Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1918 — New Storm Puts N. Y. In Bad Way [ARTICLE]

New Storm Puts N. Y. In Bad Way

New York, Jan. 22.—Unless New York city gets immediate shipments of coal, all the good accomplished by the five-day industrial closing order will have been nullified by the six inch snow fall which demoralized the movement of barges and trains todjiy, fuel administrators declared tonight. A • statement issued by Reeve Schley, New York county fuel administrator, said that less than 20,000 tons of anthracite had reached the city during the last 24 hours “and that the storm had about put the finishing touches on. conditions.” Harry T. Peters, chairman of the conservation committee, declared there is not enough coal on hand to fill the priority orders and cover industries. “The distribution of fuel at the docks has been frightful, and no 'one can blame anybody,” he said. “The storm just about killed all of the good'the 'five day closing order accomplished.” ’