Show NO ALARM OVER GOAL supply can be increased and schools will not close while it Is true that the limited supply la coal Ss causing home wor clment among the coal men ana small consumers the large coal consuming plants and the public schools are in no straightened circumstances bupt supt allison was pendent enough to lay in a good supply of coal early in the season so now every school in the city has from two to eight tons ol 01 coal in its bins A new car came in this morning for the schools and there is no immediate cause for even thinking of closing although such an action was hinted at by a salt Lake paper information from the sugar factory reveals a good supply of slack and coke no shortage has so far been experienced there and the contractors at salt lake have assured the town office that they can and will supply the factory with as much coal as is actually necessary the rapid transit company is burning as much coal as usual and is not anticipating trouble three coal dealers report empty bins this morning the managers while they admit that tho deficiency is a matter of some concern are not alarmed over the conditions they assert that there Is no real uneasiness they place the scarcity to a lack 0 cars on the union and a lack of motive power on the rio grande these companies have given their passenger and local beet traffic the preference for a time as tho need in both cases Is most urgent beet hauling and passenger traffic aie at the high mark now but will start to decline within a few days it is not an ungrounded surmise to state that iho transportation companies as soon as they realize that the shortage in coal has reached tho limit will forward the cars that are now loaded but are sidetracked between this city and the mines the schools at pocatello have closed their doors temporarily while waiting for coal the condition there is quite critical and the freight agents are trying to forward enough coal to tide over the congested condition of the yards |