Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
POWER COMPANY
APPEALS FOR COAL


ser. Ross A. Ilickok, local admins
traitor, said that it is his opinion that
such pressure will be brought to bear
upon operators that the supply will
arrive in time to prevent a shutdown.
Temporary Relief
relief from the coal shortage by
the first of next week was promised
by Mr.. Hickok this morning. MIR.
Hickok announced the promise of
operators to have shipped into the
city during the course of the next
three days twenty-five cars OF coal.
Six cars of coal. sided along the
Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at
Highspire, We're Communicated by
MI. HtcSok upon receipt of permission
from state Fuel Administrator Pot
ter. One of these cars Mr.. Hickok
consigned to the dealers at Highspire,
one TO Stcelton and the other four
were brought to this city to-day.
At conference with Mayor Keis-
ter Mr.. IIickok took further steps to
alleviate actual suffering among the
residents of the city through the CO.
operation of the police department
and the Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor to Help
The Mayors office and the fuel ad-
ministrator have been assailed by
fifty consumers Il day. il is said, call
ing up with the complaint that they
lave no coal in their cellars, and are
suffering for the lack of it. All calls
of this kind win in the future be
directed to central office and orders
nom the coal users making the COM
Rlaints will lie made out on a regu-
lar coal card such as is used by deal
crs WHEN they take orders. The cards
viii he sent to the desk clerk at the
Mayors office, who will instruct the
officer i'm the vicinity of the address
given on the card to look into the
condition of, that persons coal bin.
lf he finds the conditions set forth
on the card to be correct, the card
viii be filled out and returned to the
central office, from which it will be
despatched to the coal dealer nearest
to the vicinity of the consumer.
TO Prevent Suffering
MIR, ITickok thinks that this system
will dispense with numerous calls
from consumers who say their cellars
are empty, when in reality they have
Il fair supply of anthracite. on the
other hand, it will make real suffer-
ing in the city impossible, since there
is always enough coal in the yards
to furnish temporary relief to those
" no are actually suffering. Dealers
who do not cooperate, Mr.. IIickok
says, will be published as such. If
possible, coal shipments will be made
to insure fair distribution of coal.
1t is thought by the fuel admins
traitor that some of the dealers have
been too Jealous in taking care of
their regular trade, which has ac-
counted for the serious shortage in
some localities.
Little Coal ON Hand
Mr.. lIickok has admitted that the
shortage of coal here is acute. Fol-
lowing a visit to the yards of several
of the dealers in the city, the fuel
administrator gave. it as his opinion
that there are only between three
and four thousand tons of coal in
the city. This coal, dealers claim, is
entirely sold. Several of the yards
are empty, and Gates Company, coal
dealers, announced this morning that
they had closed their doors for the
remainder of the coal shortage. The
Montgomery Coal Company has not
been transacting business for a week
With the expectation of cold
weather i'm the next day, the coal
offices of dealers were besieged this
morning. The coal dealers exchange
announced that no coal has arrived
from the operators during the last
two days, and the list of depleted
yards of city dealers now embraces
nearly all the yards in the city. Po-
lice are securing relief for sufferers
only by urging them to secure
means of hauling a small supply OF
the anthracite. Policemen are able
to secure small quantities from the
10 haul. Delivery conditions during
the last week have been frightful
dealers say, owing to the icy cond-
tiOn of the streets,