Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1917 — GOAL SITUATION IS BETTER [ARTICLE]

GOAL SITUATION IS BETTER

Two Cars Received and Several More Are Expected. The coal situation in Rensselaer has assumed more encouraging aspects in the past few days and there is little if any cause for alarm for the present at least. Following the visit of Messrs. Fendig and Leopold to Chicago on Tuesday, where they conferred with President Kurrie of the Monon with the result that the latter took immediate steps to relieve the situation and dispatched two cars of soft coal here next day, there has been less concern among the people. These two cars have served to relieve all immediate needs where the demand was insistent, and several more cars of soft coal due to arrive within the next few days are expected to supply all wants. The greatest demand at the present writing is for hard coal from those who did not have lheir supply put in during the summer. Three cars aggregating 118 tons have been shipped here and were due to arrive yesterday afternoon. They consist of one car each of pea, nut and stove size, and it is the intention of the dealers to mix the three kinds together and sell to those having no coal at all in one-ton lots, thus making the shipment go as far as possible toward relieving present needs. Persons who have hard coal on hands will probably be unable to increase their supply from this shipment, but others are expected shortly and the situation is not at all alarming.