The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-06
IS MAKING EFFORT
TO OBTAIN LARGER
HARD COAL SUPPLY
FUEL ADMINISTRATION NEG
LECTS TO REPLY AND OUT
COME is UNCERTAIN.


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Sec. Byron +. Brown of the loca
board of commerce will make another
effort this year to try and get the fue
administrator for this state, Mr.. Prud
den, at Detroit, to make arrangement.
to supply this city, with at least a pari
of the anthracite or nard coal supply
which it is supposed to get and re
lfeve the situation for the many peo-
pie in the city who nave hard Goa
burning stoves and who even though
they are willing to purchase stoves
which would burn soft coal or wood
\ will be unable to do so, owing to the
scarcity of that kind or stoves.
Mr.. Brown recently looked into the
coal situation in this city and ther
wrote the fuel administrator the fol-
lowing letter, to which he has not even
had the courtesy of a reply:
William X. Prudden, u. S. Fuel Adm
Book Bldg, Detroit. Mich.
Ny Dear Sir:
The hard coal situation in Bedding
is such that we believe we should call
the matter to your attention at this
time. So far we have had very lit
tie anthracite in the stove sizes and
such a large proportion of the people
here heat their houses with the hard
coal stoves of the magazine type we
proposition aJ Lzr 1uEt cursc or roit'
weather.
Not more than half of our people
have even a supply to start with let
alone enough to run them any length
Of time and inasmuch as they cannot
burn other grades of fuel in these
stoves it seems almost imperative
that we should have at least a few
cars of anthracite in the sizes suita-
bic for magazine stove use, in other
words, Chestnut or No. a.
We are forcing the soft coal anc
ccke on to everyone that has fur.
mace or steam or hot water. But
these other people have to be taker
care of.
We notice the city of Grand Rapid:
has a promise from you for 12,0Ot
tons and we presume we would be safe
in SAYING that Belding has as many
magazine stoves as the city of Grant
Rapids because there they have mor'
heating plants of a modern nature II
proportion to population.
Will you kindly write us so that w
can put it up squarely to the peopl
as to what they may expect and wha
provisions have got to be made to TAX
care of cold weather when it arrives
We are indeed very fortunate at tn
present time, with so much influenz
| in our city in having this mild wealth
err for we should be unable to hea
many Of these homes where sicknes
exists all on account of q scarcity o
stoves that will burn anything an
everything.
Yours truly,
Belding Board of Commerce,
; b. +. Brown, Sec'y
Grand Rapids and other Michiga
cities of the larger class have bee
promised a supply cf nard coal .whic
will be adequate for their needs an
Mr.. Brown says that if such a thin
is possible, that he will stick to tn
! Job and camp on the fuel administrs
tors trail until he either gets the co;
or at least a letter telling why W
!, cannot have it.
Servides at Congregational Churcl
! The ban in force closing the churcl
: es on Sunday for the past three week
: on account of the epidemic will III
: doubtedly be lifted before Sunday B
: order of Governor Sleeper and Il
! DOdrQ OF QediLn. ii SuCn dfi oIus
should be received and the ban liftt
> the bell at the Congregational churt
e will be rung at 8 o'clock Sunday NOR
! ing to notify the members and churcl
q goers of, that fact and that servic'
e will be resumed at the regular NOR
z ing hour, 10:30 o'clock, and evenir
! service at 700 o'clock. The Sunds
: school will convene at IL noon and Il
u Christian Endeavor at 6:15 p. m. Du
: ing the vacation period the church al
! parsonage have undergone repairs al
!, improvements, Rev. w. J. Rook, Il
u new pastor and his wife, have arriv'
q to begin active work and they hope
o meet and greet large congregati'
X at the services.
Brought Here For Burial
). The remains of Don E. Davis, ag
q 20 years, arrived here on the mornil
y train, Tuesday from Louisville, X,
e where the young man had died Sundl
|e from an attack of pneumonia followil
y the influenza. The remains we
j. taken to the Miller & Harris unde
p taking rooms from where they we
y taken on Wednesday Afternoon to FS
70 est Home cemetery at Gfeenril
4 where Rev. p. Ray Norton conducted
n brief funeral service. The deceas