New Britain herald., 1923-10-02
LITTLE DANGER OF
 ANY COAL SHORTAGE
Indications Arc New England Mill
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 MssAlsassesls V, e,, 0ei. s,-c0al consumers ef Connecticut and the oth, ff New England states have nc grounds for fearing any coal shortage ms slnisr similar 10 that which ex- isted last year.
 10 fae,, if the mines continue to operate now until next spring al any thihs Ike the rate they maintained up te heptemher l. there bids fair ta he a larger supply of coal in New England ms winter than in any ether year on record,
 According ia the most reliable fig. nfss ohlsinable. there has been since April 1, when the coal year is con. sidered as ending, in the neiebbor- hood Of slA and a half million i0ns of anthracite coal shipped into The New hhsiaha siakss, Ia addition 10 fhis, li.hlhihans shipments have reached a hgufe around ia,0ae.0o0 tons.
 last year. In the period from April l, ihss 10 April l, iasa--a full twelve months. covering the whole Of last winter-the actual receipts of coal in New England ns reported hy the Mas saehusetis fuel administrator amount. cd 10 I.ses.ooo tons of anthracite and ia,aht.oon tons of bituminous-and of thia only i,sfs,00o tons of anthracite had been received up 10 lnat October. and 1.dai 900 tons Of bituminous
 In the entire calendar year from January l. 1929 10 January 1. 1923, total anthracite shipments 10 New England were 6.f7i.no0 tons. and the total amount Of bituminous fS,Sas. .Oo0 tons-not as much Of anthracite ms Is believed 10 have been shipped already thls season. since April 1.
 Assuming the shipments Of coal to New England in the six months from April l 10 October 10 have been G.5n0.oon tons Of anthracite and i3, 600.Oo0 tons Of bituminous the ac- tual situation now may be realized 10 considerable extent by comparing these heures-for six months before the beginning Of winter weather with the following statistics on the consumption of coal in past years twelve month periods from January Year Anthracite Bituminous
 tons tons 1918 ...... 1a.69i.ooo 27.l71, ,ooo 1919 ...... 1O.57S,O00 1 G2.000 | 1920 s..... 1f.255,oOo ,434.0o0 | 1921 ..... 11.374.00O HISS, ,O0O |
 The esthnates of the amount of coal shipped this year are based on the following figures: on anthracite, the Massachusetts Fuel Administrator re- | ported actual receipts of coal in New | England in the months of April, May | and June, of l,13S,000 tons by water. and 2.136,000 tons by rail, total of 3,27a.000 tons. In the first three months of the year receipts reported were 9S6,00O tons by water and o. 16S.O0O by rail, making total of 3,154.000 tons for the quarter, and total of 6,42S,o00 tons for the first half of the calendar year. of which 2,124.000 tons were shipped by water and 4,S04.O0O by rail.
 Figures on receipts of anthracite since June 30 have not yet been com piled; but reports made to the Geolo- gical survey from the mines indicate a total of 130,022 carloads shipped from the mines consigned by rail to points in New England and New York east of the Hudson between January 1 and
 
 have been shipped since June 30, in- dicating that the rate of shipment has , not declined. At 50 tons to the car load. the shipments since July have amounted to 1,S26,O0 tons; allowing for a difference of about per cent which is usually found between the shipments reported and the actual re- ceipts it is still almost certain that in excess of 1.7O0,0OO tons of anthra- cite were delivered by rail between July 1 and September 22. On wates shipments there are no statistics; but ; for the past three years the tidewater shipments have borne an almost con stant ratio to rail shipments, being about 5So per cent of the total ship ments, or just about one-half as much as the rail shipments: therefore, 1t is safe to estimate water shipments in the same period of time as more than soc, ,00O tons. With the resumption of it mining in the anthracite fields on September 19, and a return to almost { normal production in the week just ended, it is believed that shipments have again picked up, and q total of , not less than G,100,000 tons for the last three months is therefore a most estimate, with 6,500,O00 tons as more probable figure. The bituminous figures can be as- ( certained even more accurately, as re- , ports are made weekly on the tide water shipments as well as those by , rail. Shipments reported have been ranging regularly around 1000 car loads, or 200.O0O tons, by rail- and al most like amount by water. each week. From these figures, 1t seems almost certain that close to 1S,00O,ooo tons have been received in New Eng land from the first of July to date. Actual receipts reported by the Mas sachusetts fuel administrators for the first six months 6f the calendar year were 12.529,0O0 tons.