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Show I 1 INCREASE IN I TONNAGE HAUL OF 1 ANTHRACITE COAL 11 Reports compiled by tho railroads fl war board Indlcato that tho amount of ftm anthraclto coal transported by tho ffl railroads, this year will exceed tho nfl tonnage of any previous year by a ifl considerable amount. In the opora- ifl tlon of the mlno anthraclto railroads, Dfl tho aggrgeato anthraclto tonnago M transported during tho eight months HI period ending August 31 this year, Ifl was 7,668,382 tons moro than in IB samo period last year, an Incrcaso of H 17.18 nor cant. Tn nrnilnrn tl.lu In- BBB creaso, tho anthraclto roads carrlod H a gross tonnago of 552,291 tons for H tho nine months as against 44,623,- H 063 far tho eight months of 1916. H Tho Increaso for August nloiio this , H yoar was 24.38 por cent and tho Juno H Increaso 25.24 por cent. Theso fig- H ures Indlcato that recent reports to H tho effect that thero has boon a sor- H vlco curtallmont ln tho procutlon m nnd distribution of anthraclto coal -Jm aro not based upon facts. '! |