New-York tribune., 1903-01-10
M4YOR TO .4SK FOR COIL.
He Is authorized to DO So by EST
mate Board.
COLD WEATHER MAY LOWER Tn'eI'


/ ,nnortionment has been instructed to request
ro,, +be coa1 companies an additional suppis
| of coal for the city. ,,ou
This action the result Oh
/ Grouts decision that the city had no ies"' ~
| thority to expend the S2oooo~ Vo'eo o' ~
Roard of Aldermen two weeks ago to purchase
coal for distribution among the poor ''
Low had allowed the resolution OF the boaiu oA
| Aldermen 70 become operative by withholding
! from any action. and Borough President oah.o'
! had asked the Board OF Esufha'e ~ ~
necessary appropriation.
| When it appeared, however, that t''s eou.'
not he done. the following resolution was adopt
ed after some discussion:
owing TO the complaints from the poor anu
from charitable institutions that the supply VI
coal reaching tbs city is insufficient lor 'hen
needs.
Resolved That the Mayor be instructed 10
communicate with the various coal companies
and request them to increase their shipiien'
to all the boroughs of the city
Representatives Of the coal roads say ina.
tbev are bringing to the city it's full share OF
coal. and are working night and day to make
mn the shortage arising from the strike OF last
summer.
HANDLING AS MUCH COAL AS POSSIBLE
At the office of the Eric Railroad Company
it said:
WE have two piers working night and day.
and are handling lust as much coal we pos
sibly can
An official of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany said: "Of course, do not kno" "nat
form Mayor Lows action will take, but Know
| that New-York is receiving its full quota oi
coal Practically all the big cities are COM
planning that they not getting their snare
Of the coal mined. Chicago and Philadelphia
4 ing
are bringing to tidewater more coal than ever
before
One of the officers OF the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company said in
regard to the resolution of the Board OF Gstl-
| mate and Apportionment:
I'VE are handling all the coal we can, are
working twenty four hours a day now, and are
giving New-York City at least its usual share
| of coal
The dealers say that the trouble Is not going
10 be coal shortage in the city, but high prices,
| as the independent operators will see that ali
| the coal tho railroads can handle gets to tide
water
| There are many places worse off than New
York the dealers point out One coal merchant
| tells of sending two lots of anthracite. one or
fifteen and another of two tons, to BOSTON,
| shipped railroad freight in two hundred pound
bags because friends of his could get no fuel
| in the Massachusetts city.
TIDEwATER THE BEST MARKET.
| The cold weather, if it continues long enough
| is expected by some to break the high prices of
independent coal. Severe weather the coal ex-
perts say. makes tidewater the best and surest
market, for long hauls west incur the danger
| of tieups by blizzards and storms. and longer
delays from frozen coal So, it is asserted,
| though cold weather may raise prices at first,
Y,ek o,rc, ffaa
| heavy shipments that TO this city as the
| most available market.
The local market is expected to benefit by
a bout fifty thousand tons of anthracite now
| ordered from England, for delivery within the
| next sixty days. Probably no more orders will
be placed as they would not be delivered until
| March when high prices not to be depend
cd The ships that bring these ship
ments OF foreign coal are slow. and it usually is
| from six weeks to two months after placing the
| order before the coal reaches this eide of the
Atlantic
The amount of foreign coal coming to New
| England ports from abroad is estimated at two
| hundred thousand tons of bitumnous and an
thracite. The cost of carriage averages s. a.
| ton, and the price in England varies according
to the grade of coal. Much of the coal received
here in the autumn unsatisfactory, because
| It explained, the English merchants not
| were filling the orders with any kind of coal
| that came to hand.
| WANTS OF POOR WELL NET
Though the resolution of the Board of Esti-
| mate and Apportionment declares that the poor
| need coal, many of the opinion that the
| poor far better off than the we'll to do for
| their wants well met by the coal cellars and
dealers The yard OF AifreI Barber's Sons at
No. 31I Water-st. is still selling coal at Is cents
| oho9rt
| about six thousand persons yesterday. Harry
| Barber said last evening:
| I'VE have not raised our price. and will not
| raise it if coal goes to $500 q tom
The Independent operators sold their coal yes
| terday at the ruling price of from $40 to S1O 80
a ton at tidewater. though was reported
| sold at $12 so Consumers paid from SO to S13
| a ton yesterday
Representatives of the big companies reaf-
| firmed their statement that their coal was sell
| ing 50 ton at tidewater and that not a ton
of their own product was being sold at the
higher prices.
ent operators is raising trouble with the dealers
who sell on long creoit. One dealer silently ex-
| hibited the condition of affairs by producing a
| bill for coal marked cash bill OF ladng''
and comparing with it the bills he was sending
| out to his customers, running back for months
Some Of the retailers, however, are recouping
| themselves for this by selling all their coal as
| independent coal. no matter where they buy it.
| AT the offices Of the Berwind- White Coal Com
! pany 1t was said yesterday that II was almost
| impossible to get coal enough here to supply
| fuel for the outgoing steamships, because the
railroads had not rolling stock sufficient to move
coal to this city fast enough to supply the daily
| demand. The coal company hopes to have all
| the transatlantic ships coaed In time to sail
on their schedule to-day At the Hamburg
| American Offices it said that the Moitke
| which is to sail to-day on a West Indian
cruise. had all the necessary coal alongside. and
| would have her bunkers full in ample season to
get away on schedule time.
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