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Show WANT NO MORE COffL FAMINES Harriman and Hill Tell Dealers in the West and North to Get Supplies in the Summer. CHICAGO, May 1. The traffic and operating departments of the Harriman Harri-man and the Hill lines have united in a . strenuous effort to prevent the recurrence re-currence of a coal famine in'the Northwest, North-west, i Orders have been issued by the highest high-est officials of the various roads, and have the sanction (ft E. H. Harriman and James J. Hill, requiring all of the officials to make every effort to induce the coal dealers to lay in their winter supply in the summer months. The of- ficials of the railroad dread another euch coal famine as occurred last winter, win-ter, whea they were blamed for the s'uf-1 fenn? and destitution which reigned in the West and Northwest many weeks. Accordingly a personal canvass is being be-ing made in all the cities and coal dealers deal-ers are being urged personally to cooperate co-operate with the railroads in placing the Western country beyond the possibility of another coal famine. It is the purpose pur-pose of the railroads to either get the West and Northwest adequately coaled during the warm months or to place the blame for any future famine where they say it rightfully belongs with the dealers deal-ers who wait until the last moment to get their winter 's supply. |