New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Car Shortages
! Halt Loadings
! OF Anthracite
Miners Take Sa,aI Out of
Ground MucI Faster Than
Ii Cam Be HJa,iIed Away,
and Suspensscn Follows
New York Supply Small
Use of Subslitu es Urged,
!, as Production Will Not
Meet All Winter Needs

Another stoppage at some Of the an
thraeite mines, but this time not as
q result of a strike, was reported TO
The state fuel administrator yesterday,
1t was caused by shortage OF coal
cars. Since mining was resumed an
shracite production has gone forward
no rapidly at 8 number OF the big
eollieries that on Friday there was
more coal above ground than the rail-
soads can handle for several days and
mining was stopped.
Whether or not the eeal car shortage
has become serious no one was willing
TO say yesterday. but it is recalled that
two weeks ago an appeal was made by
She railroads for prompt unloading Of
coal cars by shippers III order that they
might be kept out of service as short
. time as poss .ble.
Notwithstanding the evidence Of
heavy production Indicated estimates
obtained from the fuel administration
and from operators yesterday vas thai
not more than % per cent Of last years
tonnage wlll be produced ur to the end
of the year. These estimates icj u q
renewal OF the w@Enins3 that stIict
economy mast be pTaCticeo IS thc peo-
pie OF NeW YORK this winter Tnerc Is
no prospect, William Il x j:g State
Fuel Administrator s&ia, cS>.. General
Order No. VIZ u. recalled before
spring.
Doubt Abou. BEisish Coal
Although one os th9 largest retailers
In the csty sen. "a. circulars yesto--
dav quoting the 4uel administration az
urging the use Of British cc@i afor-
ever possible, i. va. 1@jd AZ the offics
Of the Fuel AjmInis.Tatoz taat H. sach
1ndorsemen; r ~ 9eea made Vi tnc in
ported fuel &l-i a3A.iA.S.Iatlca Sf-
fcisl said
''We do rot .a55g5s B1;.;.n c.ai. @a
there are ~ statistics q i 1t i at
suited. 50 - ~ - H1 -. Ic- /.u.oTl-
can grates ot furnaces. NJ recon
mend nothing 81 7.@z.:c- ar, r-c 81
substitutes II g:asT2., ga 21Yise cor
sumers 70 gge tneiy :-crrance corr
pauy and UBoeT@<tters before usinq j.
We recommend experiments wieh all
su0stitUtes, al some viii have 70 be
used NeW XoTk City on q cold win
tsr day uses between 10000 and 45,90Q
tons Of coal, and any help from out
side WILL do mUcn to relieve che situ-
a.ion"
Later 2 statement vas prepared i'd
Vising every one to pcy coal -hrouoh
their regular sog1ccs oH snpp,y. Drit-
ish coal is not s;:acd Ho- rso here, II
was said, and cxFcy;-cc-"crs should
buy one ton Eo1 mis- crrpose before
ordering ii quantity.
A tabuIation ~ .lc "cc' adrniristra-
ton Of the ETescr@ sr9Ply Of coal, both
&c cellars anc il ceal pockets, is ex-
pected TO be completed ca1ly this week.
~,
yesterday iG6Hcd al order 20 civilian,
employees of the dGfay+Ynert 70 report
to Assistant Chicf Thomas :. Hayes
any household or building receiving =
larger amount of ccai 1fan permitted
under the ruling 0i tho :r,cl admins
traron, and any caGoe cH F~oGrGorinS
found,
Anthracite Loadings FalI
The weekly loading figures Of the AS
kSciation Of Hallway Executives show
that or Thursday 5,912 cars Of anthra-
Cite, 8bG leEa than ON Wednesday, were
loaded Bituminous loadings showed az
fscrcase Of 1877 cars on THURSDAY oveI
Wednesday, or 90 9,483 cars.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad daliF rod
300 carloads of anthracite to the met
ropolitan district on Friday, Ali FOX
delivery in New York, for Long Isl
and, II for Jersey City, 35 for Newark
and vicinity, and 60 for New England
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports that
it loaded 5,446 cars of bituminous coal
day from September to 10
Mortimer r. Miller, in the banking
and insurance business in Rochester. q
member Of the wartime fuel admins.
fration, was yesterday appointed ad.
aniristrator for the 9TH Judicial Dis.
srict,, making the state organization
complete.
Orders issued by Governor Edwards
ef New Jersey permit 15~cent increase
an the prices of last March, and limit
supplies to thirty days, with q maxi.
snum of three tons.