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Show CSLIFOliS HERE -i QUEST DF GOAL . Dealers From San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Los Angeles and Oakland Arrive. INSPECT UTAH MINES Golden State Dependent o.i u Utah for Fuel Next Winter, Win-ter, They Say. Yesterday a delegation of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Los Angeles, Sacrameuto, Stockton Stock-ton and Oakland coal men arrived in the city to confer with the local coal companies in regard to. tho supply of coal which can be furnished from this state. It is estimated that tho "Utah mines will have to supply about 1,000,-000 1,000,-000 tons of coal more to California W year than last. This includes the coaTS, for shipping, but the Californians, who are at tW'lIotel Utah, are here in the interests of getting coal for domestic aud manufacturing purposes. Headed bv K. (J. Skarpe, representing -the Independent Coal & Coke company, San Francisco, the California coal men were taken into the Utah fields and . made an inspection of the mines. They also held a short conference with Frank E. Clarity, assistant general manager of the Denver & Bio Grande, in regard to the ear supply, and went over the - entire situation in so far as they were able. Among the leading coal men of tho Pacific coast who are in the city to go into the situation aud determine what the mines of this state can do to relieve re-lieve the situation are L. K. Walshof the Sturtevant Coal company of San Francisco, I. F. Stein, representing the Stockton and Oakland dealers, and Harry Har-ry MeComb and N. W. Tarr, representing represent-ing the Los Angeles dealers' interests. They visited the mines at Kenilworth and other places in Carbon county. Says Situation Serious.' Mr. Walsh said last night that the California situation is serious, since the demand for ships on the Atlantic has practically done away with the importation impor-tation of coal from Australia and also from British Columbia mines. Heretofore Hereto-fore Los Angeles has received a great part of its coal from the Gallup, N. M., districts, but the Utah coal is in greater great-er demand, being a better steam coal. The high price of fuel oil has also added to the troubles of the California manufacturers, according to Mr. Walsh and as a result he says California is entirely en-tirely dependent on this state for its coal supply during the winter season. ' The greater part of the coal going to J San Francisco from this state, he says, -v, will be used in factory and domestic uses, while the Western Fuel company will carry the greater part of the ''off shore" business of the coaling of ships. He savs that the companies which are handling coal for the ship lines are in fair condition, but that companies supplying sup-plying the factories are in a quandary as to their supply. More Miners Needed. Mr. Walsh said the purpose of the trip to Utah is to, become better acquainted ac-quainted with local conditions and to so gauge orders that delivery may be relied upon. The investigation of the California coal men revealed that the Utah mines need more miners. The car situation is better at this time, they said, than it has been for, a number of months. Mr. Tarr declared that the coal dealers of southern California would be in a position posi-tion to fill all orders providing the Utah mines can get the miners and the cars to carry the coal there, but if there is a car shortage the situation might become serious. C. N. Strevell of tho Independent Coal & Coke company was also in conference with the California coal men. T. J. O'Brien of the Federal Fed-eral Coal company outlined the situation situa-tion in Wyoming for them. They will remain here another day before returning return-ing to California. |