New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
Patrons Insist
COalConPany
Is Bankrupt
ul,waler Corporation Ac-
sused Of Failing tcRefund
Money Paid on Pledge
q Deliver in Five Days
pOLandlords Face Trial
rOOdin Charges One Com
Germ Collects $4,000,
I'm, Does Not Fill Orders

r,a.v.ter Fuel Corporation. 800
1ns Ivsrue. which has been under
'''. .,~,,iop BY ,he District Attor-
i''ss' s.s,e. and the fuel administra-
pss' : -. defendant in an involuntary
r'a. -. n bankruptcy yesterday. Ae-
pe''' 81 an attorney acting in the
..s,,.v sois'-s action. the company has
eA !. v,fund 20 customers money
iaiiea y. ser coal on the understand
they pS'o S~ould make delivery within hve
days n,,.rie, Attorneys office II
~ 'ns "a the activities Of the
vas saio T.si Corporation were being
Tidevar. ~ because the investiga-
looked ih'., heen finished TO state
ton has - made. Among the data
merit eos,s q. District Attorneys office
seat % sSninistrator Woodin within
~ fsw days, one company was
90 ~ hat had collected between
i1ss iss,Ss'- ssd $4,000 in deposits from
$50. Wishing 20 buy coal, but whleh
k.Jws5e no deliveries.
Attorney Gives Out Details
malls Of the bankruptcy action
.-.g-.l the Tidewater firm were given
u, hv Wilfred S. Stsehenfeld, an
s.tnrncv Of 261 Broadway. associated
..s,k Charles Goldberg, who represents
al. ,etitioners. Mr.. Stachenfeld said
~. Information thus Ear obtained IN
S.sted that the corporation has LA
sg;ties OF SIS 900 and assets Of $4,000
The petitioning creditors are Castor
v,iv,e. with a claim Of $500 for wages;
as Poiish-Ameriean Home Of East New
Tork. 500 paid as a deposit for coal
.sich has not been delivered. ana
nui Miller, 500 for coal not re-
esived. 81.
landlords will appear In the Morris
ala Courr tomorrow TO answer 70
- eompaints made BY their tenants
- unheated apartments. Magistrate
oh.Twaeer will hear the complaints
80 viii have Deputy Fuel Ad.
-i.i.trstor Alexander J. Frazier, OF
n. Rronx. present to listen 20 the
...,;ronv. One hundred and twenty
...,-onses have been issued since De-
.s-sher Mr.. Frazier will inform the
st s.-,t "a 20 what the conditions are, so
Sst the responsibility Of the landlords
nay be hxed.
Enough Coal Substitutes
~. Frazier said, following q confer
- In the magistrates ofice, that
~. were enough substitutes, inelud-
;,S No. soft coal, to supply 30 per cent OF
'iy v,norts SS received By the Fuel Ad-
..,.issration indicate that the public
M. R'a'sss1rr ssrrn 70 take more kindly 70 the
- "a substitute sizes Of anthracite
"a "A h;tuminous In the last week.
sor, dealers have disposed OF almost
sbsi, ,ntire stocks Of substitutes. This
shsnse n the attitude Of their Gus
.omers has been largely due TO the pub
l,eitv campaign in favor Of the sub
,titutes carried one by the Fuel Ad-
ninissrstion.
ststs Senator-eleet Loring NJ. Black
vill attempt TO compel the appearance
Tomorrow IN the Flatbush Court OF
Lrihur S. Learoyd, Metropolitan Fuel
Administrator, and other members OF
the administration. Senator Black,
vho Is threatening 20 start John Doe
coal inquiry in Brooklyn, wants to
know what became Of the Sl0,0OO,OO0
appropriated by the state TO buy coal
fsr sale 20 the public, and also the
r.s,us Of the Brooklyn Coal Exchange.
Realty Owners to Help
The following announcement, signed
By Stewart Browne, president, was
rade public yesterday:
"The United Real Estate Owners
Gssoeiation, 2sO Broadway, phones
worth 1927, s29s and 1889, is prepared
10 make deliveries Of furnace coal in
fve-ton lots and in six. twelve, eigh-
teen, twenty-four and forty-eight
hours, depending upon each emergency.
Immediate deliveries in smaller lots
t,n be made II consumers will take II
from yards. II Mayor Hylan will fur
rlsh storage throughout the city, coal
viii be delivered there and sold in
ioo-pound bags, provided the Mayor
viii furnish police officers" to collect
purchase price. 80
"Ths United has delivered over 1000
tons in fve-ton lots in three days and
q prepared 10 continue TO deliver
10000 tons in five-ton lots"