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Show coil wmm Railroads and Factories Use Much More Fuel, in 1917 Than Before. ' j NEW YORK, Fob. .--Greater con-j con-j sumption of bituminous coal by railruaos j G lid fact orles is one of the reason as-i as-i tinned by tlie ic-deral fuel ;:dminitra-j ;:dminitra-j t un at Washington. t".r the existing fuel j scarcity throughout tlie ester n half of the nation, ai'coi Iti lo a statement re- oived by t!:e fuel adminltrator here and ulven out h-niuht. Government estimates of the production o;' hit amino js coal in L1 1 7 w ere t 4,"im'.-I'lni 4,"im'.-I'lni !).! ion:-, pn increase if i 1 .OuV'UO ions over the previous year. Tlie railroads, whbh are the larret consumers uf hi; unur.ous coal, im-i eased tl cir consuii.pi ion in J : 1 7 between 1 "j, -(Mii'ij.r0 and L'.i'c't.aco iun.s oer that of l'.'Ui. while bituminous coal se.ini-V Into the colte industry increased :!,1ih.i.iii.hi tons. Anions i:i'lu.-.rial plants. the tnerea-se was such a.s to account for about iu per cent of toe bituminous eo.ii mined east of Illinois and north of Maryland. This does not include New Knuland, where the increase, was between M and 15 per cent. Illinois ;i nd Indiana show ed the most notable sain in tonnage, the sta lenient continued. Production in ail the coal states west of the Mi-sisippi also in-creased in-creased out t hat of I ;i U. In another statement, also received lure, the nation;:! fuel administration declared de-clared thai exportation ot" bituminous coal was not an "important tio tor in the. tuel shortage." |