Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-24
COAL SUPPLY
ON WAY HERE
IS. REPORTED D
Commercial Club Starts Ac-
ton to Investigate .
Matters.

AL 3 meetlns OF the directors OF Inc
Commercial club the coal and potato
shortage which, 1t Is. said, threatens
this city. was taken up for discussion
this afternoon and while it was re-
allied that a crisis may be impending,
it was thought, at the same time, that
improvement was in sight. This was
based on the assertion that carloads
Of coal were on the way. and that the
potato. situation showed decided signs
of slight Improvement.
QUESTIONABLE Sent Out.
A resolution was adopted to the eff
feet that every bank in the state be
QUESTIONABLE will be sen to every sec-
ton of North Dakota in Al effort to
find out what are the supplies needed
in the various cities and the districts
adjacent thereto; the total tonnage
of coal delivered to consumers to
date; quantity in the hands of deal
ers undelivered: estimated shortage
of the. winters supply; reason for
shortage; approximate number of idle
cars on the railroad tracks entering
and going through the North Dakota
cities and immediate territories.
Similar questions will be asked of
the states bankers with reference to
the potato situation.
Situation Shows Improvement.
One prominent local coal dealer
said today that the annual demand of
coal in Grand Forks, with the excep-
ton Of the Red River Power company,
was approximately fifty thousand
tons. He said. that while q shortage
not intimidate the public as the mild
err weather which prevails just now
has proven beneficial; furthermore,
it was understood that coal supply
was on h way from the head of the
Great Lakes to the eastern part of
North Dakota, so while some difficulty
might be experienced in filling orders
as fast as they come in, it was pretty
sure to promise that no actual suffer-
ing for want of fuel would be an i'm
mediate prospect.
Dean Babcock at the University Of
North Dakota. who has been study
ing the Ignite coal phase of the fuel
problem, urges that consumers in this
city use as much Ignite ands bitumin-
GUS coal instead of anthracite as they
possibly can. Dean Babcock feels
certain that Ignite and bituminous
coal can be used to excellent advan-
proper are is taken. The quantity
of hard coal available for North Da-
kota is at best rather limited and the
greatest economy in its use should be
exercised.
TO this statement, Fuel Admins
traitor. Isaac P. Baker. at Bismarck
added an appeal to dealers that they
should obtain as large supplies as pos
sible Of Ignite and bituminous coal.
This would relieve the situation exist
ing now very materially.
New Appointments Announced.
Late this afternoon Fuel Admins
traitor Baker made the following ap-
pointments for district committees OF
the state; they were in addition to ap.
pointments made q couple of days
ago. No commission has been appoint.
ed for Grand Forks and Nelson coun.
tes which comprise district number
one, but 1t is expected that announce.
ment of names Of commissioners will
be made within a day or two.
The following were appointed to-
day.: a.
E. A. swiggum, Grafton; Robert B
Blakemore, Fargo; w. w. Thomas
Wahpeton; E. E. Mann, Devils Lake
e. S. Ellsworth, Jamestown; FREQ
Mccartney, Cakes; August e. John.
son, Washburn; J. B. Lyon. .Williston;
w. r. Everett, Dickinson. These
commissioners will cooperate with
the fuel administrator at Bismarck
and with an advisory state commits
sion.