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Show MORE COAL YESTERDAY Sixteen Hundred and Eighty Tons Brought to City Wednesdn3'. So far as th amount of coal received la concerned con-cerned Uiert was an Improvement In the coal situation yesterday, but that Is all that can be euld for the condition Tho situation Is still ot)- critical and numy citizens aro still much Inconvenienced If not actualh suffering from Iho fuel idiortuge Yesterduy tho Rio Grande brought to thu city thlrty-thrvo eurload to he distributed Ulllollg the l"n .ll eHelH. Ull ) the Oregon Short Line shipped In twenty t t,i carloads. Taking the sveruK.- cupuclt) i-r cur st thirty tons, this nialiM nn HCK"'Kute tonnHK" of tons, or barely sufficient for the supply of l" d;i-i loiisumptlon In Suit l.uke if these shipments wore maintain) i for. say. a couple of weeks, they would virtually bring relief tu the entire situation, however and It Is unnecessary to say that that Is u consummation con-summation devoutly to be desired |