Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-04-26

vate concern furnishing Nsht, sdio the
company had $4,000 tons, three.
months supply. whereas the usual sup
ply at this time is $1,000 tons.
w. ]. Barber, purchasing agent FOR
the Metropolitan Utilities District. q
municipal concern furnishing gas and
water, said he had bought enough coal
for three months.
Swift & Company has so-days sup
ply, twice the usual amount. according
to Z. L. Phipps. general superintend-
ent. who said other packing houses
were similarly supplied. A 60-days
supply also was reported by railroad
officials. 4,- ~ fF
NORTH DAKOTA-Fargo coal deal
ers said the general supply there was
only sufficient for a few weeks AT
most, but that there was a large
amount piled up at the docks at Du-
luth, Mimi. and that more could be
obtained as needed.
KENTUCKY-Kentu IL In no i'm
mediate danger. domestic or Industrial
statements from retailers. jobbers and
operators in the larger cities indicated.
That there is no reason for coal
shortage in Kentucky or such parts OF
the South as are supplied by that field.
was the statement made at Owensboro
by Lonnie Jackson. president OF Dis
trict 90, United Mine Workers OF
America. There was to be slight de-
mand for coal in that district despit~
the strike. Union miners in district
% were not called out.
Reports from Whitesburg stated
that mines of the main Elllhorn field.
above that city. and others around
Jenkins. McRoberts. Fleming. Hay
mond, Seco and Milestone were oper-
ating full time and in many instances
maintaining night shifts. New men
were in demand in the mining centers
Of the Elkhorn district, these reports
added. and at the commissaries the
price of groceries and other commodi-
ties have been reduced to cost as an
inducement.
In the Bell-Harlan district there was
little demand for coal This district
on April loaded 401 cars as compared
with daily loading capacity OF 700 10
500. One company in that district
which had Al loaded cars on its switch
April 1 was reported to have disposed
Of only five of them.
All the railroad switches in the
Owensboro territory were reported TO
be filled with cars loaded with coal
and ready for shipment, and IT Will
take only orders from consumers TO
move them. according TO President
Jackson of the mine workers here.
In Louisville, according TO a survey
conducted by jobbers since the strike
became effective virtually all manu-
facturers have coal for 40 days. while
the public utilities have enough for GO
days. Dealers appeared TO be well
stocked, though the fact that many
were holding in their yards large or
ders subject to call for delivery by
firms lacking sufficient yardage to
handle their reserve made an actual
survey of the visible supply difficult.
Advices fror, Frankfort. the state
capital, were that coal there was ample
for 80 days.
The average coal supply at Taducah
is good for all requirements until June
Is; according to railroad officials
heads of public utilities and managers
of private industrial enterprises. Pa
ducah dealers were estimated to have
a 45-days supply.
The supply in Western Kentucky
was expected to last until the middle
of June. Retailers in many OF the
cities of that part of the state were
reported TO have stocks large enough
to meet demands for more than
month.
ALABAMA-Summe prices for coal
in the Alabama district will be more
than 80 per cent reduced from last
summers schedule. according to
statement by III. d. Lacey, secretary OF
the Alabama Retailers Association.
Best lump among the high grade
Alabama Goals will sell for Sc In sin
gle ton lots and 1915 in lots OF five or
more tons this summer, Mr.. Lacey
said, as against $40 for single tons
and s9.15 for five or more tons last
year.
Egg lump, high grade, is priced this
summer at 1915 for single tons and
pO.OU lOI ilNe lCnS. Last
years prices were $500 and 1856. re-
spectively.'
High grade nut coal this summer is
priced at $5.25 in lots of more than
five tons and 25 cents a ton more in
single ton lots. This is reduction
over last years price of $3.50 a ton.
There will be no shortage of coal in
a la ba ma this StIr,,Oar Mr. oca,
serted. This schedule of prices will
be advanced twenty cents a month
until October. making an increase of
81 ton, Mr.. Lacey said. Last years
prices. however, advanced accordingly.
According to operators, most Of the
mines are active and production is
close to normal. More than 10000
non-union men are at work, operators
said.
TEXAS-Not more than per cent
of the public utility companies in
Texas depend on coal. according to L.
n. Willis of the Southwestern ElectrI-
cal C Gas Association. They are said
TO be small concerns. chiefly In the
Panhandle section. and have on an
average about one months supply of
fuel on hand, a few probably two
weeks supply, and a few six-weeks.
Many companies use oil and gas, and
some use Ignite mined near them.
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