The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-17
FUEL VICTIMS
/ DEFY GALE TO
JOIN COAL LINE
Women and Children Pa
tiently Wait Turn at Re-
lief Station.
LOT QUICKLY IS SOLD
Other Distributing Centres
TO Open as Consignments
Come In.
DALTON OFFERS YARDS
Entire Emergency Allotment
to BE Disposed Of to Small
Consumers.
DALTON OFFERS YARDS

VINO def1ed the drenching storm be-
sieged the coal yard of the Stokes
Company, at Ninth avenue and Thirty
fourth street Chilled to the bone by
the searching northeast gale soaked
to the skin by the pelting rain, scores
o. them stood for hours rather than
surrender their places in the long line
of fuel seekers.
IT was like a bread line i'm time of
panic and industrial depression. Each
applicant had come provided with
some means of transportation for
carrying home the precious load of
anthracite. Some had pedlers' push
carts. Others trunded to the relief
station baby carriages, wheelbarrows
or toy wagons. Many were content to
lug big baskets or bags. and more than
one sturdy woman of European origin
started homeward balancing iauntily
on her head hundred pounds of coal
Sales for the most part were in 100
pound lots. Before deliveries were made
recipients had to convince representa-
tvs of the Health Department that their
proof that it was so was the ordeal each
endured unflinchingly before they were
served and started off through the gale
with their little quota of fuel.
other stations to open.
AS rapidly as the emergency coal ar
rives from the mines other distributing
stations will be opened. DR.. Royal S.
Copeland, Health Commissioner an
nounced that in cooperation with John
r Berminghams emergency coal com
mittee a coming system is being ar
ranged for distributing organization
covering the entire city, particularly for
meeting the emergency needs OF the
small householder and the tenement
dweller. Careful steps are being taken
to curb coal pedlers and small retail
ers and to restrain them from profiteer-
ing Mr.. Birmingham and his associ-
ates, DR.. Copeland said will divert the
various cargoes on arrival to five points
on the North River and five on the East
River in Manhattan Borough to five
convenient places in The Bronx and five
in Brooklyn. These will be the main
distributing centres. Shipments Of re-
Island.
In this work Brooklyn is to have a
strong volunteer auxiliary. William J.
Dalton, vice-president OF the Wyoming
Valley Coal Company. notified District
Attorney Lewis Of Kings county that he
wants 10 help. His proposition is that
he will supply domestic sizes of anthra-
cite to the amount Of 800 tons daily. or
from 1.5O0 TO / 800 tons a week, which
ha al 20 RrnnlFlN1
sunlers in 100 pound lots at prices not
TO exceed rs cents per 100 pounds. That
Is cents per 100 less than the maxi
mum fixed tentatively by Commission
er Copeland for Manhattan.
seek Offers of sites.
Mr. Dalton has two coal yards which
he Is ready TO turn over as distributing
stations These are located at Sixth
street and the Gowanus Canal and at
1881 Grand street Williamsburg Dis
trict Attrney Lewis and Mr.. Dalton. how
ever regard Il as essential that there
be four additional distributing stations,
20 be located preferably as follows: one
IN the Brownsville section. one In East
New York. one in South Brooklyn and
a fourth In such locality as Commits
sioner Copeland and Mr. Lewis shall de-
termine The District Attorney has ac-
cepted the offer. and hopes that owners
of vacant lots in the neighborhoods
named will come forward with offers Of
the four ground stations required.
II Is Mr. Lewss idea that this coal
should go TO small consumers who have
limited bin capacity or who buy their
fuel practically from day to day. He
said II probably would be possible to
sell in lots as small as seventy-fve
pounds and that ultimately as much as
ton might be permitted 10 go to an in
dvidual customer. Distribution will not
be begun until the four additional open
lots are available. and in no case are
outside coal interests to be permitted
70 Intervene. At each Of the six dis
tributive points in Brooklyn it is intended
TO have the Municipal Bureau Of Weights
and Measures set UP scales for the
measurement OF the coal scales the
weighing. distribution and necessary
clerical work TO be provided for as soon
as the stations are assured.
225 Requests for Coal.
Commissioner Copeland said 225 re-
quests for emergency coal had reached
the Health Departments relief bureau
yesterday. virtually all from individual
users His inspectors find dealers yards
IN Brooklyn and The Bronx in a bad
way. while conditions in Manhattan are
somewhat better. The shortage is par
tlCulafly marked among utdletS VINO
cater TO the small consumers. Gnspec-
tors report retail anthracite prices rang
ing from S14 20 $50 n ton In various
parts OF the city Dr. Copeland snid all
persons making applications for coal 10
the Health Department should answer
the questions: How much coal have
your" and How much coal do you need
for the winter They then should mail
their applications to Coal Relief Blu
reau. Health Department, sos Pearl
street, New York city"
~ Newark. ~ j.. Mayor Gillen dis
trfbuted 10 needy families $50 tons Of
Ahthe coal purchased by funds remaining
from the proceeds Of the army food
sales. a further emergency supply Of
two carloads a day has been provided
for This anthracite Is being sold az
1905 ton for pea coal and $3.50 for
nut coal, which s under current rates
charged by Newark dealers.
Two ncteS.s meetings are 10 he held
to-day, each Of which is likely 10 have
NJ irnpgrtant bearing on the anthracite