Show few mart for carbon co ca coal seen in ill big steel deal berot reate ot of united steel corporon which plain Cont truo tion of plant oi a chajt believed to bo seeking supply of coal from this territory eit sit up and arke notice at tuc the announcement this week from los angles angues to tho the effect that tho the united states eel orp corporation oration has completed a acal aleal to take olar the site of 0 the bifi coast steel corporation 1 for it n plant on the inner channel at lit na 1112 beach calif Construct lin of a plant according to dispatches 1 il I start boon und and vill create t lir big california market for carbon allty coal particularly from depo deposits siti that possess coking qualities it U ie Is indicated that iron ore sod lime r the pant will come from ern and arizona bile kilo the coal ill come from utah formal For nial announcement the dil dis tell states is expected within tha th nt t few day days that the tile steel corporan has bell made arrangement arrangements with the ilon on to provide the coal more than three year years ago the patch ag sas contract nas as signed la in ilch ith the city of long B dabeh sath agreed dredge certain channel channels if the harr to a depth of thirty twi feet and a e company promised to build bull a steel int lit to cost not len lems than flure of the steel corporation and th tho nta fits fe re rall railroad roaS to reach an agre agree eat at for a branch line from gallop N i to tho the ban sin joa jua i basin coal field fields i laid said to have been the chief ob cle in carrying out the thi contract this laid said to haat been overcome now by ming to utah for coal the harbor 14 work which a i city of long beach agreed to do bee his en n completed reduced batea affording according to men who are ift tit cloia uch ch with the coal and steel ion ulon pacific officials offic lali are axe BOIT consia ing a rete which if it ft bimes b effective will place rutih ut sh coal on partly art T with california Califor nh fail if 11 as 11 a ree of energy tord word from local union comly office offices indicate that no inform informal on i regarding tho the proposed coal rate action is to available at pr arst local ta fits its however are tire insistent hit e railroad company it being impo imbor ned ej ta to eo co nilder a redaction ia in rate rates declare utilization of a portion f coal de ia in production of eel 1 in california rests entirely upon a attitude which the railroad dakil his this matter at t present coal rates from salt lake 0 los angeles impose a pile piles i 0 44 er ton oa on lump coal aad nd per tin on n khek W fie details regarding tho the ropo weed seil reduced ratel are not vail ble coal capitalists capita listi aver that the ranted granted will juralt delivery 0 of utah oal to california cau fornis industrial plants at cost st of only slightly in excess of the tile deo of fuel oil As s an ill example of the economic im tince of such a rate to utah which would place coal in ill competition with oil all attention ii Is directed by coal mm to the new rew southern california edison plant at loan long deach beach which will event bally produce prix luce horsepower of team a bcd electricity if utah froal oal rather man oil were at this dant it would tale take a hut hundred Adred carload carloads dally daily to apply supply the plant with fuel beady ready market i utah coal if placed in california un der the proposed rate would find a ready market among steamship companies that lack hydro electric facilities it U ie Is declared i A 0 milner who through hia his eon itte tion with the milner estate which embraces en braces extensive cord lands in car don bon county is well conversant with the utah coal situation stated that in bis his opinion the decision of the united states 11 company to use utah coal in event the dial deal is colsum cons nn mated ie Is ft a dir et outgrowth of investigations mado made daring during the latter filter part of 1928 1926 considerable speculation arose as to whether utah oil could be b converted into a coke that would meet stringent itt lugent industrial requirements the concen sus of opinion among coal experts was ill that the utah product was and id that the resultant coke was 0 of quality among those who investigated the coal fields were william H taylor who 1 Is associated associate A with large pastern eastern financial interests and B L gumming cummings an engineer of note at the time of their stay in salt lake it ft was reported that hey bay biot only WO wee 0 handling the utah end of a gigi giganti project but also were shaping th affairs toward con eon tion of a new steel and iron plant between ban son redro and 1 long beach calif vao columbia steel eon tori pany operating a plant at ironton finds utah corl satisfactory as basl material for coke the plant brings ita U coal from the Book clift eliff fields re to be the largest cokab fields la in ahr Tho The bunny gunny ode castle gate mounds and colum bia his districts nho also furnish good coking coal the cordon creek area and a third field ad sad to be located near ce ilar its city als also aro are potential sources of coking coal |