The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-11-17

Colo. passed through Price last sun
day over the Denver and Rio urande
consigned 90 Utah and Montana smell
ters. Sunnyside In Carbon county
cannot supply the demand. II appears.
Salt Lake city coal dealers held n
meeting last Friday - devise some
way Ut replenishing their stocks which
are running low and which would
soon be exhausted " cold weather
should result In an increased demand.
Leon Bone. special agent Of the
United States department OF justice.
has opened his local probe into the
high price of coal In connection with
nationwide investigation which Is
being directed by federal agents In
chicago.
The American Fuel company In
opening new mine ut Neslen on the
east side OF the canyon. which will
greatly Increase this company's out
put within the next few montha.
Gov william Spry II "a large stock
holder ~ the American.
According 60 W. A. whitney. super
intcndent of transportation for the
Union Pacific. business on that line
h the heaviest for years. In the
shortage OF rolling stock. especially
cars for the moving 81 coal. the COM
pany II facing a decided obstacle.
There " likely to be "a coal famine
In Myton. says the Free Press Of last
| Friday. The Pancake mine In Deep
Creek ~ not producing. The produc-
tion "a Ashley Valley N hut little more
than the local demand. There h some
talk among freighters OF hauling Cas-.
tie Gate coal o. Myton. This coal sells
FOR fifteen dollars per ton.
wasatch Coal company has been ur-
Ranized at Salt Lake city with T.. v.
Rains. president. and l.. ". Watts
secretary and treasurer. The capital
stock IL five thousand dollars In
shares Of dollar. The company viii
handle the product of Carbon Fuel
company up near Stnndnrdyillc aH
well aH other Goals on The Snit Lake
city market
Black Hawk and Hiawatha worked
last SUNDAY. which gave the miners
hut five DAYS work so far this month
Iup 60 that day. AS far as
cars can be- had" says A. ID,
Mnci.can. who was In Price Monday
last. the mines 40. Sunday or mo
.
anxious for the few ears now supplied
the uuncs that special request IN made
90 gct them loaded out ana returned
as quickly uH possible"
Coal Trade Journal. In commenting
ON the unprecedented position Of the
market for bituminouH coal, says that
one hears nt this time of prices at the
mines which are staggering 90 the In
I "A NaN "a a a. a.
thing like 500 and si,25 per ton for
soft coal. Tor there have been trans
actions In Pennsylvania at something
more than six or even seven dollars
per ton at the mines 20 urgent buyers
OF coal.
Shipments OF anthracite coal for
October amounted Co $50. 2Oi tons.
as compared with b.5f4.O76 tons In
September and with 6.6S3.O07 tons In
october. 1915. Shipments IN October.
1915, were the maximum for the re-
gion, the nearest approach TO the rec
ord for that month having been made
In October. 1919. when 6.GGb.32i tons
were shipped. The total shipments 90.
the ten months ended with October,
1915. were bb.SOO.G2O tons, a gain as
compared with the same period In
1915 OF 560.673 tons.
Although we hear much OF the
shortage OF coal. II Is well 90 remem-
her that In the aggregate the produce
ton In going forward at a record pace.
says the Retail goldman. During the
first six months OF this year there was
produced In thlE country 26i .OO0. 900
tons Of coal an increase of 80 per cent
or 6k,OOO,OO tons more than during
the corresponding period last year. As
none Of this was stored, II means that
the consumption Of coal by the factor
les and railroads was 30 per cent more
than was the case In 1915. This II an
enormous Increase In industrial actiy-
ity. II IL safe 10 estimate the total
production OF coal for this year az
six hundred million tons--the greatest
In the history of the country.
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