New Britain herald., 1922-11-01

s14.0e for egg, stove and nut and se.0o for pen coal at the mines All this amounted to 60 cars, averaging 40 tons to car. He gave mo the alternative of either taking 1t or he would ship it to Canadian dealers whose orders he showed me at higher price, But as he owed some tonnage to New Britain, he gave me 1 the preference. l had to sign con- tract with him and paid all bills on recetpt of invoices, which came three weeks prior to tive arrival of the coal. That coal was shipped at once, ns promised; as it practically came a' at once and we had to work day ana night to unload 1t in order not to pc embargoed. also bought at the same time 22 cars of egg, stove ana nut coal at $12.70 at the mine 10 pc shipped at once, but of the 'atter ! received>pnly eight cars, ns the pries was too Attractive at that time Had if beAn higher would no doubt nave received 1t at once
 Now with coal at $14,00 plus s4.b4 freight not including my expenses ! I had procured 1t at a cost or As'os | per ton.
 You can see for yourselves that we dia not buy this to do any prohteer- ing, but stocked up little in case ol emergency and advised our customers 10 take just what they need TOT the 1 nresert. one half to one ton, as the nrice may take a drop. By the way we are selling it, we can see that there are those who appreciate what has been done by us, as It IS moVins fast.
 We can prove that our coal was the l first to arrive in town, with the ex- cention of one or two cars of other dealers. Since the strike Is over' we only received eight cars Of company 1 coal We sold this coal Tor slo'oV and s1s.5O per ton as we had pre- 1 vious orders already paid for, wnlch had to be given the preference since we did not have enough coal 10 m .hese orders given during the sum mer. o ho 4
 During the few colds days we nao this week. we had such a great de-
 mand for ton and ha ton orders. that 1t was dlIiloSe i"iPo x,y..x
 to handle them all at once WIZ, this as an example, what good "ouiu
 our empty yard do the pubic hau
 we been waiting for low priced coai i Now. what we would like to Kno"
 ;s why our mayor called for informa- lion from other cities before nnoihs
 cut true conditions at home and nov take things at their fade value "o
 won,d be more than willing to gNe
 Him any information he desires ana l then. after comparing this with othef r I facts obtained from outside sou,o.s' :.
 he did find flaw. Then, ana .hch ] on,v. was the time to make a s'a'e-
 ment. |, u.ford As to the prices in Hartford
 srrinrfeld, New, Haven, Bridgeport
 and Middletown; first, they have no'
 mucb coal on hand; secondly, they are situated where they can get coa'
 hv tidewater, thereby standing 70 per
 cant chance to get company coal az
 mentioned previously in this ie.teI
 And I would further state tna.' III
 snite of our efforts. and the e1orts of the other dealers of the city l,l
 huv,ng this big priced coal that tnere
 is no more than two weeks supply . of coal in our yard under normal con ditions should cold spell appear which is liable to happen any gay. P. $. McMahon has stated publicly
 and through the press that he cal ; buy hard coal r s11.oo f, Q. D. tht , mines; but MT. McMahon has neg , lected to mention the fact that tnt
 coal he refers to is Washery pea nu , and No. 1 buckwheat. Two sizes 1o' which there is no demand special! l of inferior grade.
 7 Washery coal is very poor gfaos f of hard coal that has been reclaimed from a dirt bank by washing a"a' the dirt leaving a large amount Q slate and bone, a grade of coal tha