The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-07
Only 40 Per Cent of What
Should Have Come
Past Month
OUTLOOK POOR
FOR DECEMBER
Soft Coal and Wood Should Be Used
Wherever Possible in Order to Avoid
Suffering - Don't Harrass Dealers By
Constant Telephone Calls.

The coal situation in Brattleboro as
viewed by the receipt of coal for the
month of November is far from promis~
ing and has not reached the stage that
was expected month ago. Several
shipments of hard coal have been re-
ceivcd but they have been only slightly
better than 40 per cent of what had been
expected and what should have been re-
ceived If the town is TO be taken care
of properly.
Brattleboro is better off than many
places-Rutland. for instance, where
only 10 per cent of the normal supply
has been received 10 date-and worse
off than other towns which happen to
be more strategicaIly situated as far as
the coal carrying lines are concerned.
As far as can be ascertained, about
900 tons of hard coal were received in
Erattleboro during November. The
town ought to have received over 1000
tons in order to offset the supply that
was not received during the months be-
tween April and October.
The local coal dealers have been
fairly fortunate in being able to supply
going, bnt just what will happen if more
hard coal is not received, especially with
the winter setting in firmly as Is indi-
Gated by the present cold spell, is prob
lematical- People who are depending on
a supply of hard coal and have made
10 provision for a substitute are likely
10 be pinched. 1t seems, according TO
coal men. that the amount of coal the
town will receive in the future Is diff
cult 10 forecast. due 10 the unprece-
Gented demands being made at present ar
the mines and the fact that the railroads
viii be considerably hampered in the
movement of coal due to the present un-
usual amount of ordinary freight on the
rails, and the cold weather which ALWAYS
retards the movement of trains.
Meanwhile-soft coal, coke, wood or
suffering.
There seems to be no escape from this
situation as the figures show il. There
il plenty of soft coal on hand. and deal
ers are ready TO supply it, and people
are advised to use all the soft coal they
can.
Sanford 4. Daniels, the head of the
local fuel administration committee, ad-
yises people to continue the use of soft
coal and wood. He told The Reformer
this morning that the outlook for Decem-
ber was about the same as during the
month of November. The coal dealers.
he pointed out, are doing the very best
sity. Mr.. Daniels said, for people to be
unduly excited and start an incessant
harassing of the coal dealers, because
the latter cannot change conditions and
will use everyone fairly. The only thing
to do is to keep using soft coal and wood
and save what coal is in the dwelling
bins for real, hard weather, which has
not settled down on the town as yet. If
this plan is not followed out. there are
some people who viii have cold feet when
the inevitable zero weather sets in.
The business blocks and stores and
people who are using soft coal seem to
be getting along fairly well and those
blocks which have been using soft coal
have not been allowed 10 90 back 10
anthracite.
Keep calm. cool and collected" says
Mr.. Daniels. Don't flood the coal deal
ers with needless telephone calls; it
won't do YOU any good, because they're
doing the best they can do and if every
one will cooperate you'll come through
just as we'll