Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-17
committee IS
named TO PUT
PRICE ON COAL
Pending Conference To-
morrow With Dealers Some
Reductions are Announced
state ASSISTANTS TO
Be Named soon

Robert D. Kemp. who was appoint
ed chairman OF the Wilmington Fuel
Administrative Committee by Charles
II. Ten weeges. coal administrator
for Delaware. today announced the
names Of the men who ho, Mr.. Kemp,
has selected to serve on tho local
coal committee with him. They are
Laroy Harvey, OF No. e07 North
Broome street. and John =. Healy, OF
No 5l9 West street. These men. with
Mr.. Kemp as chairman. will have SUI
pervision OF tho coal situation IN
Wilmington.
Mr.. Ten Weeges stated today that
he has not as yet appointed a chair
man for rural New Castle Kent and
Sussex counties. which are the other
three districts in Delaware. Each
chairman, however, when named will
have TO appoint n committee tho
same as Mr.. Kemp has done.
alr. Kemp has called a meeting or
the local coal dealers with his commit
tee for tomorrow night at 2 o'clock In
the coal administrators headquarters,
room No. 70 dupont Building. This VIII
be more Of a conference between the
dealers and the committed. and u Is
expected Charles II. Ten Weeges, coal
administrator for the state, viii be
present. Tho purpose Is TO ind out
Just what the coal situation In VIII
mngton really Is.
The distribution OF coal In this city
Is going 10 be an important subject
for consideration OF the local commit
tee. They viii have 10 look after this
, phase OF the subject as well as the
price fixing. and 10 viii be their ain
TO equallze IL as far as possible. Fol
instance. II one manufacturer gets
car load OF coel when he has plent,
for his immediate use, and there
another manufacturer who Is danger
Ously short OF coal. it VIII be withil
the province OF the local committee Il
: recommend 90 the State admlnistrato
that the man with plenty who hal
received the car load be urged to lei
the man who Is short OF coal have it.
The Diamond Ice and Coal Company
today announced a reduction OF %
cents per ton for nut coal, bringing
the price 10 1925. the same as that
charged for stove coal. The same COM
pany also announced a reduction Of 90
cents a ton in the price Of buckwheat
coal. These changes have been mado
In accordance with the Instructions as
issued by Federal Coal Administrator
Garfield In Washington.
However, they may only be main
talned for the remainder OF this month
and by November 1 Il Is possible an
other change will have to be made
which will send the prices up again.
II was made clear by the coal dealers
today that the prices VIII fluctuate con-
stantly and that there will be no sta
billty to them for any great length OF
time.
The Hamilton Coal Company today
announced a reduction OF 45 cents ia
tho price Of buckwheat coal. This
action, Il was stated, was in accord
anca with Dr. Garfield's directions.
Other pr ce3 remain the same. As
far as could be learned none or the
other local dealers had announced
any changes In their prices for any
grades or sizes OF coal.
II was made clear today by a man
In close touch with the situation In
Wilmington that all the dealers can
not charge the same prices for Goa
OF different grades and size. Theil
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