Show co COAL alu SITUATION AM ON CAUSE OF WORRY WORM facing a demand that is unprecedented ce in lit the history of the coal minin mining industry in in utah the producing coal mines of the state will ha have e to iner increase ase their output of fuel from the tons of labit year to at least tons during this year I 1 to come anywhere near filling orders it is declared by officials of the pro dancing companies according to non mondays tribune doubt Is expressed by the officials of the mines being able to meet all demands even it this it is declared that if the mines are able to run at capacity during the entire year it is doubtful it they will be able to take care of all the business that is to b bo c had and that the mines will not be able to run at full capacity for fo two reasons 4 h N the belief expressed by all the coal producers one reason a ad v incer by the producers is a shortage of miners and the other is lack of railroad equipment to handle the output put at the present time all the mines are running on short forces and it is stated that from 15 to 50 men are needed at almost every i mine under existing conditions it is feared by the operators that the thor shortage tage in labor will not be improved during the summer As for the car shortage from which the producers suffered last year they declare there is little pr pro 04 hect of this shortage being overcome 1 this year in fact all of them express the belief that there will be a shortage of cars throughout the l summer months the season when ordinarily better car sen ice is a avail ail aall llodo er tho producing product ag comp companies inies decaro that the demand for storage coal which has haa already spread not only throughout utah but over the outside territory tern tori supplied by the utah mines bids fair to baing about tt A spring a and nd summer storage bv both dealer and consumer that rill bo a potent gun against such a shortage next as ns was suffered during the past Irac practically tica all of the th producing companies express the belief that there will be a k coal shortage next winter wintre but me tim 5 are united in the expression th that it it will not bo be such as that of the past winter they base their belief on the present indications rf storage which they say will ensele the people ale to enter tho coming winter in much better shape than they entered last winter and will give the he coal companies better opportunity to eted apace with the winter demands |