The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-13
Expect Supply to Improve Steadily From Now On. Dealers Quote Prices Now
 Being Charged Consumer

i Interviews with retail dealers yes
 terday disclosed a very satisfactory
 condition with reference to the domes-
 tic coal situation.
 | A large number of dealers who were
 seen stated that while the stocks in i their yards had been depleted, they
 were satisfied that even if the strike
 had continued for several weeks there
 would have been no real suffering in l the homes of Birmingham, as domestic consumers seemed to be very well sup l piled.
 i Some of the dealers stated that they ! had been receiving coal right along though not in as large quantities as before the strike began. Others stated that they had received some coal but ! that it was delivered to customers as | soon as it could be unloaded from the railroad cars and reloaded onto their delivery wagons,
 Prices have not undergone any 1 change in the last few weeks. it was
 stated. and are now not much above those fixed by the national fuel ad-
 ministration last winter Carbon Hil1 ranged from ST 25 to sS. 20 ton: Empire grades from SIPS to sS; | Warrior at S7.25; Montevallo from S7 | to SN.Eo.4 the lOWcT PiiCC bSAhS ANA
 chestnut grades and the higher Tor lump.
 CARS RECEIVED Several cars were received at the va
 rious yards yesterday. and the retailers stated that they mad the promise of additional cars before the end of the week.
 The stocks at most of the yards are depleted. but with the miners returning ! al..- .xNlr there is no fear of any great shortage | in Birmingham or the territory usually supplied by Birmingham mines this winter
 "The situation looks uncertain for any early deliveries from the opera tors" stated B. s. Tutwiler of the Tut wiler Coal company. 'as it appears to me that a lot of differences between the operators and the miners which will have to be settled will necessarily delay the shipment of coal to the re- ' tailers This company received five | cars of coal which have been tied up at the railroads, and we have about 200 tons of Cahaba and a large supply
 of Carbon Hill in stock now. In all l the supply at our yards could fill the demand from our customers for about | 30 days. After that-well. it is left to the operators. The last delivery we had
 was at s5 Our prices for Carbon Hill soft is $7, and for lump Cahaba sS. l l believe the operators will cooperate and the conditions ought to be normal ! by the middle of December. and, furthermore, I am positive the price
 will be lower then"
 i CARS TIED UP 1 .The coal is coming in very slow and all we have received since the
 ending of the strike has been few
 cars tied up in the railroad yards y
 stated Fl. B. Lacey, manager of the Elm
 pire Coal company.
 l But I look for lower prices on the | next delivery. We have enough on
 hand to meet the needs of the people for short time, but unless new deliv- I cries are made very soon by the opera i tors. the situation will become critical | Our Empire coal is being sold to the consumer at s7S5, and the nut coal | for $735 This price will certainly come down within the next Is or 20 days"
 We have had no deliveries since the strike" stated E. Stein assistant man. ] ager of the McCarty Coal company. but are able to supply our customers for some time yet from the supply on | hand. In my opinion the prices will go higher on the next deliveries. but,
 of course. this is not certain Our | prices to the pubic are s7 and ss We are expecting a few cars that have l been tied up in the railroad yards, but
 outside of that we are not looking for any other in the immediate future"