New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
THE WE4 THER and COAL
Vhat the Roads 4re Doing for Ne7c-
FORKS .SuppIy.

The weather of yesterday, while and
.ornewhat penetrating, was of the kind that
AZ NantaIini once described in a happy mo-
,nent as "a demmed. damp, moist, unpleasant
o-t of day" AT a. m. the thermometer was
a. as degrees and everything was ice coated.
Horses had to be roughshod and men found
rnbbers desirable. Through the day process
~ melting went on that put the main travelled
,horoughfares such as Thirty-fourth- Tween
+vthird-st-, Fourteenth-st-, and the banking and
business streets in state of sticky consistency
from the ice melting into the mud. The day was
at no time cold
The coal situation continues to look up. The
Tribune has seen fit, far. to disregard the
vague unsubstantiated rumors of alleged
coal conspiracy, process of holding back on the
heat supplies. But il would seem that the time
has come to answer once for all the charge of
q purposeful delay in bringing coal from mine
IN tidewater. The Erie Railroad Company gives
q typical instance of the way in which the situa-
zion is being met November was the heaviest
month in the history of the road in the amount
NJ coal mined and carried. There are two ways.
each of the utmost Importance. in which the
road is solving the increased demand FIRST, IL
has extended its working coal territory. more
Galleries being in operation. This. of course.
Arreases the supply. The second means by
which Il is solving the problem is that OF trans
ssrring its transportation facilities to the an
-hracite trade When the strike was on the
-oad specialized bituminous coal ana the
,,on ore trade, few locomotives being needed loi
the limited anthracite supply The road is no"
dsvoting its facilities to the anthracite trace
As result the locomotive equipment Is beins
,or-o,v devoted 70 through hauls of hard coal to
che CITY The road could easily employ many
,nore locomotives than it has at its disposal ana
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equipment
Nev-York CITY is favored at this time, as
b,.urninous coal is being used to fill the orders
of immediate points where the smoke ordinance
Is not enforced as here Wherever bitumihous
can possibly be made a substitute 1t Is peiiie
rrshed in for all orders, and the puik OIL 'he
anthracite is reserved for the New ork MAI net
The road has further seen to 1t that the sales
agents make a uniform and equable dlstriou-
ton TO the dealers. Care has been taken lna'
:, largo orders be allowed to concentrate the
coal in the hands OF few men More tnan III
o-5,ns-v times the rnfddleman has been dis
pensed with
Gods Providence House. in Broon1e-st. IN
.or,,a5 The Tribune yesterday that all branches
ne SIC work throughout the city were well sup
n1ie6 with coal This charity uses thousand
year
Commander Booth-Tucker of the seiVaroH
ARMY said to Tribune reporter last evening
We have some coal now. ana shan 10 VIC
more soon New-York isn't cause 1of WIZ ,
so much as outside places We nave not peei
ah,e to obtain permission for the street corner
ss-oons+ratjon of the porous brick substitute.
Accordingly on Monday we shall give q pupiic
demonstration indoors at some centrally situated
- Tho E,,uer Construction Company has
ms, accented our order for twenty thousaho
bricks The rise in price of oil will not ma
teriaily affect this plan
Alfred BARRIERS Son supplied ten thousaio
people with coal by the pailful yesterday vi
Barber said last evening
There will be coal in town next week. a'i
still more in the following week The sltua'
ton is improving. The tie-up due 10 'he e'oi -''
is gradually disappearing
Soft coal has been behaving In an interesting
wey lately. The price wholesale yesterday was
Sc This is a gain of % cents on a Ton III l'' =
DAYS Those qualified to speak say mat p'
,be middle of next week the price will be quot
ed q, Sc 30. This is due TO the emphasis on an
thracite and the inability Of the soft coai foous
70 obtain sufficient locomotive facihues u
bring coal already mined to tidewater'
1t was said at the Standard Oh Company
office that the price of kerosene was put up IN
half cent on Wednesday Scarcity OF supply "as
given as the reason. The price on Oil Tor eApoi
has also been advanced one-half cent as "a'
LEARNED Yesterday at Francis H Leggetts. Ii
spite of this increase oil is retaining at 49,
the normal winter price There mas peen 10. .,
attempt made in some quarters 10 SHOW
tbis advance was an effort to corner neat-. "a
q matter of fact oil is practically unhnoMn =
the East Slider fuel He uses IL eoiets !;
IIurnination Occasionally in the summer 4
is used for cooking, but never IN "inter .t1eDel
the price at which il is now retaining lhIous,
the East side districts is II cents eaiio
Other wears have frequently seen IL at 10 49,
It's rise has no connection with the codi Sue !,
ton and If IL should cost % cents sailou
would NOT operate as injustice at TINS tilhe
fuel scarcity =, - ~ tho 70 c
One az the largest retail grocers Oh tne Ids
Side said to a Tribune reporter yesterday
This is the third rise IL a month But sInc
oil is delivered to me on Mondays, the eilee
of the last advance has not reaehS s, l.s /,
am selling at IL cents a gallon on started
Al nine CENTS Always in the winter nnonehs
goes I'D in price, just as coai Goes. ne q
sails az 6iffsrent prices in different seetlohs
the city" ,. ,o,,,,,or oil a
ID cents gallon. t.,,ro-cro feat
ures Those persons living along the nai W
front ON ,he Shore Road ana the olI1 1i -
,horo,,p]sa-as have since last Sunnef coiic, ~ y;
al 1.-The driftwood that Washes ~ fTbA sai
bornes and this they utilize for heat Inc %
soak4f timber gives out flame OF va. x .sns
color that makes an open fire piece VI p -
fireworks Green, red and orange are tilS p p,
dominant hues of a long foated log Uhs afi
FRONT resident of a Brooklyn supurp g IL
chonned M, the hulk of a barge which haa laI i
from the rank OF a derelct TO d oeaoi. -
He declared its heat giving properties 49, nc
cellenf and its color scheme IN opeia'io' "
unrivaled-
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