Evening star., 1923-08-26
100000 TONS
HARD COAL MINED
45 Per Cent of Annual Out
put Sold or Ready to Sell.
D. C. Has Share.
By the Associat ted Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. August 25.-Thirty-
two million tons Of hard coal in do
mestic sizes will be IN the bins Of
consumers or In storage awaiting dis
tribution by September /. the date
OF the threatened suspension OF min
ing. the anthracite bureau Of informa-
tion estimated today.
This figure represents, roughly, As
per cent of the seventy million tons
of fresh mined anthracite consumed
by the forty-eight states, Canada and
Mexico each year. It represents IS
per cent of a total annual production
or ninety million tons; including coal
used at the mines. sold to the govern
ment or to railroads or mined by the
Hudson Coal Company. which does not
publish data on its business.
Since April l the mines have far
exceeded all records for production.
according TO the anthracite bureau.
Since June ! they have averaged g.
100000 tons week. or at the rate of
1o4 100000 tons a year.
I'VE are far ahead OF the usual
schedule" said a statistician of the
bureau. I'VE are ahead of custom
ary shipments not only in New York
but in Boston, Minneapolis. Chicago.
Duluth and all through the north
west
Northwest Prepared.
The northwestern group of coal
using states and western Canada are
sition, IN view of the possib bility of
q stoppage in production. Ten mil
lion tons have been shipped UP the
great lakes, Distributors believe
this assures sufficient coal to all the
commonwealth served by the lakes.
l,.n No -
using states, Michigan. Wisconsin,
Minnesota and the Dakotaa
Mine operators and shippers say
that. as has been true in the east
this summer the coal has disappeared
from great lakes docks and storage
due to last years strike shortages
and the stimulation Of the public to
buy early. Thus there is reported
less coal concentrated at lake ports
than usual
East Is Restricted.
Distribution Of anthracite to New
England. the middle Atlantic states
until recently. in order that the
northwest might be stocked up be-
fore the close of navigation. Con-
seQuently the latter regions have
received smaller percentages of the
winter supply. although they, too,
| nave pccH shlppcu IAdu Tie
customary tonnage to date.
The estimated quotas for New Eng
land are: Maine, 456.00o tons: New
Hampshire, $4,000; Vermont. $4,000;
Massachusetts,, S.50o,000 tons: Rhode
island, 504.30o: Connecticut. 1868, 600
OF this total about 100000 tons or
AS, per cent has been shipped or
allotted ="
A smaller percentage OF the annual
quota has been shipped to states far
ther south. New"York state, includ-
ing the city has received 3,S000o0
tons of the 100000 1t is expected to
require. The bureau OF information
estimates that the same ratio has been
maintained In the following states:
New Jersey, 4,625.000: Pennsylvania.
zoos 900; Delaware. R12.200; Maryland,
$50. 500: Virginia. 1920, and the Dis
trdct of Columbia. $4,000.
South Has Little Csal.
Very little coal has thus far been
shipped to the southern states, or to
such of the central states as depend
upon rail rather than water transpor-
tation for supplies. according to the
estimates. These, however, are large
users of soft coal for domestic pur-
poses, and the climate eliminates
much of the factere Of physical suffer-
ing which enters into the need tor
early distribution In more northern
commonwealths.
Several far-western states are al
most independent of the Pennsylvania
mines. California does not use any of
the product, nor do Colorado and Ida
no. Montana uses only 900 tons q
year; Oregon, 149; Washington, 30,
and Wyoming, 20,