Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-20 | Page 4 | Coal Situation is Discussed at Big Chicago Gathering

COAL SITUATION IS I DISCUSSED AT BIG CHICAGO GATHERING CHICAGO. Now 19. Arrangements to provide for the.TTnost equitable distribution distri-bution bf coal that is possible to regions and industries that show the grt-atesr need were discussed today by Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, and seven regional directors .it the close of a two-day conference on the coal situation. sit-uation. While no drastic move In the curtailment curtail-ment of the ?oa1 supply was cotitem-i cotitem-i plated, Mr. Hines uigd that 1 , ! be impressed with the fact that co;il must j be used "sparingly" In order to make the I supply last. One of the first moves toward conser- vatlon was taken by the Cleveland con! I commission wbea it eu off the coal sup- ply of every Industrial plant, except those 1 coming under the head of "public tat Hi j ties." The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad today suspended forty more passenger trains In varioj s.---: Ions I bringing th' total number of t Fains cut off from that road to 124. The Chicago fc Northwestern railroad has al:;u sua-1 sua-1 pended twenty trains. I After the conference between Mr. Hines atid the regional directors it was concluded con-cluded that, unlan a change for the het-ter het-ter occurs. West Virginia coal f Ms will be levied upon for western industry. It 1 was stated that all regions In need of . coal would be supplied from th Went V rghiia f ieldi. and regional railroad directors di-rectors in the east hava promised to aid the west in transportat ion and distrl I bnt'on. j Mr. Htne. who left for Wasi.trtKton "today, "to-day, said before leaving thai the probletfj now Is to distribute available coal so as to avoid shortages.