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Show Vast Amount of Coal Required for Trip of Dvttlcihlps to Pacific Coast Washington Two hundred nnd fifty three thousand tons of goal exclusive of that to he ahlpiwd III government collier, will hn required to get the At lantlr battleship fleet to the Mare Island Is-land according lo Ihe estimates made by the equipment bureau of tho nary department, which lias called for proposals pro-posals for siippl)lug tbo necessary fuel Of this aggregate, US.WW tons are sml bituminous and the remalnd er Welsh coal |