The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-10-05

Assistance from the federal govern
mont promises early relief Of the car
shortage situation on the Denver and
Rio Grande. threatening coal famine
throughout the tntermountain West.
according Co private telegram re-
ceived In Salt Lake city last Sunday
from \. ~. COwic. vice president and
general manager Of Utah Fuel COM
pany lie " In New York after a COM
ference at Washington. u. G.. with the
national fuel administrator.
Delivery OF thirteen hundred ears ~
the primary item Of relief Is the prom
ise from Washington. and In addition
4. -. Piersou. general sales agent for
Utah Fuel company, learned In n teie.
phone conversation with Denver. Colo.
later that three hundred and fifty adj
ditional coal cars are being delivered
to the Denver and Ilio Grande from
the Union Pacific system.
That consignment. however. must
be- used In the shipment of coal from
Utah mines To- Nevada and California
points along the Southern Pacific.
The message relative 10 government
assistance In the car shortage prob
lem. received by picrson from Cowie,
follows;
senator King Inicrccdc-.
Have Just received the foilowins
wire from Senator King. dated Wash
ingtnn. noon. today. saw officials
last night and early this morning
Thirteen hundred cars ordered west
for use of the Denver and rio Grande
for coal purposes" Please personally
-. .l..at 49, Ill very iftuurfa "a
ear supply proposition and keep me
fully posted by wire OF every develop
ment NJ your end.
with the telegram from Cowic came
copy OF his recent report 10 the fucl
administrator at Washington, In which
he tells of the significance Of ths
shortage 81 railroad ears at the Goa
mines IN Carbon county anent the
threatened fuel famine. lie says that
In 1918 the production " coal la Utah
was 3.62t.p3s short tons and that with
ample and regular car supply the pro
duction this year should be five mil
lion short tons.
In his report Co the fuel admins
traitor Cowic says. Commencing I'M
mediatciy the Utah coal mines ear
quite easily mine. load and ship fiftS
Co asv-nty-five thousand short toni
monthly additional coal Ia the nhov,
several adjoining states " the Uniof
Pacific. oregon Short Line and th'
Southern Pacific viii furnish tia
empty cars To- the Denver ana lil'
| urhnde at Salt Lake City and oEdvf
| In which to load the coal nt the Utah
mines. which are nov taking idl'
time solely Tor want of empty cars.
offer some Suggestions.
why not get the government 1,
place an absolute embargo upon AL
empty cars. both open ana closed, boA
or stock moving west of ogden oi
Salt Lake cts Via either the Western
Pacific. oregon Short Line or Sou
thern Pacific. ana cause all such west
bound .mptirs 90 boz detoured Into tn
coal mines nf Carbon county, Tor i'm
mediate through loading with coal foi
Idaho. Washington, Montana, oregon
Nevada aud California, whore Their,
II bound tn be intense suffering lot
want of coal within the next thirty ~
sixty DAYS unless decidedly increased
number ~ empty ears Il az once made
available az the Utah coal mines"
Cowie says the government recently
Withdrew Advertisements for coal fui
Pacific Coast stations, With enough
cars. he believes Utah could III thir
contract ''lf the transportation h "a
be had there h no need of a coal
famine In Utah. California, Nevada 81
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