Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-15
GuNNELL STANDS ALONE

Manager Gunnell of the Central Coal
& Coke company said There Is no
occasion for alarm at ALL These scare
stories that the morning papers are
printing only frighten people, and they
come thronging into the coal offices
ordering and insisting on coal when
they have their cellars more or less full
of il, and do not need coal. The rail-
roads are doing reasonably well in de-
livering. We received Sunday and yes
terd5y % carloads, about 800 tons, and
are triiie over two weeks behind in
our deliveries. This delay Is due not so
much 10 hardness on the part of the
railroads, as to the condition of the
streets. Until yesterday. the roads were
so soft that teams easily mired. and
at the best the hauling was anything
but easy. The result has been that
owners of teams were cautious about
engaging In hauling coal. and often re-
fused to hire out for that reason. But
with the coming of cold weather, team
ing has become much easier, and de-
liveries ought to become prompter. I'm
less the weather changes much for the
worse and ties up the railroads, there
need be no apprehension"
HAS NONE AT ALL
At the Kemmerer Coal offices, the To-
cal management made this statement:
our coal is mostly from the KEN
merer mines though we received some
coul from Castle Gate and the south
ern mines Last week our receipts
amounted to 10 cars, though only three
the week previous. and al present there
Is no coal at all In our yards But.
we expect anywhere from 10 to 80 cars
next week. which Will help out. II may
he 30 days before obtaining relief from
the present stringency. To our way OF
thinking, there is no real danger; only
people have got excited. and seem dis
posed to load up now with coal enough
to last until the Fourth of July. II
those who have good quantity In their
cellars would be little more content
and give those who are really out OF
coal chance, the situation would be
better for the poor man."
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT.
C. S. Martin & Co.'s coal management
said: There is no relief in sight much
before warm weather The stringency
In the present season is perhaps better
appreciated when we remember thar
the city received last January three
times as much coal as II is receiving
during the present January. and in
fact we see no relief for years 10
come until citizens learn to get in their
winters supply OF coal before the pre-
vious September We are 30 days be-
hind our orders with daily receipts OF
one car, which does not go very FAR.
with the amount OF coal on hand, there
ia now no difficulty In getting teams 10
haul what there Is 70 be delivered.
AS to actual suffering there undoubt-
eddy has been some, but as yet. not
very much"
A MONTH BEHIND.
Al the Ciuzen's Coal comuanys Of
fees. the statement VIZ. madtS There
is no coal at all IN our yards, there does
not seem TO be any within reach. Last
week we received sevon cars from both
the Rio Grande aud the Short Line, but
cannot count on any receipts for cer-
tainty. We are 30 20 IS days behind
our orders and can only deliver as we
receive coal from the railroads. Coal
that Nc ordered Nov. s from the Utah
Fuel company we have not yet re-
ceived The fault is with the railroad,
~ ich has plenty ~ cars but no loco
motives 10 haul them. When relief
will come cannot be foretold, but should
Imagine II would be two months, Peo-
pie keep telephonlng all the time In
for coal, but we can do nothing for
them"
NOT A POUND on HAND
AZ the offices OF the Bamherger
Coal company on Main street the
statements OF the great scarcity were
corroborated, and II was agreed here
with the Citizens company that the
main fault IL with the lack of motive
power on the railroads, said tho
pectS al all We are a month behind |
on our orders, and al this time have
rot a pound OF coal IN the yards. our |
reoeipts have been one and two cars /