Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — BUY COAL NOW SAYS R.R. HEAD [ARTICLE]

BUY COAL NOW SAYS R.R. HEAD

PRESIDENT KURRIE, OF MONON, WARNS ALL TO BUY COAL AT ONCE. A warning that all Indiana consumers of coal should lay in their supplies of fuel for the winter without delay, as in a few months the railways will not be able to meet all the demands for delivery, was given at a meeting of the Indiana state council of defense by H. R. Kurrie, president of the Monon railway, a member of the council. Mr. Kurrie said that the question of transportation must be considered at the present, irrespective of the price of coal, and it was his advice that consumers should order coal delivered as soon as they can get. it. In his opinion, the railways doing business in Indiana have the cars to carry the coal ordered now, but on account of the industrial situation and the increased difficulties of traffic in the winter months, the car shortage situation soon will grow serious. The Monon railway, he said, now is delivering to the mines all the cars needed, and in some instances, recently, had delivered more cars than had been ordered. He said such a condition could not continue long and persons who delay ordering coal because they think the government will take action for the reduction of prices, may find later that the railroads are unable to make deliveines* In view of Mr. Kurrie’s remarks, a suggestion was made that the special coal committee of the defense council confer with Governor James P. Goodrich about the situation.