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Show RAILROADS PILING UP: TRODBLE IN NEW YORK None of the Alleged $5 Per Ton Goal Appears to Be , " Amonsr Their Shipments. ; A NEW YORK, Jan ll.-Not pound of railroad coal could be had Jn the city yesterday. Thirty thousand tons arrived, but it was all high priced Independent coal, which sold at $10.50 t o. b., Which means CO cents additional cost for each ton befort it could be brought to this side of the river.' There was great Indignation Indig-nation because none of the dealers could obtain the J5 road coaL When. the sales agents of the railroad companies were asked where the J5 coal was. who got It. or if any of it could be obtained, they gave evasive answers. The dealers were therefore compelled to huy the Independent coal at $10.50 or go without it. |