The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
Pertinent Facts Concerning
Coal Supply of Salt Lake

The matter of furnishing fuel for big
city is no simple problem. Few people
here have any definite idea as to the
amount OF coal and coke Salt Lake CITY
burns in one year. The average person
VIII be surprised to learn that this city
consumes yearly Il quarter of q million
Tons OF coal and about ten thousand tons
oi coke. This amount Is exclusive OF
The tonnage consumed locally by the
Denver e Rio GIande railroad tho West
cfh Iaclfic' The Oregon Short Line and
the Salt Lake Route
About million and n quarter dollars
are expended annually by the peopln OF
SAT- Lake City for heating and lighting
purposes.
To haul into Salt Lake CITY its yearly
supply of coal would require a solid irn in
over hfty-four miles long This train
would have its aboosc In the extreme
ssouiNern end In the railroad yards al
Sprinsyille, Utah county and fhc nrst
locomotive and tender In the wards In
SAIL Lake City, III the number of loco.
motives and tenders required 10 pull this
sISuntlG train were reckoncd I'm tho prop
osltion tho head engine would stand at "A
poiht about midway between this cItv
hha Woods Cross OH the north
~ ccai car holds on an average about
u,, u,iI'y-iNc TONS OF coal Dividing thirty
live into 2Jo.0 tie tonnage consmn,od
tearlys gives Il13 carloads. As each caI.
mas an average length. Including tho dis
lance lance between each car. OF forty fect =,
10, .1'ai or 2eb.'20 feet Is The result OF sim
PIC multiplication. Dividing the total hy
b.S9, The number OF feet TO the mile Il
VIII pe readily seen that the traIn of
cars is little over fifty-four miles inuo
,5 5 Iar, ihe greatest amount of coal
used Is of the lump variety. Ihough GO
e esaue'aole OF the slack variety is used
ior manufacturing purpofes aud for
large apartment houses In tbe city
iineie i,n are about ono hundred flat build.
loSS, which use great amouni of nn.,
curing the year. The fIroe In tLa f
nnces In these buildings never die o,,,
,Ht'nlcr or summer. as In the s,1mnnr
rnr I'M rs necessary 10 keep steam M
lor heatinS purposes. For n sjy.n,ri
tncnt ilat an average of about fi,o tnn., |
VI coal IS used monthly throughout ira |
yehr, 1nlrty-apar rtment f1at burns about
.s i.%em'E IONS month or 40 tons wear
INC amount OF coal used in fiat buiIdins,,, |
liz considerable cummings |
~, j, REQUIRES IL great amount of fuel To |
Son, Sor 'ne iaree Office buildings in the city |
some oil these buildings use i'm exceSv
pl Soo tons month, which makes Tho
rosi OF heating for a building of this
. s,nd IND over 5000 month The greater
OF ~ the coal used in tho city is
!. .nIi.ISied Ut, ny eight largo retntl CONCERNS
,nat ,at puy direct IN carload and trninJoad
lots from the mines These conpanjcs
s,uppiy coal 10 the schools. the office
homau e. ,he hats. the thousands OF
II is estimated that at the present
Iiinc there are about 40 900 tons OF coal
sumreo LOT LOT The winter demand A fea-
10 ne a shortage this winter IS that nj
ready The storage supply has been drawn
m om by number Of firms. This was
n'ue ~, @ necessary ON account OF inability
Dealers say that there is no occasinn io |
;sNI a-arIned this carly In lhe season.