Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-24
FINAL REPORT
BY COAL BOARD
New Jersey Fared Better Than
Any Other State During
Shortage
SILZER GETS REPORT
States Deliveries Were rs
Per cent. More Than Orig
inaI AlIotments

TRENTON. May 24.-In present
ing its final report of its activities to
Governor Silzer today, the New Jer-
sey Fuel Commission which termin-
ated its business March 81, last,
scored the New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania legislatures and the nations
congress for failing to take any steps
to avert a coal shortage similar to
the one which called the fuel COM
mission into existence.
The report called attention to The
governors message during the last
Legislature, in which the executive
advocated the passage of laws which
would remedy the fuel situation in
this state. The fuel commissions re-
port also drew attention to the fact
that the Pennsylvania legislature,
whose state absolutely controls the
anthracite situation" has done moth
ing to obyiate another shortage, and
that this law-making body, which
meets only every two years, will
shortly adjourn.
The outgoing fuel commission s
report, however, makes no recon-
mendation upon the subject of coal
shortage. Tho Interstate Commerce
Commission, declares the report,
IidS uOIld 1lOl1llHS lOMdIu dill
ment of coal carrying rates, which
our experience indicates are grossly
excessive in our state; nor has it at
tempted to penalize coal carrying
roads, which in some instances ig-
nored the commissions order during
the shortage period
The report covers the period from
August 8, 1922, when the board was
created, to the end of the coal
year." March 81, 1928. The report
declares that New Jersey received
twenty-five per cent more than it's
sixty per cent allotment and pointed
out that this was faring better than
any other anthracite using state in
the country.
Up until March 81, last, the state
received a total of 3,4S7,S02 tons in
stead of its sixty per cent allowance
of 2,S13,512 tons, the report states
The resultant shortage, says the re-
port, instead of being the anticipated
1,S65,675 tons, dropped to 1,2O1,3S5
or 633,290 tons less than the short
age had the state received only its
sixty per cent allowance.
The cost to the state for the ac-
tivities of the commission will be
about $4,000, including the cost to
make a survey Of the state in the
interest of securing an adequate sup
ply of bituminous coal for manufac-
tories. The commissions report
stressed the fact that several rail-
roads are storing large quantities of
coal and the board speculated as to
whether these concerns had "inside
information" of another coal short
age in the future.
1t was also stated that the agree
ment between the miners and opera
tors, under which mining was re-
sumed on September 15 last, will
expire on August 81 of this year, and
up to the present time no effort ap-
pears to have been made to secure
renewal of the agreement.
The report shows that every city
and town was given more than its
allotment during the winter. Perth
Amboy was allotted S6,769 tons and
received 50,72S tons; New Bruins
wick expected 34,739 and received
5S,450; South Amboy expected 49,
271 and received 21,999; Red Bank
expected 17,164 and received 49,
651: Port Reading expected 27,S73
and received 31.949; Metuchen ex-
pected 4,015 and received 5,056;
Long Branch expected 20,422 and
received 29,7S6; Keyport expected
2,605 and received 1885.