The evening world., 1919-12-10
GOOD COAL PILED
HIGH NEAR CITY
WHILE BAN IS ON
Mountains of Small Size An
thraciIe Untouched in jersey
and Pennsylvania.

T. w Elwnrd. editor uf Saward's
Journal coal publication, soni II
telegram yesterday 10 United states
Fuel Adminitra'o' Garfield. asking
him. for tho benefit u the public 20
sanction tho liberal uso of small sz"d
anthracite coal-knowu 70 the trade
as buckwheat rice and barley--now
In storage Mr. Saward in hls tells
gram fhado the astonishing state
ment. which he says he is prepared TO
substantiatc, that there TX 80 much Of
this small ize anthracite coal on
hand that available storage places
havo ali been utilized. and unless ,t
IL used the production OF domestic
size anthra cite must 10 curtaIied.
II appears that some Of this small
size coal Is held subject TO the orders
OF the United states Railroad Admin
istratlou. A sufficient quantity tu re-
lieVe the prevailing shortage could
be put on tho market " tho Govern
ment departments having charge OF
coal would say the word. However.
the project nf releasing this cnJl and
encouraging It's use has been pre-
sentod 10 thc Fuel Administration
before without producing results
II has long been the custom to push
upon the market the so-called domestic
sizes OF anthracite, the price OF which
has steadily Increased. But anthra-
cite mines produce, besides thu do
nestle sizes. an immense output OF
the small sizeS described above. The
coal distribution companies, bocause
OF a slack demand for Iis buckwheat.
rice and barley siSe coal and tho
larger profits attending the salo Of
domestic sizes, have been treating the
small sizes az by-product
At favorable points along the coal
shipping lines between the anthracite
ncids and New York tho small size
by product has been dumped IN the
open IN great piles covering many
acres As fast az ono storage ground
has born used 10 capacity another
has been acquired. until now, socord-
Ing To Mr. Saward and thu coal dis.
,ributerS thcrc is no moro conven-
lunt storage ground To be hao.
Now about the threat that produo-
tiuu must be restricted II ths small
aires are not put ON the market. An
thsncite. except in rare Instances ~
not mined exclusively In domestic
sizesS' The small sizes come out with
Tho hiF shnnEQ unh "A ~ m IaA in
the screens II the small siEes cannot
bc stored they must be thrown away
as wps,c, as slate, stone and dust are
thrown away 10 nll valleys and ra-
vines or serve as foundations for
roGdiL The operators take the post
uon that II thCy have To throw away
the by-product--which IL salnble II II
can be put on the markct-thcy
must increase the price OF the domes-
tic sizes 10 meet the loss.
On the other hand, II. by supplying
the demand In time OF shortage with
small sizes, storage SPACE can ba kept
clear. the production VI domestic SiznI
cnn be kepI up and the small sizes
can b. saved for fuuiTO consumption.
There may be sO;ic merit In thls
conlnDtion and there may be n ne,
but II Is an indisputRble fact that a
supply OF more than 4.O0O,OOO tons Of
small sized anthracite, available for
fuel purposes, Is stored 40 close "a
NV York that curious citizen
might leave the city in Ford car
any morning and sen all OF II In n two
days ride. The oalal IN piled In ihe
open alongside railroad tracks and
could be loaded with steam shovrls
At a comparatively slight expense.
! This coal. according to exporta, is
most effective when used in a mix
ture with bituminous, and II can be
| so used without changing the gra.ea
| Of furnaces now devoted 10 bituuin-
GUS consumption. II can be used
also IN other mixtures and by itself
under conditions which are known u
steam and combustion engineers. In
fact, II II used 10 some extent In tki.
city. A liberal eBNrnatr OF It's whole
sale price, II it were delivered ia Any
quantities at this umo. would be ti.2i
a ton.
Mountains and mountains of ;hil
fuel which win mako steam Snt
produce power rear their GrimJ
heads near South Amb0y and IA
Rochelle Park, South Plnintiold
Hampton Junction and Dover. N. j.
Mcclellan, Abrams and Schuylkil
Haven, Pm, and Delanson and MD
dletown. y. Y. They soak In N,
rains and sweat in the summer SUI
and are buried under the SHOWS @
winter while Now York Is compsrc
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