| Show Rio lO GRANDE I OFFICIAL C I Al QUITS f 1 i E E. T i Jeffery Chairman of of Board of Directors I Out Says N. N Y Wire I IP RIV advices s received I PRIVATE P here lieh thi this morning morn ng announce the rc g tion of E. E T. T 1 J Jeffery as chairman of the board loard of di directors directors directors di- di rectors gf df- f the tile Denver Rio Grand Grande ana ii d the tho abolishment of ot the tT action w ws w's s tn taken en at at ata a pew 1 York y afternoon al h. h UlU Irs Ifs the directing heads of ot the roads tel d' d to ta from froID large consumers relative to the poor handling of coal shipments by that road will The rite displacement of ot Jeffery mean it Is b believed here an entire new organization for the Denver I Rio Grande He is the man generally generall re regarded I as being responsible for the failure of the line to keep up its transportation tion facilities and is looked I at by the railroad men a as the stumbling block in the way of or improvements for tor the road LOSE MUCH REVENUE Mr Jeffery is the man who Is said to have answered with a a. smile smileD I D D. D C. C Jackling's threat to build a road of or his own to handle the thc ore oro output from the Bingham mines to the milts mills unless better bettor facilities were provided pro by the Denver Rio Grande At all any rate the copper company compan did lid build I its own line the ham Garfield and the Denver Rio Hio Grande lost one of its biggest sources of or reve rc nue flue tout four carloads cal of or coal conI for Cor Salt Lake arrived in Salt balt Lake L. for tOl- the twenty four hours cn ending at noon to to- to tiny day Twenty six rw nt o of these the had been spotted at nt the dealers dealers' yards at noon while the balance had been turned turned over to the Oregon ion Short Line lAne for 01 spotting on dealers dealers' on Ott n I-n that line An ad additional six forty ca carloads of or coal for tor Salt gait alt Lake c arrived this afternoon after noon over th the Denver fe Rio Grande Orande making a total days day's receipts of or eighty eights oars the Se t consignment for Cor this this city In lit many days and is IS' approximately approximate l ly 1100 tons tonK In Iii excess 1 of or the thc dally Co con consumption n u in p t I on I Tits The min mines were provided with wilh 25 empties this morning according to in information Information In- In I formation given out b by r the as assistant gell general fal managers manager's ers er's office of or the Denver Den Rio Rho Grande This Is the largest number of or empties given givet the mines In Ina a R. single lay day since before hor Christmas R Reports received d this morn morning In show Ih 0 I Continued on page 2 RIO G GRANDE CIAL OFFICIAL Continued from pa page e 1 the loading of ot a a. total of or cars on Thursday I Jeffery has been ben kept at nt the head he of ot I Ithe the tho Rio Grande through h the Influences of or George Gould Finley J 1 J. J Shepard husband of or Helen Gould has opposed Jeffory and his policies and his Ills resignation resignation nation Is taken to indicate that the themore themore themore more progressive wing winS of or the tho family has token taken over o control of ot the lines While it is announced that Jeffery Jettery ha has haR resigned It Is sene generally rail understood that he be was forced to take this step to make mako way Y for tOI a new lisit 8 set t of or officers an and a anew anew anew new policy for Cor the tile rO road ll LOSS ON COAL Utah coal pro producers will lose business business business busi busi- ness to the approximate value of or this tItle winter because of or the tho poor handling of or fuel tUel shipment Thc Tho several several sev sew eral erah Independent producers tro ra no now about carloads behind in their shipments It will nm be he absolutely Impossible for Cor or them to catch up UI with their hack back or order orders orders or- or ders der before warm weather sets in which means that this business will bo ho bol A. A dead loss lolls Several oral producers have ha orders on hand which were filed d in October At an on average a load of oC tort forty tons to toa toa a a. car the unfilled untilled tonnage will amount to tons with an average ll selling value at the mines of ot a ton IS DEAD LOSS The producers point out ont that this will wilt bo a a. dead loss of ot business as practically call cally all of the tho orders will bo be cancelled cancelled can ean- celled before it is possible to 0 fill till them In lieu of or the coal the people of ot northera northern northern north north- ern era Utah Idaho Montana and northern California have been burning s sagebrush sage sage- ge- ge brush porch railings and fences Ono One of oC the largest of Qt the Independent producing companies is behind in its orders cars care Another is short 1300 while smaller companies have an all un unfilled untilled un- un filled tilled tonnage of or approximately 2500 cars carR Conditions now no more than permit permIt per per- mit tho the keeping up of or tho tim dally daily demand and arid offers n no opportunity to fill back bacic backorder order orders In addition to tho the loss I- I ness neM to the coal companies there also will wll result a heavy lo loss s of ot revenues rc to tran transportation lines JInes The loss to the Denver Rio Grande Orande alone will run into thousands of or dollars |
