Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
S|]O|lIACE
WITH WAR
Cars Received in Last
8 Hours Give Tempo
rary Relief
ARAGE SUPPLIES CUT

An order forbidding coal dealers to
DDly coal for use in private garages
I|.D today issued by Francis A. Lewis,
1el administrator for the city OF Phila.
1lDhia. In letter sent to all the coal
1nlers in the city. Mr.. Lewis pointed
1 ~ to them that coal was now so scarce
>nt Il could not he spared for any pur-
/ Dpes which might be classed as a luxury.
t Mr.. Lewis also expressed his intention
~ dealing sharply with violators Of the
kGoeulations regarding the use of elec-
oFicity for advertising purposes. He
named saloons and motion-pcture the
to1res as the worst offenders and declared
nat he would take summary action un.
4 1osp the orders were obeyed. Saloons
-taro required to wait until sunset and
| motion pictures half hour 9fter sun
4 Ut before making such display
. "Something will drop pretty soon.''
oatd ne, unless the taverns and notion
L nicture houses stop their fiagrant VIOLA
<Ions of the orders given In regard to
o1actric light display. There has been
<nn excessive use Ct electricity and a
Gisregard of the hours fixed. The viola
'tVLT0 kIe knoWu " Iflt anu ndNc tdhtn
the matter up with Washington"
Is A system of instructing householders
I. m the proper way to manage their coal
furnaces, so as to conserve coal. will
~ Instituted after a house-to-house can
vass in a few days. The instruction Is
not to be compulsory. but optional A
1. s$coal budget" showing how to get the
most value out of the coal consumed will
4. ~ worked out by Mr.. Lewiss office and
VIII be the first of the sort in any city
I b the country.
Az Mr. Lewis asserted today that the
4 shortage of coal is not temporary sit
= nation, but will probably continue as
long as the war lasts. I'VE have reached
the poirt where individual instruction
z ~ to the use of available supplies must
;, be Eiven." said he Mr.. Lewis will visit
4 Washington the middle OF this week to
confer with Fuel Administrator Gar
( Aeid.
3 Great distress on account of the
) scarcity OF coal was reported throughout
West Philadelphia today by the dealers
I ~ that district. ]. +. kunkel, Sixty
third and Market streets, offered coal
+ In half-ton lots to all purchasers who
could carry 1t home themselves. saying
that on account of the cold weather
most OF his drivers had refused to work
Many dealers in West Philadelphia were
& simllariy affected by a shortage OF labor
s According to Mr.. Kunkel. the situation
was extremely bad. Although coal was
now coming in over both the Pennsyl-
vnnia and the Reading Railroads, he
L said, the necessity for filling back orders
prevented many firms from filling orders
from customers who were begging for
: COAL
On the Reading Railroad, ia cars OF
All, mn
which IFS cars were loaded with do.
( mestic sizes. The Pennsylvania brought
IN 123 cars on Saturday.
.@H The Pennsylvania Railroad today re-
+ ports through the local fuel administra'
4 tion the arrival of 5O4 cars of anthra-
y S1te coal in the cornpanys yards for the
3 fofty-eight hours expired last midnight
4 - this total 2s2 are in domestic sizes
Y hnd 122 In steam sizes.
x eolution of the freight-congestion prob
<1ou. and particularly the coal-shortags
& ,6oestion, so far as the Philadelphia dis
tr3ct is concerned, is expected to bs
4 hasfened by the work Of the joint emer.
Al Goncy committee on transportation of the
y allied trade bodies. organized two weeks
seo at the instance Of the Philadelphia
Z Aistrict committee of the American Rail-
! way Association.
While concerned with every kind OF
: freight, the joint committee thus far hai
Z ooncentrated. its efforts on the anthra'
y cite situation and has been in constant
oonference with representatives of thu
4 railroads. operators and retailers.
n, Charges that coal dealers are no,
z working in harmony with the fuel ad
ministration are made by business
Z men, who say now that while red Goa
+ cards are being honored by the dealers
: the white cards are not. A committed
t representing the Board of Trade. Cham
& ~ of Commerce, the Bourse, the Com
rnercial Exchange and the National In
dustrial Traffic League has asked bott
& William Potter, Federal fuel admins
traitor for Pennsylvania, and Francis a
Lswis. administrator for Philadelphia
& TO Investigate.
.F The Philadelphia and Reading Goa
ana Iron Company, acting by permission
~ the Government fuel administration
y has advanced prices at the mines thirty
& nve cents ton, making the new price
80 follows: Egg. $3.50; stove. $5.o5
&oAeetnut. $5.15; pea. $37S. Other oper
4 aters also advanced prices at the mine
4 341hlrty-nve cents a ton.