Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-18
COAEPROSPECT
FOR CITY GOOD
Situation Here and in State
Reported Well in
Hand
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BETTER THAN IN 1917
Believed City Will Receive
Adequate Supply of Do.
mestic Sizes
BETTER THAN In 1917

The coal situation is fairly we'll In
hand as far as Philadelphia, and the
State at large are concerned, according
! to the city and Safe fuel administrations
and the committee Of anthracite operat-
ors cooperating with the fuel controller
Conditions now show marked, I'M
provement over those Of this time year
ago, and the prospects are that this sity
| will receive an adequate supply OF de-
mestic sizes for next winter.
As at present calculated, Philadelphia
will need 100000 tons Of anthracite to
carry the city through until July next.
This may be shaved down through the
conformation methods introduced by the
fuel administration and by further care
ana economy by householders.
But the anthracite committee is work.
ing on the hypothesis that nearly .3.00o.-
900 tons will be required. And the COM
rnittee believes 1t will be able to fur
nish that amount. ,,
Will Eventually Fill orders
Persons who have had orders on file
with their coal dealers for two or three
months without receiving even SO much
as ton Of coal have no cause for anx-
iety They will get their coal in due
time. -.
Within a week 1t is expected enough
coal will pour into the West Philadel-
phia district to fill at least a third Of
the orders on file with dealers there.
The northeast section will come next,
then the southwest. and so on, until
each district has been supplied. This
process will be repeated from time to
time. and 1t is hoped many thousands
Of persons will have their entire win
ter's supply in their cellars before Octo-
Der 1.
The suburban districts will not get
their supply so soon as the city proper.
for II Is easier to serve those sections,
the distribution problem not being so
complicated in the country. But all will
be reached in turn. Barring the ar
rival Of really wintry weather in Octo-
Der or early in November. ,the city
should be well fortified against Jack
Frost when he comes.
Give us open weather until the mid
die of December and there will be no
coal famine for Philadelphia to worry
about" said one official. But even II
the winter arrives toward the last of
November. am sure conditions will be
much better this year than last"
House Under Ban
Delivery of coal to the house at 5311
Wyalusing avenue has been forbidden
until April 1, 1919, by the county fuel
administration.
This action was taken after Thomas
NJ Hyndman. associate counsel for the
fuel administration and Samuel Eng
lander. lawyer in the Grocer Build
ing, who is agent for the real owner
of the property, had failed to agree as
to the proposed sale of the house.
|. Mr.. Hyndman conferred with seventy
five property owners or their agents
and all save Englander were willing
to meet the fuel administration more
than half way. a y..
Two. weeks or so ago. Arthur c.
Penton, agent for Englander. received
an offer from a Hog Island employe TO
buy the premises. paying down 5000
cash and the balance Of $500 initial
payment in weekly instalments of $40
Penton notified the present tenant.
Gerald Coghlan, he must vacate in
thirty days. Soghlan called, according
to Penton and Englander and asked II
he could not buy the house himself He
was told he would be given the prefer
ence, and the terms were made as easy
as possible for him.
.Coghlan held off for several days, ac-
cording to Penton. then failed to keep an
engagement at which the deal was to be
closed.
Meanwhile, the Hog Island workman
bought another house. a few days later
Englander said he was notified to ap-
pear at Mr.. Hyndman's Office. Eng
lander admitted today their interview
was a heated one. and that he had re-
fused to let Coghlan stay in the house
until April /, 1919.
~ said that l would not be dictated
to- explained Fnglander that I con-
- Ma, At,,,
to Coghlan and that the fuel admins
tration had no right to prevent us from
selling the property As Englander de-
clined to reconsider the fuel administra-
ton order was issued. 49,,
His client hads only recently bought
the Wyaiuslng avenue property. said
Englander today. No attempt had been
made to raise the rent and he was will
ing to do anything within reason to en-
able coghlan to buy the house, Eng
lander said.