Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-02-21
.lEHIGH FURNISHES CITY
!. DEALERS WITH LARGE
SUPPLY TO END FAMINE
Eighteen Cars Are Received
by Six Local Coal Dealers
Today
CONTAIN 1000 TONS
lehigh Valley Coal Sales Com
pany Advances Coal to
the City

The Lehigh Valley Coal Sales
Company has turned over to six of
the coal dealers in this city 1000
tons, of coal of different sizes in order
to relieve the present scarcity of fuel
here. Eighteen cars Of coal were re-
ceiyed by six local dealers this morn
ing as the result of thc Lehigh Valley
coal company beirS advised of con-
ditions by former Mayor Frank
Dorsey who yesterday visited the
New York Office in order to secul j.,
relief. The coal which was received
in the city today will act as part of
the city's quota and is being shipped
here in advance of the time sched-
uled for these shipments. The city
has been receiving it's quota regular
ly, it is pointed out, and the eighteen
cars received today is not tc be con-
sidered additional coal but merely an
advanced supply of the city's quota.
Each of @he following six coal
dealers received today one car of egg
coal, one car of stove coal and one
car of chestnut G orge J. Haney,
e. J. Dorsey g. Sons, Perth Anboy
Coal & Ice Company, Lake Coal
.pmpany, Ad lph II. koyen and
bin w. Olsen.
= General Easte1 Sales A IT Will
liam S. Wolfe of the' Lehigh Valley
Coal Sales Company this morning
notified Mr.. Dorsey of the favorable
action on his request for an ad-
vanced shipment of coal to Perth
4hmboy in order to furnish relief to
those needing fuel and the eighteen
cars were delivered soon afterward.
Diverting of 1000 tons of coal to
Perth Amboy is expected to tempor-
ariiy relieve the coal shortage here.
Mayor Wilson was in touch with the
dealers who received the extra sup
ply today and announced this after
noon that the six coal companies
would be open ell day tomorrow in
order to accommodate their GUS
toners
All article which appeared recent
ly in the Evening News, telling of
the conditions existing in Perth Am
hoy as a result of the coal scarcity,
was sent to Sales Agent Willie by Mr..
Dorsey and this news item, together
with the action of the former mayor
yesterday, was no doubt responsible
for the quick action of the Lehigh
coal company. Mr.. Wolfe stated that
he was desirous of seeing Perth
Amboy receive relief, especially be-
cause many of the men employed on
the coal wharves where they handle
hundreds of tons of coal daily were
in want of coal themselves.
According to General Goethals,
coal administrator for New York
State, local administrator have no
authority to seize coal for use in a
city. Such action, the general points
out, must, be taken by the state ad-
ninistrator only after he finds that
conditions injurious to the health re-
sllting from lack of fuel list.
Had the city conlmandeered suf1l-
cient coal to meet current demands,
1t was poin- ed out today by local
dealer, a deficiency would lii ely have
existed in the ina ces of the under
mkaking as the coal shipped into this
kty comes from seventy five or one
hundred operators, the prices vary
ing considerably. Efforts by the city
to sell at a uniform rate might then
have resulted in the city losing
money by the undertaking, 1t was
pointed out.
The subject of action of the coal
situation was scheduled to come up
al an adjourned meeting of the al
dermen this Friday night. Mayor
Wilson had been requested to attend
and signified his intentions of doing
so, Now That relief has come, the
meeting will be devoted largely to
discussion of the milk situation, now
the present monopoly can be broken
up and prices reduced