The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-27
EIGHT
CARGOES
COME IN
Seven Containing 3576 Tons Of
Anthracite Are for Providence,
$500 Soft Coal for Railroad

The shipping arrivals for today include
seven barges. laden with anthracite for
local consumption. and one schooner with
$500 tons OF bituminous coal for the Con-
solldated road.
The tug Nathan Hale brought from
New York the barge Sumner II. Meade
with 1855 tons of anthracite and the barge
Rarltan, with 500 tons OF anthracite. both
OF these consigned to the Eastern Coal
company.
The tug Gertrude from New York
brought the barge Rhode Island with $50
tons OF anthracite coal to Joseph Olney
A. Son, the barge Wyoming with 300 tons
OF anthracite 10 the r. Il. Smith COM
pany, the barge Moosic with 4so tons or
anthracite coal TO the Providence Coal
company the barges Anthracite and Sus-
auehanna, with $40 and 541 tons of an
thracite respectively, TO John X. White
a. Son.
Aside from these arrivals the schooner
Edward T.. Briry, from Philadelphia, with
2SO0 tons OF soft coal, got in this morning.
The schooner will dock at the Wilkes
barre Pier and this coal Will be distri-
buted over the lines OF the Consolidated.
There will be. despite the arrivals, but
little, II any coal for sale. The total
amount is small at the best and the coal
will be used generally TO hll existing
orders Some of the cargoes OF the An
thracite and the Susquehanna will be sent
out OF town TO fill orders overdue. while
the three other concerns Will devote the
cargoes TO orders received which are yet
TO be filled.
The Eastern Coal company has many
orders on hand TO be flled and IL Is not
probable that much OF the coal received
will be distributed to those who care to
secure fuel.
~ local eealers are doing the best
,pa, -.s = vne way 20 delivering the Or
,,ers y Ss@d Although good progress
49, :9c.,s prior to Christmas IL would
seem that the snow now on the ground
will remain longer than II did last week
and this will make the delivery much
more laborious and slow.
So far as the local conditions are con-
cerned the arrival OF the barges and
schooner today bears out the expecta-
ton OF many people that coal Will be re-
ceived right along through the winter
The dealers in coal are pretty well ex'
hausted so far as patience Is concerned
Each day there is constant importuning
wheedling, threatening. and the like. with
every possible pressure brought 10 beai
on them, with explanations or cohuiuohs
TO thousands.
The information OF new arrivals SENDS
the people tImblng over each other tc
the offices OF the dealers, who are be
seiged for day. All manner OF subterfuges
have been and are being resorted 10 by
people who want TO get coal. There Is nc
consideration shown for anybody else, as
n rule and II is case OF get coal, hon
estly II one can, but get II any way.
The dealers many times know they have
been tricked by stories, which are FOUND
TO be false in every respect. But the per
sons who resort 10 such means Will have
more difficulty I'm the future. One dealer
got an order to send up a couple OF tons
OF coal as n matter OF charity, because
there was no coal whatever In the house
and sickness made the coal an absolute
necessity. The dealer who sold the Goa
was told by his teamer that the coal was
dumped into a half filled bin. That Is 9
sample OF what some people Will -esor
to.
on the other hand there are many In
stances OF people who actually need Goa
and who cannot get II. The people as {
rule have to take their turn I'm the rota
ton the orders were given, and this sys
tenn, while n is fair enough, has compell
ed people OF means and repute TO suffe
exceeding Inconvenience because OF TIT
inability to get fuel
SO far as the prospect for the future u
concerned there Is no reason for sayint
| the conditions will improve. There If
| however, the consolation OF knowing
| there is no reason TO believe condition.
| will become worse.