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Show COAL FAMINE ; IS NO MORE Special Committee Gets Concession from O.S.L J Coal Will Be Supplied Immediately. The famine In Cache Is ;i thing of fcSi the past. Asa result of a visit to the I O. S. L. olllolals by a special com- I mlttoe composed of Mayor Robinson, I President Llndqulst of the city council, and Messrs. J. A. HendrlcKson and James Larson, repiescnting the Cache Commercial Club, a train was stopped at Cache Junction Monday evening .and a car of coal turned to Logan! It was also arranged that the ralhoad will continue to ship us as many cars as arc absolutely necessary to present any discomfort or Inconvenience. Thus, while no bins can be tilled at present, sufficient coal will be here at any time supply the Immediate demand. de-mand. The Committee's Visit. The committee went to Salt Lake A Sunday morning in order to be ready m for work early Monday morning. The 9 tirst conference was with Moore, who M js In charge of this pat tlcular depart- nicnt. The needs of the situation, H -2,000 tons Immediately and :i,iiOO H monthly theicaftcr, were set before H him, but the gentleman was inclined to urge tnat'the absence of cars made It practically Impossible to rclicc the I situation. 1, Start on the Trail. I Tlic committee wasnQt -satlsHwl I with this and looked for Supt. Ruck- I tngham, but he was out of the citj. 9 -Supt. liancroft was then hunted up and it was ariangcd that the coin- nl mlttce should have a confeiencc with H him at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. At tm that time Senator Wni. A.CIark had H Mr. liancroft In hand, but It was ar- 3 ranged that the committee should M meet Mr. Reeves, a new man at the j head of the freight department. I Reeves the Man. H The gentleman received the com- I mltte cordially, listened to the repre- I sentatlons, said the O. S. L. would be I glad to do what it could, and Immct'i- 8 utcly set to work to prove It. While the committee was there he oideicd a coal tialn stopped at Cache Junction I and a car taken out and shipped to Logan. It being represented that J Idaho railroads were now taking four I llfthsof the Cumberland mines output, J from which Cache used to be supplied, B he sent an order for the railroads to H get their coal from certain other points named during the present J crisis. Mr. Hccvcs also arranged that H on receipt of telegrams fiom Mayor H Kobinson that coal was needed, he H would sec to It that any coal train H passing Cache Junction would drop otl H a car for any coal man designated. Jj Mr. Reeves showed the committee B' Jt,lat t-l'c coal famine Is effecting the E entire state, and said that while tho H 'load could and would see that no dls-HJ dls-HJ comfort or serious invenlence icsiiltcd H in Cache, a great abundance of coal H could not he shipped In at present. HM They would reljove the present stress, H and in the com so of two or three H weeks would be able to meet practical practic-al ally any demand. H Work Accomplished. nj The cotninlttco was satisfied with H this and fame home feeling that Mr. H Reeves is about the piopcr stuff and HJ ' that the O. S. L. Is not so bad in ccr- H tain respects. 'L'ho committee Is to bo B cougiatulated on tho excellent results H of the trip. |