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Show Coal Famine, uvr Like Cirv.. Ootober Ultli, 15ft). liddvr Ae xt May I ask a few questions through the columns of your jajier? Are the coal miners on a strike at the various points from which we get our supply of this article? Are the comiiauiesat loggerhead", or is some oue trying to make a corner on this commodity? I there a boycott on certain dealers that they cannot sniply their customers, tiius forcing the people to Uiy only of those w horn the king delights to honor? Are the switchmen and some of the coal agents at variance over some tpjction of privilege held by them In theiost? Will some one be kind enough to explain the cauv; of a whole city like ours being at this early "-eason distressed for the wautof fuel? Are the op'e to lie left in the cold and are we at the tender mercies mer-cies of speculators? Your", A Citizen. We hive not been able lo ascertain ascer-tain any other reason for the present coal famine iu this city beyond the lack of the meins r tranportatiou on the U. 1. Kiilway. The cause of this lack is owing to the road licing throughout jworly equipped with rolling stotk, which ha-been ha-been depleted by an unparalleled number of wrecks which have occurred recently along the lines of the system. The situation is by no means creditable to the c-impiny. |
