The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-10-04

mated at i,Ni1. 600 net tons as com.
pared with 2.OSS.00O net tons during
the week preceding. aud a. against
100000 net tons during the cor
responding week OF 1917. The daily
average during the current week h
estimated at 50s.OO0 net tons. con-
siderably less than the daily average
for the coal year to date 81 331 900 net
tons. which " "a per cent IN excess
Of the daily average - the same period
81 last year.
Working Conditions.
Analysis 81 working conditions. ne
reported by six thousand two hundred
and ten mines with u production of
io.36f igs tons and present capacity
of in.a16.a7t net TONS during the week
ending September 2tst. shows the OPP
orators reporting produced Si.5 per
cent Of the total estimated output.
such mines being operated nj SAL per
cent Of their fun time. aH against Ns,s
per cent during the week preceding.
For the country ne whole. ear condi.
lions improved during the week and
les mine disability existed. while
labor shortage was twice that 81 the
week preceding, evidently due 60 Res
istrhtiOn DAY on September 18TH,
Material Improvement existed In
transportation conditions la Indiana.
Somerset county, f.nuHN lNaniA, and
southern Appalachian fields. while
the labor shortage was the limiting
factor Ia practically nil other dis.
tricts where a falling off in fulltlmc
operated was reported
Shipments of bituminouH coal from
all tldewntcr harbors. during the week
ended saturday morning. September
2lst. IN now estimated at aO0.tl2 net
tons "a decrease compared With the
week preceding of IS per cent, ship
ments decreased from all hhrborH,
New York and Philadelphia falling
behind ~ per cent. baltimore is.s per
cent and Hampton Roads rs per
cent shipments a. whole, during
the week OF September sist, were APP
proXlmateiy the same 49, the weekly
average Tor the coal year 10 date,
shipments from New York and fhlln-
deiphia. however, exceeded the week
Is average by approximately nine
thousand net tons or per cent, from
Baltimore by five thousand five hun
drcd net tons or per cent, while
shipments from Hampton Roads. COM
pared with the weekly average. de-
creased seventeen thousand net tons
ar per cent.
New England situation.
The falling off In shipments 10
New England during the current week
was even greater than the decrease
In tide water shipments. reports from
an harbors showing approximately ib
per cent less coal moving 10 New Eng
land than during hte week preceding.
Rail receipts also declined : per cent,
making "A total decrease In New Eng
land coal, for the current week com.
pared with the week preceding. OF
1873 per cent. The decrease IN ship
ments from New York and fhilndel-
40 Ia from
baltimore GIL per cent and from
Hampton Roads is.4 per cent. Com
pared with the weekly average for
the coal year 10 date, New England
coal receipts, during the current week,
fell approximately thirty-slN Thousand
net tons of per cent Both rail- ana
tidewater figures show falling OF
compared with the weekly eNerak.,
while analysis OF tidewater shipments
show that New York, philadelphia
and Baltimore exceeded the weekly
aVerage, but Hampton Roads tell be-
hind nineteen thousand net tons OF ~
per cent,
carriers reports show Increased
shipments OF bituminous coal DURING
the week ended September 2lst from
the district Including Northeast Ken
tuelfv hieh volatile OF Southern West
Virginia aud smokeless fields OF West
Virginia, Alabama, the district M
GLIDING Illinois. Indiana and western
Kentucky. and the district Including
Cumberland. Piedmont and Somerset
und FairmOnt
Bituminous coal dumped az lake
ports, during the week ended septem'
her 2ist amounted 10 ll4a,abh ~
| tons. A slight decrease compared viii
the week preceding. However, com
pared with the weekly average durint
| July, August and September, the cur
rent weeks tonnage was eighty thou'
sand net tons or approximately pei
cent In excess.
Byproduct Industry.
| Operating conditions in the by
product industry changed but httl'
during the week ended September II
The plants Of the country were operat
ed az s9.s per cent OF their preseh
lcapaolty as against SS,f per cent dur
lfng tha ueek preceding. A slightly