The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-29
r., F., &: r.. Begins the
Storing ofsFuel lie | Near "a
ACCd Yards.
SIXTY THOUSAND
TONS I'm RICHMOND
Alllthc Industrial Plants Are Well
Supplied in Case Of Fam
ine'-No Strike in New
River District,
Says Coal Op-
orators. /.

rhat tho coal strike Is Y expected 6 TO
create famine In fuel was made evident
yesterday when tho Richmond, Fredcr-
icksburg and Potomac Railroad Company
took strenuous steps to provide for . 5F'. nc
future in event that the miners cut off
supply Of steam coal.
f5 Out near Acca, a station two miles
north OF Dlba, In an open field, the Ricll-.
n1ond, Fredericksburg and Potomac OF OIL
cals have provided a coal yard capable
Of containing vast supply, but primitive
as far as accessories are concerned.
Tracks have been roughly laid OH the
turf and mere than hundred car.
loads OF coal have already bcen dumped
At one side OF the great black pile a
deep cut has been made, and in 1t q
track built, SO that tenders Of engines
may bo loaded as easily as atthc regular, " :,
coal bins. ,$t 4. 555 5
Looking Out for Future.
The Richmond, fredericksburg and fPo-i, E't-i
$tomac lis not a5"coaler'' and the officials
have, therefore, to look to the utnre,i
for in the event OF a strike, the road
would be without supply other tnan INC INC
denominations at Its yards.
@ An official OF the road said last night
that they had already on hand as a res
serve supply, more than 5000 tons and
that no matter what happened there
would tie no famine, so far as they were M
concerned for SIX months at least
Tho southei n Railway has, 50 far, made
no provision, for local supply n5eventN Y OF
a strike, nor has the Atlantic Coast21,ne,
which, however has Immense storage
gbns at Rocky NJ ount, south ultf. Z 9
lnond. l4s NJ s5 i 3, ,5g I 5j III,
4sstBotll tho Norfolk and Yes Stsn 4. and. u
Chcsapeake and Ohio are "coalte RS ,',g ~
are therefore In no. danger Of s' coal
famine, =, for, in tho opinion Of those who
arc acquainted witl,5thc situations there
sis no great likelihood Of the New River
mines in Vest Virginia being closed. @
An opera tor from the New River dis
strlct who was III Richmond on Tuesday,
stated TO- a Times Dispatch man, that
there could not possibly bcSsl strike IN.
West Virginia. because, he sa Ia, the ne
gro minors did not belong to the union
would not join the union and would not no
strike. Tho fact that they, had taken
this stand had killed all Ideas OF q strike.
in that section. n #5
Local Plants Protected.
& 1t has beef, learned that tho large In
dustrial plants Of Richmond are we'll pro =
tccted against coal famine. and In no
danger from lack Of coal for many
months to come. t 81 "a i}
The Richmond branch of#the American
Locomotives works has now on hand about
10000 tons OF coal the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company has a reserve .sul'-
ply OF 5000 tons; the Trcdegar Company
has has more than 1900 tons and the Old
pDomlmSn Iron and Nail Works, on Bello
Isle,tg Is we'll supplied.
Tho Richmond Ced.r Works uses no
coal and the American Tobacco COM,
+ pany. has n contract with s. III. itnWcs
and Company. which stands between it
ana coal famine.
A local dealer said on Yesterday:
Fl '"rhe coal dealers of Richmond have
enough on hand to carry them through
tho summer. 1T is n good thing that the
strike did not start at tho beginning OF
winter" s
In Touch With Mines.
a conservative estimate shows that
there arc stored IN and around Ricll-
mond something like 60,OoO tons of coal,
or about 1900 car loads.
parison with tho millions Z OF tons that
have lhcen stored by the Pennsylvania
Railroad. It will amply supply the needs
or Richmond. for 1t must be remembered
that this section Will, By means OF the
Chesapeake aud Ohio and Norfolk and
Western be In direct communication With
tho West Virginia coal fields. and 1t Is
more than probable that demand on
the "reserve'' will not be necessary