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Show MUDGE PROMISES MOTIVE POWER AND CARS TO AVERT COAL FAMINE Thnt any coal famine in I'tah ami the territory supplied by the mines i)f thin Hection of the ntate the coining winter is already "wiped off the boards," is the opinion of the producers of Carlxnt and Emery counties after the recent conference Ixstwcun II. U. MutlKo, president of the Denver and Kit) Grande, and lending coalmen before the public utilities commission at .Salt I-ake City. Although thu coal famine may be averted by the agreement of the operators to produce (50 per cent of their capacity during the next four months, and the assurance on the part of tiie president of the rail iad that he will furnish the cars and nmtive ixmcr to move tho coal, no hope of a reduction in the present price of the fuel was held out by the largo coal companies. Coal is now a dollar a ton higher than last year. The only hope of a reduction in price lies in the statement of I A. Sweet, president of the Standard Coal company, in which he said: "The price situation will solve itself as soon as we get the rail-load rail-load service wo have asked for so that wo may have a better basis on which to figure our operating expenses." Ketail dealers at Salt Lake City are of the opinion that the crisis is passed and that a sufficient supply of fuel Is assured the Irco)"j if both allies live up to their agreement. The retailers were almost unanimous in stating thnt unless the operators see that Salt Ijtke City is supplied witli its share of the coal mined they will appear before the public utilities commission and tie-maud tie-maud their share. Carbon's Greatest Production Promised. At the meeting assurauco was given by President Mudgc, who - came to Utah at the solicitation of the public utilitios commission, , thnt sufficient carsand ample motive Kiwer would be placed at the disposal of the coal operators to keep the mines of Carbon . county in full operation for at least the next three months and t that transportation facilities would bo provided sufficient to han- .. dlo coal at the rate of 5,580,000 tons a year, about two million tons ' more according to President Mudgo, than has ever been hauled " from the mines of Carbon county. Barring interference on the part of the government in demanding demand-ing tho quick transjvortation of troops and government freight over the lines of tho Denver nnd Rio Grande, President Mudge pledged nn embargo on through freight from Donvor nnd Pueblo, Colo., sufficient to concontrato cars and motive power at the mines, Tho statement of President Mudge was accepted by the mem-bors mem-bors of the state public utilities commission and the coal operators as a complete solution of the coM situation and speaking for the coal operators, F. A. Sweet, president of Stnndnrd Coal company, paid thnt tho "coal famine w ill be wiped off the boards." Kepre-nontntlvoH Kepre-nontntlvoH of tho coal companion promised to do their'part toward averting a coal famine by keeping production nt the mines up to the maximum. Cars and Locomotives In Plenty. On account of repairs now under wny it will be sevoral days bofore the rond between Salt Lake City and Price will be in condition condi-tion for handling nny increased output of the mines, nnd a three-day three-day service of cars and motive power will prevail until the ond of that period. Mudgo explained that it will require n weok at least to move the fifteen hundred cars of freight and a thousand cars of coal now distributed over the rond out of the way, that locomotives loco-motives nnd cars mny be mado available for hauling coal. He nssured tho commission and tho coal operators that within ten days the Denver and Rio Grande will bo in position to furnjslv cars and locomotives sufficient to take cure of an output of np-proximntely np-proximntely five hundred thousand tons of coal n month of twenty-fix twenty-fix days, equnl to tho maximum combined output of nil the companies com-panies operating mines in Carbon county. When asked for nn expression as to the fairness with which the Denver nnd Kio Grande had distributed cars in the past to the various mines, the operators declared that no complaint could be made. Sweet, however, objected to the almost perfect service given to the coal mines in Colorado, while, as he declared, the mines of Utah had been discriminated against. Discouraging Conditions Are Cited. Those In nttendance nt the conference, besides the members of the utilities commission, were II. U. Mudge, president, and F. K. Clarity, assistant general manager of the Denver and Kio Grande: John S. Critchlow of the United States Fiul company; A. I). Pier-son Pier-son of the Utah Fuel i company; F. A. Sweet, president, nnd L. S. ( urtls nntlJ. II. Kiddle of the Standard Coal company; J. S. Smith P.f . Spring Canyon Coal company: C. N. Strevell. tirni,li.iii .....i JJIIHiim C.orton of the Independent Coal and Coke companv; K. S. DlHpp, presltient of the Cnmeron Coal company nnd I In! W. Prlckett, mnnager of the Traffic Service Ihireau of Utah. ,Stir!Vc11, president of Independent Coal and Coke com-pnny, com-pnny, stated that of late the mines of Carbon countv hnd been on-crated on-crated under discouraging conditions because of the scarcity of labor, which he said resulted largely because permanont employ-mont employ-mont could no be nssured to minors. Under hotter transportation conditions and continuous operation of the mines, he said, there would be no scarcity of labor. Public Utilities Man Much Pleased. Judge Joshua Greenwood, chairman of the stnte public utilities commission expressed gratification at the result of t lie co for-ence for-ence nnd stated that lie believed the question of averting co.d fnmine had been solved. Appreciation of the efforts of President Mudge in meeting the s tuation was expressed by momb(-rs of ' ho commission and the coal operators and there was a general belief that lie coal mining companies nnd the Denver nnd io Gr So uould co-operate so that no sht.rtage of coal would be fdt VlurinJ the coining winter either in Salt Uike City or at my mint ff pendent on the mines of Utah for fuel. ' "L |