South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-01
Committee Leaves Today to
Consult With State Con-
trOller-0rder Deliver
les Here Held to
Half Ton.

AT coal or an sizes and heat pro-
ducing qualities viii not be sold in
more than onc-half ton lots by local
dealers with the privilege Of chars-
lng IS cents extra for each half ton
delivery for at least the ensuing
three days. according 20 an order
promulgated by County Fuel Admin
istratiOn L. T. Hardy at meeting
Of dealers and railroad representa-
tives at the Chamber OF Commerce
huildlng Thursday night
The consensus OF opinion Of the
dealers was that South Bend WIS
the goat" IL developed at the
meeting that documentary evidence
has been secured showing that go
ears of coal bound for Indiana and
Michigan points from the southern
Illinois coal fields have been divert
ed by the Cook county Illinois fuel
administrator 10 Chicago. ft was
also asserted by Schuyler Rose. a
local dealer, that State Fuel Admin
istrstor Evans Woollens has con-
fscated coal bound for South Bend
from southern Indiana. Mr.. Hardy
stated tnat he had received a letter
just recently from Mr.. yNoollens de-
nying that he had coufscated coal
Go to indianapolis Today.
In view of the fact that South
Bend is in a more precarious posi-
ton than heretofore. Mr. Hardy ap-
pointed Mr. Rose and G.. IT.. Smoke.
local coal men, to accompany him to
Indianapolis today to lay the local
claims before the state official TT
seems that 1Ir. Wooueus is taking
charge of all Gree coal" that is all
coal not consigned 10 the govern
ment and not being supplied 10 in
dustries and other large consumers
on contracts made before the fuel
administration was created.
il was also shown by local men
who have visited the southern Iut-
nois fields since the last heavy snow
fall that railroads are loading coal
cars fun and overlooking with snow
which has been cleaned from rail.
road tracks and these cars have
been sent to the coal districts with
the expectation that the snow would
be shoveIed out when they arrived
there This has caused delay. and.
according 20 local men, has resulted
i'm the miners fatty refusing to re-
move snow from cars before load
ing.
Not Enough Cars.
That not enough cars are being
delivered 10 mines to keep all mines
busy at one time was the declara-
sion Of some of the local men who
have been in the coal fields. Where
from three 20 five cars have been
needed at the mines daily, the op-
orators are getting one and two and
at times three cars daily. Another
burden under which the operators
are laboring is the weather. Their
ponds have frozen and operators are
paying as high as $500 to get "a SUI
hcient amount Of water TO keep the
mines running.
AT the meeting Thursday night.
Daniel Lontz urged Mr.. Hardy 20
cause the local dealers to reserve n
supply or 20 per cent from each
car for the fuel administrator dis
position. Mr.. Hardy did not deem
this advisab BILE. however He stated
that he did not wish to interfere in
the coal dealers business negotia-
tions that far unless it became nee
essary.
The railroad switchiI situation
seems 20 he fair i'm tbs city with
the exception Of the Michigan Cen
trail Railroad company yards Six
teen cars Of coal have been lying
ON the Michigan Central tracks on
w Washington av.. according -
several dealers. for more than a
week. One car OF coal. which was
consigned TO the Bacon Coal COM
pany some time ago and was re-
consigned TO the Indiana & AIichi-
gan Electric Co. has been ON the
Michigan Central tracks on the east
side of the city for So long that Sis
demUrragC charges have piled up
against IT, To is said that the cleo
trio company has refused the coat
because OF its poor quality AS 90
the cars on W. washington av..
John Smogar of the Smogar Coal
& Lumber Co. stated that If they
were not delivered soon there would
be little coal left in the cars rs