The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-26

once and there was temporary short
age7
Mr.. Marcbapd-Could you FIJI your
orders last year7
The wltness-No, sir.
Asked if he had opened any mine,
he answered that they had, but they
had disagreed with the railroad as to
terms with regard TO building the
track, and they never took coal from
the mine.
They did not accept orders unless
they reasonably expected to fill them.
AT this season of the year they prob
ably decline q half or third of the
the demand, but if the demand was
supplied imme mediately the mines would
be idle the greater part of the year:
IL he said there was at no Tune OF
the year q coal shortage be wished
to correct that; there was a shortage.
Mr., Thomas-To obtain 125 cars a
day when tho demand is for 250 cars
a day, do you call that a sbortage7
Mr., Quesly-I would If that were
true. That is about tho case every
fall His practice was TO take care
of his customers first, and fill the other
orders afterward. The total annual
production of their mines was 250,000
tons.
He did not think he had enjoyed
the one cent per mile rate for laborers.
He believed that last year he required
help urgently and the men were given
a low rate. The railroad company had
collected bills for them to accommo-
date the miners.
In answer to Mr., Marchand, Mr..
Quealy said he sold considerable coal
in Butte The Union Pacific at one
time raised the rate to Butte % or 90
cents and during that time witness
could not sell coal pro6tably.
Sneddon Didn't Know Much.
Thomas Sneddon, superintendent of
tho Dismondyillo Coal and Coke COM
pany, was the next witness. He stated
he knew none of the officers OF the
company except Mr.. White, the gen
ersl manager, who is in Anaconda. He
cashier paid him his money. The cash
Ter gets the money from Anaconda,
but he did not know who sent the cash
to him. He did not know the owners
OF the stock, in fact, Sneddon gave one
the impression that he might be presi-
dent Of the "Kuow Nothing club.
He never saw any of the stockholders
and hence they would not take him into
their confidence,
There are three mines al Diamond
vile, continued the witness, with g ca
pacity of about 100000 tons annually.
Sevepty-dve per cent of the output goes
to the smelters at Anaconda and Butte.
They also furnished the Short Line
with coal, but he did not know any.
thing about the terms of sale. He was
behind with his orders, he said, and
they could not produce more coal be
cause they did not have the miners,
They could not get the men TO work
the mines at this season and could not
get cars all the time. Next week the
Anaconda company will furnish him
with twenty ballast cars They send
10000 tons TO Anaconda weekly, and
coal varies in price from 90 cents to
Sl.20 per ton.
\. V. Taylor, attorney, Salt Lake,
stated be was general manager of the
Pittsburg and Salt Lake Oil company,
owning oil lands in Spring Valley, Cln-
ia county, Wyoming. II was the high
est graded oil in the United States.
This had been attested by 4. c. Veitch
of the United States Geological Survey.
They shipped six carloads of oil to
Florence, Colo, last year, on which the
rate was 30 cents per 100. They did
not object to the rate and it was open
to everybody. That made it So bar.
rel. 1t was too far to ship the oil
and the United Oil company at Flor
ence was tricky in running the gravity
of the oil. His company is now putting
up a refinery and there was no Stan
dard Oil money in the concern.
An adjournment was then taken until
clock.
Investigation Closed.
ITpon rosuminp. Mr. Marchand called