The Cairo bulletin., 1912-02-12
NEW YORK COAL
BILL IS LARGE
Item For 1912 Expected to Reach
500, 100000 Business,
Watching Campaign


weather which visited this city dur
ing the month of January, experts
now predict that Father knicker-
boeker's coal bill for the year OF
1912 will exceed the enormous fig-
ure of 100000, 100000 figured on
the prices paid by consumers. thus
exceeding even the record breaking
figures for 1911. which have just
been compiled New York has an
indisputed and enviable right to the
,laim that 1t Is the greatest coal con-
suming municipality In the world.
No other city at home or abroad has
80 high a consumption OF fuel to thu
anti Of population. II this city's
uppIy of coal for twelvemonth
we're loaded In fifty ton cars they
would stretch from here to Salt Lake
City, 2.452 miles The amount of
coal consumed and distributed with
IN the city bounds last year was al
most 1s,0o0.o 900 tons Dwelling
houses, stores, theaters, halls, public
ind private institutions consume
10000, 600 tons year. Factories
md gas and electric companies con-
mme $4,000 tons year, and
steamships buy at this port almost
5,800.e10 tons year. That the
ashes resulting from this enormous
consumption would make fair-sized
mountain is evidenced by the fact
hat In the past ten years they have
been sufficient to fill in twenty-five
square miles of marsh and low land
ying in this vicinity, At the prices
laid by the consumer New Yorks
oal bill for last year come to sos,
100000 Add to this the money paid
or petroleum, coke, and wood and
charcoal used as fuel and the bill
sor the year comes to s103, 900, 900
which Is equal to the value OF the
production of all the gold mines of
the United States as estimated for
he year 1911. Altogether New
York might well be called the coal
lealers' paradise although the same
ERIN apparently does not apply to
he consumer
The celebrated puzzle OF pigs in
clover was simple as compared to the
)ne which at present confronts bust
less interests is the general opinion
lmong big business men here, all of
whom are trying to evolve the ans
YER from the most involved lot of
issues with which they have been
confronted In many years. Mean.
while, business is apparently sitting
back waiting for that answer. In
he past 1t has generally been
that such condition has been de-
pendent on one main issue, such as
Supreme Court decision, or a
presidential election. The present
ituation, however. Is infinitely more
duplicated. The coming political
The tariff, the currency question.
III proposals of the ~ 81 Office De-
'artmn@i TO take over thn Telegram.
ines, the suits against various large
Operations aud ths nncertafntt
S TO whether Roosevelt will be a
andidatc; all .:esc Contribute to .
;tuatien which has ~ sress hesita.
ing and guessing. To certain ey-
emf the proposals Of the Postmaster
ieaeral may he eliminated since IL
y not believed that his recommends
ions concerning tie taking over of
he telegraph lines will be serious
ssue for the present. The discovery
nut forward on good authority that
he surplus claimed for mis- depart
nent Is simply the result of an anti
luated system of bookkeeping, un-
Ter which many expenses which
should be charged against the depart
nent arsp not included. together
With the 'cprhplaint Of hhe railroads
hat his nlan for a.. new system Of
-ailway mail Ipsy woptd il applied 70
Ill their business means bankruptcy,
lase brought about however a sars
VI wheel within wheel situation.
Probably the greatest factor i'm the
situation, so far as public interest ia
concerned at any rate, is the queg-
ton as to Roosevelt's candidacy.
50 frequently has II been asserted
hat he will run and so frequently
.enied, that harassed politician In
answer ton many queries answered
hat on even days OF the month the
answer is yes, and on odd days, no.
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