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Show NEED MOTIVE POWER FOR COAL TONNAGE ' Despite Heavy Sunday Haulage Fear Is j Expressed That Yards .May Become j Congested During Week. j Notwithstanding that last week brought some relief in the railroad car shortage , situation, the transportation lines are I hard pressed for motive power to handle the immense tonnage from the coal mines j of Utah. The estimate of tons of coal j behind in orders is placed at 200,000, or j 4000 carloads. i The Denver & Rio Grande last Sunday took nine full coal trains from the Utah fields. This, while not a record, was one of the bfgsrest hauls ever made by this company. Each train averaared fifty cars of fifty tons each. This, however, will make but a slight impression on the coal shortage complained of in northern Utah ! and southern Idaho towns. ! The school board of Hymm called the ! Independent Coal A- Coke company on i the telephone yesterday and stated that i unless coal was furnished almost immediately imme-diately it would be compelled to close the schools. The Commercial club of Preston, Idaho, in communication with the Utah Coa Sales company yesterday, stated that the temperature in that town was below zero and that there is not a pound of coal in town. According to John P. Critchlow. general sales manager for the Utah Coal Sales company, the car shortage, even if relieved, re-lieved, would matter but little if there was a lack of motive power to do the hauiinr. Ir also is announced thai Bins-ham Bins-ham business bouses and schools are in the grip of a coa l fa mi ne. The present outlook, be stated, was that the yards would again become congested during the week. |