The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02
WILL NOT GIVE
UP ITS COAL
New Haven System Needs
All 1t Has Piled at Hol-
brook, Mass.
STORIES OF AMOUNT
MUCH EXAGGERATED
Officials State There Is Not
More Than 100000
Tons

Boston, Feb. 2.--For the protection Of
New England's industries and those who
are employed in them, the New Haven
road refused TO sell or loan the Boston
school committee 1900 tons of soft coal
from its pile in Holbrook The road fur
ther charges School Committeeman Judge
Michael H. Sullivan with distortion of
the truth in history.
Howard Moulton, representing the New
Haven road in Boston, states that Judge
Sulivan's assertion that there is 500,-
600 ton pile at Holbrook is false.
The road states that at present there
is no more than 100000 tons of coal at
more than 10000 tons there. This coal
is needed, Moulton asserts, and cannot be
used for any other purpose than that for
which it was originally intended.
The national fuel administration, of
which Dr. James A. Garfield is the head,
has full knowledge of the presence of the
New Ravens pile at Holbrook, as well as
other piles at strategic points along the
system. 1t has justified them, Moulton
says, and will not seize them, as the road
is of especial Importance to the govern
ment at present.
At the Office of Fuel Administrator
Storrow, A. S. Cobb, who is Mr.. Stor-
rows assistant, stated that even if the
New Haven did have 10000 tons of coal
at Holbrook it would be unwise to seize |
it or any part of it, He stated that the |
road, in all probability, needed it and |
would be unable to get through the win
ter without it.
According to Moulton, the New Haven
road is drawing on the Holbrook pile for
2 900 tons a day.
This coal is not being placed in the
pockets at its various yards and engine
houses. 1t is being loaded direct from
the cars into the engine tenders for i'm
mediate use.
In addition to coal from Holbrook be-
ng loaded into such tenders, carloads of
'oal which arrive from time to time are
,reated in the same way. That is to say,
hat at the present time the New Haven
S not depositing any fresh receipts of
'oal at its Holbrook pile or at any of its
,ther piles in Massachusetts. i,
Judge Sullivan said Mr. Moulton,
was placed in full possession of all the '
acts in the case He called here to see
President Pearson, but did not see him s
because he was in New Haven. He talked
With Mr.. Willis, assistant to President Y
carson, and stated his case to him.
Mr.. Willis assured him that he would 7
axe the matter up with President Pear
on at once and would give him definite S
nswer on the following day. On the oc-
aston of his visit to Mr.. Willis, Judge \
ullivan stated that there was, in his
pinion, 100000 tons of coal at the Hol-
rock pile. I
"He based this opinion on his own OBJ
ervations made on a trip to Holbrook 7
nd on the statements of friend of his
lr. Willis then informed Judge Sullivan A
the facts in the case He told the
,hool committeeman that there were ap- n
roximately 100000 tons of coal at Hol-
rock and that at no time had there been
lore than 10000 tons there.
'The road had previously received init
ations that the pile at Holbrook re-
,mbled boarding and on that account
cps were taken to secure an accurate
counting of the quantity on hand We
ere thus in position to supply Judge
lllvan with the facts and figures which
ere infallible"