New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
NO HARD COAL ID
 BUSINESS HOUSES
Soft Coal Must Be Used Where
 There Is Janitor

| AASAS AS eehAsSA
 New Britain will buy no British coal at this tipae. but local people will have to use soft coal whether they like 1t or not. for the first three months of the winter at least, If not longer. This was the decision arriv- ed at during a meeting of the coal dealers of the city and the city fuel commission In the office of Mayor Paonessa yesterday afternoon.
 Will Buy No British Coal
 The members of the fuel commits sion had a long conference with representative of the British concern before the coal dealers entered the meeting and, although the dealers were unanimous in agreeing that 1t would be unwise to purchase any of ! the foreign coal the final decision not to do so was taken upon the rec ommendation of the commission. Prior to the opening of the meeting, the fuel commission organized. with E. w. Christ as chairman.
 Soft Coal in Business Blocks. Members of the various city depart ments came in and stated how much coal they would need for the winter. It was figured 21oo tons of hard coal and 1900 tons of soft coal were de- sired.
 It was the sense of the commission that the city departments, public buildings, churches business blocks, theaters, etc., wherever there is jani- tor service, will have to get along without anthracite coal probably un- til after the first of January and pos sibly throughout the entire winter.
 Offered Reduced Price.
 Franklin Chapman of New York, representing the British concern, of- fered the coal at s1 ton less than the original quotation received by President John c. Loomis of the Chamber of Commerce. He dropped the coal to s12.50 f. o. b. cars at New London, rather than s13.5o, the price quoted Saturday. He said he could not tell whether the boat would carry 7500 tons or S100. A. J. White, chair man of the mayors fuel committee of Meriden. was present, and offered to take 1000 tons of the shipment
 MT. Chapman insisted upon a price of s9 a ton in advance and the re- mainder upon arrival in New London. At the reduced price he refused to renew his offer to take the coal if the local men did not want it, after seeing it.
 Local Coal Cheaper.
 The fuel commission decided it could save local people anywhere from s4 to s5 a ton on coal by ap portioning it out so that there would be no hoarding and so that no one would use anthracite who could in | any possible manner use soft coal.
 It was thought that there will be little coal used in private residences before November, and by that time the local markets. if that commodity 1 proves satisfactory and if 1t is felt ad- visable it can be purchased then.
 It was announced that prices on coal had begun to sag little as there was some suggestion of over stocking in New Haven. The Hoover prices established during the strike are all off now and coal can be purchased for almost any price at the mines.
 Mayor Thanks Loonis. Mayor Paonessa following the meeting telephoned John c. Loomis and informed him that the commits sion and the dealers had decided not to purchase the foreign coal. The mayor thanked Mir. Loomis on behalf of the city and also on behalf of the coal dealers for his efforts to relieve the situation. Members of the fuel commission were unanimous in agree ing that Mir Loomis had worked very ed here.
 Rationing Plans. This afternoon at 4 o'clock meet ing of all the coal dealers will he held with the fuel commission and plans , will be made for rationing coal to , consumers and regulating the price.
 Trouble Getting Hard Coal
 NO matter what happens there will be trouble getting hard coal" , said A. N. Abbe of the American Hardware company and a member of the fuel commission. Considerable :. soft coal must be used in this town said Mir Christ, and it canncN be inn r pressed too strongly on tho people
 One of the things the fuel commits sion will ask the dealers to do at the meeting this afternoon is to refuse to sell hard coal to all theaters, church .s, business blocks and wherever there S ianitor service. The following , amount of coal will be needed for he city during the winter: Schools 1900 tons of soft coal and 1900 tons of anthracite; Police department l50 ( .ons of anthracite; Fire department ( l50 tons anthracite; Charity depart Y nent 2S5 tons anthracite; City hall , BOO tons of soft. The police depart f nent has none on hand and none or $ 1ered. All departments will have to get along for h while on soft coal, ac- <, to the commission. MT. F. F. Harmon will teach piano , and sight singing three days a week f in New Britain at his new studio in I