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Show B , OGDEN MIGHT BE WITHOUT COAL. mm t ., Somo uneasiness thus early in the season, has been felt over B- "' the coal supply in Utah. A large percentage 6f all coal consumed ' I in this stato comes from the mines of southern Utah, along the lino !"-of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. There arc reported to be 400 carloads of coal sidetracked between Ogden and the Sunny- H side mines, which the Gould road cannot handle owing to lack of B ' motive power. With good weather pro'vailing, the railroad should H be equal to a demand on it for transportation. What the Gould H i line will do when storms lesson the efficiency of the motive power, B is yet to be seen, but the prpspects are somewhat alarming. H J, For the past two or three winters, there has been light falls of B snow and the temperature has been comparatively high. This B region may soon be wrapped in the heavy snows and Revere frosts B 'of a winter that now and then comes. With deep snow and low B j temperature, conditions as to fuel would be serious. B i There is no storage coal held by local dealers and the sup- B i plies in' the yards would be exhausted in a month of cold weather. H . Without railroad facilities to replenish the coal yards, a coal fam- H i ine would prevail. H ' This is looking ahead to eventualities. A mild winter might Hl ) avert a shortage, butNif the coming winl6r is a severe one, there Hl will be a calamity among those who are today unable "to-storc coal H or vo " "three months at a time. |