Show I NO COKE ADVANCE I i Traffic Manager Babcock Fully Explains Ex-plains Local Situation Traffic Manager Babcock of the Rio Grande Western said yesterday that as there had been so much said locally I about an advance In coke freight rates lie thought the public should hear the i true status of the matter There Is non c < no-n oncl In the rate says the railroad official but the change is merely In this i respect that the 1 per ton allowed the smelters as an Inducement to use Utah coke will be withdrawn for the follow I Ing reasons I 1 For years the manuiaciurers 01 coke In Utah had at great expense been experimenting ex-perimenting for the perfection of coke making from Utah coal and had been successful to a reasonable degree The tariff rate on Castle Gate coke delivered was S50 per ton but to equalize the Utah coke with the superior Colorado i article a bonus of SI a ton was given to the smelters to Induce them to use the Utah article an endeavor to build up a local Industry I Now this Is all changed The Sunny side coal It is found will make a coke equal to If not superior to the Imported article from other States The Sunny side coal Is coked at Castle Gate but It takes two tons of coal hauled from the mine to make ono ton of coke The result i re-sult Is that a local State Institution can I give the smelters a better article than ever before and there Is no reason for the railroad company keeping on pay Ing a premium for using an ISW a ton superior coko against a 10 Colorado coke of same or Inferior quality |