The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-25
BUY COAL NOW OR
SHIVER In WINTER
People of Washington are Warm
ed that There will be a Car
Shortage Next Winter

Washington people must provide
for their years fuel needs now, or go
without next winter. That is the sol
emn warning of the fuel administrator
for Washington, David Whitcomb. And
there is no fooling or exaggcration
about it, he declares.
Whatever else there may be in
favor of buying your years supply of
fuel now, transportation is the princi-
pal factor that makes it an absolute
necessity" he asserts.
"The cars which have been hauling
coal from the mines to the consumers
of Washington, are being gradually
drainted from this state into the East,
and, once back there, there is little
chance to get them out here again.
For whatever our need may be next
winter, the East is short Of coal cars
at this minute, and our claims for a re-
turn of our rolling stock are likely to
receive scant consideration in the face
of the pressing need of the East now.
"The consumer who hasn't sufficient
bin space to accommodate his years
supply of coal, should enlarge it i'm
mediately. IF he hasn't the money on
hand to purchase now, he should bor-
row it somewhere or other. But above
all, he should buy fuel now, or run a
good chance Of freezing next winter" "
Information regarding the storage
qualities of Washington Goals has been
gathered by the fuel administrator
from several representative operators
of the state, and from experts of the
University Of Washington college OF
Mines and the United States Bureau
of mines, which may be summarized
as follows:
Most Washington Goals prepared fol
domestic use will store with entire
safety, and with slight deterioration
in any quantity that dealer may wish
to carry in stock or that any domestic
consumer will put into his coal bin
Coarse sizes of the Lewis and Thurs
ton counties sub-bituminous Goals
which are the only practicable domes
tic Goals from that field, will slack ant
deteriorate in the open air, but will
change very little if put into covered
bins and boarded up. A leading oper
ator in the field advises against put
ting in coal of this kind before August
The smaller sizes of the King coun
ty -bituminous Goals are not fit TO
/. storage without special cooling ar
i rangements. What are known as tn
Ilump-nut sizes from this field, and tn
Ilump-egg-nut sizes of the Queen Goa
and the Roslyn coal from the Rosly
Fuel company's Summit mine, deter
iorate slightly more in storage tha
do the other Goals in the King, Pierc
and Kittitas county fields, but in n
case is this deterioration serious
the coal is given proper preparatio
at the mine. Care should be takel
however, to prevent the mixing of b
luminous coal with sub-bituminou
coal from King, Lewis or Thursto
counties. r.
Three representatives of the COZ
: operators of the state, in statemer
: to the fuel administrator, have said:
at is our opinion that any coal e.
4 cept anthracite stored in the ope
e air for any length of time, will los
e. la percentage of its heat value, II
3 percentage of loss depending on tt
:, physical nature and chemical analyst
d at is also our opinion that any CO.
t can be stored if distributed over
!. proper area at a depth of not ov'
-leight feet with ventilation unde
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