The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-10-05
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Discussing the appeal made recent
~ to the national shipping board at
Washington. ID. c., by the Utah public
utilities commission the statement
was made before the council by +. a.
Sweet. president OF Standard Coal
company. that even II the railroads
were Co haul the capacity output Of
the mines now II would be impossible
to prevent coal famine in the state
this winter Word has arrived OF the
offices Of the commission from Nevada
and Idaho that the people there are
already feeling severely the lack of
coal II was said that the capitol at
Carson ~ without heat. though the
coal supply was long since ordered
The intention Of the utilities commits
sion TO do everything In it's power 60
minimize the suffering likely to result
from the coal shortage was expressed
by Joshua Greenwood. president 81
the commission. lie gave Il as his
opinion that the coal operators are
doing their part In the effort To pre-
vent famine. and that the Denver
and Rio Grgnde and the other rail-
roads serving Utah territory. and ter
ritory which depends IN Utah for L.
fuel supply should do everything pos
sibic To- relieve the situation at least
40 far NJ to see that there II no car
shortage at the mines TO delay action.
Sweet again contendcd. aS he had
done few days ago at a similar coun-
ell at which the car service and freight
departments OF the various railroads
were represented. that Utah cunsum-
crs are now getting even more than
what he considered an equitable pro-
portion OF the output Of the Utah
mines. and he said further that the
fact that the Utah lines furnish n
large portion ~ the equipment meant
that these lines would see that a large
part OF that equipment was retained
within the state. lie said that prac-
ticaliy all the slack coal II consumed
In Utah. The Utah trade. he said. Is
more valuable 60 the coal mine opcr-
atorA than outside trade. and he again
insisted that the Utah consumer u
getting the long end"
Railroad T. 60 Biamc.
A. u. picr.on. general sales agent oi
Utah Fuel company. attributed the
present situation To the lack of equip
ment ON the part ~ the Denver aud
ITO AtIuNuf anu hhlh AUAA AH' hhN'
drcdH OF cars consigned To- other roads
pass through Utah empty. lie In.
stanccd large number which he said
were consigned to the Southern Pa
ciflc on government business Tie
urged that the matter be- taken az
with the ear service commission aud
the interstate commerce commission
In an effort o. get relief. lie assert
ed that the output of the Utah Fuel
company had been curtallcd some.
thing like % per cent ~ normal. due
In part o. the accumulation of freight
al Helper a. result OF the black
smiths strike.
The matter 81 the difficulty of per-
suading miners a. remain nt the mines
on only part time was again referred
Co hy an the operators, g. y. stree
Vcii. T.. \. liolapp and others discussed
various phases uf IA, situation. Stree
Veil expressed tho hope that State
| Fuel Director Armstrong might be
able e. do something II was assert
cd however, that statistics "f the
needs of various counties and dis
tricts ln Utah Tor coal would be IT
little use should there be- mo- possibil,
ny ct shipping the coal q" tho-" dis
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