Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-03
THE COAL SITUATION.
AND HOW BRATTLEBoRo PEOPLE ARE
AFFECTED BY IT.

No More Hard Coal to be Used Until the Set
Element of the Strike = Soft Coal Now
Sailing for $40 Ton With, Chance OF
Rise Directions for Using Soft Coal in Fur
naces and Stoves.
Brattleboro is in no way exempt from
the conditions which prevail IN nearly
every town and city on account OF the
coal strike. With cold weather but
comparatively few weeks distant the
majority of families in town lind their
coal bins empty with no prospect OF
pettino them filled until the present
difficulties are brought to satisfac-
tory termination. and the end seems
no nearer than it did months ago. The
local coal dealers find it utterly lmpos-
sible to secure any hard or anthracite
coal and have given up trying TO Sc
cure it. Barrows x Co. managed to
get 20 tons of hard coal last week but
it was sold Immediately for 81 ton
in half-ton lots, and there seems to be
no prospect of getting any more until
the strike is settled. All of the large
consumers in town have taken to using
soft coal and many people are buying
it to be used in their houses. Soft coal,
however, has advanced greatly within
the last few weeks. its present price
being SO a ton retail The pubic
schools are better supplied here IMAM
in most places. Twenty tons of hard
coal which was in the bins of the High
school building has been distributed
among the small buildings and sup
DIV of soft coal has been placed in the
main building. In this way the supply
will last probably until January or
February. One man who bought 10
tons two years ago for 81. 80 and failed .
to use it last winter on account OF alb
sence sold the same last week for sll .
ton and might easily have secured SO .
for it, a Brattleboro man who was IN I
Burlington recently says that there Is
coal enough there to last all winter and
that it is being retailed for 81 30 ton
II tried to secure a carload to ship here
but none of the dealers will sell for
ANYTHING besides home consumption.
With the situation as it is many
people no longer care how the prices
on anthracite coal may rise but are be
ginning TO wonder what can be used
for a substitute Most housekeepers are
reluctant about buying soft coal for
domestic use. thinking il cannot be
used, but it has been given fair trial
a,,3 fonnd fairlv satisfac-orv as DO
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.ta,.as anJ ra,G,as a. uaIi a. in fur
nacas
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e fmaI may he If use In rhe feed
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