Show WOULD ULD STORE COAL IN GROUND Federal Expert j- j Suggests Way of Stabilizing Industry I Underground 20 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON J n 2 Under ground storage of coal at the til Is suggested by H Foster Baja Bain director of the tho United States bureau of mInes as a practical step tep toward the of 0 reserves of ot fuel luel stabilize necessary to Industry and to protect the tha domestic consumer In periods period of acute shortage hort cc HARD COAL PILED UP The seasonal demand demaud for coal car can canto to tome some extent be b met by storage Dl DI rector DIrector Dam said Bald aId I I a report to the United States State coal commission but hut this must be done by the consumer or by orby some distribution dl agency operating between him and the th mine At the mines Inthe s the th best place to store coal Is In the ground as with unimportant ex cx exception it Is not feasible to provide more than a limited amount of storage above ground Anthracite companies established near points point of consumption a system of valuable great treat storage piles plies which ft 1 ere vat val balance wheels to the trade and has ha hae e c facilitated steadiness of opera tion operation which dIstinguishes anthracite from bituminous mining Dr Dam Barn said ald Large scale of or bituminous onus coal has been less leu practicablE because the th uncertainty of future price has deterred companies and ls from making the th necessary nece ary In ve In-ve vestments Ho However ever in iii certain pe nods as much as 60 tons of this coal caRl have actually tone gone into stor storage storage tor age e showing the feasibility of storing soft ott coal QUESTION OF COSTS With proper selection of the coat and due attention to modest requirements require require- requirement meats ments ment as ai to methods It Is entirely practicable to store toro large Quantities of most coal at lit moderate cost he ho con can continued The risk Is In the uncertain uncertain tie tle ties of future price as the mine and railway equipment of or the country h I extensIve enough to allow the Indus Industry industry try except under unusual to obtain adequate supplies direct from the mines mine Coat Coal shortage and car shortage Is a local matter in nor nor- normal mal mat years The has put men and money Into coal mining and the railways to meet peak loads rather than provide a less amount of capital for coal storage and so 10 insure steady capitalI I and economical operation The possibility of devising a use I classification that thai will permit wider pooling of coal Is also suggested hy by the bythe hythe director Such pooling would reo re- re lieve Ilee relieve Ile e the pressure on docks term terminals nate nals and railway equipment he de declared dared |