sss5 g ton.
stre,F7 coal. Sc 10 $3.50.
I)ealers figure the cost of hauling splint
ro41 from the GETS 10 CSii.TS Oh COLI
ea@1ers at from % to 80 cents a ton.
NIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.
Orc If the dealers last night expressed
er,.r-sre mat SO and not $40. was the
eaIa-s price fixed for splint lump
ne rrtce Of coal two days hence is
row purely matter of conjecture. How
oy7- should word come that the strike
& se,led the inflated values would
IIarce6 price of soft coal is not ind!ca-
.4rs that there is a shortage here
m, situation IS considerably easier
.t-n last week. but the advance is due
warn CHURCHES THIS WINTER.
@0rr!ng the war between the States
said a prominent coal dealer thoroughly
co1vcrsant with the situation in the
buried bitGminous SLACK, that miserable
sun The grains OF which were not much
;srasr Than gunpowder. This fuel was
vastly inferior TO anything on the mar
tbare was nothing else. At that time
The churches public buildings, and
theatres managed some how TO keep
agea and the people warm 1t is absurd
srd ridiculous to say now that the
clutches may close for lack of fuel
when there is plenty Of fine New River
steam and splint on the market The
churches. in nearly every case, can burn
saft coal: even II they cannot, there is
laundry coke and wood to be had With
twenty-five or fifty carloads day of
Frst-cIaSS coal available il is foolish to
F7v that churches. few Of which burn
more than one half a car year. win
close their doors. There is no occasion
Whatever for this excitement. which,
nostiv@ly, is in excess Of that shown
during the war.
"Thcre was this same sensation about
manufactures closing. Factories, how
aver have all been able to get small
sup7'v and not single one has closed
ANOTHER STORY DENIED.
The report that the Monte Marie Acad-
envy Will have to close after the list OF
next month on account of limited sup
-'v OF coal, IS incorrect. The Sisters de-
clare that the report IS altogether I'M
founded. and that TREY do. not expect
any interruption from this or any other
cause
brisk sale Of wood gas. and oil stoves.
So great has been the demand that the
Manufa Cturers' Associa ton. which parity
furnished the local dealers with their
supply. has raised the price 10 per cent.
the advance to take place October 18th.
Already more than 1.na9 Of these heaters
ha-.7 been sold. while the sale Of coal
stoves has fal.=n off to about twenty-five
for the whole fall season.