Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-14
PHEARTS MELT
An COALLESS BINS
Leniency Marks First Day
of Fuel Sleuth Orders
Operation
NEW RULE WORKS WELL

y cArcers as coal inspectors today, while,
with heatless Mondays abolished In
/ pennsylvania, the continued mild wealth.
e. resulted in freer movement Of coal
4 trNins and saving In fuel.
Under orders from the fuel admin
lstrator and Director of Public Safety
Wilson. policemen inspected the bins of
every householder who applied for an
emergency ton of hard coal The blue
coat-lnspectors decided on the spot
whether or not there was real necessity
for the fuel.
While adhering to orders, the cops. as
. rule, were inclined to he lenicnt where
the supply was short. but in cases where
the bin looked good enough for
months siege, no amount OF coaxing
could influence the cop to approve an
order
Hundreds Of heatless houeeholders APP
piled in accord lnce with the rules Is.
sued by the fuel administrator. They
hrst called the nearest police stat on
and gave the name of the nearest coal
dealer to their home policeman called
At the house to see II the coal was
needed quickly he telephoned to the
house sergeant II there were immediate
need for the fuel: the house sergeant
telephoned the Emergency Aid oll COM
mittee, at City Hall, and the COM
mittee informed the coal dealer nearest
the applicant in less than two hours
the coal was delivered
Fuel-starved West Philadelphia del
uged its police stations with requests
for coal keeping the telephone wires
to the sergeants deaks hot with APP
peals for fuel. Nearly 200 requests had
been recorded in the station nC"0rt the
Schuylkill River early this afternoon.
House Sergeant Apple of the Thirty
ninth street and Lancaster avenue sta.
ton, nearly fell off his chair when an
anxious appellant said
I'll send my touring car for the
policeman. sir"
TEXT OF REVOCATION ORDER
The official order revokng the heat
less Monday order FOR Pennsylvania was
issued today by william Potter. Federal
fuel administrator for Pennsylvania. II
read as follows
II hereby revoke the order Of Jan
uary II for fuelless Mondays in this
state. Section l of this order, rela-
tive to priority orders, will still continue
In effect"
The priority regulations provide that
coal dealers must supply coal in the
Following order: Ra ilroad~ md other
public utilities, homes hospitals. munici-
pal, State and Fedora building and
the most essential war Industries
Abolition OF fuolless Mondays at the
option of the STATE adm lietrators cam.
as a victory for Pennsylvania, the ~
tion's greatest coal-pr0duc'r State
Mr.. Potter. who stood alone among the
state administrator in fighting for the
abolition of the order declined 10 dis
. cuss the three-day long-distnuCe battle
which resulted in National Fuel Ad-
mlnistrator Garfield issuing The option
abolition order. But it was learned un-
officially at his office that Mr. Potter's
hnal victory came after determined OPP
position from the fuel administrators in
the New England States. who wished to
have the orde" continued f. force
"Fuelless Mondays are ended in Penn
sylvania because of tne Improvement in
weather and transportation conditions
and the benefits of the order already
{ obtained in this State" said Mr.. Potter
COAL MOVEMENT FREER
Comparatively free NOV ment of coal
cars was reported today by the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway. A total
Of 1880 cars was loaded with anthracit"
on the Reading lines yesterday and 1900
"empties" were awaiting loading this
morning. The railroad also reported
having turned over Yesterday 325 empty
cars to the Baltimore and ohio. 370 70
the New York Central and 900 to The
Western Maryland and Cumberland
Valley for shipment into the West Vir-
ginla mine region.
Freight movement, including that ~
c6al, has been improved to point
where 1t is now 80 per cent normal, the
railroad reported
The Pennsylvania Railroad today re-
ported delivery Of 40 cars of. anthra-
cite in Philadelphia yesterday, lO7
being of domestic sizes and SO steam
sizes.
One of the most encouraging signs of
Improvement was reported today by
John Edmonds. anthracite distributor
for Pennsylvania. He said that for the
nrst time this winter coal dealer
a Bucks County man--had Cancelled an
order for coal. saying that he had re-
ceived enough to supply cusomers for
the remainder OF the season. This dealer
returned three carloads of coal FOR
which he had appealed because he had
already received ten carloads un-
expectedy.
Soft coal. heatless because of CON-
talning SO much mud. crushed rock and
other foreign substances that IL will NOT
burn. Is to be the next subject to engage
the attention Of the State fuel admins
tration.
Mr. Potter cited an instance of a
bituminous shipment, 80 per cent of
which was clay mud This condition he
characterized as Outrageous" and de-
clared It must cease Immediately.
Full operation of the Gloucester City,
NJ j. water works for the remainder Of
the week was assured today by the
arrival of the carload of coal recon-
signed from the Victor Talking Ma
chine Company Camden. by Fuel. Ad-
ministrator Stats. together with the
twenty tons he authorized the water
works 10 take from the Gloucester emer-
gency plant Of the Public Service Cor
poration yesterday. More coal will be
diverted. 1t was said. If the supply again
runs low.
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