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Show oo UNION PACIFIC NOT TOSELL COAL SALT LAKE, March 27. Official announcement was made ycsterdn h.- the Union Pacific Coal company, a subsidiary organization of th- Union ' Pacific Railroad company, that on and after June l, 1917. it will retire from! the commercial sale of coal from the mines of the Rock Springs, Wvo. district. dis-trict. This means, il is said, that the company com-pany will handle no commercial coal from the mines of this district, and the entire output of the mines controlled con-trolled by the companj will be devoted de-voted to use by the railroad for its own consumption. It is explained that this does not affect the handling 1 of commercial coal from the Kenimer I er and other coal districts of Wyoming, Wyom-ing, and that It will not materially af feet the toal supply for commercial purposes from the Wyoming mines in ' Utah, as practically all of the output 1 if the Rock Springs mines controlled' bv the Union Pacific has been used for railroad consumption for some; months past. Announcement a made at this time of the Intended retirement of the com-pnn com-pnn from h?ndltn: commercial ceal from ihe Rock Springs mines, it is ' said, that those commercial dealers and consumers who have been patron izing the I nion Pacific Coal company ma make other arrangement for their supply of Wyoming coal for next winter. ? Of Little Local Effect. Local officials of ihe Union Pacific interests said yesterday that the in NJ, tended action of the coal company will not appreciably affect the supply of coal from the Wyoming fields used in Utah, and especially in Salt Lake, because only about 10 per cent of the commercial coal used in Utah comes from the Wyoming fields and bul very littie of this is handled by the Union Pacific t.'oal company. It is pointed out that the independent commercial coal companies operating m the Wyoming Wy-oming districts will continue to handle han-dle coal from these fields and from their mines in the Rock Springs district, dis-trict, so that the only change thai will result is that the mines at Rock Springs controlled by the Union Pacific Pa-cific will not furnish coal for the commercial com-mercial market either in Utah or elsewhere else-where afler June 1 of (his year. The official notice issued from iho local Union Pacific offices yesterday in relation to the matter read as follows fol-lows "On account of the increased requirement re-quirement of the Union Pacific system sys-tem lines for locomotive fuel the Union Un-ion Pacific Coal companv will retire on June 1, 1917, from the commercial Bale of coal from the Rock Sprincfl district." Is Needed for Locomotives. It wa3 explained by officials here thai increased traffic on the Union Pacific lines, requiring Increased locomotive lo-comotive capacity, has made such an increased demand upon the coal com pany that it has been found necessary to devote the entire output of the Rock Springs district to locomotive use of the railroad companv. hence the coal company is compelled to retire re-tire from the sale of commercial coal from this district. At the recent coal Investigation conducted by the joint senate and house committee of the legislature it developed that but little of the Rock Springs coal handled bv ihe Union Pacific Coal company was used In Utah, and most of ihat was used alon" the line of the Union Pacific from Ogden to the Wyoming line. Hence II ifl declared that the shutting off 0f IhLs supply of commercial coal will not materially affect tho coal situa 1 tlon In Tta J |