The daily Republican., 1902-11-10
COAL IS BACK (
!. TO 81 A Ton
But MineOperators May Rais
Price at Meeting
To-day.
CARLOADS HAVE ARRIYRf
Failure to Secure Fuel ii LiF
ly to Cause Pulmo- n Y
nary Out -!

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| Many hundred tons Of Readin
coal were received here this NOR
and again the local dealers hay(
fixed 81 asa uniform rate per ton
for the household sizes. Of the cost
received this morning, the GeoreeI
W. Bush Company received thej
largest lot. This will be placed or
sale tomorrow morning at the pre-
vailins rate. ,ls
| 1t must not be believed that ths
rates of ~ and $S per ton for alSf
thraclte will prevail here througk
out the winter. Just what will b8&
the rate will. be decided upon at.
meeting OF the operators to be- hefd
In Philadelphia today. Upon th6
outcome of this conference depensz
the cost of anthracite in Wilmina
tomas well as other cities, fori. tli
rest of the winter. As soon as tlf
circulars reach a meeting of the col
dealers is to be called and the retsfli
prices decided upon. "a II
Since the settlement OF the strikSlI
coal mas cen scarce and high h1f
cause local dealers were compelled tl
buy from the individual operators
who charged premium at the mine0 1
When the Reading coal commence
to come in, the price will lessen 49,
teriallyl as this company does ooaX
charge a premium. Just before th6 *
electlQ9 it came In little faster, bdkj
since then the supply has decreaseds
The failure Of thousands Of famili5Sl
to get enough to keep their housSS
warm, and the toptinued eQEd
Ysathsr i causing soma disEFS5s IA
this city. Should present conditionx
endure much longer there will be IN
outbreak Of pulmonary diseases.
Their. is no s'gn Of full relief. Coq
10 in greater demand, say deaIsft
than it was at any time during TN NJ
strike. According to General Man
yer henderson, Of the RsadIn2S
he eusflms,.' Of that road were bes
Dg stocked with sufficient anthtas
lite to supply the In ueoia.e 81
nands, but in Wilmington ss.s s'omefa =. u
I the Reading are very empL, .N s.S,
a their assertions t4at they are no..
citing nearly enough coal.
These dealers say that what little 81 {
oal they do get wouldn't fill The
rdeFs taken ln single day. TheH 81
rye in support Of this statement Il
lat there are at least 5000 families
Wilmington who are 10 neei Of
'al. This is exclusive OF stores.
lops. Office buildings, schools, char-
able institutions and the like,
The Reading owns thirty-fiva
lilerle5, but only thirty one are 10 "
mp!ete or partial operation. The
her four are badly flooded. Tha
rnal output OF the Reading is ap-ss
o1lmately 1000, 900 tons a month 4
d its oatput now, is q trifie.
sr IS per cent. of the normal VI
r the miner November furnishes
ly twenty four working days, sub.
acting election day, when they did
work, four Sundays and Thanks.
ing Day, which Is legal holiday.
)ne thing thatis preventing many
lseholders from getting coal is
fact that many dealers are now
ing contracts made last spring.
$ believed by people conversant
n the situation that dealers
!ld improve matters a great deal
hey would send coal out in one
orders, and then only to GUS
lers who have no anthracite on
I'd.
'ealers concede that the great
iority asking for coal now are in
ent need of it, yet one of the
geSt dealers i'll the city admitted
lay that it was his opinion that
third less, coal would be used
winter than there was last even
very orderis filed He explain-
hat he had formed his opinion
n his knowledge that economy"
Id be the watch word in every
sehold
le coal strike brought out num-
= devices for heating by gas
lie gas s expensive, these
ces are used quite generally
re families are without coal or Il
saving what little they have on
for colder weather. Oil heaters g
will be used to warn. many ~
j houses, as oil is great deal
per than either gas or coal.
'partnlent stores report that in
,ast two or three weeks there
oeen an unprecedented demand is
ih sitters. When coal is plenty sH
cheap much of it goes to waste.
said that the ash carts in suchsa
carry away at least one-six.
n Of ton with ao,h Load q