The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
SHORTAGE
Of COAL is
STILL KEEN
Supply Bought BY City
May Go To House
holders

Detroit has more coal ronlmitIeet
Than coal Thru fhe navrrf one.
ara tbe o0,re af polio. ar,r sion
~ couger. IA f.fff. coal f. being De-
uverfd fY nau.fe Nrrl.. nuf FerI
hIfle
III e.t-eua rase. rlrr0a eGfaticrs
wero rsaan ta 8rrf.r rtr1 rha coal
dlcfafrrshin-f rp+aH.re arI "a 4lI.t
measure of cooperation pas te
Yeloped. Thc average toad ~ col.
cent ~ rome tas no, more .hsh
4 ugsrier era gu
Thspka fa ur-m eer ard tcm
perairre in fa tltt fhs stert
demand pre rrstF s-rf Mor
dav mornirg Tr.sr uaIuH crr-l
lions. huwover. cou he pectrt
20 b. anH Temporary ara tfe wea
who harr assumed th handle th-
nlel situation ~ Detroit te crisis
were worried
Detroit sent Controller 1cor4e
Engel John G. McCahc chirt ~ 'he
safety engineering department aud
Arthur c waterfall bead ot ne
Board of Commerce iranc depart
ment 10 Washington fN days aeo
10 obtain thru Fucl Dictator Gar
held "a supply of coal f1r Detroit
The committee was assured that
coal would be- diverted 20 Detroit at
once. A. it requires about ie day
from the mines 60 Detroit. q was
expected that fuel would begin ar
riying here day or two ago So
far ns any ~ tho city's coal experts
know, not pound % this coal has
yo< arrived.
Engineer McCsbe and George
Hess. a coal expert be has engaged,
r,nf "a West Virginia. Monday AFT.
e~noon. They viii urge the opera
tors IN Logan county 10 get busy
and send 20 this city AZ least 5000
tons A week 20 keep the city IN
stitntions running. This coal, For
which the city has contracted. os-
trnsfbly FOR public institutions. is
Iiksly 20 be diverted 20 domestic
usa. Mr.. McCabe says that be
knows of s.O00 tons on the way
here and likely % reach the city
late Monday, and that for the pres
sxsf 100 tons a day will arrive
Police Comm issioner Cou1ens
Nonday morning received reports
from his policemen who had made
csnvnss OF 10000 homes IN the city
20 Determine how much coal Is IN
ehs bins. Late Monday afternoon
IA had not been possible % get down
10 fhe work Of classifying these re-
porfs. Verbal reports. however. In
dicaiad that the families of the city
were tn bad shape for fuel. and that
thev were not willing 70 calmly
stand for much more delsy. Mr
Coupons said Il would b several
.daxa hefnrn- -Aa-ennlA- -caAnintA- AA-------
Eurvsy and meanwhile he would ncr
10 20 Washington. He felt hts bes.
service could be rendered here in
Detroit I'm an attempt to~ get an
equiiahia dsssrth1NtA - ~.
that capaeE LIRE -. ~
II may be said authorftstiyely
that there IS enough coal IN Detroit
bins 10 last the city homes thru
January and February bar that it
ts uneouaiiy distributed m is hint
cd by Mr.. Couzens that n may be
necessary 20 20 into the private
bins where there rs an excess supply
and oonAscate t. go that all the In
habitants of Detroit may be kept
from freeyinz
The question of handling the coat
for Detroit is now IN. the hands
OF Police Commissioner CouEens.
Mayor Marx and Engineer McCabe
In the police Office and the Office oi
the mayor. calls were coming AN
morning. urging the administration
90 get fuel 10 the homes. From
both Offices requests were going out
20 the dealers who promised 20 take
care of the cases as raudiy as
psssible.
According 10 SIR. NcCabe. coal
authorities IN Washington are will
Ing 10 send fuel 10 public tnstitu.
tions. SO that the lighting plant. va
ter works md other municipal en-.
terpriseg NAV he kent goina but