The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15
LARGE QUANTITIES
OF ANTHRACITE
COMING
Local Firm Will Receive
Within Present Week Fifty
Carloads Of Needed Article,
and Relief of Famine Is
Said to Be in Sight.

The severe coal shortage from which
ST. Paul and the Northwest, In COM
mon with other sections of the coun-
try, have been suffering during the
past few months, 1t appears, VIII soon
become thing of the past and the
hardship which the unfortunate public
has been compelled to endure Will
have vanished as a bad dream.
The coal mines have now produced
enough anthracite to temporarily sup
ply the Eastern markets, which were,
during the past three months, given
the preference, on account of prox-
unity. The demands of New York and
other large Eastern cities have now
been somewhat abated, and the COM
panies controlling the output Of the
anthracite mines are commencing to
give ear to the clamors OF the West
ern dealers.
The changing Of the situation at
Chicago, also, has had the effect OF
helping this section Recently the
speculative spirit ran high in Chicago,
and as the bulk of the supply of the.
Northwest was obliged to pass through
that city everything in the shape of
anthracite was cornered. But the ac-
uvity of the city authorities in prose-
cutting the dealers sand other influ-
ences brought to bear upon them, have
had the effect of bringing about a
change in the coal market at that city.
The result is that the.coal is permitted
to pass that gateway.
Freight Congestion Helps.
Another factor in relieving the situ-.
alton is the remarkable freight con-
gestion Of east bound traffic at Chica-5
go. The warehouses and freight de-
pots at that city have for many weeks
been full to overlooking. The reason
OF this congestion was lack of cars
and equipment
In order to get cars to- carry the
enormous amount of merchandise tied
up at Chictgo the railroads have been
stra1n1ng themselves to bring ears
from the East to Chicago, and as the
movement of cars was greater than
was the necessity to accommodate the
ordinary quantity of west bound ship
ment5, the cars have been filed with
coal.
BY temporarily supplying the East
ern market and by moving coal to=
wards Chicago, as consequence OF
the car shortage, the Northwest will
receive relief
1t has been ascertained that large
quantity of real hard coal is on the
way to ST. Paul, and that it will ar
rive within this week. Fifty cars of
anthracite are en- route from Chicago
to st. Paul, and viii arrive Tuesday
or Wednesday, or not later than FRI
day. This information was given T h e.
G o b last evening by H. w. Shade,
OF the Jones & Adams company. He
says that the coal was secured from
the Chicago supply, and was picked
up from various wholesale dealers.
Mr.. Shade further saws that last week
he ordered from a Pennsylvania mine
fifty additional car loads. This order
was given over long distance teIe-
phone, and Mr.. Shade says that he
a
was made and that the coal is now. on
the way between the mines and Chit.
cago. 1t will arrive, he says, before
the consignment due this week has
been exhausted.
Coal Dealers Optimistic.
Coal dealers are beginning to have
a more optimistic view OF the situa-
ton, and generally declare that after
March 1 there will be no difficulty in.
obtaining all the coal needed
The ceal that will arrive this week,
Mr.. Shade says, will be sold for from
SO to $12, and that the price will GER
tainly not exceed the latter figure.
This coal was bought from dealers at
Chicago and was paid for at high
wholesale prices. The lot from. the
mines will not cost as much, but high
freight rates must be covered. It is
said with confidence by coal men who
are familiar with the situation, that
the price that will be asked when the
coal arrives will be about $40 per ton.
and that it is possible that the price
may even be about SO pei. ton.
The fifty car loads which it is known
are on the way to st. Paul amount
to 1850 tons It is the intention of
the company which will have control
of this consignment to divide it equal
ly between st. Paul and Minneapolis.