New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

catching cold when the windows are
opened.
All the borough fuel administrators
stayed in their Offices till late IN the
day working over their coal problems,
but the Office of State Fuel Admins
traitor Albert II. WiCgin was closed at
1880 o'clock in the afternoon, and a.
his private Office it was stated that he
had left for uptown shortly after j.
o'clock.
Police 20 Make Coal Census
To check up the stories told Of coal
boarding and TO find out just how the
city stands on its fuel supply, County
Fuel Administrator SChlcy said he IN
tended 10 ask Police Commlssloncr
Woods 20 have the police take coal
census of the city. IL is expected this
work will take at least three or Tour
days, as the police Will have TO make
a house-to-house canvass.
Il have also issued strict orders 90
all dealers not TO deliver any coal unlI
the have made search of the base
uents where fuel is stored TO see thA,
that purchaser is actually IN need,
said Mr. Schloy. 81 have recommended
that an order be issued 20 superln-
tendents Of Office buildings 10 have hreS
banked earlier at night started up !@tiI
mornings and shut of entirely SundaF, f,
and other holidays. | have also asked
tbe co6peratior Of expert engineers 70
visit the heating plants IN the blG
Office buildings and give instructions
In coal saving 10 the men IN cnarge OF
the furnaces. r. A;-
work which ought TO save Us good
deal during the winter. The superin-
terdents Of all the office buildings
bayo been requested 20 save coal, 10
r.rn OF lights earlier and 10 help us
in every way 70 beat the shortage.
"Thc worst complaints come from
the apartment houses. The hotels are
short, but we have had no emergency
calls from any Of them
Mr.. Schlev said that all the docks
would be kept open to-day and that
coal would be moving all day long.
He said il was against the law 10 sch
coal Sundays. but il is understood that
In this case necessity will draft few
laws 70 suit the vital needs OF the
people.
Superintendents or some Of the
largest Office buildings IN the city said
they were economizing in every way
possible. The American Telegraph and
Telephone Company building, 195
broadway, i: was announced, was using
only 90 per cent of its normal coal
supply daily.
c. T. Coley, operating manager Of
the Equitable Building, l20 Broadway,
] yesterday drew up letter TO the ten
ants, asking them not 20 cool their
Offices BY opening windows. 10 turn OF
all unnecessary lights. not TO use
! lights during the daytime, not to
waste hot water, and not TO use their
Offices late II night. Mr.. Colcy said
he hoped 10 save 10 per cent by curtail-
ing lighting, and another 10 per cent
by limiting elevator service TO the
bare necessities Of the building
A contractor reconstructing an Of
ice building in Broad Street faced a
loss of several thousand dollars yes-
terday for lae6 Of coal 10 dry plaster
throughout the structure. lie finally
hat on the plan OF soaking waste paper
and other rubbish in kerosene and
bUring IL in the furnace Five large
downtown Office buildings are now
closed a. o'clock al night. Scores Of
plain clothes men and iremen have
hNMt eN@NAoaASA lA NAtse NOaA-tNFlLI "
ONCE structures 20 protect property.
Little Coal In The Bronx
J.. ii. Hall, deputy coal administra-
Tor for The Bronx, said that only 2gO
tons was received in the borough on
Friday. The Bronx uses about 1000
tons a day. He said there were still
few tons left IN some Of The Bronx
coalyards for the simple reason that
The conditions Of the streets made H.
almost impossible 10 deliver coal
Mr. Hall said he expected, with
good luck, 10 receive two or three
bargos OF coal to-day, each barge
carrying 200 20 800 tons. Fuel Ad-
ministrator Gunnison of Brooklyn
said that $500 tons arrived during the
day by barges. and that number Of
cars Of coal had arrived on the Long
Island Railroad
At the Offices Of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad 10 was announced that $500
tons Of badly frozen coal. destined for
Manhattan ana Brooklyn, had been un-
loaded az the railroads Perth Amboy
docks, and that 1850 tons Of anthra-