Show U SMA ff UTAH AH COAL BEDS TO ITS SHIPS Josephus Jephus jo ephus Daniels Asks for J Inform Information tion and Says Use Would Reduce Cost Utah coal for the navy of the United States This Is the slogan which might be sounded throughout the West Vest within the next few Cew weeks The use of Utah coal by the United i States government for its battleships on or the Pacific coast will result in a 1 saving to the country of millions of ot dollars a year It will also cause revenue to this state of hundreds of j thousands of dollars a year For many years ears Utah coal producers pro I haye have attempted to gain the favorable attention of the naval au authorities au- au I au-I with a view to having local coa coal used by the navy instead of the I pro product of West Virginia Maryland 1 and Pennsylvania fields The naval department claims that I Utah coal Is not desirable in that It causes auses too much smoke and if used I while the country was engaged ib ih war upon the seas would provide too I good a target As a consequence West Vest Virginia I coal is now being shipped to the coalIng coaling coaling coal coal- ing stations of the navy on the Pa Ill Pacific chic coast The cost of this coa coal l is 1040 a ton Coal mined in Utah may be shipped to San Francisco at a ton SAVE 5 PER TON More l than 5 a ton can be saved to the government in this age of conservation con conS if it will only consider the advisability of using Utah coal Inasmuch In Jn as thousands of tons of coal are shipped from West Vest Virginia to the Pacific coast every year tho the significance sig Big of the saving it is claimed can easily be he realized In addition the distance is much less from Utah to the Pacific coast than from West I Virginia The question of speed Inthe in the matter of coal shipments might I form an important item within the next few months or years accordIng according accord ing to local coal producers Local coal producers say there is isa isa isa a way for the navy to use the coal and eliminate smoke Present specifications i of battleships preclude the possibility of Utah competing with I the West Virginia coal fields But it itIs itis itis I is contended that if the combustion chambers were enlarged Utah coal might be used to advantage The I cost involved in building greater combustion combustion combustion com com- bustion chambers upon the ship would not amount to 5 per cent cent of C th the total that mi might ht be saved in the cost of cheaper transportation comparing com corn paring coal shipp shipped d from Utah with that consigned to the Pacific coast from West Vest Virginia The Telegram proposes to acquaint ac quaint the navy department with the facts concerning coal in Utah with the object of getting the product used I on the battleships coaling on the Pa cit ic LETTER FROM DANIELS I In a letter to the managing editor of this paper Josephus Daniels sec secretary of the navy acknowledges re receipt of a communication sent to him inquiring as to tho governments government's attitude attitude at at- on the question The letter reads This dep department nt f fully lIy appreciates the advantages which would result if coal were obtained from fields in Utah but hut it is regretted that of the many tests of Western coals so far conducted none has been found that thatis I is satisfactory for use on naval vessels ves yes I II sels Western Vestern coals being as a rule of high volatile content and relatively I low heat units I Coal purchased for the navys navy's US use usa I afloat is obtained from mines on its acceptable list which comprises the I I high grade steaming coals from fromI I West Vest Vir Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania fields the quality of ot which coal has been found satisfactory in all respects for naval purposes For your information the cost of coal delivered to the naval fuel depot I Tiburon Cal under recent contract including cost of I U 1 approximately 10 10 per ton I ASKS FOR INFORMATION INFORMATION- It is desired to thank you for the I suggestions contained in your your telegram telegram tele tele- gram grain referred to and if you are espe especially especially I espe-I interested in the matter under discussion this department would be pleased to receive further particulars in the premises it being particularly desired that the following information be furnished a Commercial name of coal Cb b Name of mine or- or mines c Exact location of each mine state state county and town d Name or other designation of the coal beds or bed e British thermal units per pound of or dry coal f Percentage of oC ash in dry coal Hg g Percentage of sulphur in dry coal 11 h Ii Percentage of volatile matter matter mat mat- ter in dr dry coal i Moisture in coal as received J Name of owner operator or firm handling output of mine together er or with an additional description of the coal deemed of importance |