Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1917 — CONSUMPTION OF COAL [ARTICLE]

CONSUMPTION OF COAL

A report Issued by. the~.New ■York Chamber of Commerce ’ shows that the railroads of the ■ country in 1916 consumed an un- ’ precedented total of 200,000,000 ■ tons of coal. In former years, ’ the report says, the amount sei 1 dom ran above 150,000,000 tons. It is estimated that the railroads in 1916 expended $260,000,000 for fuel, allowing nothing for the cost df 'handilng.