The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
5000 CARS
OF COkLFOR
MICHIGAN
First Consignment of
BituninOuS Due
Within 3 Days

Plans for tbe reception and dis
I tritut.on q. some 5000 cars of soft
coal acBfsca'ed hy the government
| fue administration on the Chesa-
| peake al Ohio railroad and turned
over to the state of Michigan. are
| nov be.uc worked out by local rail-
road oc.a- and coal men iu cooper.
alton with e B Nhiteomh. Detroit
representa- of Che fuel admins
traii0u The coal VIII be transport
ed in solid trains. and the crst of
these trains s duo 10 reach Detroit
in rbc uDNf .w0 or three days.
This eot. VIII he apportioned
amonE The various dealers and dis
Tribute. sysfematAally along The
Line W fh, ro8d t happens 70 come
'u un When Ibe next train arrives
lt Ull start u distributing where
rne 't train lef. of Mr Whit
comb believes th.- Is he only fo.r
way uH ha Expresses To- "lairor
even than the drar law
The dealers VIII NOT even ger the
cal numbers Each VIII agree to
accept the coal allotted 20 him re.
gudless oi quality size. weight.
etc. and to pas the face Of tho in
voice as originally made by the ship
per 20 the original cOhsiCuee, to-
getber with an freight demurrage
and other charges he also wRlvcs
all rights 90 deductions OF any ma
ture The agreement also states
specifically that IL Is understood that
the federal fuel administration Is
making no profit ont OF the under
taxing. and that neither it nor its
representative assume any personal
res possibility in connection there
with 40 dealer can get any ot this
coal without signing such an agree
mtnt
Details OF the plan were mapped
ont in a long conference Monday
morning in lhc Office OF Nr Walt
comb. No s7 Woodward.aye. A
committee is being formed. with :
w. Brown assistant general man
ager of tLe Michigan Central rail-
road. as thalr.an. 30 represent the
railroads ia the distribution OF This
coal and work with committee OF
retail coal men and q cQmWiue OF
industrial traffic men VITA such
an organization Nr Whitcomb
hopes 20 avoid congestion OF the To-
cal terminals when the coal begins
% arrive
The 5000 cars moro or less repre-
sent an the coal now stored or Che
tracse OF the q & o railroad. whiCn.
lave become SO congested as "a
make condeCntion necessary iu or
der 20 get the ears unlCaded and r.
turned 20 the mines without cars
the soft coal mines must stop work
for h.uriin0u~ coal cannot be stored
ike antnracite.
a mrlhtr conference on tho sit-a.
ton vii bc 'r'l Gu ng the sffe'-
d on. NJ Wrr'caWb as called 2
meeting ~ the local cOal dealers Tor
O'Clock tuesday rttc noon. In th
Hoard of Commerce, 80 explain ,he
distribution plan
In addition 10 the soft coal
,o,id train oi anthracite containing
5o cars, has heeu ordered to Dee
froit. This train ~ now Somewhere
cast OF Buffalo.
The hard coal ordered here from
Buffalo last 81 eek seems 20 h.vc
been delayed en route. for none ot 80
hls reached tho dealers az yet and
citizens are cl7moring for u az evetv
ard and every police station. iho
cold wave hos increased the number
ri untitled orders pn the books o'
tho police department iu 1861. Mars
pltim stories have reached the car
OF r s. Mitchell, 10 charge or iuel
distribution for The department and
he IS doing hts utmost 90 give relief
where 10 Is most needed out Of the
soft coal and coke at his disposal
Mr. Mitchell believes that most of
The coal ordered .h,pped here from
Runalo is living on sidetracks in
Canada re located seven cars of
hard coal in strathroy. ont, today
which had been on a siding there
since Nov 30