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Show THE review of DON'S STATE MINE AUTHORITY REVIEWS CARBON INDDSRI Utah Rock Asphalt Has Successful Year (Continued (Continued il From Iuge One) cover the process of laying it for road purjiOKPs. The company has financed this up until the present time and has a very substantial investment in the property now. The material, being in a sense, now in this territory, necessarily ha had to pass through a pioneering period which the officials believe has no passed. Rock asphalt is inexpensive, easily laid, makes a smooth riding road and ia maintained at very littlu eost. A stretch laid on Carbon avenue in l'riee has lneu in constant use since 1028 without one ecut being exiended for maintenance. Other stretches in Utah, most of which are in Carbon county, have required little or no maintenance cost. Ever encouragement should lie given this new Utah industry, so that the organisation which has developed the enterprise will know what future prospects are. Civie clubs of eastern Utah and other agencies would exert influence on the road commission and the governor to encourage appropriation for an asphalt program for 1932. By W. E. FLEETWOOD, District Superintendent, Utah Power & Light Company. In the face of the general slowing up of business during the year 1031, the demand for electric service has & gone steadily on. The Utah Power with its line in policy company, i . all times has met this demand and i i that part of the state served by it known as- the l'riee district, has added no little sum to the total welfare and convenience of the people of that part of the state. In Emery county the town of Ehno was built to. It required nine miles of 6000-vo- lt line to sene the thirty-thre- e customers in this community with lighting, range service and water milt's heating. Four and three-tentline were built to serve of 6000-vo- lt twelve lighting, range ami water heating customers in the community of Molen, also in Emery county. The Eagle Coal company opened up a new coal mine at Clear Creek which necessitated the extension of the powV. line to serve er companys 44-the initial installation at this proji-ert- y jl.ht a, 3.5-mi- le Rapid Strides Made In Dry Ice Field From Page One) of A irrigation project located ju-- t east of Wellington re- line quiring 2810 feet of 11,000-vo- lt ,,v Wlt Pir.l,,d Pk7; irn-fo- r Hnd luost pffpctlv,lv gation need during the dry season. A complete distribution system was bnilt to serve the town of Martin with eighteen customers, a.l of whom are employes of the Utah Haiiway comexpany. Numerous one and two-potensions were bnilt during the year to take care of new lighting and range customers. A new jiower plant of 125 K. V. A. capacity was pul in operation in at Moab and gives assnranee to that important little city of southeastern Utah of taking rare of its demands for some time to come. The year 1931 has shown the Utah Power & Light companys faith in the future of Eastern Utah bv its investment in that future and its readiness to be of service at all times whereever service is required. lc Xov-enili- er other similar equipment intended to bring the plant to its maximum of efficiency. W. C. Cavanagh, manager of the plant, annonnees that the company proposes to build a new and larger factory either at Price or Wellington in the near future. When the company began oiieva-tion- s in April, Frank Goodwill, executive viee president, stated that Uie concerns chemists hod worked out twenty products which would be ev i entuully manufactured on a large scale. pany first had to build up a market for its new product and so the first ice turned out was used as trade samples. It was shipied to surrounding states, and before long production was increa-c- d in order to cure for the mounting number of orders coming to the plant. Between the time when the well was drilled in, June, 1930, and the time when the eumpany began man- ufarturc of ice, most of the operations at the plant centered on experiCarbon dioxide gas is the foundation ments to determine purity of the for many substances, hnt the compsny will use it muiuly for making dry ice In addition to the refinery and test Coimnereial value of this ice which is plant mentioned above, other improve- made directly from the gas has bren ment; made at the well site were the demonstrated conclusively jn nunier. erection of a warehouse with a capaci- ous tests. ty of 50,000 pounds, installation of Besides ice, other common products condensers to convert dioxide gu which may be manufactured are soda from the state which it comes from ammonia, fire extinguishers the well to the liquid state during the and magnesium earbonsweT l" of rntnafaetoruig d ic.od tuo-diie- t. MJ-gc- men ,a From Face One) in as many holes in one shift as formerly i. ating an electric drill, putting men. to fifty quired forty Another is at the controller of a locomotive pulling a trip of coal the faces, the trip containing twenty large steel ears where formerly tfc mule pulled possibly two small wooden cars, and so with each phase of had ao abundantly deposited trading the black diamonds which nature lions of years ago. These improved methods are largely the result of a highly eompetitm market, which forces the coal companies' to produce more economically a order to survive. They nut ouly have to meet the competition of the end oil, natural gas and electricity, but are forced to compete among themsehe priees and projuiration. This last item alone required an outlay of seven t million dollars in the construction of new tipples. New hazards have also been brought about by the mechanicalizatum p devices and methods of p grams. They fiave been met by new scientific maintain safgy U and state The companies government, moling safety. tions, equipment inspectors, etc., at a great expense. Research work is gnq on all the time with the object of preventing accidents, as it is realized the accidents are a distinct financial and moral loss to the family, eommunitj, company and individual. In this connection, the good work of the industrial commission of Utaa should not be overlooked. It is responsible for the enforcement of the woti mens compensation act, created by the state legislature in 1917, and tk proper functioning of the state insurance fund whereby all employes of d industries in the state ere compensated for injuries, resulting from their ploymrnt. Aside from being a mediator in all compensation cases, the eo missiouers huve been deemed the commissioners of immigration, labor mi mines and board d statistics, state mine inspector of coal and hydro-carbo- n labor. We in the coal mining field especially, often hear the question ubd "Just what is the anthnrkv of the industrial commission t" According I the statutes as amended in 1925, Article 3089, no court of this state, exeqt the district court and the supreme court on apiieal, shall have jurisdutiM to re vacate, set aside, reverse, revise, correct, amend or annul any site of the commission, pertaining to the employment nr places of cmploymatN the requirements of protection of life, health, safety and welfare of empbjn in such employment or places of employment. The reason this question mm often asked is that the commission very seldom has to exercise the legal thoritv voted within it inside of a court room. It tries to act not as a poiift man, hut in a friendly way, point out dangers and keep employers and ployes working toward increased safety. In this they have the utmost nitration with the companies, men and federal government. I j earns m common and beneficiul to all In pluee of the little red shacks characteristic of coal mining camps d yesterday we now have modem houses, sewer and water systems, lawns, gse dens and a garage to park the family ear. Where the miners wife fonacrij did oil her shopping at the company store, she now steps in her ear, dims to town, gets a marcel, visits the stores and is back in time for dinner. Many positions held by subjects of other countries are now filled If naturalized and American bom men, educated in Utah schools. Their dren in town are receiving the advantages of modem grade schools sod j ior high schools with bna tranqmrtation to the well equipped high school Price. The immense steel plant near Springville wa in a measure erected the strength of the coking coal deposits in Carbon county. This has been benefit directly to workmen in throe counties of the state, beside inereasl the assessed valuation of these three connties, and benefiting the tte M fa Service Is Extended to Many New Sections In Neb-brask- 81 AFFECTED El no ease should oil, which makes only a temporary road, be inqiortcd in this vicinity for highway building purposes. That asphalt is an excellent highway product has been demonstrated in Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The material has worked out wondcrfnlly well, and furlLer advancement of the industry is now a matter of getting the right setups in the different loculi til's to insure the use of a substantial tonnage in resurfacing work on concrete slabs and other projmr bines, and also using it as a paving material gravel roads. During the summer, a piece was resurfaced in Farleys canyon near Salt Lake City, and this project probably brought the product to the attention of the public more effectively thnnaaiiy other agency has done. With aiT almost unlimited quantity of the product near Kunnyside, the Tolunip being estimated at approximately one billion tons, the industry gives promise of becoming one of the biggest in the intonnountaiu west. A. X. Smith, district representative of the corporation, announces that the i ay roll at ihc plant this year was approximately $60,000, which contributed materially to stabilizing economic conditions of the county. (Continued ft w whole. wen How manyof us ever stop to rcfleet what this county would be there no coal mines f Ask your dad what the cities of Price and Helper w wow like thirty years ago and he will give you a description of what thev cow. be today had not capital been attracted here of by the large deposits The assessed valuation of Carbon county is greater than that of Grnj Duchesne, Uintah, Emery and San Juan counties combined, or $26,000,011 with a real valuation of $05,090,000. Of this $20,000,000 the eoal operate 58 p arc taxed on $15,000,000. The eoal companies, therefore, are paying the s cent of the total taxes collected serving railroads The tl.e by county. the W mines are assessed on a $4,362,000 valuation or 17.3 per eent of assessment of the connty, leaving a balnnee of 25 into the tn mid eent per ury from othpr sources, dcxndcnt to a large extent on the eoal industry. , j.this taxation, $299, 000 is turned over annually to the eounty niil,s ia aPl,lied to the state and connty schools 10.31, 000. I our and go to county and state road or $109,211 sutra Of all the counties in the state the treasury of Carbon eounty east in 1931 from the coal companies bWI general depression owing to the t P0Bi nrrragc, while the metal mines on their assessed qre . ip from Sak $339Zjr a5e f,,unty total assessment dropped tnS 900 in 1931), to In $255,790,0tMi in 1931, or a depreciation of 25 lam county the drop was $800,000 or about 3 per eent. ls had to sR table that this ginnt coal industry of Utah has bitunuM ii. .u of the 45 per eent national decrease of in the production coal, in the Inst twelve years, and uNo that the third international eonJ c on bituminous coal an immediate pt failed'in its of , two-lcntl- is l,r Fr evolving purpose or rescuing the industry from its depressed state. ,n kppl,lng to mention here that of the twenty mills PP? tn m. "i . Bount-WWS the largo ml corporations and two rsiJJJ hitrhwiiv1 FlF,P,n nt l,e twpnty mills. This taxation is used to wake ,P Usp oF "ie FJJJ l,uhIip h,,t al" i" indirectly making for Mnifn business of ttoWj lhe in the on to cut "'"V' Ppddler I fc esUb un?"ra,.,,,ns' wose welfare is the life blood of the eounty atai. as a whole. v rn fe71 ntifi processes have been developed lately 'ompetition from petroleum. Chief amf honiral.mve0a firinE of boilers, and the low temper ,l'h,.;h To a lanm ",diy fires and has proven commereially I8 resrch laboratories still hold many latent n1 eoal whb-- the ' ulPiy of crude nil la rapidly diminiahing. Ire s n |
