Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-08
FUEL SUPPLY is
EXHAUSTED HERE
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kaltwasser said to-day, to believe
that the fuel will not be on hand
when needed.
With a drop in the temperature
were again besieged with men and
women after fuel. Scores sought to
fill baskets, buckets and bags with
enough anthracite to tide them over
for the day. Inability of the dealers
to cope with the situation was shown
| to-day when it was learned that one
of the biggest dealers in the city mas
refused to answer telephone calls
since Saturday.
Situation Is Bad
II don't see why the situation
should be represented as any thing
| but very bad" one dealer salo'
What coal is in the yards OF the
city is more than sold. There is no
relief in sight, that L can see. l nave
received one car of coal since Satuf-
day, which l sold in 45 minutes.
sold it in quarter-ton lots to families
who said they had to have coal. |
take no orders for coal for future
deliveries, but sell my coal as II
comes into my yard. | have about
40 tons of coal in my yards now,
which, of course is sold. l don
think there is enough coal here TO
| last two days.
Dealers are frankly hopeless over
the situation. The United Ice and
Coal Company got four cars oil coal
on Sunday. This was all sold In two
hours after it's arrival, the geneti''
manager said. He told the reporter
that the need was so great that II
was ally delivered on Sunday IN an
Cnort to alleviate the sltuatc On.
Quartcr-Ton lets
Four cars more were received yes
terday, all of which has been de-
livered to customers in half-ton and
quarter-ton lots. This company is
not taking any orders. 1t was an
nounced at the office this morning
that as high as fifty people are
present at one time asking for fuel
The officers of this company say they
could take care of the situation un-
der normal conditions, but the con-
4 tinued cold spells leave their facilf'
ties and supplies entirely inadequate
The Fry Coal Company said they
have received one car of coal since
Sunday. rs it sold?" he was asked
TT was sold two weeks ago, was
the amy er IL n; lis lsr't'.
A dealer in the city has come for
ward to emphasize the report tina
women come into coal offices Will
stories of suffering children ant
i weep when coal is refused by th'
dealers. j. Il. Dare, coal dealer
; said that he has had cases in hi!
offices where women bringing bushe
|, baskets and physicians certificates
certifying their immediate need o
coal, wept when they were frml!
told that there is no coal. This deale
states that he has given numerou
customers like this, a bushel OF Goa
and enough wood to see then
through "A day or two, in the hope
of receiving a shipment of coal be
fore ii has run out.
Have No Coal
The dealers are at variance witt
the opinion of Mr.. IIickok. Whil
, Mr.. Hickok admits the situation i
bad, his opinion is that there is NJ
cause for alarm. He has been ou
of town since Saturday, and the fuC
) commission at its meetilt' ycstcrda
took no action of importance, it wa
! said this morning. Dealers say tha
consumers come TO them demandin
, reasons for refusing them coal, whel
, the coal administrator says ther
are 10000 tons in the city. Mos
of the dealers interviewed this morn
, ing declared they wished to stand oi
record as having no coal.
4 There is a great demand for WOO,
for heating and cooking. A Goa
dealer who sells wood says it cost
q three times as much to use wood 70
! heating and cooking, as such grea
quantities are necessary. Up unit
this time there has been no m
nounced intention of an effort O
the part of any dealer to utilize tn
Waste luhreT tor fuel purposes.
, is understood the fuel commissio
has asked for the names of a
dealers who might have that inten
ton. 1t was announced by the com
mittee this morning that none ha
come forward.
TO Probe Abuses
1t is understood that the fuel com
mission is inVestiga ting allege
! abuses of the coal card. The com
mission is of the opinion that con
sumers are duplicating their order
with two or more dealers. withou
acknowledging the orders they hav
placed elsewhere. 1t is to such pIac
tees that the members of the fue
commission attribute the well-ille
bins of some of the consumers, an,
the lack of coal in the others.
The Anthracite Operators Com
mittee at Philadelphia, has issued
statement showing that the Goa
| shortage is due not to any rea
shortage of the anthracite, but 4
the inability of the transportation
facilities to place it where it /
needed. Relief for Pennsylvania i
predicted by the local representativ,
of the Reading Coal Company. Thi
man says that coal is arriving her,
in small quantities.