The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-12
MONTGOMERY IS THREATENED
 WITH SCARCITY IN COAL

r.s, 2. city o1 ,n Alssams sa that know of has % MT. Anderson Estimated, after ngur-' nn somery at at the "s' present sa time a.Soc tons " supply for Twelve Days.
 spell s ssid wsre Mr Andsrson sD na~s thss supply CoS wS Ss sst a ns swsys s.s Ssoe Ss hra H ss supply would have been exhausted. and weS ssss moos now woSa fass ae @ spell ii in spite M ~efe of all iii % the citys tvs sup sup ply o wood o dsus fSs Gs m ssme weaa snosS coal in to meA the city's actual neces- # get e as Sss s5 bad that the coal companies are not respecting the contracts they have nonssact aas FSr with cos to sh
 The company suddenly stops the regu- information from them. that they cant send the coal because its impossible to get cars What hat are s we to d9, aryie With aiar Kind of coal and arc urging us wa.m is x. yss ss ysst sss r.ps sssas as s ment of several cars could not be made we sent back a teles'ram offering ecnsc prc ssns rse ton Srs sad 's n was was Impossible. We then wired them to see if they would not sell q couple oonfaas o6 sass at prce saiS 1rn # Mas @
 of seventy five cents a ton. and they ssfs to n os course o hsd to p that increase on the prices we made J,,m. .Ln. th. rcvsrasv kAnt fts niS prices after that; when g they asy. fovnS ,nS
 hs hso soa ss c ass ss sssa Ssss sras .ha. cSs6 cshsSa e Coal aefds. The iisprss of the the cos since the ss seaes gotten in It's work, costs us ss.75 ton. The freight on that from the coal fields
 have shs sns on is te ears ss at nont gomery at q cost of s4.75 q ton: Coal
 dealers figure that 1t costs sI,22 in
 aetss money snd ' .asSy hSsae ton oI Goa
 in s the a Ssosta sost of ddeiiSery s se siso ton
 This. This gives him a profit of twenty .ss,a,,
 But according to the way coal is sell ing at the mines. he Is not able to
 De.sns sn at Bessea BsGs shsss s;s dsys Mss..
 may sso% e Cw oaS that hf went sas oaHn to sr |
 diate delivery. That was over six
 weeks ago and the coal has not yet
 .sThere are a lot of towns worse off
 than Montgomery. The towns along I the Atlantic Coast Line are in the
 worst fix: They sppear to have q
 CTS in the towns along the Coast Line
 from us, and we were ready and anx- | l@a. (r.. n. xSet ftw.rr IA
 pay 'S sood ss pree eas couant self the coal, and they couldn't get the coal.
 because the Louisville and Nashville
 Railroad absolutely refused to let any Line. I doubt if those towns have yet secuted the coal they were so anxious | to get a couple of weeks ago..
 | Confirmation of the serious situation l created by the scarcity of coal cars
 was obtained from the Dixie Coal com- pany. 33tt .k
 in Alabama that have had to ciBse l down on account os she gar famine" l said Richard Banks of that company. l T know of other mines that under orr l dlnary conditions produce 1000 tons
 day, which now have been compelled i to reduce their output to 100 tons a day without cars to handle that much: the Carbon Hiif companies to ship us tWen. we haven't received q single car In the last SIX weeks. The coinpany | simply says 1t can't set any cars to | send the coal.
 "Stenm coal, especially has gone up l in price on account Of the car short 1 age It will average at least S1 ton ! higher than last year. The situation l "a worse for steam coal than for any other grade. The Louisville and Nash l vile does. not interchange it's cars with | the Frisco System, which runs through l Walker County coal fields to Birming- ham. As a result, the steam coal that 1 has come to Montgomery has been brought over the Central. out of Bir- | mingham, and by a roundabout way. l You might say that the dealers have
 been kicking. The consumers may l think they have raised fuss and they been fiiJured like the dealer, and they haven't raised the sort of fuss that the | dealers have raised. !"