Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-03
HANKS STATES
ROCK ISLAND IS
! WELL SUPPLIED
Cbnl for Three Weeks, Perhaps
More, at Disposal Of Dealers
Under Federal Supervision.

Although the appointment Of a
federal fuel administration commit
tee in Rock Island was expected
hourly today, no announcement was
received up to nGcn from the state
administrator, whose part it is to
choose the community controllers
Of coal. In the meantime, l. B.
Hanks remains in charge Of the
situation in the Illinois portion Of
the quad-cities.
Thanks to the efforts OF tri-city
coal Dealers said Mr.. Hanks this
morning, "and to the holding off of
the order which interned all coal
shipments at the point they reach
ed next after the mandate was is
sued. Rock Island and the neigh
boring cities are well fixed as re-
CARDS fuel supply. There is guam
I tity on hard that would do under
normal conditions for more than
three weeks. Under normal condi-
tions special economy in the use of
coal is not practiced. but now care
fulness in this respect must be and
Is the rule. Therefore our supply
will be stretched over a much
greater period OF time if necessary.
Dealers Cooperating.
Various specific rules establish
ed by tri-city dealers in anticipa-
ton of a shortage OF coal will eff
feet this economical use Of the
available coal. The provision lin
Ial; txxyr ph
and making it necessary that a real
need for coal be shown before more
isadelivered is probably the prin-
cipal one Refusal Of copious sup
plies to big umers-manufac-
tories and the like--is another
The dealers are fully aroused to
their position, us holding the reins
OF situation that by their efforts
may be handled so as to create
either panic or a sensible and
methodical use of limited supply
of this necessity, and to quote Mr..
Hanks. ARE handling the situation
in wonderfully fine way
Although no official intimation
sanctions such a rum0r, it is gener-
ally believed that the committee in
charge Of the local distribution OF
coal last winter will be reinstated
by the expected order from the
state administration. II. A. Clev-
enstine headed this committee. The
plan of reinstating the men former
ally in charge has been carried out
generally over the country. The
Davenport committee in charge al
the previous crisis was named by
the Iowa state administrator last
week. Illinois has been slower 10
get the machinery of fuel admins
trAtion started than most of the
other states.
AL Coal Now Held.
s, A complete tieup of coal ship
rents became effective in Rock Is
land, and countrywide, Saturday
The order Friday morning to hold
all carloads of coal in the Roch
Island yards without delivery &c
cons.gnees was for the purpose
chiefly of taking check OF the
amount in transit This deadloch
was broken shortly after noon Fri.
day by a resembling of the order
and so carloads of coal consigned
to dealers and other firms in the
tri-cities were delivered and sem
out OF the tri-city railroad yards
Each car held an average Of 4;
tons OF coal, which was total o.
about $3.50 tons. Not all Of thi:
went to dealers, to be used fol
domestic purposes. Some of it wa!
for the Peoples Power compan.
and some to other plants.
When the final tieup was an
nounced by wire Saturday, simila1