Show RIO gangl b aal and COKE huls figures b that tell wonders for this state CARBON COUNTY THE GREAT REVENUE PRODUCER below is a statement showing sh the revenue of the rio grande western now the utah lines of the denver and rio grande from the transportation of coal and coke for the fiscal yeara stated from all bounces bour ou rees ces local joint and through traffic le air lr coal CAL loial 18 j od 7 US f 1893 1 lia 10 sla 1 18 1 38 ibah 89 big 13 IM ma 5 i 1 2 1 lab IJO 67 0 1800 1900 71 1 97 08 07 1 S lIn unknown known I 1 unknown unknown 1009 f tl ile our 15 to t within L altah tah for the ears 1895 1900 revenue from small tonnage charcoal is included wit i coke the years 1898 9 1900 include revenue accruing from very larse large tonnage ensine engine coal delivered to the southern pacific at ogden a freight rate of bev enty five cents per ton from front clear creek to ogden a it haul of miles the MIN delivered ered price of the coal mine run at ogden was per ton the rio grande western was delivered to possession of the denver demer and rio grande july 1 1901 these figures were mere testified to by general freight agent wild at the hearing before the interstate commerce commission in salt lake on september 28 1909 no better indication of the steady growth of utah could be given than the vie above figures furnished by the salt lake city commercial club traffic bureau coal and iron are generally considered two products by which to guage the business of a certain time or a certain place and it will mill be noted that according to the traffic bureaus figures above the coal consumption of utah has increased approximately 50 per cent between 1900 and 1910 this indicates according to usual business standards that all other business interests of the state have increased in a like proportion a record that far exceeds the average growth of the united states or of chev the v bole ole world better indications of the prosperity of utah could not be given |