The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-26
Definite Program for Dis
tributiOn in Present Year
Is Being Worked Out
CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD ON FRIDAY
It Will Say Who Will Get 175,OOO,0O0
Tons of Bituninous-It Is Planned to
Meet the Direct War Needs of the
Country First.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-The first
conclusive action of the fuel admin
istration in apportioning the nation s
coal among householders and industries
for the coming year win be taken next
Friday. Fuel Administrator Garfield
and G.. y. Snider, director of trans
portation; j. D. a. Morrow, director of
distribution and apportionment, and \.
supplies for the fuel administration,
Will meet q special committee of rail
road executives and bituminous oper-
ators that day.
At the conference definite policy
relative TO the amount and character
Of coal to be supplied the railroads for
fuel will be adopted. In effect the con
ference Will decide who is to have
100000 tons of coal.
The conference will be the first at
tended by Mr.. Galloway His post
during the coming year will prove one
of the most important III the fuel ad
ministration, since he will determine in
a measure the policies by which the
nation 5 industries will be prevented
from interfering with the war pro
| gram.
! Mr.. Galloway is president of the
| Davis Coal and Coke company Of Balti-
more and the Terminal railroad and
Coal company Of Pittsburg. He is
widely known in the coal Industry and
his appointment rounds out the board
Of advisers and directors chosen by DR..
Garfield from the ranks of practical
coal men.
One of the big questions to be taken
up at Friday conference will be the
roads coal of a type to which their 10
comotives are now adjusted. 1t is held
that the railroads can successfully
carry through the years transportation
program with coal from fields previous
~ disdained.
The navy and transport service and
several war industries are in need OF
the type of coal which these railroads
have used and it is planned to meet thu
direct war needs OF the country first
The change contemplated may call FOL
some mechanical adjustments and som,
, educational work among the fremen
but il is believed the railroads will rec
ognize the wisdom of the adjustment
With the first 10 900, 900 tons of tn,
, expected 600,000,000 tons output of Tn,
year disposed of, the fuel administra
tlon Will turn its attention TO allotin.
coal to other great consumers Severa
Industries already have agreed to cur
T. tallments and voluntary agreemen
will be made by others The entire 1871
distribution program of the fuel al
t ministration is laid out and awaits onl,
the results OF several major conference
before it can be announced to the pub
, lie
Fuel administration officials are con
fident that this announcement can b
. made at least week in advance o
t April i. 1t is understood that the pro
gram has been worked out in sue
e detail that the public will know exact
- ~ where it stands and that ever
manufacturer will be given a defnit
S basis upon which to plan his productio
t for the next IL months
Il 1t is said that Dr. Garfield, who
S known to have insisted that every DO
k 5ible means be focused on perfectin
: a non-sinkable program for lqlS-l9,
II confident that he will present to III
i public a survey and plan which wi
guarantee fixed amount of coal to 4
users and silence criticism of his a,
II ministration
n,