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Show PITTSBURG COAL IN NEW ORLEANS YARDS Independent Shippers Place 200,000 Tons in the Southern Market. NEW ORLEANS. La., Jan. 1. Independent Inde-pendent coal shippers of Pittsburg will put 200,000 tons of bituminous coal in. New Orleans before next July for distribution dis-tribution to the Southern market The first shipment of 30,000 tons arrived yes-t yes-t terday la tow of the towboat Oakland. The Oakland will leave in a day or two for Louisville, where she has another tow aggregating 30,000 tons. Yesterday's Yester-day's arrival was the first of a series of shipments that have been arranged for thlslport, and as fast as the coal can be toSved south It will be stocked in the local yards of independent companies. The coal has been put in barges at Pittsburg and only awaits towing facilities. facili-ties. - . |