Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1907 — SECOND COAL FAMINE. [ARTICLE]

SECOND COAL FAMINE.

Another Shortage Threaten* Region Beyond Upper Lake*. A coal famine far more serious than the one which caused such immense hardship and cost so many lives last year will seize the Northwest in its grip during the coming winter, according to the statement of prominent ('levelanrl .fuel Shippers. It is declared that the inability of the railroads to supptyHhe boats with enough coal, and. the great demand for ore occasioned by the closing of the strike

of ore handlers, will bring about a farreaching shortage of fuel at upper lake points. '<* With the best of fortune and if all the holies of vessel men are fulfilled the region beyond the upper lakes will have a shortage of from 3,000,000 to 5.000,000 tons of coal, according to estimates by prominent shippers. Ohio shippers are rushing fuel to upper lake ports in every vessel they can charter. Since the opening of navigation shipments to the head of the lakes have been considerably greater than they were a year ago.