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Show J I rurL snouTAGE sueject . - OF SENATE INQUTBY. WASHINGTON.. Jan." 10. The Senate Committee on the "District of Columbia " ' continued its investigation Into the short-ere short-ere of; the eoal supply In Washington. i Joseph Crawford, general agent of the Pennsylvania railroad said that during the past year there had been a decree in the quantity ot anthracite coal brought to Washington over his line amounting to SO P"T cent, but that during the months ' of November and December there had been an increase over the normal re-ce'pts. re-ce'pts. He said there had been no Increase In-crease In the rates from the mines. W. Zee. a local dealer, said that it was much easier to secure coal from independent inde-pendent companies than from the mines owned by the railroad companies, and in this connection an effort was made "to show that the lartre companies were dis-r.c dis-r.c !e of their product tnrough the small r.nes in order to keep prices up. The fact Us brou.'.t out that there are now in tve of the capital aoout o:0 tons of C)-s! but it was stated that there has v,.( n davg when there was no certainty , to whether there would be sufficient Z,'.'. .rt'ty for twenty-four hours. " t .i-u-s "e:i-r of the Associated Chart-V,s Chart-V,s of' th-- District of Columbia, said r.-re hf J been much suffering among the 'o"r on eccoant of the coal scarcity. - j |