Show COAL COMPANY ASKS FOR I NT FROM Courts Publicity of the Results of In Iu Investigations Investigations of Police Chief on Coal Weights The reticence of Chief of Police Pollee Barlow following his recent move in regard to ui checking up on the coal companies in their deliveries to customers has brought a request from one coal company that he explain in detail what his lila squad of or officers of fi core cers discovered in their investigation The demand was made In a letter de delivered livered yesterday to Chief Barlow which follows follo folloS S 5 M lf Barlow Chief of Police City CIt Dear Sir Your action in having wagons loaded with coal I weighed over public scales meets with our approval for we believe a purchaser is entitled to all he pays for However it must be apparent to you that as 8 matters now stand all re more or less under suspicion whether they the are justly entitled to it or not and we hope that you will make pub public public lic lie the tile result of or your investigations We Ve believe this should be done dona at once by b means of the tho city papers If Ir I you cannot do this we do respect respectfully respectfully fully full ask you to please make public in inthe Inthe inthe the manner we have indicated a state statement statement statement ment as it ma m pertain to this company compan let the result be what it may ma Very re respectfully respectfully C S MARTIN MARTI COAL FUEL CO COBy COBy COBy By George Geore G Smith When the letter was as delivered to Chief Barlow yesterday with the request for foran foran an answer his only ony reply it Is under understood understood understood stood was that he had nothing what whatever whatever ever to say saO at that time When a Her Herald Herald ald aid reporter interviewed the chief and amI asked if there was anything new In the matter or of coal deliveries or if he lie had anything further to give Rive out a similar r answer was given give no the chief sa saying ing that there was nothing new nor had he taken any further steps in the matter Chief Barlow refused to give ghe out the names nam s of the companies whose wagons had been checked |