Evening journal., 1917-12-27
0NE COAL HOARDER
IS found IN CITY
Has Received ii Short
Tons Since April rs,
THIS Year
FUEL ADMINISTRATION
SENDS HIM WARNING

DS III Nl w iRlNllNO
One householder Of this city has
Sought 2SOO0 pounds Of coal during the
last eight months and during the last
two months when the scarcity was
greatest has s.O00 more pounds, accord
Ing 20 information made public by the
Wilmington Fuel Committee this morn
ing
Information relative 10 other hoarders
Of coal in this city is also in the hands
Of the fuel committee and the members
OF This body are working on The lnfor-
nation. While L was first intended 10
order the coal dealers who had sold the
coal 90 the hoarder 10 take the coal out
OF The cellar. this plan was abandoned.
and instead the dealers wero notified not
TO sell any more coal 30 this particular
person uutll an order 60 this effect came
from the fuel committee
The fact has also become known TO
the fuel committee that people are en-
deayoring 10 secure o sWpply which
they can hoard by doubling their orders
and placing them with various dealers
Every effort is being made TO stop this
practice All apparent intention Of
ding coal viii bc investigated by
the committee.
The following statement concerning
the fuel hoarder. with the letter sent "a
the individual in question. follows
Dear sir. The Wilmington Fuel
Committee has discovered evidence
Of apparent boarding of coal on
; your part, and in subsiantiation
; thereof we desire 10 submit the fol-
lowing facts Since April p Of this
year you have purchased tho fol-
lowing deliveries Of coal from va
rious dealers.
April 25-2OoO pounds egg and
stove coal.
April 30 1000 pounds egg coal.
April 800 1900 pounds stove coal.
MAY iO-i00O pounds egg and
stove coal
May ii-6.oo0 pounds nut and
pea coal.
May ii-i000 pounds egg and
stove coal
November 22-i,OOO pounds egg
and stove coal.
November 22-lO0O pounds nut
and pea coal
November 2i-fO0O pounds nut
and pea coal.
x "December. i2-sOOo pounds egg
coal
; Making in alL 1900 pounds Of
b egg and stove coal and 1900 pounds
/. OF nut and pea coal
+; "Our attention was flrst called to
G this matter about December I. and
e feeling that there might be some
error I'm our information. allowed
d the matter 10 rest by notifying the
dealers from whom YOU were buy
y ing, to deliver no more coal without
: first advising us. but unfortu-
n nately, through an oversight,
p dealer delivered TO you, on
i December r.. an additional order.
We Immediately had an inspection
Of your supply made and ascer-
S. tanned that you had then about i've
i- tons of egg and stove coal and be-
-. tween three and four tons Of nut
S and pea coal, not Including the last
r. order.
we felt that we had endeavored
D 20 seek the cooperation OF an cltl-
IS zens by our repeated requests,
r. through the press, Of asking those
p who had q supply ~ coal 90 re-
frain from buying until they were
down 10 a two weeks supply. for
the purpose Of assisting the deal
ers in taking care Of those who
were actually In need, and believed
that everyone would comply with
\ our wishes.
y I'VE were first inclined 70 order
the dealer who delivered the last
n order TO remove the COAL but felt
that would be q hardship on him,
,o so instead have notified al dealers
a 20 deliver no coal TO your residence
- without first obtaining permission
- from the fuel committee.
~ Yours very truly,
"WILNlINGTON FUEL COMMITTED
y Robert d. Kemp, Chairman.
Leroy Harvey.
% John T. Healy.'
- The object Of making this letter pul
" lie is for the purpose Of impressins q
~ the citizens Of Wilmington that the II
t, siructions Of the fuel committee mu
30 be carried out. for similar violation
d, will be dealt with IN the same m7nnt
- We know that quite a number of PEI
ple have endeavored 20 double up O
\ ordering coal from several dealers
!. the same time. and in order that ih
7, practice shall he stopped, the comml
Tee has decided to investigate all al
y, parest intentions of boarding coal ,
~ Individual householders, and where q
- evidence produced indicates such a
tions. they will then deal with suG
persons I'm accordance herewith.