The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-14
FIGURES ON COAL
COSTS CALLED FOR
BY MUNICIPALITY
Redington, Voicing Consumers
Complaints, Makes Representa-
tions to Fuel Committees City
Coal Yard Possibility

Instructed by the city commission
~ mike approximation Co he m"'
administration %regnrdiur the prie. o.
coal. cunuIt.nts uVer which have uctu
pouring IN on the municipal author.
ties. tity Manager rtul iscding ir
TODAY addressed 70 communicates %"
the state ana tr,ul fuel Hdhtins t
tlou % WIS sent to pcuuis r. W
pouHld. the uulv member at th" To-
cal committee uu town tod1; sod
to Donald Young scyrctntN OF STAT"
Fuel Administration W g. Mcbouui'
The communication will not hc sent
separately To j. g. Hcruduu amt Ja'N
Rayuoids. Dennis Mcdonald 'ss"
1 ciifcS ON the local committee the %
90 Mr. Mcdonald serving to iring th"
. subject before the booty res 70 whole.
IL was announced that 10 national
I Investigator of retail cuul prices WAS
expected To reach this city some tiUr
hut just when WIS not known. Be
,uuse OF the uncertainty OF the dat"
at % national "rohe. u was though.
advisable To- proceed with local tr
ton. IL any could bc arranged. re-
gardless ut prospective visit from the
nrtionnl administrators represents
tive.
Ia answer tu tu assertion that the
/ local prices were not raised to the
/ limit that the federal government
/ own regulations permitted % man 900
! tive lu th, movement to probe iE,
| fuel business suggested that 81 any JIM
Justice was found to exist that could
not bee romelicd under n fuel law
q municipal coal lud wood yard might
! br demanded o., the citizens
The letter 90 - r. Mcdonald which
as stated. D. identical With tho one
tn the stat, fuel ldmipistrati"u fol-
lows
February Il 1915 -Locul Fuel
Administration. Attention OF D r.
Mcdonald ana " Copper Ave City.
Dear Sin. py instruction of th, city
commissioner of Alhuqu"rGuv 't
their mocuuE held un Fehru1r} 1",
/ am writing you 10 let YOU know that
the commissioners aud myself have
received scores Of complaints from
the citizens ct this ciu concerning
the price ct GOAL charged boy the Pc
tail coal dealers This applies Z" both
tnthracit, and bituminuus
The people whu have complained
feel that the last increase was uujus
ufied. and b. working q great hard
ship ON ull classes OF people They
state that Boo the absence OF uu> tU-
thcutic information on reason for tn
incrDas, tHc, are mot satisfied. and
th,r, be- BE- strong appeal tur cNHSi
figures concerning the cost of cot.
lt tine mine. tho freight rates charged
FROM tho mines 90 Alnuuuoruu" and
90 further statement from She retail
rrH a- Geo the approximate cost of
Ihludliur The delivery
tudei date OBS February g. iHI> b.
was ascertiiueh that the rates on dc"
mostic coal from Lac 'trrillus tp 81
bupurrIu.. carload lots. We're us COD
lows Lump coal pru tom tf4"
steam coal per ton $500 aH shown
in tariff 5aIt u, coal Gal
Iup To- Albuquerque. carload lots
lump coal per ton $3.50. slack ''uI
per ton Sl.5a, tariff '3tS
1t D. not understood by thr pcupl'
why the operator Ir" unwilling q
make public the cost of coal O. % D
the mine. / judge from rcuurts tina
have come<o me that you ave made
o. CAUSED 10 be mad" complete audit
, ot certain operation ~ the coal opei
ators which Includes the cost of th
coal on tho ears at the mine Is thoi
any reasou WHY this should not 70
made public
Il snow on IN, best of Iuthorit
that the wages "a the mines nave in
creased. within % comparatiNr.' ro
Z cent period 81 time, hy from go o
r3 per cent. hat the coal operator
are ~uudoubtedlN under iUr hotvio
expense to handle THEN product tina
was the ease q year thIpI
- can say with certainty thut wcr
the public show that uul, 10 reason
1hl, margin OF profit accrued Coo th
coal men uurri present prices o
: uuul. there would be far murc suti,
~ faction existing than can pu-sihiy 'y
o. ist uudcr the ignorance which pre-
'uiis concerning these uiatt"r-
: lu war times particularly whrI
The people are pressed Boa almost ever
direction. when the purchasing yiiu
uf me dollar has dropped apprrciahl
tu iuorDts, boo the cost ~ lu oS-'ntia
commodity should only Doe applied %
the ground of O pro rata increase /
cost Of production and handling.
90 thiuk the Whole matter can %
very satisfactorily adjusted /
through your organization FUN uut
II,ity can bp given to matters r%clrrrc
fo above. and the commissioner de
sire me to express the hope that "
MAY have uu early reply and pr"p'
Instruction az 90 how best &C. pro
u,sd in this matter II YOU cannot gi,
us No., information which b. requisite
Very truly uur
Paul g. ]ilrdinrtuu
"ttty Manager
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