Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
SEEK 10 CARS OF COAL
TO RELIEVE FAMINE
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authority from Philadelphia.
At a meeting of the fuel comnls-
sion this afternoon the adVlsaplllty
of six lightless nights, after the eH-
ample of Philadelphia, will be dis
cussed as a measure to save coal.
Local dealers are unsupplled WIN
fuel, with the exception OF smaii
quantities of coal already sofa, Whlch
is to be delivered during the week.
Mr.. Hickok could report no advance
notice of coal expected to arrive
during the week. The only coal that
has been received this week was
sold within an hour after it's arrival:
An uptown dealer sold Ia tons OF
coal this week to customers who re-
moved it to their bins in bushel pas
kets. A dealer reports that two car
arrived yesterday and are being solo
to-day at the rate of halt-ton a
minute.
Hopes to Get Coal
Mr.. Hickok is awaiting permission
from Philadelphia to seize the ten
coal cars on the siding at Highsplre,
and portion it out to Harrisburg
dealers according to the orders they
have placed with the operators. A
record of untitled orders of the deal
ers is kept by Mr.. Hickok. Ii the
coal on the sidings is not intended
! for munitions plants, 1t is thought py
| MIR. Hickok that he can secure ~
Railroad authorities are ascertalnlns
| its destination and owner at the re-
quest of Mr. Hickok, with S'eW TO
Communicating it for local use. Last
week Mr.. Hickok said, two cars we're
reuuisitioned from these sidinss Tor
use in Highspire.
Offices of coal dealers are be
seiged by eager coal users. Wheel
barrows. bushel baskets, coal shut
ties and even automobiles nave
figured in vehicles brought by con-
sumers with a view to delivering
their own coal. A dealer reported
the presence of a man in his office
Yesterday who said he had lost a
whole days work in an effort TO Sc
cure fuel to heat his home. y "p'
man made her appearance III lhe
nolice station Yesterday with a doc
tors certificate, certifying her neet
for coal, and said that the only
dealer in town who had been report
ed as supplied with coal was unable
to let her have any.
Rush on Oil Stoves
Department stores report rUNA
in trade for oil heaters and oil stoves
for cooking. Some stol es have found
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orders for oil heaters, owiuE to The
unprecedented demand for ther.
The Atlantic Refining Company
agency in this city has reported an
unusual demand upon them by their
patrons for petroleum for use N
heaters. Many houses, supplied win
electricity for lighting or cooklnE,
are being heated throughout by OIL
heaters. Offices throughout the ci'y
have fallen back on oil heaters TO
prevent sending their employees to
their homes.
Demand For Gas
Two coal dealers who sell wood
reported this morning that the de-
mand for stove wood is greater than
If has zen in years. Authorities of
the Harrisburg Gas Company report
ed that the demand for gas during
the cold spell of this winter na2 been
unusually heavy. There is no short
age as vet it was reported. Part Or
the gas used in the city is mace tN
the company at their plant here, the
rest of it comes from the coke plant
in Steelton.
while the bituminous coal ordered
for the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company, to make up Tor the snort
age of river coal, has not yet ar
feel any doubt that it will not arrive
in time to avoid shutting down the
plant.
Little Kerosene
1t is said that the supply of kero-
sene is running low, and that there
10 danger of a real scarcity. So much
has been used during the coal short
age. that the suppy in the state has
been reduced to a minimum. Pet
roleum is used extensively by large
manufacturing plants in the making
of war munitions, and consequently
the demand for it has been unusually
great. The shortage of kerosene is
also largely due to the rail:oal elm
barge affecting the shipment of
petroleum and its products. Without
a sufficient supply of Kerosene, 1t is
said, conditions in centers where the
fuel supply is almost nothing, would
cause intense suffering.