The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-26
COAL OUTPUT
IN SPITE OF FLU
STATES FUEL HEAD
Local Fuel Administrator An.
nounces Figures of Coal Produc.
ton Which Show Only Slight
Decrease.

The spread Of Spanish influenza
~ h%rgthniug to cut into coal produC-
tom although me output uf bttumIn-
Gus coal during the wgDk ended DC
tol'r D. snowDd only 4 slight dc,rsaS,
compared with the week preceding,
according to an announcement made
today bN the local administrator.
The cstimat. furnished 10 the fuel
administration 10y The geological SUI.
vcy ~ ls.32l 900 Not tons Oncluding
l~u'tc rud coal made into cHkr) thus
vHs un lnCr'as" over the . respond
aug W'.k ut last Noat vt i..l7.oc0 net
IONS. "r ]. per cent Th" dccgCnu,
from the week before was c1S.0OO
net tons. or % per cent. which is as
Crthod ohi''lN 10 Interruptions Of
work us various districts where the
,piioujo "a starting
The uv"r'gc production pei work
ing day was estimated at t.Oi2. uuu
r't gross tons as compared with .,
h1H. 600 net tons during the week end
,t pctJb,r :. aud i.s3l.OOO net tous
during the week cnucd October L.
IN" average daily production now cal.
rulnt.d as niece ssary during the re
manning tw"uts Ton weeks Of the
coal year from October -. 1918. to
March ~. 1919. is estimated at e..
r"t p3h net tons n viii be seen there
i.r, that ~ tho taCc Of Increasing
handicap the miners during tho week
ended October ~ exceeded the daily
production estimated 80 hc roquircd
Ton the remainder OF the coat year.
The hituminous production during
September ~ estimated at Si.6S7N3l
net toms. which exceeds the prnluc-
ton of September 1915, bN ~6.bTN.U13
net toms. or li6 per cent. The Sep
tomhor production was limited hv loss
Of time ON Labor day. and ON regis.
irattun uN, also by the short month
For these reasons the production FOR
Scpt'mh'i was approximately 1000,
600 net IONS less than the production
dur nE either JulN or August and f,tl
slightly below the production Of Iun,,
hut oNcecds al records prior to June.
lSlN.
During the fitst sN months Of th.
coal N'1r II ~ estimated the produC-
ton of bitumtrous coal was aig-S..-
Ilf net tons, as asa;nht 2~Ti,537.lTg
net tons during the same period Of
1917 This is an increase OF 37.5f5.-
ai2 net tons. or 1871 per cent The
requirements during these first SIS
months of the coal year however. oN-
cccded the production during thos,
months OF last year hy ig.iiSS 2S net
tons, so that even with the large IN
crease the production during the frs
halt OF IN" present coal year was a.
i03,hN6 net tons, OF 81 per rent he.
low no estimated requirements.
The production for the first nine
months OF the calendar ycar 1918 Is
estimated AZ 1880. sag net. tons am
increase over the same period OF 1917
of 3G,l7s, 'A3 net tons. or 81 pcr
cont This enormous Increase over
last Year was effected chiefl\ during
the months of July. August ana sep.
TENDER m comparison with the same
three months Of 1917. the increas,
during these three mouths amounting
TO 2i,s3i,6kl net tons. or 40 me-
cent This Mas moro than double IN,
im" proNCmeut recorded during the FIRST
six months Of the calendar year.
The production ot anthracite dur
ing the week ended October u IS es-
tmatcd az 1885, 900 net tons. a de.
of - per cent compared with
the week ended October s. The to-
tai production OF anthracite Tor tho
coat yea to date nov amounts 10
cas-, 0OO net tons, compared witt
b',bN3,0O0 net tons during the u
period ~ 1917, an increase Of - pe,