Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-12
SAYS INDIANA
MINES HAVE NO
COAL FOR STATE

The statement of Thomas NJ. Fitzger-
ald of the Capitol Coal Company that
Indiana miners have no coal TO sell TO
Indiana consumers and the statement by
Howard Young counsel for the Indiana
+ Special Coal and Food Commission, thas
the commission will not attempt to place
any legal Interpretation regarding its
orders, were the outstanding features of
the hearing on complaints of coal retsH
ers, wholesalers and operators yesterday
in the Senate chamber of the Statehoust
by the commission.
J. B. Bunting, president of the Buut-
ing Coal Company of Warsaw, who pre-
scented the commission with the first Pc
tition for a rehearing following he is
snanee of the coal orders. was the first
coal dealer called by Chairman Esch-
bach.
All dealers were sworn. a procedure
heretofore ignored in hearings by the
commission.
Scale books and other data were pre-
sented to the commission in Mr. Bunting 3
request for modification Of order No.
3, as affecting his company.
Delivery expenses to large and small
consumer, according to Mr.. Bunting, vary
20 such an extent that be can not operate
at a marginal profit of 1925.
J. IA O'Neill. state examiner. testiied
regarding the statements of Mr.. Bunting
and of the records submitted to the COM
nilsson.
Mr.. O'Neiu gave figures showing that
175 tons Of coal has been sold for S10,
5O8.61 from April / to Sept. this year.
The expense of unloading coal
amounted to 10 cents a ton; stable ex-
pense amounted to about 10 cents a ton ;
Office expense, including salaries,
a bon
penses, including rent, taxes, insurance,
advertising. depreciation. amounted to Is
cents a ton; hauling expenses averaged
IS cents 8 ton, giving a total handling
expense of about $1.49 a ton, be said.
He said his sale loss on the amount OF
coal given above for the same time was
S651O1
Mr.. Fitzgerald included items Of cost
and expense as his grounds for a modl-
fcation of order No. 5.
Following his examination by Counsel
Howard Young. Nr. Fitzgerald asked
what he could do about the sale Of coal
now under contract.
Mr.. Young stated that was a matter for
Mr. Fitzgerald's attorneys and that the
commission would not undertake to de-
eide it for him.
George Ovens & Sons of Cedar Point,
operators, asked for a Reconsideration.
He had failed to give the commission
any information that might authorize
them to classify him previously to the
coal orders and in his hearing asked to
be placed in class four, be was told.
SANE REQUEST,
SAME ANSWER.
s. D. Lindsay, Brazil, made the same
request Of the commission and received
the same answer
&. J. Hasen and c. 7. Tolson and
other retailers of Linton presented the
hauling of coal 70 large and small con-
sumers and the various methods Of haul
ing. pointing out that the price allowed
for coal would not meet the hauling ex
penses in many instances.
A J. Mormans, representing the Nor
mons. Mcbride & Hyde Coal Company of
Brazil asked to be classified in the Brazil
block class
The company operates their own mine,
which has just started, and in September
mined 161 tons of coal. while only sixteen
tons were mined during August.
Five days 4 week average the running
time.
Nine coal operators were requested to
provide coal to schools hospitals, indi-
vtduals and public utilities b. Chairman
Eschbach Of the commission and replies