The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
COAL HERE, BUT HARD TO GIT.
IT'S FROZEN ~ THE CARS AMI
ClRTING rs SLIPPERY.

Lake Navigation Having Closed There's
More Anthracite Coming TO New York
Sw anstrom Puts In q Plea for Brook.
lyn--DOoth.Tucker for Oiled Bricks.
The unusual weat her condii ions, with rain
ar slect falling and freezing a. they fell,
bNight the coal-carrying companies face
tokcc with an unexpected problem yester-
dafnorning, The closing of navigation on
the,;reat Lakes. which took place few
day ago. resulted in larger shipments by
SOM If the companies. but the coal was so
difiioIt to handle that less than the usual
quaniy could he distributed
In one of the cars the coal was made into
soliqinass by the freezing rain and sleet
fallingpn it. and eventually all attempts at
handing the coal in these cars had TO be
abandoed
The dinand for anthracite was greatly
increased yesterday on account OF the
weather forecast Of snow. This made
matters kely for the dealers. A private
! meeting Va held during the day by repre-
sentativeSf the companies and their sales
agents 10 consider the best method of dis
tribution. The question of selling coal by
The pail caoe up.
| President Fowler Of the Ontario and
Western Railroad said that there was a
| good deal refrigeration a. to the amount
| OF coal that hd been golngWest Asa matter
| of iict, New York was better attended TO
| than many otar e ties, and some Western
| cities were sacrificed for the sake OF New
York and wold have to burn soft coal all
| winter.
President j Edward Swanstrom Of the
/ borough OF Brooklyn in an interview YES
| terday, said hebplieved Brooklyn was not
being treated fairly III ia" distribution OF
| coal and that special action was necessary.
| Il had a talk With officers of the Penn
| sylvania Railroad" lie raid. and they are
| willing To- [, operate III the matter. A
| plan has been talked of to establish depot
at 1hiry-ninth or >iNty-hfth street. Brook
! lyn, whore coal car be- sold in any quantity
| at cost il necessary
! Mr.. SwanstrOm SAID that n public meet
| ing would be- called in the Special Sessions
I court room. city hal, Brooklyn, at which
! working committee might be appointed
! to take charg" of III. matter. Tn" meeting
| would probably he called for next "ednes-
| dav
Presiden, Cantor oftha borough of Man
| haitian insisted that Manhattan was ul--
| eliminated against aII talked of writing
! an open lett " TO the railroad companies on
! the subject.
Commander Booth-Turker of the Saliva
ton Army had a talk Yesterday with j.
Pierpont Morgan, but said aitcrward that
they had agreed TO say nothing about 1t.
He was going ahead with hi- oiled brick
plan Tor poor peOpl" when the salvation
Army could not get coal enough 10 ground.
President II, =. Black OF the Fuller Con-
-truction Company. he sad, had given
?O,pr porous bricks for ia" purpose. In
default of coal u was proposed 10 give
three bricks To each family, one 10 soak III
Kerosene, one to burn and one 10 cool III
Preparation for reSUakng.
l...N. ~
I Charity Organization Society and Iene-
| iuent Hou-'' Commissioner, made a state
| in"nt last might "a part ~ follows
Their" j. no extraordinary need tor Goa
| for charitabl" PURPOSES Their" i no greatly
| lncrra -"d demand for coHl from tho-,. he
| are accustomed TO apply each winter TO ia,
great charitable societies This has been
| the situation for tn" past two months, and
| 10y information Received to-day and y'-tcr,
! day from each OF ia" eleven districts OF the
/ Charity Organization Society. from th" A-so
| citation Tor Improving the Condition OF th'
| Poor, and from TIA" United Hebrew Charities
| and | am sure that II any eN'raord mary de
rland for coal had been made upon the So,
Seag,wifStcf to slfS, TO- hsIp ,hrm
'"1Ro.s who need coal oni there are man,
OF th"ml can AFFORD 20 pay Tor It II II can h'
There /, undoubtedly great need tor cot
| among III" working classes. and particularly
! tie WORKING Glasses VINO i've III tenement :
: Their means 20 >tor" coat ar" very INSIGHT
I ftdut They ar" accustomed 80 buy ~ IN
! Uail or by the bag. and they Al" uCCI~tom'd u
rely very largely upon prdltr~ ana, upol
corner groCcrymrn, or other small u"dItt-
! II l. these people who for the past few day
have been Crowdiug around the coal YARD
/ where coal l. sold ~ tbs way
II j. now apparent that th"-" d"pot- 10
I distribution TO the NolHIHg classes IN th'
| tenement districts must u" kept open, aut
that more distributing points must b" opened
! and that the supply OF coal Al these point
! must be increased | have taken Iiins TO
dav TO ascertain from Me--r- curtis Bias
7 dell and Burns Brothers what they propo~
To do and have also taken pains To ascertain
from some ~ tn" ltrg" coal companies Wh"th"
| they are prepared to iuCr"H-" thl- supply
! Moro Distributing d"pot~ Will hr opened. an.
am assured that they will he Kept supplied
pen to know them There are many 9th"
public spirited r'tt1 coal dealers IN N"'
York who are cont ibutiug 10 the same end
ut Nr br,u asked 10y som" doNbilHg III ma
to name som" oil ~" places Mu'i" coal ca
| be rad hy tie phil ~ SHN ~ cents Tor tw"nt
! pounds tthp Pre-" IN ordinary tIn'Sl or It
| ia or IL cents for a trr" ItHn'tN. Beside
! the we'll advertised yards oi Barber : Sons a
! AZ Water street, distribution l. now bin
, made from tn" following wards OF illrtl
! 4 Bhi-drl 100 N1s. iugtou street. FIT,
! sixth street and fH~t River and thrr"w illh
| such distribution Wit in a day or - lrol
| their Yards ~ l'1th street aud last kN"i
| Twenty eighth street aud tAst HNcr.an
hoiug made from ~" following yards
| Jefferson street. go b"hncry street, "15 SUI
folk street, ?05 Monro" street coal UrlWr
lni cherry street, II Jackson street, ~ hlNlf
I8l Mott street. 81 Mott street. ! ON stree
~ oliver street, 255 William street, 20 Broom
street % Oak street. - James street, 3nMu
berry street. Is Roosevelt street ~ f"osrN'