New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-13
c. g. o. Will Give Aid, Too.


George W Stevens sent the following
reply on behalf of the Chesapeake & Ohio
, Railroad Company:
Your letter of NTH at hand. The Off.
I GERS Of this company are quite agreeab pie
:, TO giving your committee any information
y that you desire in connection with the
4 matter referred 20 in your comnunlcatloh
Z OF course, the information that would De
B supplied by this company would be en-
tirely in relation TO the transportation or
bituminous coal.
President c. t. Loree replied as follows
for the Delaware e. Hudson Company:
beg to- acknowledge receipt Of your
5 letter OF 9Th inst. ] attach hereto map
3 showing the location of the Delaware &
s Hudson Company system, from which you
will see that we do not enter the city or
( Port OF New York, If. however, ] can
you indicate I shall be glad II, you will
feel that 1 am at your disposal
The committee of investigation, 1t was
stated yesterday at the Offices OF the Mer-
! chants Association. was gratifed at the
tenor of the replies so far, They implied
Willingness 10 cooperate I'm the investi-
cation.
BY this cooperation II was stated the
scope of the inquiry could he considerably
widene6 The roads which are not re-
garded as anthracite coal roads 1t was
believed would be In a position to give
testimony regarding the freight rates for
different kinds OF merchandise, as COM
pared with the rates for anthracite. which
are said to be higher than for soft coal. '
AT the Offices Of w. c. Brown, president
E Of the New York Central Railroad. one OF
the presidents who received letter from
Mr., Towne@-Asking for cooperation in the
investigation. II was stated that Mr.. Brown
-nrsNh In MI
officials of the railroad and had nothing to
saw on the subject at present
AIR Brown was asked to cooperate, It
is said. because. while the road is not re-
carded as one of the anthracite coal roads,
II haus soft coal as part Of its traffic and
sometimes takes anthracite for short dis
ttances but not from the mines, and the
officials would be in a position TO give in
formation of soft coal freight rates and
anthracite freight rates for short trips
Truesdale Seeks More Light.
w. II. Truesdale, president Of the Della
ware. Lackawanna & Western Railroad, be-
fore he decided on what reply TO make,
wrote. asking for further information re-
harding the inquiry. Mr.. Truesdale said
last evening when asked about this That
there were some parts of Mr.. Towne's let
ter which appeared to him to be more or
less indefinite and he wanted fuller intor-
nation. He declined TO say anything about
the matter in the meantime On the gem
sral coal situation he said:
There is an improvement in the mines
from last week. but there is still only
{ about 80 per cent Of the normal working
! force at the colleries up 10 the present.
Every day sees more of the force at work.
hut they are coming back very slowly.
According TO wholesale and retail dealers,
there is 80 little demand for coal among
consumers on account Of the coal investi-
cations that the shortage does not Gauge
any inconvenience at present Consumers
are awaiting the result of the investlga-
lions Under other circumstances they
would be filling their cellars. They are
risking the loss Of the June discount on
domestic anthracite on the chance that
after the Investigations they may get coal
cheaper.
II was stated by dealers that the suspen-
ysion Of work and the slowness OF the
miners in returning TO work have caused
shortage Of nearly 100000 tons OF an
.,hracIte. which will have TO be made up
bv extra work the remainder Of the year.