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Show COAL MINES WORK H ABOUT POUR DAYS M Partial Relief Comes From the Long Shortage fiH of Railroad Cars Milder Weather PH Also Helps the Situation. mH J. H Thompson Of Castlo Halo, general gen-eral superintendent of Utah Fuel company's com-pany's six producing mines In Carbon lount), hns been In nnd out of I'rlco about every day now for n week or more In connection with the Kitchum litigation Involving title to lands nt Castle (late, heard In district court here last week nnd this. He tells Tho Hun that the inmpt of his lompnn) nro just now working better than nt nti) time for n louple or three months In fact slnco the railroad car short nge first became felt. Lnt week ench mine got In four nnd five da)s I-cuu I-cuu so of thu retenso of railroad cars by Kostern railroads, which have been nnd nro now finding thtlr way West Ho anticipates that tho threatened coal shortago wilt Ik n thing forgotten forgot-ten If present conditions continue within the next few Weeks. The wnrm weather nlsej has helped out tho operators, although there Is )el n largo number of mnl orders waiting to be filled Utah Pucl lompnn) hns nil along supplied tho domcstlu consumers con-sumers of Utah with 7t7 per ctjnt of their coal nud Is curing for Its patrons, pa-trons, tho sales ngeucles nt Halt Lake Clt) nnif i Isew here, without an) great Inconvenience to ntoone Utah nnd Montutia smeltirs(nre restless bocauso of Ihnnleneil famine, fam-ine, but really have no grounds fur such fears. This week tho railroad car situation has cousldimbl) Improved Im-proved nil through Kastern Clnh, according ac-cording to reports from several of the operating (ompanles to The Hun ItVII.HOVDH Alii: TO INSIST o t in: moil nr.mmitvtn: The railroads of the rountr) will mnko ii strcinibus right to have the Interstate lommerio lommlsslnn is-tubllsh is-tubllsh the high demurrage rates which wire suspended until March 1, IVI7 on tin protest of Kasttril ship-pine, ship-pine, The Ongon Hborl Line nud tho Deliver und Itlo fl ramie nro both preparing pre-paring to support tho higher demurrage demur-rage rates be Tore the commission n ono means of solving tho car shortage problom. Thn demurrage rata nt the present tlmo Is two dollars u day after the first twmt)-four hours. Tho rate In Oregon nnd Montana Is one dollar n da). In most of the Kastern Htates It Is una dollar n da), The railroads Insist that the demurrage de-murrage rate shall be two dollars for the first da), three for tho second, five for tho third and each succeeding da) that shippers permit cars to stand In tho nrds or at warehouses loaded. It Is polutod out that n shipper ship-per could not afford to pay flvo dollars dol-lars a da) In order to store his merchandise mer-chandise In a railroad tar und that this would guarantee quick unloading 8tatUtlcs gathered by tho two rail-roads rail-roads during tho past two months show that In a grent numbor of cases shippers refused to unload perishable rrolght, holding the goods In tho cars to make "quick turns" In tho evunt of an order for a carload of fruit. Automobiles, Auto-mobiles, merchandise, mal and rough freight was held In cars for periods ranging from ten to a hundred nnd eighty da) a. These statistics nru to be forwarded to Washington, D. C, when hearing Is had on thu applications of the railroad rail-road to release tho suspension of the high demurrage rates. IOVV hPMMKU ItATUs OV COD AUK MVV IIPINO CONHIDimi.D Anticipating thut the legislature which meets in January, next, will create u public utilities ittnmlsslon and make possible a mora equltablo adjustment of freight rates, Indopen-dint Indopen-dint coal dtnlirs already are prepor Ing a schedule of lower ratts on coal for storage at several points In Utah. Anti-trust laws prevent loul operators from forming a combination for the fixing of prices, but each of Iho Independent Inde-pendent concerns Is working on Its Individual schedule und all are practical!) prac-tical!) the same. Tho present loal thortAKe and advanco In price has brought the matter to a head, and producers express hope that through the operation of a summer and winter rate It will lu future preclude tho recurrence re-currence of any such condition as has existed In Utah this iar. This tentative price list for tho )eur, giving a spread of one dollar between the summer low rate nnd winter months' high rate, fixes the prlco of lump coal at two dollars at thn mjnt for tho months of May nnd Jane, and nut coal at J 1 76 for the jamo months. Pur July H Is proposed to market lump coal at ts 86 nnd nut ut $3 00 In August tho rates will be 2f0 and f 3 25, September, it 76 and IS Be, and from October lit on tho prlco will be $3 00 and 3 BV This schedule of prices, giving a range of one dollar, offers an Inducement to dealers and Individuals to store loal, as It will CAIt HIAWATHA CO VI, (.OUS TO ssssssH THi: KTKVMHIIIP TAHHAUUT" SgH Isggi Hisssssssl One feature of the coal sltua- SkH tlon locnll) Is the shipment on Hl Wedncsda) last of u car of fifty BVH tons of coal from thn lllawntha HfeH mine In Carbon county of the Hl I'nllid Htates 1'uol lompany to M Han Diego, Cnln , mi r the Halt H Lake llollte, tyf thy United H States vvnrshlp. ' li'nrroHUt. This 4 H Is snld to bo the- first luatnnco H whero nn order of tlluh ioal has Dvcisssssi been mado for the naOTTl The Dil West Virginia ioal vni tlnlmcd J BH to be "Iho thing" Incidentally, H It Is snld, certain men Influential I H nt the nntlonnl inpltnl Were ) BH known to be Interested In the " KH Wist Virginia coal mines Hut gssssssfl now that the Pnrkcrsburg, V. , WM Vu , mines nro re pnrted prnctl- ' H (nil) rinsed down fur lack of H mm nud rnrs, Utah coal Is gladly flH used Us quallt) for naval pur- t ssssssBI poses uppan nil) In Ing re cog- ' H nlxi us udequnti . H sssssssssfl f BSSSSSSSSsfl make possible tho saving or consider- H able mono on the ear's gross bust- ; H ness. 1 H Ihe operation of such u schedule I would prevent the henv) demand on M the mines during the earl) winter ! H months und would make possible tho mines btlng better nlde to handle the IH winter demand. Huch u schedule would keep the mines In operation during the summer mouths nnd plenty of labor would to available when winter, nets In Men released early j this spring have found pie nty of work H In metal mines nnd the usual Influx of i H ioal tnlmrs at the opening or winter i H did not occur this eur As n result H Iho mines nro shorthanded M-VLKD UP W)IIM. MINI: IS flggi Discovr.itKD to in: ov i um wKM KKMMKKKIl, Wo, Nov 3B 'sssssssss! Following close upon the announce- IssssssssH ment tho other da) thut tho Conroy 'H coal mine had been Itased from the i H newl) orgttnliitl Wopa Coal lompany ggH of Pennsylvania mme tho sturlllnr IggH discover) that Iho proper!) was on NLH fire The discovery was made when ll W K Powell, foreman In charge of J 'll thu mine, unsealed tho opening of one UnH of tho main leads prepurator) to be- -llsssssssssssl ginning development work. The mine sssssssssfl was discovered to be full of smoke , H and It Is fiarcd that combustion, dur- J H Ing the man) months that the mine ilggH has been Idle, has set one whole wing friiH of the mlno on fire, which will ham- ssssssssfl per development work until tho fire ItaLLI tan be extinguished. tM The mine wus liastifn few da)s ago ggH from tho newly orgunlied Pennsyl- 'rTisssssssH vanla company by A K. ond Kmmett HbssssH P. Annls of Salt Ijiko Clt), These ifvH promoters have named their company t ll the Itock Hprlngs Fuel company and ' HsgH It was their intention to begin duvel- PgH opment work on u large scale with a NH view to producing four hundred to Itggl five hundred tons of coal dull). It Is ssLsssssi hoped by the officers of the leasing HH company that tho fire In the mine jH will not prove as serious as It was nt lH first feared. Kven If the end or the BLH mlno discovered to lie on fire were not iiH worked, It Is probable that the other Issssssssi wing of It will be worked as no fire lgH has been discovered In that portion ' ' HH f It , ) jH CUVL I'HICIX Aim HAIKri) I Cl HV "U.NCLI.- JP-KSi: ICMOHT 'Hl Following the lead of several other laVgesssss! Indipendent cufiipKhles, the Hprlng i jH Cuii) on Coalcompin) last Monday ' tH announced nrrlscir sixty lenta a ton i jggl on all gradesvoftfomestlo ioal. With IH ono or two exceptions, alt tho Inde- SgH pendent operators now have announe- Hl cd a uniform raise In the prlco of oal j ggH nt tho mines The Utah Fuel com- ) 'ssssH pany has not advanced prices and of- !gH fleers of the company express the j H oplolon that pros-iit prices will be MHiigl malntnlned MPgsH While the coal ards of Bait Iike ' IBsH City nnd Ogden are far from having a glggH full supply on hand, tho situation Is I iigLIH reported as considerably easier than a lH wcok or ten das igo The mines are 1 ilssgsH )et unable to work full time because ) HH of tho shortage or railroad cars. JDhE UTAH 1LMLHOAT) l'AH OUT ' .aflsH HUdi: hDMH 1H ITS COAIl , iH During the )car from October 31, il PH 1816, to October 31, 11C, the Oregon tHgsH Bhort Line paid out I1.4S1.60J for (A fflHSl fuel to run Its locomotives and shops II HMe and other places whero stoam Is cod- , HHHf ed. All of the rouds of the country ssswT MtlHHfl are endeavoring to cut down the cob- HHfelf JHiH (Continued on page four.) BhIHmk9Lwj COAL MINES WORK ABOUT J0UR DAYS (Continued from page one ) sumption of fuel nnd experiments nro being mnde dnll) In regard to tho fire boxes of engines. Standard rules arc In effect on the Inrger railroads of the United States In regnrd to the method of firing engines en-gines nnd traveling firemen nnd traveling trav-eling engineers nrc kept continual!) on the road In order thnt firemen may be tntight the Ix-xt methods of firing engines nnd nt the snme lime save fuel (or the compnn) Th lonl bill of thc Oregon Hhort Lino for the past )ear was the largest coal bill paid In the Intermountaln region re-gion with the porslble exception of the smelting companies It Is tho largest amount of coal thnt was ever used on tho Oregon Short Lino nnd all of It camo from Wyoming mines on tho Union Pacific s)slem |