Springville Herald | 1949-03-31 | Page 11 | People Shift from Coal to Fuel Oil

diesel oil engines, and (3) increased in-creased use of fuel oil for home and office heating. Only a drastic change in the price relationship between oil and coal could aparently halt the "substantial "sub-stantial rate" of increase in the use of oil, the report said it gave no indication that such a change is expected. People Shift From Coal To Fuel Oil The Commerce Department said today the United States, steadily shifting from coal to oil for fuel, probably will have to import about 195,000 barels of oil a day by 1956 to meet increasing demand. de-mand. U. S supplies of oil will be too small by then, a department 'report 're-port said, to meet a domestic demand de-mand stimulated by (1) large-scale production of autos and trucks; (2) railroad shifting from coal to