| Show OiE MEN ON N GOAL Send An Open Lottor Letter to W H Bancroft of th the Oregon Short Line Um NEEDLESS DELAY ALLEGED rufI ruf I 1 of Df lt In Oom to It Gov Ow Oi i 11 TI Bancroft fl hi Ie 1 d In la laI InI an 0 I i from the oon 00 by the Ut B l lf f 1111 IH club to 10 Investigate th Ih h behind the coa coat coal short I II K g i ry of It If the tb was we ta rd d i V fuller yesterday The Th ra reo rai 11 i i h businessmen Is la a to tu toa tut a aI I t tiiT 1111 Mr which waa rut put 11 In tm the Desert News and HI Ha n I eman In the th Ih letter leur Mr lr r I lun 1 up rind down the Ih 1 lr i made tin the victim vt Um of ot many malt I II I nut of m regarding N c cn 11 Ij i n fl In III fl Idaho hiCho and Wyoming 1 i The committee aay layn I In Its Iti It kI hI had Mr Bancroft used any aAy fr I L whatever he rould rou his hi hiI I ul y to the COM eMI OM I ned eld ID rn ral now flOw MAd and nd delivering sufficient j of co COI l to allay lIay the ur In ing In n I h The Th entire is follow follows Th rh lowing letter hiis h In been received In b H II end and A II n Carlton Carleon on the i i i committee appointed Lay h i I oae lub dub and n the them a m lid l common council of Bot Boet JI J 1 I n II Pacific Railroad Company I h of General O Superintendent At Denver Denv Aug 26 2 1 1111 T TA r A K lc Carlson Carison and nd M Ale rare care of Commercial club i lie lM 1 Idaho i i men I note whitt your honor honora a have to say aa ay relative tn to tnt j Hi t I Coal Co A Ie Coke Cok mines at ati t tJ i J 1 n N Am at a lo loa to t under n Ii i d I how hw under a report of ot Aug Au 14 t tI dol i ui t I or of thU article you OU cay RY ao eu tr k have hae ben been laid at t these the mine mill T f mini spur pur Lull 1100 test feet t long Ion runway run in tri k r II fet feet long and passing pal track trac li 11 I KI h long IonIC will be b completed evel vel I li tT K of r f Aug 24 i Just Juit JI ds as s soon n us as a the th necessary con I trot aid business hu preliminaries art arts ted 1 this company com went at th thInk v Ink ik k Yours trul truly W t L PARK C Superintendent Iii Ati Gen Oen Supt f t 1 P R K R U Omaha Neb Vc Wl t arc Rn at a lou loss 10 to understand how ho hou ui u pan all an tend our report and thin then take takeI t I 11 poulton that you rou do In your our letter latter tr tor above aboe The Tit undersigned being belne the theM M 1 commute committee who bo made the ii fl in the coal shortage and the th fa f for handling the same em me Hock JIk Springs Wyoming oil on Aug T 7 Tl l 47 and ni Ih fl broad daylight walked from the town toW of ot Rock to the UI Wyo Wu Wyoming 0 ming min Coal A Coke Cake eke company mines u ted t about bout It two t 0 miles mile from Rock Tl Wyo On that date dal we our out ourI I In lii person walked over the vI I was waH partially complete i t n i xiu Lw l no tI tl II n or rails rail on said Id gr II i l I u the Ih grade In any eon jill i lo tO put the Ibe same sume on What hat oe on 1 n U Aug 4 the day that Ih t you OU say any NYI I V is IM completed we W are UI not com corn cornI comI I 1 I Our report was waa pub AUK Aug Au 11 and from the tilt time Ume of nt 1 our report to the ther 14 f r the U th completion of ot the tracks nu 11 refer to there th has h elapsed t r i nugh time to have har h built and andi i PIRl places pieces of railroad I oO fut feet r pt In length ink I k If It you are ar the th general so IU soI u ui I i in nt of ot the Ih Union Pacific Rail pully yu ou U might Inform us ua usi U Uh i In h public ull nt Rt large larg why this jl I iek k WR not a 1 1 thereby t the output of coal cOkl f I i i it II ought to b bl Dont you youk k ii h I the th all aU along the ther thel l I r l I it 11 railroad and the th Oregon Oreon i n un last lat winter I 1 j i of t f fuel tut Don Dont I II t you ou know knew i ROM lion Short Line has haa been 1 to In their ver verI I I II that hat I the th ak along ng ngi t i i r are Cr ar ex tz exi K KI t I i irl n i h for fuel to t prepare th the ravages ravage of the u th sibIa that a man of ot otI i I 1 d l your powers and fa ta f nUl alow lc I lea s than ile II i to lay unequipped I t I ni Ions If these thes Ih mine mines minei d i u ed In nf Af co I II a S I 1 Hii II th had ed ri hut but lOS lOSt t I Ih h ordinary man nua nut not In Ini i P as you jou ou r would I every vry means mean at his bI I sake and done I i dalm I him ilm was w done don on Aug A II UM in the th methods of I l I but We w judge Jud and aud tin Iii I It lommon I of ofIr i Ir i y and It Is Ii I for tor them I I and nd for fec their sake all that thaI we wt address these Ut communications to you and If there to Ie any tIA y tract along Iong your our road that will facilitate the taM output of veal coal In the name tm of the common brotherhood of mankind dont write letters letter dont pose as a martyr but build railroads railroad to them M X 4 A K E CARLSON JON OPEN LETTER Boise Bolac Idaho Sept Kept ept 1101 To Mr Mc W U H Bancroft Banrett Man Manager Mana Manager ager a r O 0 S L Railway Salt Bait Lake LaII City Utah Dear Sir Tom letter to the mayor maor and end common council of Boise Bol City elty Hy Ida Id appearing In the th tb Idaho Dally Daily tate man nan of Aug Au 10 has hall been ben read rd by byus us WI and no 0 doubt douht by thousands of read readers ers era r of said 14 alun vehicle of public opinion some om ol of whom suffered last winter for Jor lack of or coal Although we WS take exception both as RII to and deductions In your letter we e will pass p pH it H over on o many points The Th very fact tact that you ou for tor onte have hv stepped Into the limelight of ot the public arena and made mad madea a public p announcement t upon u it public question n aa as the th head h of a corporation la Is I a semipublic institution makes MS us tel leel that bat helter belter days da are coming Mr Bancroft you dont know how much we valise val your Our letter latter as general manager mana at o 0 the Ut Oregon Oron Short Une railroad a corporation existing by b vir yb virtue virt toe tue t u of the laws iowa of the people of Maho and Ind otner oter commonwealths Some ome few people believed bellev you had an actual physical many mn doubt It as all asIn allIn asIn In most mot questions question between the th people and your corporation ratton the men under you ou always alwaY wound up with the same m story tory We e pass U It up tip to Mr Bancroft And that hat was wap Its Iti death knell This t led Iid d many nany man to believe that there was a something spiritual about your our person and being and the th people prayed for deliverance from oppression short phort shortcomings comings coming and wrongs of your oar corpora corporation corporation tion But now 1101 Mr tIr Ir Dancroft things thin have hav changed You have hv proven that you have an n earthly existence and per pr personality personality and you ou have been bean addressing public bodies Thanks Thank a thousand times Allow us to offer a suggestion Please J I t ep p from your Ur palatial private car cr carnow carnow now and then into the open ground round Take rake your pour any from the clicking In la Instruments and put It close doe to the th ground around and listen to the tb rumbling made by the people peep along I the tb Oregon Oon Short Line Une railroad and you ou will wilt know kno more In la a minute than you U will le learn rn second or third hand and mouthed mouth In Ina Ina Ina a year and you OU will know kno when there Is lit n ft 1 coal existing and can an take the Ule proper steps lOp to remedy It IL WAS hy Mr MI we ce the tM coal I com corn committee from Boise BoI after our examina examination tion into conditions before making our report went to Salt Bait L Lake ake and asked for an n audience with you ou which we were wre promised In H a 1 halfhearted way wayby waybY by your our subordinates at p m rn mAug Aug 6 0 1807 At the appointed ap time we wethe wethe wethe the committee arrived at your our com corn company pany headquarter wore woes we taken up UI upstairs stairs and wet were told that Mr Ban Bancroft Tort croft ro was wa W too busy with other men mento mento mento to see us u besides Ida he was IU going sway away a ath the th lI morning arid and our Interview u had hd with three other gentlemen whose h treatment we Ie appreciate and who left on our minds an Impression Im n not of ot being perfect gentlemen Now Mr Ir Bancroft at that meeting which you ou quok at length no notes note were taken down no memorandum made mAd You were w not present you ou left Idt the next morning daylight You must have bays obtained the substance of or your report about this meeting either from the gentlemen who were present or else elee they wrote ru It for tor you and aDd nd you ott Cannot be blamed for tat n errors error In tn Inthe Inthe the same ea Hearsay lIfar evidence It l I not good fOOd evidence In Idaho anyhow There Therefore fore foro o Mr r Bancroft again our OUI Injunction InJunction tion lion step out of your our environment that thatIs Is II and hold your you fa to 10 the ground rouM and nd you will ever lOver b praised In your our letter leUr you OU say Every rail railroad railroad road In the tM country Is I doing all eli It can an to tu foster foter and encourage th the development of new lIew coal oRI properties and nd with higher prices price a aan aan It Itan an Incentive some seine material progress In that direction Is III DOW sow apparent t The Th new mines Un which will shortly be b open opened o n ed flit 4 at Kemmerer of ot which notice has ha already beer been taken herein It Is I call esti estimated mated will produce at no distant date dat from 1150 1 to tn illS 1 tons of ot coal dally daily WHY wily NOT SOLVE QUESTION Now Mr lr you OU no doubt have havi h reference ret reno to the Kemmerer and Quealy mines mine Nos No N 4 I and 1 which ar an situated In Willow Creek north of the th Frontier mine mille and nd north d f the th junc June junction Junction tion lion of f Willow and Ham forks fork You Yuu knew ne lad hut year ear and so ao did everybody that there was waa w A R shortage then than and there thre was wu likely one to lu occur again this thIe year If It these th mine mh can 1 produce 1106 1500 tons tone of 0 coal H It duLy day and w Wu believe th they can why you vou ou commence building a railroad to these them th mines early this thin spring You Tou asked for the II of ot the people to solve this thu question Why you yuu solve It as no one else I la van can an From Krom the Frontier mini mine at I to tomine tomine tomine mine No 4 II It In is three and miles You are r attempting lo to build a N road there This road Urn Hams fork for tor about a mile mil and anti a half halt and lid nd for two 1111 miles null nail runs rUM the lb Ih an you OU to Willow creek The Th Tb thre ami arid miles of rw rad d could 1 be hi h bull built by Ity ordinary o rei I nal talent talat In III Tn rII ii ilava 1 ami I If U you JOu had commenced it t the Ih irs ro r i IUn time Un In 1907 1901 say y about April Altril I 1 yU y i in Ii could have bee had your tracks in to ml No NI III 4 long before b rr July 1 and could haw un hauled tons tuns tf if t i oal 11 a day duy duyor or about boul tons a mouth and re ci relieved some annie nm of lit the th Ih n throughout the th section In iii which hit runs runa On Aug Au U II durIng our visit at 11 hilt 1111 No Mo 4 1 the Ih road was 1 not all gi gradil d il iben i a ni not half mou h men inch to I tin flu flush sh It U in Itt next Sir 1111 l N tin re I 1 Ia a tie a rail or ur a of t r LII tun tier ar In III sight The Tb same m Is la true IrU of fit ii mine mineNo mineNo No 6 I which Is Ia about 4 14 milia fur lIter her than titan No 4 and lId about night Ihl mil tulsa dlo to our Ul uI bent beat InC lIn II it from froni the II Frent iii ml ci i Km Kin P Part rt ot f till Hie HI M t work WIK of if r tin t I h Iii I grad No Si N 4 and No N r t hint hll ha hab I b ii mi en graded hut but III 11 lit bid dm lOt i 1115 I All t H itS III il MINKS MIN NOT MOT IN CONDITION I You Yuu they may It claim he hi urine mines mill are ur cc I Dot nul III 11 M a to I al alI 1 t I h II It II HUS as not tl fl to I nh h nhI II I li I of t r lly 1 iI I 1111 but 1141 0 i i ii 0 i re hI lur I of i t V tn th t ti Kern l 1 II ill n ui Vl mini tin luSt II n p te I to 10 construct nyu n bins tram train tramway t ways way tad M ao se forth In order to get the mine In 1 a proper poper producing con Mil condition had the th railroad beeR been completed Sn In lays days d ago 0 the Ih mines Mill wo would now It be bf In a position to produce coal which you OU state atah in your our letter they th will wili do doTHE doTtE THE TtE REASON WHY In tn our report to tn the I h mar mil and common council and the commercial mf 1 club of or Boise City we I left mine mill No 4 and mine No Nn 6 5 nut out of our aci as u we w were wre re reporting report In upon upun the tb Ih probable probable able coal oal supply for Uti lIil 1 arol up WP did not believe nor do We w now that either lIhr mine minot No Nn 4 nor nol mine No NoR R 5 will pr dui dut e one pound of ut coal oni this year and nd the only reason why h they v vIll III not fbi produce coal Is I because the Oregon Short hurt Lint Line of nf which you 10 are ale I 1 lb he h head had anti and n the moving spirit has haa neglected to 10 perform Its Ita duty dat and nd push this eight miles mil of or road to comple completion thin tion till SO o da days x ago and which could not noth have h e cost to 10 exceed A BLIND RII D TO THE MIE Th PEOPLE 1 We Wi W are all Informed that It was waa w hard hardt hardI t I produce product labor Ibor for the th building bull I of thin thU Ihl road but our Investigation has hasl Ia l hd d us u to believe bellev that part pan of 01 the tb crew rew thit worked on this very road were taken to the Yellowstone park path division of the Oregon Line for tor forthe forthe the purpose of or rushing the th comple completion completion tion of this branch to 10 run palace pala eels ca over this live line to accommodate ae tourists tourist rather than to haul coal for tor suffering humanity On Aug I 5 we be believed believed for days dy before arid and after you yon ou have hauled oars can filled filed with Ith led men for tor railroad work to 10 the th Tel Yel Yellowstone division from Salt alt all Lake but none to the road roads into the coal eoal fields and then you ou talk about hout cooperation of the people with you to solve the problem proM of et coal shortage It Is your shortcomings that cre era create creat ate at these th conditions and your or talk about low rates ratta on Oft hard coal ansi and said on other coal coat from the Missouri river Is I simply dast d thrown Into the eyes ss of the people to blind then them ss as the of or the ordinary man mall Is I not built hilt to burn burll hard coal coti and If It It was w built to burn bum It he would not have the money mony to tn buy It with at t the price it was w sell selling selling ing for lor WRY WilT THE TUE If you refer to r P P tariff O G F O 0 1075 you will find th that t l you quote a rite rate to tn Spokane on anthracite coal cuil of H 4 per tr ton toa from Chicago o while the rate from the same me plan place to Boise Dol on soft coal la is This M 0 rate we w under understand steed stand was put In as a an emergency emer Tate rate but tilI exists ealta and lid Is I no longer loncer printed In the turtle tariffs as a an n emergency rate rat An emergency certainly exists In regard rd to soft coal cOllI and If hard bud coal AI can be hauled hinted to Spokane a distance of HO miles mil farther ll for lor K II 4 a ton we ran can n see no on reason why wh soft owl It I should not be bP hauled from Illinois to for the seine same rate rat And If It this Ihl rate were In effect today toile an n abundance of ot coal could be had And Anti even though It would retail at it t 10 a ton It certainly would relieve |
