| Show COAL FAMINE IS Is IMMINENT DEALERS SAY Less Than Tan Tons on 01 Hand to Supply Increasing Increasing ing Demands Demand Demand for Fu Fuel l HOARDING BOARDING G IS BLAMED o Some Retailers Refusing to Sl Sell Save in iu Limited Lots T Wyoming Prices Rsc Rise Bise X ESS than tons of or coal are on onI L I the thc market In Salt Lake scarcely enough h to last three threes days according according according accord accord- ing to local dealers and with wih ith other Mates tates ing drawing on n the tc Utah mines mine there Is Js dan danger er they say that Salt Lake ma may suffer a coal famine before beCort the end of oC man many weeks received In Salt Lake A circular was wa Sal LIe announcing an advance to yesterday 4 per ton for tor northern Wy Wyoming oral us coal This coal Is l a strong competitor with the Utah product The local price yesterday prevailing loca for lump and nut coal was wa a ton subject to time delivery an advance del r cents retail It I was the opinion of or eo me of or the tho dealers that It t would shortly go so back bak to for tor the con- con liU 1 The The shortage of or coal at present Is not so much directly duo due to tho the In Inability In- In ability or failure of ot the operators to furnish coal said Eaid sid C. C H. H FI Fischer cher president president Coal company com corn dent of ot tho the Fischer Kollo Coa pany panr as to tho the fact that hundreds s of ot from persons who normally consume consumo ten to fifteen tons a season stored twice and three times Umes that quantity in the seaon season sea sea- away In their cellars early carl There Thero would son on fearing a shortage be plenty of or coal for all al if it it were not hoard hoarded cd Wo We are doing loing doing our part par to to prevent a a shortage by ly refusing sell in more than two or three ton el quantities to any my one consumer Thomine Thomine Tho Thomine mine operators arc are advancing ad the price at the tho mine but it Is not probable that more than a ton will wi be demanded demand demand- ed cd b by the retailers this winter There will wm be be no coal shortage to tho the suffering suffering suffer ufer- ing ins point point Car Carts Short Honda Rond Say S The he railroads sa say they are arc doing all alI possible to supply Salt Lal Lake e with an and Adequate d supply of ot coal and ld are drawIng draw- draw in iI Ing in all al available cars cars from outside points The Tho Denver Rio Hlo Grande railroad railroad rail rail- road is furnishing all al cars within reach but finds it possible to furnish only enough to handle han le about 60 GO per cent o of the he output oi of ot the United States Fuel company COmpan an and l the Utah Fuel com company pan an and aDd a lesser number to some somo o of the theother theother theother other companies It Is reported that many points in Idaho I are facing a coal famine Winnemucca Win Win- is showing the S jS O. O S. S sign Arimo Ida is willing to take anything anything any any- thin thing that it can get even to scraps Butte Duto Mont with the mercury down below zero ero has sr scarcely I a days day's supply of coal ahead and Is fearing the tho worst California has of offered to take the en entire entire en- en tire output of or the tho Western estern Fuel Fel company com corn pany any and Is paying the highest price lor or what ht it gets geLs gel The Te Wyoming Coal Coal Cm company ny operating lug ing in mines s in the northern and southern southern south south- em ern parts pals of or the state sate in announcing announcing an advance In price says that there thero has ba not been so serious a condition In Inthe Inthe the coal market since 1907 In Colorado according to a a circular received hero today from the Oal Oakdale dale Coal company the price of ot coal at the mine has ha advanced to 5 a ton Tn In Idaho Oregon Oregon Washington California Call Cali fornia and Nevada evada Utah coal is now commanding commanding a 0 price of ot a ton at atthe th the mines q Etor to Supply Cars The shortage c of ot coal caru carK carM on the tho Denver Den Den- cr ver Rio Grande Grando yesterday was not as great as last week as on Sunday the road hauled a a. creat number of or cars Into tho the coal fields So urgent is the demand for coal cars that the Rio Grande Grando and tho the Oregon Short Line be bean began began be- be gan an remodeling double-deck double stock sock cars The he s second cond deck is being taken out of ot the cars and the they are being bEIn placed in inthe inthe inthe the coal trade both In Utah and Y Wyo Wyo- oming o 70 ming 1 fl g. g The Oregon Short Line has every even bit bitof bitof of ot available motive power working and anda a number of at small smal engines which were cre creon on the repair tracks have been sent SEnt to 10 the tho branch lines and the heavier lo locomotives g given ven over oer to main line lne traffic exclusively exclusive The traffic through the te Pocatello locatello yards yesterday yestErday was v greater greater than on an any preceding da day this year ear It I w was wa said ald that the number number num nurn- ber of oC cars handled through h the yards was equal to the we number handled during the entire week of at November No No- o- o vember 1 IS U 1914 The Denver Doner Rio Grande moved iG loads over Soldier Summit westbound This included shipments of oC coal and and merchandise Today Toda It Jt Is expected that the road will wi move almost loaded cars over o.-er o. Soldier summit in a aT T westbound w direction The greater reater part the of-the cars cals are loaded with wih coal coal |
