Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-02
DEALERS FAIL
TO MEET COAL
DEMANDS HERE
Consumers Unable to Get
Fuel at Prices Fixed by
Commission.
% MINES FILE REPORTS

The failure Of the State coal control
act to supply coal was apparent today
when real winter weather brought about
a resumption Of the avalanche OF orders
which coal dealers could not fill.
In order to determine how well the coal
control act is operating through the
. special coal and food commission which
Mas ordered Indiana miners to supply
- diana consumers, seventeen OF the
ding indianapolis dealers were asked
N Concerning their supply Of Indiana coal
Sind the prices they are charging.
OF the seventeen dealers seven had no
Indiana coal Of any description.
Two of the dealers said the only In
diana coal in their yards was Brazil
block and that they had no other kind.
One had two cars of Indiana coal Sat
urday but had sold it all since then
One sold the last Of his Indiana coal
yesterday.
BRAZIL BLOCK
QUOTED AT s11.25.
The prices quoted ranged from SLIPS
for Brazil block to S6S5-one dealer
quoting this latter price for Indiana
slack and another for Indiana mine run.
A comparison of prices charged by
retailers and prices ordered by the coal
commission is difficult because of the
wide range Of prices liked.
However, the maximum price for In
diana lump coal rs authorized by the
commission. is S795 a ton, arrived at by
adding to the. maximum price at the
mine the freight cost, the retailers
margin OF $3.50 and the jobber's margin
Of 10 cents.
In the same way the maximum price
Of Brazil block may be said TO be S7.9J.
These figures indicate that not all
dealers are obeying the orders OF the
commission.
TWESTY-THREE MINES
REPORT TO COMMISSIONS.
Despite recent orders of the commit
sion requiring all coal producers to make
weekly reports of the coal sold in In
diana only twenty-three such reports for
the week ending Oct. 80 were announced
by the commission.
OF the twenty-three companies report
ing nineteen sold all or part Of their out
put In Indiana and four did not despite
the orders Of the commission.
Four companies which sold their en-
tire output in Indiana were Blackhawk
Mining Company, 5. E. Parson * Co.,
D. J. Ferry Company and Carbon and
Salt Greek Coal Company, Terre Haute.
Three reported a large tonnage dis
tributed in the State as follows: United
Fourth Vein Coal Company. Indianapo-
lis; Zeller, McClelland Coal Company, and
Brazil & Coal Bluff Mining Company.
CITIES AND TOWNS
RECEIVING COAL.
Cities and towns receiving the Coal
Bluff Mining Company coal were Indian
apolis, Goshen, Fontanet, Pine Village,
Hamlet. Anderson, Hebron, Terre Haute,
Greencastle, Earl Park, Logansport, Wa
bash and Danvnle Coal from tire -rnfnes
Of the United Fourth Vein Coal Com
pany went to Indianapolis, Anderson.
Elkhart, Franklin. Lafayette, Warren,
Bedford, Mentonc, Monticello, Bright
wood and Terre Haute.
The entire output OF the Knox County
Fourth Vein Coal Company. the Temple
ton Coal Company OF Sullivan and two
others was sold outside Indiana
The companies. their total production
for the week ending Oct 80 and the
amount shipped to Indiana points are as
follows:
Hymera Coal Mining Company, Hy-
mera, 2,947 tons, 175 tons: Sand Greek
Coal Company, Terre Haute. $50 tons.
80 tons; Steele, kaufman Coal Company.
Hymera, 3,472 tons 951 tons; Bicke It's,
Shirke Coal Company, Terre Haute.
5,OtS tons SOS tons; Tighe Coal Com
pany, Terre Haute. 2,034 tons, 100 tons;
Cypress Creek Coal Company, 4 9T5 tons,
40 tons; Cathleen Coal Company, Terre
Haute, 995 tons. 30 tons; Shelburn Coal
Mining Company, 73S tons, none:
Booher Coal Company, Linton, 61T tons,
4S tons; Black Diamond Coal Company.
Linton, not operating last week; Slope
Mining Company. Linton, 80 tons. none;
TempletOn Coal Company, Sullivan, 2,227
tons, none; Coal Bluff Mining Company,
1O,166 tons, 2,3TS tons; Eureka Block ConI
Company, Terre Haute. 2,755 tons Isl
tons; Crawford Coal Company, Brazil
1911 tons, 10 tons; Brazil Block Coal
and Clay Company. 444 tons, 800 tons;
Blackhawk Mining Company, 1882 tons,
8 $50 tons; s. Z. Parsons & Co, Carbon,
$50 tons, 80 tons; United Fourth Vein
Coal Company, indianapolis, 1896 tons,
] $50 tons: D. J. Ferry Company, Car
bon, entire output In Indiana, and Knox
County Fourth Vein Company, 4,761
tens, H9ae.