| Show 20 CARS Of COAl SENT I TO Rec Receipts From Mines j Fail to Last Dealers 1 Close Granite Schools There was practically no change chango in inthe Inthe In Inthe the local coal situation today toda Receipts of coal from the tho mines to the tho local yards totaled about twenty carloads which was not sufficient to last dealers through the day da The cars were unloaded and started on local deliveries dell almost as soon as they were spotted Orders continue to come como to dealers by bv the score and ason as ason ason on every ever day for tox the tile last three weeks tie demand deman is greater than the sup sup- Ply Because of or the shortage of coal the school board at a meetIng meeting meet meet- ing this morning voted voled to keep tho the schools in the Granite district closed for tor the remainder of tho the week The Tho Granite board has about a months month's supply on hand hanel but owing o to the shortage felt that the best hest interests would be served by In keeping the school I d closed at this time time time-It It be being n-J n a short I week anyway rather anyway rather than be forced 11 to close after arter tho the work for the second sec see second ond part of the the- term has been I started a v j- j vs v s The situation In It the t c 1 and andin D in iii the tue towns towns' to the north is being made worse daily dalh b by t the confiscation n of coal in iii transit bv by the railroads for company use uie Federal statutes permit permit per per- per per-j mit railroads ds to take coal in transit when such stick coal is ia needed to operate I mail man trains There is an unwritten though ironclad ironclad iron Irona I clad rule that coal consigned to Industrial Industrial in industrial In- In I plants smelters and the like must not be taken b by the railroads I At the general offices of two independent inde Indea pendent companies notices were re received received received re- re this morning from J. J I L. L Craig freight agent for forthe the Ore Oregon on Short I Line Lino of the he confiscation of or six carloads carloads car cara loads of coal Each of these cars was wasI consigned to local dealers in small I Idaho towns t In three Instances telegrams telegrams teler tele tele- r grams pleading for information relative relative rela rela- tive to shipments of coal were received received re rea re- re I along with the tho notices of icon con The Time coal taken by the raIlroads railI railroads rail- rail I roads was the coal being sought it so soI happened and anI nd in iii each case the sender I of ot the message said actual suffering existed I Inquiry as ns to how much coal consigned con con- I signed to industrial plants was confiscated confiscated con con- I as compared with the coal coall consigned to dealers brought forth tho the information Why practically no coal consigned to industrials is taken The TIle railroads know belter 22 CARS SPOTTED The Denver Rio Grande according according accord accord- I ing lug to information from oni the Ule office atI of at the assistant general manager P. P R. R I I Rockwell brought in two thirty carloads carloads car cara loads of aC coal for Salt Lake for tot the I twenty four h hours urs ending at noon toI to to- d day y Of Ot this amount two twenty carloads carloads car car- I loads had been spotted on the dealers dealers' dealers deal deal- ers ers' sidings up to noon hoop I This information compares favorably favorably favorably favora- favora bly with that given out by the tho deal deal- I Continued on page 3 TWENTY CARS OF COAL Continued e from page 1 I. ers Taking the information as being correct the deliveries to Salt Lake yards for the last twenty four hours totaled approximately 88 tons with witha WiOla a daily demand of ot 2500 tons Officials or of the Denver Rio Gra Grande da also announce that only about 10 per cent of or the tile coal handled over its lines is destined to Salt SaIL Lake the balance being consigned to other Utah and Idaho towns with a heavy tonnage tonnage ton tOll nage for Cor the industrial plants The supply given the dealers today was exhausted almost as soon Boon as the cars were spotted and the same condition empty conditIon empty yards yards prevailed prevailed tonight tonight to to- night as when the day started All An dealers dealers' are buried deep in orders and no promise of at delivery at any stated time will be made by any dealer RECORDS ARE BROKEN I In the face of oC the impending coal shortage in Utah and Idaho comes conies the announcement b by the tho United States geological survey that all records for tOI coal production for 1916 were smash smashed ell I The rhe total production for l' l 1916 11 accord accord- accordI Jug ing to the report made mad b by C. C E. E L I of ot the tho geological ical sur c survey was around tons compared with the tho previous high record es established established es- es In 1913 Of Ot this tonnage there was mined tons of ot bituminous bituminous bituminous coal an increase compared with 1315 of ot tons or 16 15 per cent Th The coke output for 1916 also has broken all aU previous records More than tons of or b beehive coke was wan manufactured an increase of ot 27 per percent percent percent cent compared with 1915 and tons more than the record breaking to total total total to- to tal In 1910 UIlO By product coke amounted to tons an increase of ot more than tons or 36 per cent compared compared com corn pared with 1915 The total coke production production pro pro- was tons an nn Increase over Inti 1915 of or tons tona or 30 per percent percent cent and o er over 1913 1013 an Increase of t tons ns From the pessimism that reigns among retail coal dealers of or the city concerning the coal situation people with a sho of ot coal In the bin had best hest feed teed It sparingly to the furnace for tor t the prospects for Cor the famine Carnine abatIng abat abat- ing arc are growing dimmer all the time times and there are those who are complete complete- I ly Iy without ut coal At the tho present time local retailers arc are distributing coal with an altruistic spirit entirely Consideration tion is 11 given to those who have sickness sick sick- nes ness In the home then comes cometS the tho cus cus- tomer who Is completely without coal and then tho the one who is apt to be lie e coal- coal less Jess tomorrow FAIL TO FILL ORDERS The rhe whole situation summed up as near neal as can be gleaned from statements state state- ments is of ot coal cOllI dealers large and antI small tho inability of or the tho Denver RI Rio Grande rande railroad to fill fm orders ordera One lead lead- ing Jug coal dealer of the tice city received no notice no- no tha that a car had been leen billed to him fr m tho ho he mine December Jl ii He lIe has been heen unable to locate the car It left the the mine but hut ha has hag never arrived here and he he- can cant can't t find out where it II IH in Bide Bide- tracked IJ lie says that this happens day after atter day O Other coal dealers sa say that it il about ten days das for coal to come from the mines to Salt Lake a a. distance of or between and miles and that arrivals are arc few and far between The coal la is dished out l the Denver Rio Grande company in little orders among the various coal coat dealers Some of the small dealers of or the cil city are arc completely complete complete- ly h out of or coal The larger ones said toda today that the they had enough coal to last them until tonight only and if thc they could receive all the coal needed it would take at least leant two weeks to catchup catch catchup up with orders in spite of oC the fact that all of oC the larger retailers have large facilities for delivering orders includIng including ing man many large automobile trucks that carr carry man many tons a a trip Here 1 is what some of ot the dealers had to say this m morning Because the coal dealers feared it might interfere with their getting what little coal they do doget doget doget get from rom the Denver Rio Grande company if It they ther were publicly quoted they asked that their identity be not mado made known Xo No o. o 1 l We 1 We e have three cars on hand hanel I now and amI it will not begin to supply the I demand for tor a da day Co Coal CO l comes In small batches and deliveries from the tho mine are extremely e. Indifferent No 2 2 Wo Wo cant can't get an any coal and haven't had any In for or weeks except a little bit nw and again We re have a a. standing order with the tho Denver Rio Grande company that went into effect last fall and not one half o of the coal needed has been delivered COMPLETELY OUT OF COAL No 3 3 I I have had no coal since December December De De- cember 21 Just before belore the storm It takes five ri days in good weather for tor the tho Denver Rio Grande to deliver dellver coal from the mines a distance e of ot about miles mites I 1 have e orders for tor all the coal that the company can ship me and I 1 get a little occasionally I am com completely cOrn com p out now No Coal 4 Coal 4 Coal orders are coming In spasmodically We Ve have orders for lor ten times tho coal we are now getting and the situation seems to be getting worse Instead of ot better A great many cars I billed to tous us from the mine get set lost host between between between be be- tween the mine mino and here One Instance is a car billed to us December 11 and wo we have never been able to locate It Wo We have about tons on n hand which will last us s out until tonight Of the three kinds of oC coal coal lump lump nut and slack slack we we have been out of or one of these kinds all the time lime two part oC or tho the time and sometimes all three kinds all wintel winter win win- ter tel People are aro entirely out of coal In Inmany inmany many Instances while hundreds s have a a. in their bins We Vc are aret t trying trying- ln to get those who have enough to last until tomorrow to walt wait and arc filling orders for tor those with sickness In lii their families and who are completely complete complete- l ly out of or coal No o 5 5 V 5 We r have Cl any coal now but ha have ve had orders ordel'S In for weel weeks s. s The coal comes a little bit at a time and It tal takes a long Jong while for tor shipments to come after alter orders have been placed It is the same old story tor with all the retail dealers who ho could be located this morning They have bave had orders in to for I. I weeks with the Denver Rio Grande and instead of or the situation improving with them It is growing more gloomy every day The Tho demand for coal so 50 gr greatly outdistances s the supply that is being given the cit city by the railroads that the dealers cannot begin to flit fill ord orders rs and are simply doing their best to prevent distress and suffering for lack of fU furl fuel 11 |
