The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-23
Three Dealers Have PraC-
ticalIy All the Anthra-
cite in the City.
WILL SOON BE EXHAUSTED
Soft Coal, Coke, and Wood Sca-ce-Fear
of Famine Of All Fuel # Strike Is
Hot Soon Ended-Welch Coal Snap
ped Up.

washiHgt9n's visible and available
supply OF anthracite coal diminished to-
day to less than $500 tons In addition
to this amount William King & Sons, OF
2905 K Street northwest. have 500 tons
which they are holding exclusively for
their customers, and have withdrawn
from the general market. With the ex-
ception Of Mr. Kings sales TO his Gus
toners, at the old price Of 1915 a ton
the prevailing price today was SIC. with
every indication that it would 90 higher.
There are but three dealers in The city
who have coal in any. considerable guam
titles. They are William King & Sons.
James A Tumulty. Of 26IS Pennsylvania
Avenue northwest. and s. 5. Daisb &
Sons. Of Florida Avenue and the Brent
wood Road Mr.. Kings supply is not to
be taken into account Mr.. Tumuity has
about 1.50o tons, and Daish & Sons be
tween 300 and 400 tons.
AL Of the ether dealers are report id
/ as having practically exhausted their
stocks and outside Of the three dealers
mentioned il is claimed that the entire
supply Of anthracite coal in the city viii
not reach 500 tons. This is scattered in
small lots between all Of the other deal
ers
Selling Rapidly at $40.
Mr. Tumulty stated this morning that
he was holding his coal at SIS a ton and
that he had placed no limit On the
amount to any consumer up TO The pres
ent time What he would do in the
future and whether coal would have an
other advance in price ne was unable to
! state Holding as he does the bulk
Of he coal supply Of the city he is zen
crafty locked 10 as having the control Of
she situation Tor the present ar least.
MS STOCK Is moving rapidly and at the
present rate is not likely TO last over the
week
Mr- William King, of William King &
sons, stated this morning that en- the
uock and in The two yards at zoos <
street and 1922 Sixteenth Street north
west, he probably had 500 tons of coal
ms coal he stated. Il am holding
LOT the protection Of my customers. who
are welcome 70 It as long as # lasts al
the ola price Of 1915 ton. Ny father
was II the coal business fftv years he
fore me and many OF nv customers arc
the decentralization of those whom
he served Under these circumstance
feei It my duty 10 do all in my power
10 protect them.
have IN a few isolated cases sold
small quantities of coal TO other than
my customers, always charging the pre-
Va r&'llhg price. which is now $40 a ton.
ihese sales have only been on such
grades IS I could spare. 7 would -
consider an offer at any price for white
ash, red ash, or chestnut coal. as I have
barely enough for my customers It is
questionable with ne whether I would
NIL an order for five tons of furnace coal
at the present time
People Must Come to Soft Coal.
Mr.. 5. S. Daish. Of S. S. Dash & Sons.
stated this morning that he had between
Zoe and 800 tons of anthracite coal that
he did not care to sell at even the pre-
vailing price Of $16 a ton. There are
certain people who must have anthra-
cite coal and : nrefer to hold my. supply
for them. The time has come" ne
added, when the people must change
from the use of anthracite coal 10 the
better grade OF bituminous coal The
people throughout Ohio are using this
fuel and have been using it for years
with the most satisfactory results
have aIr~ziy contracted for a large sup
ply &c .hsp GOAL some Of which is al
ready N the road, and viii be prepared
TO supply the needs Of the city This
coal viii sell from IS to $3.50 a ton"
The big dealers throughout the city
exhausted their supply Of coal in an ef-
fort 70 maintain normal prices. John
son Bros. Maury Dove, '. Baldwin
Johnson. William II. Baum, and others
supplied the immediate needs Of all
corners as long as their stocks lasted at
the old price of $6.75- Many persons.
they claim. took advantage OF their ef-
forts and by going from yard to yard.
securing small supply in each place,
finally succeeded in filling their cellars
But for this drain the dealers declare
that their supply would have carried the
city with comfort until November I.
Other Fuel Scarce.
These dealers are now endeavoring 10
meet the needs of their customers with
soft coal. coke. and wood. but even these
fuels are becoming scarce, and the price
is on the increase. The supply Of coke
was about exhausted in he city yester-
day. but further supplies are expected
1ithin The next few days While the
Jrice heretofore has been 81 q ton. with
the new supply the price viii be ad-
vauced 10 SI2
The price of wood is also uneasy.
There was no advance in the price to-
day TO :he consumer. bus some of hose
who have been suppling the local deal
ers this morning demand SO cord Cor
hardwood cut on the land These prices
were considered excessive and were not
considered The normal price for hard
wood is $3.50 a cord The prevailing
price is s. for pine, 50 for oak, and $40
for hickory wood.
Out Of sympathy with the conditions
in this country and because. oil. the re
suIting increased demand the cost of
Welch coal is bounding rapidly ahead
During the past two weeks the price Of
Welch coal ay the mines has increased
from . to 10 shiIlings. To this must be
added the increased cost Of freight, ow-
ing TO the demand for vessels.
This morning a cargo of WeIch coal
was landed in Baltimore at SqQ2 a ton