New-York tribune., 1922-08-08
n. Coal Board
Urges Use of
W Water Power
Chairman Outerbridge Tells
Governor Utilities Corpo.
rations Should Lower Con.
sumption, Not Cut Service
Call for Federal Supply
Fuel Administration Asked
forWeekly Shipments Fol.
lowing Conference Here
From, q Sta6 Correspondent


ALBANY, Aug. 7.-Governor Miller
tonight made public the following
| telegram from Eugenius H. Outer
bridge, chairman Of the New York
State Central Coal COMMITTEES:
| Pending g. more definite deternnina-
tion as to the extent that the present
| emergency may affect the coal supply
for public utilities in the State of New
York, the committee urges that wher-
ever water power may be made avail
able as substitute for coal that this
water be used to the fullest extent in
place of coal and wherever it is pos
sible for public utilities to reduce coal
consumption by the reduction of power
consumed without seriously affecting
the service rendered to the public that
this be done Immediately"
Charles L. Cadle, Superintendent of
Public Works, said that the barge canal
in the last few days had added 10000
additional horsepower, equivalent to
$50 tons of coal a day.
Requests for weekly shipments of
large amounts of coal for New York
State, in accordance with the Federal
plan for coal distribution to the vari-
Gus states, were forwarded to the fuel
administration at Washington yester-
day by E. H. Outerbridge.
Good Supplies Available
Mr.. Outerbridge acted after q con-
ference held by him in his offices, at
II Broadway, with representatives of
leading public utility companies of the
state, in the course of which they
presented survey outlining the coal
needs Of their concerns. The survey
contained complete report as to the
public utility needs in greater New
York.
"For the immediate outlook" said
Mr.. Outerbridge following the meet
ing, "there are substantial supplies of
bituminous coal that can and will be
allocated by the Federal Fuel Admin
istrator to the State of New York. In
turn, this coal will be distributed in
accordance with the priority regula-
tions agreed upon by officials of the
state and Federal governments.
."As announced previously, all indus
tries in the state in need of coal must
fill out the proper forms for this COM
mission. 1t will be the job of the COM
mission to get everybody's bread but
tered so far as distribution is con-
cerned. The butter may be little
thin, but the outlook now is that every
one is going to have a spreading of it..
Earlier in the day it was reported
that the public utilities representatives
who conferred with Mr.. Outerbridge
were prepared to submit a plan for
serve coal supplies.
"No such plan has been contemplat-
ed" Mr.. Outerbridge declared ain
fact, one of the chief purposes of the
conference was to outline ways and
means to supply the public utilities
with such quantities of coal that all
present service can be maintained"
Moving Coal Promptly
No serious delays in the movement
Of coal are occurring on the lines Of
the Pennsylvania System, nor are any
anticipated, it was announced by the
local Offices of that railroad yesterday.
The announcement was as follows:
Consumers may depend absolutely
on the movement Of coal on the Penn
sylvania System. Every car of coal
received by the Pennsylvania System
from connecting lines or mined on this
railroad is being moved with the same
regularity as prevailed before the
Iallroae Snopmen WeHt On strlke. NO
interruption whatsoever has been
caused by the railroad strike in the
supply of empty coal cars or the move
ment of loaded ones.
Son August the number of stored
good order railroad owned coal cars on
other than mine sidings totaled 1879.
These are idle cars available for coal
loading and are in addition to the
cars supplied to mines that are now
producing coal. AS matter of fact,
in addition to the mines now producing
coal there is now available an empty
car supply for every mine on the
Pennsylvania System that can produce
coal. Good order empty cars are now
available at the sidings Of the mines
that are not producing coal and will be
moved whenever the mines open and
the qegs.Age ~Aoadedt