New Britain herald., 1925-10-24
Crisis Can Be Averted
By Use Of Substi-
tutes, Dealers Explain
- Anthracite Supply
Here Small.
Campaign of Education to
Teach Public Need of
Using Bituminous or
Coke Planned in Mayors
Office.

City officials and coal dealers who
met this morning at the office e
the mayor to discuss the coal stu
alton were agreed on several points
of importance, including the fol-
lowing:
There Is absolute need for the use
Of substitutes. not only in furnaces
but In kitchen ranges,
The coal like Is not near an end
and no imp vement In tho .nthrt
cite market can be looked for In
early months.
An l. tensive campaign Of educa-
tiol In II use of bituminous must
be started without delay, local news
papers and foreign language publ
cations circulating In this locality
being called upon to assist.
The present coal shortage might
be attributed in a great degree to a
small group of individuals, now pos
sessed of large supplies of coal, who
are feverishly buying up every avail
able pound. ......
/ No Municipal Venture
l
the mayor who assured the dealers
! there was no likelihood of the city
making a municipal venture in the
: coal market. but the cooperation OF
! the dealers was necessary.
t He called on the dealers for
frank statement OF their present
e supplies and their conjectures as TO
/ the future.
k George X. Macauley. a former
dealer, said the real problem Is TO
take care Of the poor who have not
the mon,y to buy In tn, springtimo
y and who now find themselves with
= out fuel. He urged that more al +
70 tention be gi"eh the poor widcv
l. who calls FIR one bag than for the
ls long time customers who buy heavy
% supplies.
10 Mr.. Berson said he does not ex-
20 pece the strike to be over until
d January which will tie up the sit
~ uation until April.
Maurice johnson said the dealers
are all ahead Of their tonnage and
this indicates many families have
supplies on hand.
Severin johnson estimated that 50
per cent of the people have thei'
n coal in. There is plenty OF soft coal
Y coye and wood on hand and avail
able and this guarantees there viii
be no real suffering.
Samuel Schneider said the com
u pany he represents has 1900 tom
, on hand, but most of 1t Is sold.
John Tomoszewski's yards hav'
no anthracite excepting what is al
ready sold.
The consensus seemed to be ths
the situation is not serious and tn
availability OF substitutes guaran
sr- tees there will be no crisis.
~ One Of the dealers said his com
Ter pany Is selling one-quarter har
ng and three-quarters soft coal.
IS Chairman P. F. King of the scho'
am committee promised to assist
Ice acquainting people with the propt
ol way Of burning soft coal.
Those In Attendance.
mas Those present included Gardn'
IT'S C. Weld, Maurice johnson, Secretai
&C. r. l.. Gould Of the Chamber Of Con
itt- merce, John Tomaszewski, Sever
ans johnson, George Berson, Dougl
ap- johnson, Patrick #. King, Stanl'
ocK H. Holmes, John Doyle. Donald
Inc Bartlett, E. F. Hall, George X NJ
lns cauley,
'cK' Mr.. Weld In response to a requ'
the by the mayor TO the coal deale
owe told Of the amount of anthracite
De- hand showing a comparatively SIN
was amount. Mr. Weld said his compa
de- is preparing to take care of the c
the with substitutes. He said the grt
was problem Is to educate the people
DER the need for using substitutes.
att- Douglas johnson said prices I
the fluctuating In all lines OF fuel a
even coke cannot be bought at
iuge price the public can be asked
en- pay.
hao George Berson. who said he is
Oh ing soft coal in his own home, s
ana there Is no reason why hitumin
lahe cannot be used.
noy' At the conclusion OF the meet
eacn the mayor thanked the officials I
ana dealers for their attendance at
meeting. They agreed with his 6
gestion for future meetings dun
TIL the continuance OF the present
AIH uation.