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Show jj NEW ROAD TO THE COAL FIELDS. As a part of the gigantic projeot to consolidate various holdingB In tho Emory county coal zone and to creato a mighty system of fuel mines undor one control, surveys aro now being made from Provo, Spanish Fork, No-phi No-phi and other common points to Mohr-land, Mohr-land, which Is located In tho very heart of the big fuol district These survoys, It Is declared, will determine tho line over, which the "Utah Coal railroad, a vital part of the vast enterprise, en-terprise, will be constructed. The road from tho coal fields will Intersect the Salt Lako Route at a point to bo named upon completion of the Bur-voys Bur-voys It also has transpired that when tho Utah Coal railroad shall havo been constructed tho same freight rale on fuel may become effootivc from Mohr-land Mohr-land to the Pacific coast aB now obtains ob-tains from Gallup, N M., one of the great coal shipping centers of the country, which suppllos such coaJt poIntB as San Podro, Los Angeles and San Francisco with Immeasurably vast quantities of fuel, From railroad officials it Is learned that the Gallup rato to the coast is al-lowod al-lowod alBO from all Utah common points over tho Salt Lake Route. That rato Is quoted as ?5 Co per ton. In other words It costs 5 05 per ton to ship coal from Gallup to Los Angeles and San Francisco Tho samo rate Is nltnnf1 Vt. li Qnlf T l-rt Tniifrt frr.ni Utah common points on Its Hues The Intorosts In control of the Emery Em-ery county fuel mine project now propose pro-pose to secure tho allowance of the same rato from Mohrland, and othor points on tho proposed coal line, to tho coaBt. the sumo as though they wore common points now Included In tho rato list. If the Interests succeed In securing the Gallup rate, cffoctlve at Mohrland for coast shipments, they will bo ablo I to enter Into wide competition, It Is declarod, with the New Moxlco lnter-eats, lnter-eats, for the vast markot on tho coast, as well as for the great shipping market mar-ket to points trans-Paclflc If the Gallup rato Is not allowed at Mohrland, for coast shipments, It is probable that tho shipments from the Emory county zono would co3t the Gallup Gal-lup rato, plus the expense of freighting freight-ing the coal over tho proposed lino, to the point of railroad Intersection Fred A Wann, general traffic manager mana-ger of the Salt Lake Route, Is expected expect-ed to arrive in Salt Lako todaj, and it Is understood will confer with William Wil-liam C. Sharp, president of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company, representing the Interests in control of the big project and others with regard to the rate question Mr. Sharp, It is understood, will thon lcavo for the enfet, where ho will onter Into furthor deliberations with tho mon concerned in the great undertaking. Tho proposed rallroaj will doubtlessly doubt-lessly be projected as an outlet for tho big Emery county fields, extending ninety miles or rooro from the heart of the zone to tho Intersecting point It Is estimated that the rood will cost $5,000,000. Purchases of holdings In Emery county hnve already raised tho amount Involved In tho project to upwards up-wards of $10,000,000 Othor negotiations negotia-tions to acqulro additional coal properties prop-erties are Under way and, It is de-olarod, de-olarod, will Increase the' total 6uni Involved In-volved by millions. When "the coal lino has been constructed con-structed along the courao as decided bv the surveys now being mado. it will connect at Mohrland with the Castlo , Valley road, making a continuous lino tluough the fuol zone to Price, on tho Denver & Rio Grande line, thus leading lead-ing to markots lu every direction Of tho pooslblo rouieB of the coal lino the most feasible at present seem to he from Piovo, via Springfield an J Thistle Junction, from Spanish Fork1 via Huntington canyon, 'or from either NcphI or Juab on tho Salt Lako Route direct to Mohrland. Soldier's Summit, Hilltop and othor physical obstaclos In tho region of tho proposed line aro being taken Into consideration In making mak-ing tho survoys. It Is declared by a number of local railroad mon that tho most feasible road would bo that from Spanish Fork" to Mohrland through Huntington canyon. |