Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-24
Halt Arbitrary
Coal Diversion


the city, dealers, business men whose
plants arc in danger Of soon being
forced to close unless sufficient ship
monts Of fuel reach here. and house
holders whose bare cellars show the
seriousness Of the situation.
To make matters worse. the shortage
is Increasing
This is because tue daily need OF do.
nestle coal has Increased two to three
thousand tnus. lu explanation of this
20 was said at the office Of William rot.
ter state controller tho new demands
purchased four or Hya tons Of the fuel
for fuel are being made by persons who
during tho spring ANA summer months
and whose supply So now exhausted
Coal arrivals during tho laat twenty.
four hours approNtmated the small ship.
mcu,s of the ave-d1y shutdown. only
S36o tons came in,p The city over both
railroads.
The coal situation m PHILADELPHIA &.
growing worse is the pcrslmistlc state.
mcut OF Francis \. Lewis. chairman OF
the Philadelphia coal committee. "ro-
4Fa q FH
no he.itanrv I'm ststir,, tbai ,r, S,o,
.b,r,.,,c T.. ,,o,,,,. p'a, a. , -
,Iurin,r No c,,tire ro,l rr,.is
a. th. came limo ,tr I,,,.f. ,,,,..,1
Sin, Ilg,,. for ira "rriphtr,Ii"' e.
ACCOMMODATING frc rnal r.rliu, ,,,,nr ,g,
InlIoh NalIrr ,.,pi r,u,,gr. ma a.,
Irhirh Valley roal auI \u.io.,f,,,
COMPANY.
NOT SHIPPING COAL lli'iE
Neither Of these companies he said.
H. furnishing the Philadelphia market
witt it's full quota Of coal
In letter to ". II. Evans, vice prcsi-
dent Of th" lchiEh Valley coal Cone
pany, who is in New York. Mir. Lewis
said: We have had complaints every
day particularly during the month Of
January, from az dealers who have been
huNlhs hehlsh NaHeN coal IN IN" past.
ihat you are poS,uNeIF SUIhplng no coal
y" ''IH "l"' NJ .,' n,'I as we S"l una
out me "lIlE coaI you are putting mo
III" .''hlH,' a.. i' Is i,G g.. ~ NHIN,o ,H'"
,... ~ w, @ iu' ,"o w. ~ nam nan, III" W.
'''p'"s a. - -. Co.,, y. ~ ''l', % Hv'
,,, is, M -, '''' j" ~, y
,hc r,,, t,at vnnr ror1,,sn,. and ,bo ~.
high Valley coal and Nayigutiou ,'nm.
pauy are not furnishing their fun quota
Of coal to this market.
"Win you kindly let me know what
We may expect you IN the future
\ COPY Of tn, letter has been sent
to National Fuel Administrator Garfield
at Washington.
Samuel u. Warrine. president of tho
I.chigh Valley coal aud Navigation Com.
pauy, said the company was sending as
much coal 10 Philadelphia as had ever
been shipped in the past
f. !. Ryder coal sales agent for the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company I'm Phtla'
dclpht, threw up his hands when IN
Formed oi MI Lewis CharseS' nave
nothing 10 say, ne s"lu,
While Mr.. Lewis sald nc "oulu no'
criticize the rue adlnlllsIIatoi', ne de
clarcd he was oollseu To stare thc ta'lS
concerning the shortage lt' pl"lheu
the tohdltl"u Oh 'le ulN'Il'"S ~ 60"
from this city 10 New n"tk ana Nc"
England.
Another reason for the shortage, Sug
gosted by another member Oi the lu'
committee. was the closing of the mines
throughout the state during the severe
cold weather between January ]" Hho
Is, when production was reduced 80 pei
cent
The embargo on all freight but tuel
food and munitions, ordered by Dlrecto
General Of Railroads McAdOo, will d,
much to alleviate the Philadelphia ST
uation. In the opinion Of state Controllc
Potter. Mr.. Lewis, however, Is not 81
optimistic. Despite the embargo, he j
firm in the belief that Philadelphia face
the most serious coal shortage IN IL
history.
That q vigorous and unanimous ,ro
tost against the "heatless Mondays ."iti
dan,ands mai tbc order be rescinded vii
gon,, lac made upou br Garfield. man,
nrcn,luant business men assert.
-. % 49,, r,.,-do,. slutdoyl
"' I"'u,' VI ,I ,Ii,,otjor ,ril
order 10 rtiI',v ,rs ,I', a,,,rn,ent Tor IN
De the oaS'' Vi .t' =" .at5
tt,hE OF tne IGStl,t',I'' nv, ,.,.tons aIicr
IL N"9 70, ,',,,,r.-toI 4, -, ,..rfI. i,
natives VIII bo suggested 10 ~ E''',s' w.
by business men req, SS,'','l's n,, o' -.
Gon OF the Guy NJ, ne. "'.'o',r ''T
u pan To s"oil 49, ni''e =,
thereby dlsttlpuIlhE 'n' ''"'eu po' 'o'
over the entire Weeh'
Heads OF plants eAeinpleu rom Wv
order viii present evidence TO sho" ,. Una
! the shutdown hurts all INDUSTRY 'u'
view was given by Alba II, Johnson
president Of the Baldwin LOcumouN
Works, several days ago. lie Salu
what H. the use IN letting our plan
ouerntc. when establishments fron
(which We get our supplies are closed?
"a s.va the poor and insane ward
~ tho rr,. from freezing, Mr.. Pottc
parnitted Director Of supplies Josepl
coal CONSIGNED to brewerles ,l,S,'l,, and Giyer r
Ryberr% InS" r% tnT amd H the pRiiadciphla Genera