Bisbee daily review., 1906-01-07
SHELTER IS MAKlN6 GAIN
 IN SECURING COKE
COPPER QUEEN SHELTER NOW HAS FOUR DAYS COKE SUP
 PLY ON HAND.
This Is Considered a serJ Measer Surplus, and uneasiness is Yet Pre- valent Among the offieiais.-coke Now Coming From Dawson Over Santa Fe. (.

A week ago the Copper Queen smell ter was very near the point of sus- pending operations in this city on se- count of the exhaustion of the ssp- ply of coke. This morning the an- nouncement was made from the gen. eral office of the smelter that there was BOW Q coke supply at the works sufi cient to keep operations going for four days.
 Unusual snows along the line of the Rock Island route during the last month has been the cause of the de- pletion of the coke supply at the Douglas shelter. A heavy blockade is now in evidence on that road. and trains are unable to move on account of it. On this account the Southwes- tern has arranged to bring their coke and coal cars into Fl Paso over the Santa Fe road.
 There have been reports of fuel scarcity in all the camps of southern Arizona, and in Ell Paso it is stated that many of the coal dealers have exhausted their supply and there is uneasiness on account Of 2 serious fuel famine there because of the in- ability of the Santa Fe to secure SUI fcient coal cars to accommodate the great demand on their road. Con corning conditions prevailing in Ell Paso, the Herald of that city said yes terday evening:
 | "Uuiess conditions are allevieted in short order, Fl Paso may be face to face with a fuel shortage. Several of
 the local coal yards are entirely out of
 soft coal and the supply of anthracite
 is none too large In 8 few cases the yards were entirely cleaned out to
 day, but hoped for a fresh supply soon | Shortage of coal cars IS the cause
 to which this stringency is attributed
 The Santa Fe road. which hauls 6 large proportion of tne coal that is
 used for the domestic trade in K
 Paso, is having difficulty in securing a sufficient number of coal cars tC
 meet the enormous demand roade up on them. The mines, according ts
 reports reaching this city. are turning
 out fuel rapidly enough to meet al needs
 While conditions are none tot
 bright for the local trade, although i lis probable that the shortage will b.
 passed without difficulty, for industria
 purposes the stringency is likely t
 become even greater.
 "The Mexican Central in JuareZ i
 measuring its coal pile carefully, an'
 planning ways and means of husband ing it through until the Dawson Fue company, which supplies the road, i l able to handle cars past the snoy , blockades on the eastern division o the Southwestern
 ft Even the Fl Paso & Southwestern , road, owned by the Phelps-Dodge con pany, which owns and controls tn . Dawson coal fields, is experiencing shortage of coal, and was obliged t borrow coal from the c. H. road.
 Coal and coke have been given prt cedence on the Southwestern over d other classes of freight, but the sno'
 blockades have been so frequent ths , it has been impossible to move but
 small amount of coal. and the suppl of coal for the Douglas smelter Is ( paramount importance, so that othe 5 interests are obliged to be subord : mated.
 Other cities in the southwest ar : in more serious condition than I f Paso. Douglas is complaining of a
 actual fuel famine, and Albuquerqu coal dealers have thrown hands U : in despair. Alamogordo coal users ar wondering where next weeks suppl will come from. and other cities al ? in no better condition"