Show H OAl Uit i i i CAUSED Y DEMAND I or Of Ji i The h big Atlantic i n i fleet t of Uncle Uncle Sams Sam's f P navy VY will use Utah coal for its long 1 j cruise in the Pacific Rush Bush orders have haver r- r e given given by the the Gover Government to the he theof theof OV I of Utah and the coal is IS being nt to the coast coast an and coaling stations t large Jarge arge shipments that a coal oal J is threatened here y r rTh Th TEe companies are a applying all their i efforts to the filling of the orders fron ti the Government nt 7 J ri fJ j The mo coal is i ing st stored rfd rC in the st star st- j Ji all through the Pacific islands and and IJ l is i along the towns of the coast Train Train- load after trainload has been dia- dia c patch patched d from Utah and other parts of the West and this has put a decided d damper on the coal which preVIOUS previous pre pro to the Government order was already at th the point t of a great shortage The coal situation in the West is as growing more serious each day The prospects prospects' are now that very shortly the whole of the Western country and well VeIl alon along toward the East will suffer a coal famine famme The mills are suffering to a remark remark- remarkable remarkable able extent already and it is possible 1 that there will be some some shutdowns within with pith pith- i in a short period A number df the mills mills' especially of the sm smaller ller class which h have ve no contracts with coal companies are arc now burning their last last cars cars of the fuel and will be down to bedrock in a a week or to so Orders Order hive have been beeri put in with aU all the companies in in the country but a c car r of i coal is so great a luxury that it is practically practically impossible to get et it at any price There is no mined coal o of ot any amount I at any of the mines There is plenty of coal in an the ground but it is impossible to get enough men to dig it and even even when it is unearthed it is practically impossible to get it hauled on the mi rail rail- w ways ys What coal is being used in in this locality is now coming from Illinois and Honolulu and it is selling at a luxurious lux mx- urious urica The local mines are working with all alII the men they have and the railway companies are hauling it away as fast as possible but this amount is as just enough to supply the mills which have contracts with the mines and to supply what the Government demands which by the way way is is no small quantity quantity- The shortage is noti noticeable right here herein in Salt falt Lake City Retailers are selling all grades of the fuel at 6 per ton and it is hard to get it even at that This the dealers say will continue and the prices will go upward rapidly |