The Washington times., 1922-08-16
ALI. COSTS
70 FIGURE
! IN RATES
Dealers, Headed by Dove, Dis
cuss Plans With. City
Officials.

Publication of the fair price
list on coal will be made in a
few days, it was announced to-
day by the District Commission
ers, following a conference with
several coal dealers headed by j.
Maury Dove, jr.
Walter C.. Allen, executive sec
retary of the Public Utilities
Commission, virtually has COM
pleted the gathering of data on
which the Commissioners will
base their coal prices.
Each Grade To Be Priced.
win be announced by the Commits
sioners. The cost Of coal at the
mines. the freight charges and the
cost Of distribution, together with
q fair profit, will figure in tie price
to the consumer, the Commissioners
said.
1t was decided at today's meeting
that the regulation providing for two
weeks supply to industries and one
month to householders would stand.
Outside of this decision, this morn
ing's meeting was taken up almost
entirely with the discussion of fair
prices. The coal dealers, it was said,
made some suggestions about the
fair price.
Secretary Allen said. following the
meeting, that the commission has
decided to see that all dairies are
kept going.
The decision of bituminous miners
to return to work will have little II
any effect on the District, j. Maury
Dove, jr., said. Mr.. Dove said the
chief difficulty was the removal OF
coal from the mines over the rail-
: roads.
Secretary Allen made public today
the blank which all consumers must
/ fill out at their dealers. The blank
reads:
/ PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Il Of the District of Columbia.
In order that the needs of all con-
} sumers of coal may be supplied rs
far as possible during the present
emergency, each purchaser Is re-
; quired to make true declaration in
answer to the following questions:
Name OF dealer. er..................
..............Da Date.
Quantity required for year ending
March 81, 1928. Hard. ............
Soft. t...............
Quantity needed for immediate de-
livery. Hard. ........ Soft. ........
Quantity consumed during year
ended March 81, 1922. Hard. .......
Sort. ............s..s..
Quantity now on hand. Hard.
s..... SOIL.
Kind of building. g.................
Number Of rooms. s...............
Kind of heating plant. ...........
Have you any untitled orders with
other dealers? Is so, state amount
and name Of dealer.
I hereby certify that the above
statements are true to the best OF
my knowledge and belief.
Name ................
Address ..........,..... $50.
Date. ....s ''.'.'''''
ANY person who wilfully makes
false or misleading statement upon
the foregoing application will not be
supplied with coal thereafter.
The question of curtailment Of coal
for nom essential Industries did not
come UP for discussion today, Secre-
tary Allen said.
Coal for Emergency.
Twelve car loads of bituminous
coal have been turned over to the
Public Utilities Commission by local
dealer to be used in emergency, 1t
was said at the District Building to-
day.
Many coal dealers in the city do
not fully understand the coal regula-
tions, and are constantly making in
uuiries of the commission. j. Maury
Dove. jr., said he came to the Dis
trict building today to have the Com
missioners make little more clearer
certain Of the regulations.