The Nome nugget., 1919-12-13
COUNCIL ASKS APPOINTMENT OF
 FUEL ADMINISTRATOR

NS a result or the appilcatlOn pan
 adopted by the City Council to de-
 tsrmine the number of residents who
 through the winter season, there ap-
 pears little prospect of coal famine
 developing in Nome this winter. de-
 spite the small quantity on hand ir
 the yards of the Alaska Lighterage
 and Commercial Co. The registra- tions have also practically removed
 such prospects as may have existed
 that the City Council would adopt the sugg estion of the coal company to pur- chase the approximately 100 tons on
 hand -at s36 per ton for distribution under the direction of the city.
 | According to the records of the City Clerks office. the recent coal registra- tious brought out total of 63 ap- plicants who collectively need slight ly more than 16S tons. Approximate ly 70 tons of this amount is required by eleven or twelve business houses ana other institutions and the remain ing S3 tons by private individuals numbering 5l. The individual ap- plications range from Il fraction of q ton to , tons. Two persons made ap- rlication for the latter amount one l for | tons: seven for tons and thir- teen for tons. The remainder of the individual applicants require from L, to lia tons. Of the applications made by firms and institutions. one calls for l5l. tons; two for 10 tons: one for tons: two for tons: and the rest for ! tons or less.
 As there are approximately 19o tons available between the supply of the coal company and the surplus govern ment coal at Ft. Davis. in addition to considerable quantity of hard coal. there is apparently no reason to anti cirlte d famine of serious proportions This being the situation q ma jority of the councimen are hardly in clincd to invest in the Alaska Lighter age Co coal pile. Instead the Coun- cil has determined to appeal to the National Fuel Administrator for the Appointment of a local fuel adminis- trator to take charge of the available the hands of spectators and to secure proper distribution.
 The Council met in special session at the City Hall Wednesday evening and, after going over the results of the registrations. passed q resolution setting forth that, the Alaska Lighter age Company has informed the Coun- cil that there is less than 100 tons of coal on hand in it's yards; that the and finds aplications for 1924 tons of coal left with the City Clerk and, therefore. resolves that q telegram be forwarded to the National Fuel Ad- ministration asking the appointment of n local fuel administrator.
 The telegram. a copy of which was embodied in the resolution, states in substance that the local coal dealers, namely the Alaska Lighterage and Commercial Co. have less than 100 tons of coal on hand for scle: that the Council has on file with the City Clerk requests from consumers for 1s2 tons and urgently requests the Fuel Admin istration to appoint some one here to act as administra tor secure apportion- ment. etc.
 a The message says there is sufficient coal here for winter needs but mostly
 in the hands of individuals who secur- ed the same before the close ef navi- gation. The Administration is fur ther Informed that the price vas $3s per ton in the yard up to December 1, when it was advanced to $40. Con- tinung the message says there Is a surplus or. hand at Ft. Davis which might be available; that the Alaska Lishterage and Commercial Co. has offered the coal on hand to the City at $36 per ton for cash. the City to as- sume responsibility for apportionment; that the Council is of the belief that the FuelAdministration should appoint some one with the necessary powers to act and that purchase by the City is not necessary. The telegram also suggests the appointment of Mayor Holt as Fuel Administrator with full power to act.