Show RAILROADS RUSHING COAL TO SALT LAKE Seventy Carloads of Fuel Received in Local Yards Seventy carloads of ot coal reached cached i Salt Lake over the Denver Rio Grande In the last twenty-four twenty hours and is IR being switched to the local beat yards ards toda today While this amount will go a long Jong ways toward meeting the immediate needs it will not take care of ot the city much much more than one da day The average dally daily consumption here Is about 2000 tons With the weather moderating considerably considerably considerably con con- the ra railroad officials expect to keep coal moving into Salt Lake In Ina Ina ina a sufficient quantity to prevent an actual famine The temperature at Colton this morning was 22 degrees below zero as against 38 below for tor the previous day This makes movement of or freight trains almost Impossible TRAVEL IS SLOW One coal train started from Helper yesterday morning but In twenty four I hours was able to make but three miles There Thero was marked rise in temperatures temperature temperatures tempera tempera- tures ture here this morning tho the lowest beIn being be- be In ing 13 IS degrees degree above zero at 6 C a. a m. m which Is a rise of ot 11 it degrees over tho tholow tholow tholow low of ot the day before Generally fair tall weather wJ and antI not so cold is I predicted for tor Saturday Local coal dealers are again swamped with orders for tOI fuel tuel and nd will not book orders for delivery deliver earlier than two weeks Most fost of ot the tho yards ards are practically empty and will be so BO until tho the shipment which arrived yesterday yesterday yes yes- es and last lat night reaches them late lato today or Saturday morning MINES CLOSED While there is 18 n n. considerable supply of or fuel tuel on tracks in the coal roads roads' terminals and on sidings between Salt Lake and Helper there Is no new supply supply sup sup- ply being added because of ot tho the backof lack back of ot cars cam Most Mont of ot the mines are closed down today and will not be able abbe to re- re sumo operations until the congestion has hall been cleared I Urgent appeals for tor coal continue to come In from the north Dillon Mont Is Js practically closed down Many of ot the public buildings are wholly without fuel according to Information reachIng reaching reach reach- Ing the office of ot the Independent Coal and Coke com company pan and the county high school chool has boen been closed until the situation I Is ii relieved Tho The same condition continues to prevail pre pre- prevail vail all through 8 southern Idaho and northern northern north north- em ern Utah |