The New York herald., 1922-08-19
RUSH HOUR TRAINS
CUT IN COAL CRISIS
InterbOrOugh Permitted to Re-
duce Service Tenth to
Avert Tieups.


heat possible tieuo on Interborough sub
way and Il" lines, threatened by use
OF low pressure English coal forced upon
the company by the fuel shortage. the
Transit Commission has permitted COM
pany officials to take off one rush hour
| train in every ten untii Tuesday Com
| missioner lie Roy 4. Harkness an
Ecunced yesterday.
Ii. X. Il. service is so far unaffected.
save that the commission is considering
request that the 10 per cent reduc-
tion apply also TO the 3. r. It's Broad
way line Manhattan, which uses Inter-
borough power. However. General Man
ager w. S. Menden said last night the
Brooklyn system had commenced stoking
with English fuel Thursday and while
II was too soon to note effect he said
he anticipated the same trouble the
Irterborough Is having.
Steam pressure drops almost 25 per
cent with the use of English coal here
according to Commissioner Harkness.
While of superior quality 1t cakes into
thick shell which must be broken up
with slice bars. use of which is impos-
, sibe in American boilers. he said.
Charles Maclean Cunard Lines engi-
neer, made an inspection and found II
was impracticabe to attempt substitu-
ton II 100 per cent. efficiency were to
be maintained. Boston reported the same
difficulty. steam power there falling off
80 per cent. with imported fuel.
First Priority Coal.
The 10 per cent. cut in rush hour
trains which began Thursday evening
will materially lessen the effect of the
Transit Commissions order for improved
service whereby 246 daily trains were
added May 81
| The lnterborough reported 1t had
$4,000 tons of English coal in the harbor
and 10000 tons under way and only
22.700 tons of American coal at its
Fifty-ninth and Seventy fourth street
power houses, although $4,000 tons were
| waiting to be forwarded
With the receipt of 5000 tons of Eng
| lish coal few days ago the B. r. t.
says it Is supplied for two weeks A
| 10000 ton rush shipment is on the way
| from West Virginia. Mr.. Menden said
| last night. which represent allotment by
! the Government on priority basis, this
| being one Of the first priority shipments
reported en- route in this direction.
J. w. Lieb. vice-president of the New
| York Edison Company and associated
with the Governors Advisory Commits
sion on public utility supply, offered to
pool Edison Company coal stocks with
| those of other utilities nvs ~ well Off
in the common interest ir esssrgency
arose, it was reported at the coal COM
mission yesterday.
Local relief is chiefly depended ON for
the time being. Commissioner Harkness
| indicated, because due to chaotic con-
ditions Of transportation and the coal
| industry Washington isn't functioning
as it should
The disastrous result of the first at
tempt of any power plant in New York
city to use English fuel forced the
commission to the conclusion that
with possible steam pressure so re-
duced and with such a small factor Of
safety there was a possibility of the
strain of operation during rush hours
becoming so great as to exhaust steam
pressure and temporarily shut off power
supply.
Gi,340 Tons In city.
'If this happened" 1t was noted 1T
would have taken two hours to clear
the line. In the intense heat OF yester-
day and to-day the commission was Of
the opinion that no chance should be
taken of such shutdown. with the
consequent keeping OF passengers in
the subways for considerable periods
and with all the other incidental dis
Coal yards in the greater city haye
61.349 tons of coal of all kinds on
hand. according TO survey announced
by Acting Health Commissioner Frank
j. Monaghan yesterday. of which about
$4,000 tons are bituminous and about
$1,000 tons anthracite The depart
ments emergency committee during
the l920-21 crisis has been reestab-
lished with j. NJ. Lonergan. a sanitary
Inspector. chairman, the Commissioner
announced
Six Newark and Jersey City banks
oftered TO form financial pool yes
terday to underwrte Federal coal allot-
ments to the State along lines adopted
by New York institutions two weeks
ago. II was annoupnced at a meeting
yesterday of the State fuel commission at
Jersey City. Fuel Administrator Spencer
wrote shipments were 20 per cent OF
normal.
Save gas' was added - to save
COAL slogan oy the American Cas- s,s-
sociation yesterday. which emphasized
that only ny strictest conservation
would the national gas supply be made
equal to the surtax consumers will place
upon 1t this winter for lack of coal.
In tribute to the Presidenfs message.
A. Nj. Ogle. president OF the National
Coal Association. wired President Har-
ding yesterday as follows. Permit me
to offer my sincere and cordial con-
gratulations on your effe stive presen-
tation of the coal situation 10 Congress.
and to again assure you 4 every sup
port and assistance in carrying out your
fact finding tribunal program