The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-07-26

The Sun Special Service.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. July "a
a record breaking production Of btu.
minous coal marked the week OF July
18th. Tho output. including Ignite
and coal made into coke. y estimated
az ia.si5.o00 tons. an increase over
the week of July 9Th tflve working
days. OF 2.sS7.000 net tons or 20 per
cent and over the current week OF last
year OF i.t7s.0O0 net tons or las per
cent The average production per
working day IL estimated at 1907, 900
net tons NJ against 2.obi 900 net tons
during the week Of July sth or an in
crease of 10 per cent and as COM
pared with the average production per
working day of i.9st.00O net tons
during the week OF July ~. 1917. The
output during the current week Of Ia
7ta.0o net tons Is approximately A..
cal 900 net tons or per cent above
the average weekly requirements %
i2.2ii.5Oo net tons. established by the
United States fuel administration.
Oaly Twice Attained.
However. the average weekly pro.
duction for the coal year 90 date IL
estimated NJ ii.5es.o0 net tons or
So pet cent behind the weekly re-
auirements In order 60 make up the
ceficit for the coal year from April
ist 20 date Of $4,000 nee tons per
week or p.sbi 900 net tons. u will be
necessary O. have approximately ten
more weeks ~ production equivalent
10 that OF last week. or a production
OF 2.f72.O 900 net tons during each 81
thirty-sovcn remaining weeks IN the
coal year ended March 30. 1919, n fig
ure only twice attaincd-the week
ended June 18TH and the current
week
Reports from the carriers show In.
creased shipments from all districts
during tho week OF July iath. The
increase In shipments from Central
Pennsylvania amounted 20 20 per
cent. IN Western Pennsylvania 30 per
cent. In ohio ~ per cent. In the dis
trIct including Northeastern Ken
lucky. high volatile and Southwest
Virginia and umokelcss fields Of West
Virginia as per cent. Tennessee and
Kentucky 20 per cent the district in
ciudinE Illinois. Indiana and Western
Kentucky 20 per cent. the district In
Guiding Iowa. Texas and Southwest
States 20 per cont and the district in
Guiding the Rocky Mountain and Pa
ciflc Coast States 10 per cent.
Byproduct cohr frsuc-.
Byproduct coke plants during tho
week ended July 18TH were operated
u SIS per cent Of their present ca
pacity.. slightly lower than the ratio
OF eos per cent reported for the week
ended July 9Th. Improved labor con-
ditions during the week were offset
hy time lost In plant repairs and the
cause OF tho slight decline Tor the
week was not reported.
Repairs 20 plants caused slightly IN
creased losses In time In Illinois, Mas
rachunct;A and ohio. while the oper-
ators In Minnesota aud Pennsylvania
failed 90 report the cause OF the
slightly increased losses. although In
the latter state better labor eondi-
lions existed. improvement In oper-
ating conditions In New York were
due 90 repaired plants and In the dis
trict including Michigan. Missouri and
Wisconsin 10 better supply OF by
product coal and repaired plants.
Increased capacity In Pennsylvania
during the week OF July 18th Il at
tributed 90 placing new ovens In on,
GRAFTON by the bethlehem steel COM
pany AZ stoelton and by the Carnegie
Steel company at Clarion.
Becbive Coke Figures.
Beehive coke production In the
United States during the week ended
July 18th IA estimated at $4,000 net
tons. an increase oyer the week pre-
cedlng OF $4,000 net tons or iS per
cent ana an average production per
working day OF ii2.o00 net tons AZ
against sT.ooo net tons during the
week OF July 9Th.
Tho principal operators In the Con-
nellHvilie. 0reensburg and Latrobe
districts OF Pennsylvania report pro-
duotion during the week OF July i3th
az $4,000 net tons and operation OF
their plants al 7T.s per cent OF their
present capacity.
out OF the total Losses OF time 81
gas per cent 0.b per cent was at
tributed % car shortage. ISIS per cent
TO yard labor shortage. o.S per cent 10
plant disability and 81 per cent 90 all
other causes
The Country over.
Operators reporting from fifty-four
hundred and nine minos the country
over produced 10 per cent OF total