Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-07-19


vestigation of the new condition
that have been forced upon the coz
situation by the breaking of tn
Mammoth Reservoir and the destru'
ticn of several miles of track o
the d. and r. g.. over which all tn
coal from the Utah fields must pas
for Idaho points.
As soon as the washout occure
on the Rio Grande. Mr.. Hansen, Sec
rotary for the Council of Defens
for Idaho, wired me to come to Sal
Lake and assist him in this investi
cation
I regret exceedingly to have Il
report to you that the destruction
of the Rio Grande tracks has brough
about very serious complication
in the coal situation for Idaho. Fol
more than two weeks the coal mines
of Utah have been idle. However
/ am glad to advise you that OF
the 18th of July all the mines il
Utah on the d. and R. G., except
those in the Seofield District, re
sumed operations
The following telegram from Mr.
F. |. Clarity. Assistant General Man
ager of the D. and R g.. will give
you authentic information in re-
gard to the serious condition that
time.
Salt Lake. Utah, July ~, 1917.
F. R. Gooding,
Goodmg, Idaho.
All mines except these in SEQ
field District commenced work
yesterday and hope to work
them about fifty to sixty per
cent normal capacity. but do
not expect to reach maximum
for at least three or four weeks.
(Signed) F. B. Clarity.
During all this time it must be
borne in mind that the railroads
md consumers everywhere have
zen using up the supply of coal.
lr. rStevenson, a member of our
Council, advises me that it now
Looks as if the Oregon Short Line
would be forced into the winter with
cit a ton of storage coal.
The whole situation is so serious
that / feel it is imperative that this
mmunioation be given az much pub
Lefty as possible With that in view,
I am sending this report to the press
o. the state and asking them to
give it as favorable notice as posi-
bic. so that the people may be adj
vi5ed of the true conditions.
I have the following recommends
tions to make:
The people of Idaho wherever it
IL possible should provide wood for
tn cir winter use.
All threshing machines that are
row using coal should be fitted up
with straw burners
7 TT of the public in every commun-
ily for economy in the use of coal,
G I'd every owner of a thre shing ma
iinG should be requested to in
3 all straw burners.
There remains but one hope to-
rslieve what threatens to be a seri-
US coal famine and that is through
he Wyoming coal fields.
The following telegram from T. j.
D'Brien, General Sales Agent of the
Semmerer Coal Company, in reply tol
ny inquiry, tells the story of the
need of men in the Wyoming Coal
mines. and the prices paid for la
Jor:
Salt Lake. Utah. July II. 1917.
F. r. Gooding,
Gooding, Idaho.
Your wire date, miners are
paid sixty-four and sixty-nine
cents per ton, depending upon
local conditions under which they
work. Outside laborers three dol
lars and four cents per day,
leaders, track layers, timbermen,
drivers, four dollars and two
cents per day. inside labor, not
classified, three dollars and eighty
eight cents per day. We could
use two hundred fifty additional
miners and estimate that at least
one thousand additional men could
be given work in the southern
Wyoming fields. Miners and
leaders are what we need most,
but a number OF other under
ground mon could be used. II
this does not give you the in,
formation desired, kindly let me
hear from you
fSigned) T. J. O'Brien.
am publishing this telegram
With tho hope that 1t may come to
he notice Of those who are look
ng for this class of work, and that
hey will proceed at once to the a
Wyoming coal fields.
There is no longer any question
he rtaf thnf I