Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26
FUEL SITUATION
IS MORE ACUTE
DEALERS REPORT TWO DAYS
SUPPLY OF COAL ON HAND
THIS FORENOON.
SURPLUS NEARLY GONE;
DEPEND ON SHIPMENTS
II Weather Conditions Do Not Inter-
tere With Movements Of Trains Sup
plies Sufficient TO Prevent Actual
Shortage Are Expected to Be Re-
eeived-Schools Have No Surplus.

! With weather conditions threatening
! 70 impede or tie up railroad traffic
! this city Is now practically dependent
upon the roads for its supply OF Goa!
! from day 10 day. This is the situation
as reported by coal dealers 10 the city
I tuel commission this forenoon. The
supply o: h.tum!nous coal reported IN
( the hands OF the dealers IS less than a
Z week ago. ana IS not more than a TWO
" days Supp.y. The public schools are
: beng supplied from day 10 day. and
| plans are being made TO appeal 10 the
state fuel commissioner 10 divert coal
/ here for these buildings.
As one dealer expressed il the sur
Q,4s supply Is practically exhausted,
aHd the city ) NOW depending upon
d@.sr deliveries 10 avert an actual
shortage. Il weather or other causes
30 interfere with shipments su: icient
needs from time 20 time. The coke
supply. a,.ho il has decreased IN the
week, makes reserve which can be
Used IN case the situation demands IL
Dealers Have Little Coal.
Dealers. at their conference with the
fue. commission this forenoon, report
81 q total o: 3s4 tons o: b!tu:ninous
Goa! on hand today. The Iowa Rail
way ard Light Company reported il
had 100 tons OF coke. The supply
OF Goa! has decreased @09 tons in the
week. and the coke supply has de-
creased 233 tons. During the week
i.l2+ tons Of coal were received and
n.nety-ave tons Of coke were produced.
Coal sold during the week amounted 10
-.23 tons IN addition TO 32S tons OF
coke. Shipments 20 dealers IN the
week We're fairy liberal. conditions
considered. bat the sales OF coal ex-
ceeded the amount received by more
han 200 tons n spite Of the fairly
mild weather.
Schools Have No Surplus.
The city schools. the Nelson Coal
COMPANY which has the contract re-
ported. have been running on a from
day-to-day supply o: coal for a week
or longer. Monday morning the schools
will have an average supply to last
about a day. but the company Is pre-
pared to make every effort TO keep the
schools supplied. The Nelson Coal
Company va. preparing to call on the
city fuel commission for help and It in
turn expected at once to report tho
situation to the state fuel administrator
and urge that coal be diverted to this
city for the schools.
The city pumping station and the
Iowa Railway and Light Company
have a supply sufficient for two weeks.
The pumping station Is supplied by
George o. Coburn under contract and
the public utilities company gets it's
coal direct from mines. The soldiers
home has a supply sufficient for most
Of the rest o, the winter
Investigate Hoardns.
A case Of alleged boarding reported
to the fuel commission caused Mayor
Reilly. backed by the fuel commission.
TO order the police to take charge OF
a part OF a car in the M. & ST l. yards
that had been partly unIoaded until 4,
was determined whether the coal that
had been unloaded was actually being
boarded In tina. case the city intends
TO seize the coal and turn * over to
dealer Chief Of Police Breckel was
instructed 20 see that no more coal
was urloaded from the car. It was
reported that one man had had deliv-
cred 70 him nearly twenty-four tons
out Of the car. and that three and one
half tons were delivered to another
home out Of the same car.
Except for this suspected case deal
erGs were Of the opinion that the plan
adopted last Saturday to prevent
boarding was working out satisfac-
torily. Dealers were OF the opinion
that the public was generally not try
ing to get more coal than needed for
their immediate use. They thought It