The New York herald., 1922-12-05
Administrator Provides for
Outlying Sections Where
Growth Is Rapid.
BRONX ASKS LIKE HELP
State Warns S10.5O Should
Be Top Price for Ton of
Buckwheat Anthracite.

day in the office of William III. Woodin.
State Ftnel Administrator, anthracite
allotments for portions of the Second
district, which includes Brooklyn.
Queens, Staten Island and parts Of
Nassau and Suffolk counties. are to
be increased immediately. Mr.. Woodin
reported this action in letter TO Mayor
uylsn, in which he said:
Responsive 10 your appeal repre-
sentatives of the leading Pennsylvania
anthracite coal operators met thi-
morning in my Office. Mr.. Drummond,
deputy administrator of the Second
district produced figures to prove that
while the allotment provided FOR this
State. and for the various sections CT
this State. had been equitab]y based
on present supplies and percentages OF
consumption of former years, account
had not been taken of the unprece-
dented growth in certain outlying sec
tions Of Brooklyn.
"It being obviously ou, OF the cues
tion to deduct from tho already made
Quate supplies Of other districts, the
portions Of Brooklyn under consideration
were declared to require emergency aid
and steps were taken Immediately to
secure sufficient special supplies to bring
the percentages up to the amounts al
iotted to .he population OF the State
generally.
TT is hoped that this relief will be-
come effective within forty-eight hours.
Again thanking you for the help
you have SO consistently given me. yours
very truly, WILLIAM II. WooDIE,
estate Fuel Administrator"
Meantime. The Bronx, which, to-
gether with Manhattan, is included In
the First District has put forward claims
to like consideration. Rodericlt Stephens,
vice-president Of the Stephens Fuel Com
pany. Inc. 220 East 12Sth street, has
sent a letter to Mr.. Woodin in which he
wrote:
Noting the emphasis placed by Mayor
Hylan on the coal shortage existing IN
certain section OF tho Borough OF
Queens. wish to bring to your atten-
tfon similar situation existing with
respect to the Borough Of The Bronx
which seens to me TO justify parallel
consideration.
I'm The Bronx there has been during
the last year very unusual building
development. notably in five specific sec
tons, namely, Thross Neck Williams
bridge, Grand Concourse, Ciason Point
ana University Heights. In each OF these
sections hundreds OF houses have been
built some of theb one and two family
houses, others large apartment houses.
and so fAr as we can see there has been
no provision made for their supply OF
coal. except Is they may -be able TO
obtain their requirements from tonnage
obtained by local dealers based upon
quotas established upon previous years'
consumption.
Likewise in the Borough of Manhat-
tan am confident that the same reneSaI
condition exists. Our South street pIant
has been literally deluged with demands
FOR coal from the lower East side sec
tiou surrounding that office From time
TO time we have to lock the doors Of the
office against the pressure OF consumers
who apply there in great numbers for
small quantities OF coal"
Mr.. Woodin, speaking OF anthracite
prices. said yesterday that it was in,
possible for him to authorize maxi
mum price for domestic sizes. s,jch as
nut CRATE and egg coal because tho
a
quantity over which he had no com
trol. He added that he welcomed In .
formation from persons who believed
they had been overcharged. particularly
IN the steam sizes which he Is urging
as Substitutes. Buckwheat anthrncite.
no said, should range from 1920 10
5000 ton. depending on the kind Of
buckwheat, the mine price and collateral
freight, cartage. labor and delivery
costs
THE difficulty with price fixing" Mr..
woodin said, is that the maximum
price is likely TO become at once the
minimum price and that interruptions
dealers who now may be charging less
than the maximum price will imme-
diately boost their prices 10 this limit.
It has been brought to my attention.
however. that buckwheat coal has been
sold in one or two instances at n price
In excess OF Sf0.o0 a ton. This is
much too high. and should welcome de-
tailed information from individuals who
have been compelled TO pay mere than
this price for buciSwheat. Such infor7na-
.ion will be held In strict confidencc
but we must have specific cases TO pro-
ceed. and we have the BACKING Of tho
city administration IN this"
According 20 report made yesterday
Dy Cnaries V. CraSfcr, health officer
20 Mayor Breidenbach Of Newark, dur.
ing conference with local coal dealers
there, approximately 20 per cent. OF
Newark's houeeholders are without coal
A committee WINS chosed to devise means
Of meeting the emergency. mr. Cras-
ter's figures, based upon n canvass made
during the last two weeks. showed thess
results In four representative wards:
First ward. So homes visited, 20 per
cent. without coal; Second ward, 6l
homes visited. so per cent. without coal
sixth ward, $50 homes visited, so per
cent. without coal IL Eighth ward. I1t
| hosucs visited, 6S per cent. without coal