The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
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Arrest % q Driver for the Mutual Coal
Company other Arrests Likely


Company other Arrests Likely
The bureau Of weights and measures
had n driver Of the Mutual Coal Company
Of 1878 Third avenue arrested yesterday
morning for trying to deliver a load Of
coal which was supposed To weigh three
tons and which actually weighed $40
pounds. shortage 81 1900 pounds
Other complaints against the concern
have been made
one Of the oomnany's customers WAS
the Henry Guttman Realty Company
which owns the Kossuth apartment
house at 10Th street and 81 Nicholas
avenue The agents Of the company at
the apartment house. Charles / Flick
and Max BlAu. have for several months
been buying coal from the Mutual COM
pany IN three ton lots They became
suspicious recently that they were NOT
getting full weight and decided 20 engage
a lawyer. Thomas { McDonal d Of 81
Broadway A. McDonalds request In
spector J p McEvily Of the bureau Of
weights and measures was sent 10 the
Kosruth Yesterday morning Mcdonald
had ordered that another !nad OF coal
be sent Although no didn't want to-
the driver. lsidor Hyman. was Obliged
yer 10 tho Clty's scales at iSlst street and
Seventh avenue Coal and wagon were
weighed and after the coal had heen
delivered the wagon was weighed again
and u was found that the coal was .2OO
pounds short Hyman was locked up
in the West l52d street police station TO
await a hearing in the Harlem police
court this morning The Mutual Coal
Company refused TO hail him out
A civil action will be brought for the
realty company 70 recover the money
paid for previous loads OF coal
The driver Hyman. told the inspector
and Mcdonald that he carried duplicate
alips. one set for the amount Of three
tons which was TO be given TO the Gus
toner. and another set for two and "A half
tons. which was t. be handed Ia an inspec-
tor II one should ask for IL In light of
this and other things which HymAn told
inspector McEvily went out 20 look for
others connected with the Mutual Coal
COMPANY The officers were out Of town
Another truck belonging u the Mutual
Coal Company was trailed by Inspector
McEviY yesterday afternoon. II was
found " be sixty pounds al ,rt on two
tons. The law provides that when coal
- found 20 Toe only thirty pounds short
ON the ton no arrests shall he made but
that the deficit shall be made up
Three other cases which ara pending
against the company are Tor loo pounds
shortage on one ton, 2ao pounds shortage
improperly made out. In these cases
summonses were issued. but the com
pany changed ands. 30 nothing was
accomplished
1t Ia not just the time for getting aftor
coal companies now said the Com
missioner yesterday We will hook after
them in the fall and winter. There are
about four companies now under sus-
picion. but IL 10 a hard matter 20 catch
them. The worst cases are those Of
companies which have no yards and
simply own few wagons They buy
loada weighing from en- Ia Sfal pounds
and then sell them TO customers for
full ton. In such cases hold the com
panies who sell the coal in the first place
Just az responsible as the others They
know very well that no one buys coal
in lots % 900 and 500 pounds