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Show 3 GET MORE COAL, u Thi shortage of coal is a very seri- ous question to the people of Salt J Lake and Utah especially as the win- f tcr season is fast approaching. The f condition however is not peculiar to i Utah, it exists in all parts of the i country from Maine to California and I fronu the St. Lawrence to the Gulf j It is a condition brought about by ' the general conditions which have ob tained for a number of years and no individual or class seems to be rcspon-' rcspon-' siblc for the lack of fuel. The reason j is the general expansion, increase or 1 trade, manufacturers and population. These have increased faster than coal mine owners have been able to keep pace with. The amount of coal being be-ing taken from the ground in greater great-er than ever before but the demand is greater than the production, hence the shortage of supplies all over the country. So acute has the situation become that the situation become that large consumers such as railroads and factories are" importing coal from England and even from Australia in large quantities to supply their needs. The mine owners in this part of the country have also experienced great difficulty in obtaining miners in sufficient suffi-cient numbers to work the mine to their full capacity. The general prosperity pros-perity of the country has provided more work than there are men to i perform and the coal industry has had "J an experience similar in that respects to other industries. The coal owners have seen that it would be necessary to increase their outputs to keep pace with the growing demand, it takes a long time, a year or two at least to open up a coal mine and it takes a lot of money too which must be paid out befote returns begin to come in. The Utah Fuel which to a large extent has supplied not only Salt Lake and Ogden with coal but also shipped large quantities to neighboring states has been strainging every nerve to increase its output and supply the people peo-ple with that most necessary article to human happiness and comfort. It has spent large sums in opening up new ground and employed all the miners min-ers c could possibly obtain and is doing do-ing much to relieve the situation. Another thing which militates against expansion in the production of cral is the provision of the coal land laws which restricts the area of ccal land which one individual ?nay take up to 160 acres. When it is considered that an outlay of probably half a million dollars is required to open up a coal mine it can readily be seen that the amount of coal to be obtained from 160 acres of ground is not sufficient inducement to any one to expend the money necessary to open up the mine. And then there is always the risk of the mine giving out and not yielding the amount of coal anticipated, in which case the money paid for machinery, sinking shafts, making tunnels, building railroad track. and so forth would be lost. A change in the law in regard to the Jrca of coal land which individuals may take up and hold is certainly needed, not in the interest of coal companies but for the benefit of the people. Coal is the foundation of all manufacturing enterprises. Without With-out it the wheels of progress would stop. The laws, just and equitable should be framed so as to encourage and foster the production of -.oal In Utah the quantity of this Vtu-mencus Vtu-mencus article is unlimited.' There is coal enough in this state to supply the world for many, many years ana there is no reason why the world should not have it in plenty or at least that portion of the world known as these intcrmountain states. Salt Lake City is especially fortunate fortu-nate in having here the head offices of some of the greatest coal mining companies operating in the west. Among these and occupying the leading lead-ing place is the Utah Fuel company, mine-owners, miners, shippers of coal and makers of coke. The offices of the company arc in the Dooly block and arc managed by some 'of our most successful business men, who are widejy known and greatly respected in the city. The general manager H. G. Williams, looks well to the interests in-terests of the company and his efforts are greatly appreciated by that concern. con-cern. W. H. Myers is general .ales agent; V. O. Williams, auditor; W. F. Colton, assistant treasurer; W. D. MacLcan, purchasing agent and R. Forrester, geologist. The company's mines arc located at Castle Catc Winter Quarters, Clear Creek and Sunnysidc, Utah, while another large I mine is situated at Sommcrset, Colo- I rado They mine a most excellent I bituminous coal, which is not surpassed I by any on the market, and this Is clean, free from clinkers and is always H fresh mined. The Utah Fuel company I furnishes supplies to many of the rail- H roads, smelters, mills and factories H of every description and an immense H trade has also been worked up with H the wholesale dealers of Utah, Cali- H forma, Colorado and Nebraska. A H large tonnage each year finds its way H into Idaho, Montana and other north- I western states for gas making pur- H poses. The coke, which is of the best H for metallurgical work, is made in H their own ovens at Sunnysidc and H Castle Gate, and this is sold at very HJ moderate prices to the trade and ship- HJ ped direct from the ovens to the HJ smelters and other indsutrics in Utah, HJ Montana, Idaho, California and Nt- HJ vada. The Utah Fuel company cm- HJ ploys a large force of workmen at H its mines and pays a liberal seal? of H .wages, the relations between the com.1- HJ pany and its employes being of the HJ mos: cordial character. The officers HJ of this corporation are E. T Jcffery, HJ president, of New York; C. H. HJ Schlf.cks, second vice president, Den- HJ vcr; Stephen Little, secretary, New HJ York, and Jessie White, treasurer HJ New York, all of whom arc financiers H of wide repute and by operating their HJ extensive plant they have aided in H the general prosperity of the inhabi- HJ tants of Salt Lake City. H |
