| Show GOAL COAL FAMINE SERIOUS salt lake bare of coal faces a severe cold wava wave salt lake jan 15 with a mere handful of coal in the city elty undistributed with an ironclad iron clad prediction from weather observer hyatt ot of a certain drop in tempe temperature ratu of 20 degrees within the next twenty tour four hours and with requests for fuel pouring in n on tho the coal owners from every nook and corner of the dry city salt lake this morning faces the most serious chapter of the winters coal famine fifty cars came in yesterday and ani were snapped up in sack fuls by citizens who have been haunting the coal coral offices tor for two weeks almost in de derpera despera desp spera cra tion about thirty of the cars went to the central coal coke company the rema remaining laing cars were distributed among the various other dealers at 6 lost last night not a single dealer could be found who had a sack of coal in his coal sheds several care cars were expected in early this morning over the oregon short line and rio grando grande roads every big realer in the city said yesterday that the situation Is more dea at this time than at any previous period in the past few months consequently scores of or families in the poorer quarters of afi the city are suffering from lack wok of fuel it if dr hyatts hyatte prediction of colder weather materializes this suffering will be increased tenfold already the charitable organizations of the city have been called on for aid in caring for families who have ex exhausted bausted every meana means at their command to obtain fuel in another week it Is ig expected the shortage will he eased considerably as officio officials ls of the rio grande ald said last night they were getting their cars back from the east and will use them for coal hauling at once this will take several days at least and meanwhile salt lake will unquestionably tion ably have less coal to burn than at any time previous during the winter winte r sundays snow has added greatly to the discomfort ot of the families short of fuel according to the statement of officials of the union pacific coal company the tile company Is suffering from a 81 labor famine and several big int mines 12 es at ut hanna hock rock springs and other points are lying idle simply because men ruen cannot ibe be secured to work the collier collieries colli eries jes the statement was made by a prominent official of abo union pacific coal company that fully experienced minors can fin ready im employment in the camps ot of the company along the union Pact pacific it la is this shortage of labor that Is J partially responsible for the coal famine which has been experienced perien ced in the west during the past two months the output of the union pacific coal mines during was 3 tons an increase over 1905 of tons but the demand was and IH in still urgent at hanoa hanum ha noa two mines are being boing worked but the third mine fully developed with buildings constructed and everything in readiness la to lying idle miners cannot be secured to work it at rock nock springs the company jo operating only five mines A at L t cumberland two of the three mines are aro working |
