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

a day. and by this evening. we may
receive that amount from the Rio
Grande But such a supply lasts only
about two hours, for the teams in
waiting at once attack 1t. and 1t is
quickly gone The trouble is with the
railroad. There are enough cars now
on sidings to relieve the situation In
TINS city entirely, were there locomo-
yves to haul the cars here We are
using discrimination now In delivering
coal. That Is we are not strictly fol-
lowing the orders in the time OF their
ming. When people who have or
dered come in the office and make II
pain that they are really in need. we
arc giving them the preference over
previous orders whore 1t Is apparent
there Is no very immediate need"
me western Fuel company report:
we nave not at this moment over 40
tons OF coal In our yards, and average
one car day receipts. some days get
ting none. and perhaps the next day
getling two cars. We buy from tho
Utah Fuel company, and when we com
plain at the non-fulfilling of orders.
they blame the railroad company, and
the railroad company in turn blames
the fuel company. Then the railroad
conhscates our coal. We received no.
tlce the other day. that the railroad
had taken three cars OF coal that We're
eN'''ibAi't ~ US, anu we mao no redress.
we are indefinitely behind In our or
ders' three or four weeks, anyhow.
When relief will come. we cannot say.
1t Is remote proposition
DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
When the Union Pacific Coal Office
was asked for an expression of opinion.
me chief clerk who was In charge of
the Office, replied with a bland and
child like smile, 81 don't know any
thing. How many cars a day arc
you shipping over the road into Salt
Lake day2" was asked. II don't
know anything" was the calm and I'M
terrified rejoinder. when do you think
the present famine will endP" u don't
Know ANYTHING" was repeated once
more with the usual imperturbable
smile. What do you know" II don't
Know anything and the young know
nothing diverted his attention and his
smile to girl he suddenly noted pass
ing by the Office window.
SUGAR FACTORIES CLOSE.
The Ogden. Logan and Lewiston
sugar factories have closed down tenn
coke and beets. The shipments of
coal and coke are way behind, and
the weather conditions have prevented
hauling all the beets necessary to keep
the plant in operation. Al the sugar
offices 1t is said that the trouble Will
only be of short duration.
NEvADA's URGENT APPEAL.
Senator G. S. Nixon of Nevada has
sent kilograms to officials Of the Oregon
Short Line. Southern Pacific and other
I lines. in order to bring the seriousness
OF the coal situation in Reno before the
! railroads attention. Mr.. Buckinghain's
answer carried the information TO Reno
| thal three cars of coal had been sent
! marked Rush" and announcing that
these would be followed by as many
cars as could be filled. The past few
! weeks have been ugly and cold In Reno
and every effort has been made to al.
leyiste the sitnationyss quicklysas pos,
! sfhie.f The present week opens Will
| Reno in fair shape from a fuel suppl,
| standpoint. The Southern Pacific ha.
! been cut out of coal: the bins wer,
swept clean last Wednesday morning
ana not a lump was in the mine bins
at the middle of the week.
Manager IT. +. Dunaway of the n. q.
O. said there was practically no wood
at Beckwith early IN the week. Fami-
lies were trying TO buy wood at 81 per
ton, and those who could get II al
this price paid 81 a cord freight on IL.
There has been from four feet to fifty
five inches of snow in the Sierra valley.
and as result very little wood is oh
tainabie. Mr.. Dunaway says the Utah
| Construction has from four to five
thousand cords OF wood for use in
Western Pacific tunnels. Hotels In
Reno have been using oil for lighting
and fuel for the past week, and stories
nave come from there which declare the
poor have used everything from fur
hltare TO slabs of asphalt for fuel.