The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-04
NO CAS- FOR
INDUSTRIES
Light and Reat Company Announces
Suspension Must Continue In
wheeling
Coal Situation Daily Grows More Acute
Many Plants May Be forceo
To Close

Desperate efforts are being made TO
keen Industrial plants in NheclinE n iS
trict in operation Hut fiiF Nth sHs sirdgc
harnm,r force yesterday. causing IN.
suspension Of several OF inc iarE" ;S'
ula:rA IN tn" city Unless the shortage
thrown ,.uI nr work and the Wh"'llnE
district VIII fail victim 10 IN" C0iG
blasts of winter which now has S"''Icd
over the country number al Suiaii
towns in tho Wheeling district may lnd
themselves in darl ness ais" unless Inc
Nnrufacturrr's Light K Heat 60. can
make arrangements tn turn Scfcf'l nc"
wells in the interior of the stat" INTO
( its mains.
Unless the fuel shortage is met many
! of the largest packing houses IN ,nS
country VIII be forced 20 suspend there
| by decreasing the production OF licatS'
| Locally the Paul q. lsr!man Co, IS al
ready threatened with SUSPENSION.
J. l.. McCahc. manager Of IN" Rcy-
mann plant. said last ml@ht that sup
ply Of coal was on land sun lCltht l"
operate the plant for period at ~
days. Negotiations w"r" ON, he sald. Tor
new supply Of coal with local r'd"llnE
mines. If Arrangements could he manG
with local coal dealers for Il supply oil
fuel the SUSPENSION of thu plnnt would
DO unnecessary. he said. II IN" supply
. of coal cannot br secured within tn"
next ten days, 400 employees of the plant
will be thrown out of work and l." meat
can be furnished to the public from that
plant.
. Between 500 ard 900 cars Of coal are
passing over III" d. x @. railroad III
this district. Most of this coal is con-
signed to the west and is passing
through Holloway. Between 50 and ihn
cars are passing through Bellairc. None
of this coal Is consigned to industrial
plants.
Most of the coal passing through the
local district is gong to IN" rallr"ad
administration and Is being used in the
operation Of tho western railroads IN an
| cndcavOr to- keep in operation the AFTER
les Of the nations transportation facil-
tiles.
I a part Of the coal going west is also
! consigned to public utilities, institutions
and retail dealers. These mediums or
distribution are not affected by tn" con-
S"rvAtion order. Despite the fact That
all this Goa IL going west serious
shortage :till-gXiSts there.
Coal going through this district is
being mined i'll the Interior of West
Virginia. While railroad officials here
said they had sufficient coal at present
to operate their systems they would not
make any predictions for the future If
the shortage continues.
city Manager Charles Q. Ephlin stated
! last night that the city had sufficient
supply Of coal in sight to keep the
! watcrworkS at SlaCktoTn in operation.
: Present arrangements with the Costan-
20 mine ut Warwoud make possible the
continued operation Of the big water
| plant unless some unforeseen obstacle
| presents itself.
/ The Wheeling Tile company. Warwick
! China company. Hazel Atlas Glass COM
! rany, Wheeling Steel & Iron company
! and the Northwood Glass company
| plants are all idle today as the result
| Of n gas shortage in the mains OF the
Manufacturers Light & Heat company
! Several thousand employees are out OIL
| work as n result of this shortage.
| Notice WIS served yesterday by H.
pany on these plants that suspension
| Of their factories was necessary because
| Of the serious shortage of gas. The
plants We're closed and will remain
| closed until n new supply of gas Is OBJ
! tanned. II arrangements now being
/ made to connect up wells in the central
part Of the state fail they will remain
| closed indefinitely