The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-26
PRICE OF COAL IS
ESTABLISHE
BY ORDER
STATE ADMINISTRATORS GIVES
INSTRUCTIONS REGULAT-
ING FUEL SALES

AT 9l0.tts uellNeTeu. OoiiNciou'
according to State Administrator
E. M. Walker, means carrying coal
from a wagon into a bin and does
not mean shoveling it from a wagon
into a bin.
The price of coal here has been
SIC when bought in ton lots, IS
per half ton and .$4.25 per quar-
ter ton.
The price as fixed by the state
administration permits an addition
of rs cents per ton on orders of
over 500 and less than 1000 pounds
SO cents on less than 500 pounds
and an additional charge of rs cents
per ton for sacking coal.
This rate is based on $3.50 as
the cost per ton at the mine, 1918
freight, 27k cents war tax, and a
gross margin of $3.05, making a
total of $15.77h.
Coal dealers here have co-operat-
ed in every way possible with the
local fuel board, and by the COM
bined efforts of the dealers and
board members the town has escap-
ed a serious shortage of coal and
all needs of the town have been
met. The dealers are now said to
have a sufficient supply in hand
and en- route here to insure against
- IA-4 p~ar1 hnrC n0fnf
cut that the dealers have been
most fair in maintaining price
levels and that the new order au-
thorizes a higher rate, in some par
ticulars, than has been in effect
here.
The order issued by the state
fuel administrator, fixing the price
of coal and limiting the margin of
profit, is as follows:
Effective Monday, Jan. 81, and
until changed or modified, the
maximum prices which fuel dealers
of Beatty, Carrara, Goldfield, Mil
lers, Rochester, Tonopah and Yer
ington, Nevada, may charge to con
sumers of coal, shall be determined
as follows:
Maximum Gross Margins: To the
prime cost of lump or nut coal. as
hereinafter defined, dealers may
add not more than $3.05 per ton
of 1000 pounds. This maximum
~.z.. r,o-cSo cIon ;roIr,Io onrh do
livery Of such coal to the consumer
within the city or town limits, for
deliveries of not less than 1000
pounds.
Exceptions: For bin delivery to
consumer, as hereinafter described,
an additional charge OF not to ex-
coed 25 cents per ton OF 1000
pounds may be made.
For deliveries made to consum-
ers on orders for coal in quantities
of less than 1000 pounds and 500
pounds or over, an additional
charge of not to exceed rs cents
per ton of 1000 pounds may be
made.
For deliveries made to consumers
on orders for coal in quantities of
less than 500 pounds, an additional
charge of not to exceed SO cents
per ton of 1900 pounds may be
made.
For coal which has been sacked
on order of the consumer, an addi-
tional charge of not to exceed Is
cents per ton of 1000 pounds may
be made.
For coal hauled by the consumer
with his own equipment from deal
er's yards, a discount of not less
than SO cents per ton of 1000
pounds must be allowed, f.. o. b.
such equipment.
For coal hauled by the consumer
with his own equipment from the
car a discount of not less than 81
per ton of 1000 pounds must be al
lowed, f. o. b. such equipment.
Prime Cost: The prime cost of
coal, as outlined in the rulings of
the Nevada fuel administration and
ir this order, is defined as the cost
of the coal at the mine, plus the
freight charges and wal tax there
on. (The jobbers' margin has al
ready been provided for in the gross
margin allowed.
Bin Delivery: Constitutes actual
sumers' bins. Unloading from wa
gon directly to consumers bins does
not constitute bin delivery.
Quality: Substitution of low pric-
ed coal at prices allowed for high