Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-04
llDopT ! Plan |
70 CONTROL
COAL SUPPLY



coal VIII be required to ill out q
Questi0nnaire and make afildatit
- to the truthfulness Of the same.
Clearing houses through With
AL coal orders must 20 before de-
Mvtfies are made have been sstab-
lished for Rock Island. Moline and
East Moline, and I meeting Of Dav-
enport dealers. u scheduled to BE-
held IN Rock Island this afternoon,
loQking toward the establishment
o. . clearing house In Davenport. 4
The clearing house On this side
Of Tie river will opsn for business
tomorrow morning. They will b.
open each day between the hours
OF > o'clock In the morning and &
o'clock In the afternoon, and. all
orders must b placed in person a.
NO telephone calls are to be &C.
cipted.
Rock IsIanl Once.
The Rock Island clearing house
ID to be at room No. 222 in the Rob-,
inson building. corner Of Second
avenue and Eighteenth street, and
Will be in charge Of w. A. Lamont
ct the Lamont Coal company Of
this city. 49,
Moline once.
The Moline clearing house ID to
b managed by C, L. Markee OF the
MAfkee Fuel company Of Moline.
The once will be 1t the Moline
city, hall.
East Moline Once.
A. L. Allmendinger IL manager
OF the East Moline clearing house
once. which will also have charge
Of coal orders IN SiIvis and Wa
tertown. The East Moline Office
has mot yet been located. but those
desiring coal tomorrow may cali 1t
the Allmendipger coal ONCE IN
East Moline until announcement ID
made later a. to the location.
IS The decision to operate q clear
Ing house In Rock Island was
reached at the meeting Of the
Rock Island coal dealers at the Of
nee In the Central Trust building.
Of !. B. Hanks. business expert,
representing the coal dealers, 1t
Q o'clbck yesterday afternoon.
n. A. Cievenstlne. chairman on
the joint coal conservation COM
Z mites, was present and the clear
ing house was established under
the Joint supervision Of Mr.. Clev-
e1st1ne ana mar. HANKS:
The decision to establish clear
ING houses in Moline and East MO
line was reacnea at 2 JOINT meet
IN Q! the coal dealers 81 tnOsoN
two cities. which was Aeld at the
once Of ~. HANKS g 1870 O'clock
eoas morning. mayor Y. = Skin-
sheF 81 moline took psN IN me
mest1ng ana onereo . room at-tne
osms CITY nail tor NOME clear
"a nouss headquarters.
Davenport Dealerj Nsst.
ss ~. Hanks said at noon today that
aDtsenport coal dealers were to
zS1oes at his once 1t 5 O'Clock this
4 4kofnoon, when members. Of the
II Newport local fuel committee
ma Davenport members Of the
hlne coal conservation committee,
snDt expectsd to attend. The idea
Fa9Ao extend the clearing house
~ to Davenport and t was said
Dl1d, without doubt, be approved
IN the dealers.
Rules Governing Plan. a
~ TAs rules, to govern the clearing
Dae66 on this side Of the Missis-
E0lupi, e promulgated BY Mr..
5lzanks, Mr.. Clsyenstins and the
hee1ers, follow:
1-All requests for coal must
rs ~ fled through the clearing
1ouse ofaces. No further, Or
6ers will be accepted by indi-
vidual dealers Ut their ofacea.
g. z--Al orders must be placed
IN person BY tho party desir-
Ing coal, or by his or her
aren't. No telephone orders
vii be accepted.
"a questionnaire, setting
forth the location where. the
delivery Ii to b made. size Of
/, house, apartment or business
place for which coal Ii intend
"a, exact amount Of coal on
hand, and Ill other ihfofma-
s. fibn necessary for the accurate
determination OF whether or
not the applicant 10 entitled to
coal. must be filled out and af-
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