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Show COAL FROM COALVILLE. We direct the attention of the Superintendent of the Union Pacific It. K. to a few facts and figures with regard to local traffic here, which may be of benefit to that line il attention is given to the subject; and will also be of benefit to the people of this valley if the suggestions are acted upon. There are in this city cot less than thirty-five hundred fires, at the lowest computation. South of this city in the county there are at least a thousand jnore. Davis county, on til lino of the Utah Central, ha not less than fifteen .hundred; Ogdeo and vicinity will reach more than two thounand; while for Uox Elder another thousand is an extremely low calcjlaticiu. This w.ould ive on aggregate of nine thousand Itrcs, which at half a biiihel, or forty pounds of coal, per day each, would fach in .ix months over thirty-two thousand tjnsof fuel required by these nine tliom-ari'l stoves. Thirty-two thousand loim ol freight between Iv.'li" anj Ogdon, in fix months, i "r mf.'hl lo V an item of interest to the railroad company. How much cal im-w- over (hat Jiucnow? liul a -mall quantity compared with this aggregate. A large quantity of coal is still hauled through the canons between the Weber and this city, and is sold here cheaper than that brought by rail, although those who haul it do not make wages. If the freight tariff on coal was reduced -.0 a lower figure than at present, not only would the whole that would bo consumed come by rail, but it would be so largely increased i quantity as to pay the company niuri. better than coal-carrying does at present. pres-ent. We commend the matter to ti e Superintendent at Omaha and to Superintendent Joseph A. Yon'er There is increased business and increased in-creased profit to the lines in a reduction reduc-tion of the tariff; and there would be cheaper fuel for the inhabitants of this valley. |