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Show U. P. TO CUT MINE PRICE. Will Be Done When Bancroft Returns to City, 13 Report. The 1'nlon Pacific Coal companv will probably make a reduction in the' price of coal within a few days that will adjust ad-just the price so that It will bo pial to that of tho Utah Fuel company tinder the reduction announced by that company to take effect today. Tho Union Pacific company, which Is a part of the Union Pacific railroad system, will mako the reduction at tho mine and will leave tho frolghl rate undisturbed. Tlio transpor-tlon transpor-tlon rale on Wyoming conl. which Is tho Union Pacific's product, is on a basis of. one cent the mllo per ton. This rate was found by the Intorslalo commerce ommlssion to he an extremely low rate, according to the railroad officials. The cheapening of coal to the consumer In Salt Lake hy the Union Pacific, therefore, will be brought about at the mines. The reduction on the part of the Union Pacific, it is said, will be officially announced upon the return to tho city of W. II. Bancroft, vice president and ; general manager of tho Oregon Short Line. |