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Show GIVES REASON FOR USING CONVICT LABOR HHI.PHD TO Itmill.D ItMl.ltOAD TO fllTT COAU f,ov. Simon Ihimbrrgrr Dinlntv Denver Den-ver and Itlo Ornndo Could Not (let l'nougli ltborvra to Do tho Job nnd Ih'iilea Any ConiH'tltloii With Paid Worker .No t'nmlne TliN Winter. (v HI mon lbimVerger ha taki-n ImU- with reiireeeutatlvoa Of labor III t'tnh who have opposed uelng eon-vlrt eon-vlrt of the nUte prlwin road ramp to repair thi- lenver nnd Itlo Ornndo roadtwl through Price lllver Cinyon following the breaking of the Mammoth Mam-moth reaervolr dam In June Iniit The ronvlita rebuilt the roadway for the welfare of the public nnd to enable the hauling of ronl from tin Carbon count) mine to Halt l.nke Clt, rather ra-ther than for the Hi-rommudntlon of the railroad rnmpan)," the governor Mi) Had It not been for the month or Inaitlvlty in the hauling of tonl on the I liver nnd Itlo Ornndo lines nil nbundnnre r fuel for the coming winter would have been owiured " nitclM the governor. 'As It I. tho rail rnnda nnd the prodlieerea nre working hard together to aatury the demand of the eonimliwlon, with a fair chance, deeplto the break In operation, or mntihlng the supply with the need or the coimumcr" Hpciiklng or the complaint that have Wen vnlied relatlvo to the atate's extenlon or aid to the Denver and Itlo Grande at the lime of the Mammoth Mam-moth dam diopter Oovcrnor llamlier-ger llamlier-ger Mute "I am not thinking Anything Any-thing about the complaint some people peo-ple are making, becnuo I know that wint the state did nu Justified by the clrcumntancea. It I thnrged that we dbipUced skilled labor with the work of lonvlit. besides furnishing convict con-vict In competition 'with free labor The i barge nre falsc-thcy'rc nonsense non-sense The railroad couldn't get labor for the big repair Job, The road tried every place, but there was none to be had It uppi-aled to li. Tho !ourd of examiners considered It perfectly right to help out becnUNe the convUt gang was lumped b the wnshid out trarka nnd becauw the longer the road re tnnlned out or operation the more the people or the slate were bound to stlffir for witiit of fuel. "I do not think there will be any coal shortage In Halt l-nko City this winter The railroad, the producers nnd the public utilities tommlsslon nre all working harmoniously to ns.ure plenty or fuel, nnd more) coal I being hauled from the mlnea now, than iver before. It Is ndmlttedly Impossible tor the mines to work cunstaullv nt full cniKtclty. for labor shortage I n stubborn fin t thnt cannot be denied, but I feel certain thero will I mi no suffering for luik or fuel this )ear, n Iheie vvn last Thero I morn uinl stored ly, the home of Halt Inkers now limn over lx-foro ut till time of enr." |