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Show TRANSPORTATION OF GOAL ISJSCED Shortage of Cars and Utah Rates Are Topics at Research Re-search Meeting. Differences between the independent coal operators of Utah and the railroads were aired last night at the first weekly meeting of the recently organized Political Politi-cal Research association. The meeting was held at the Commercial club and the question of public utilities was up for discussion. F. A. Sweet of the Standard Coal company, C. N. Strevell of the Independent Inde-pendent Coal & Coke company, J. Will Knight of the ring Canyon Coal company com-pany and representatives of various other independent coal companies were on hand to relate their experiences with railroads. rail-roads. Mr. Sweet acted as spokesman for the coal operators and told of car shortages in the Carbon and Emery county fields, while Colorado mines on the same line of railroad, he declared, had been receiving re-ceiving practically a full supply of cars. In October, Mr. Sweet asserted, the ; Carbon and Emery county mines had been able to work only fourteen days out of a possible twenty-seven, while the Colorado mines lost only two days for lack of cars. The rate of SI. 60 a ton on coal from the Carbon and Emery county mines to Salt Lake also was gone into extensively. Mr. Sweet ,In 'Ids discussion of the subject, sub-ject, said that he believed the rate should not be in excess of $1.15. He declared that the coal operators were not asking for reductions such as were demanded In other sections of the country, but that thev did want a reasonable rate. About twenty-five members of the association as-sociation were present, including several members of the public utilities committee of the Democratic steering committee. The same questions will come up for discussion dis-cussion at the next meeting, which will be held at the Commercial club on the night of December 27. |