Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-04-01 | Page 33 | Says Coal Still to be Marketed

SAYS COAL STILL TO K MURKETED Dealers Correct Impression Caused by Railroad Company's Com-pany's Action. Recent announcement that the Union ! Pacilic Coal company would retire from the sale of commercial coal from its ; Rock Springs mines, beginning today, 1 has caused some misunderstanding that j the Rafk Springs coal is to be taken ; from tfie commercial market, according ; to local dealers, and they are anxious j to have this notion corrected. Officials of the Central Coal & Coke Co., which supplies a lartre quantity of the Rock Springs coal for the local market, announce that the retirement of the Union Pacific Coal company from the commercial market with its Rock fc'-prings coal in no way affects the Rock Springs coal handled by other companies. It is declared that the eoal heretofore! furnished the commercial market from the Rock Springs district by the Union 1 Paeiiie Coal company amounted to only! about I1V1.OOO tons annually, while the .tonnage from the Rock Springs mines; I furnished bv other companies totals' : about 4.000',000 tons" annually. The i withdrawal of the Union Pacific com-pa com-pa nv wit.li its small eommeri-ial out put. t is st:;cd by the other commercial eon'nnie.-. is inconscquenti:il in comparison com-parison with the imnie use volume of Rock Spiirgs coal handled annually bv tlie other coui'anies. which will still supply the market with all the Rock , Springs coal wanted.