The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-25
Utah Fucl Company.


the company.
Utah Fucl Company.
Utah Fuel company. the largest
coal producing company In Utah. dur
ing the year has made n number Of
improvements which are innovations
for coal mining In Utah. the most inn
portant OF which IL the construction
OF three large concrete steel miners
lighthouses. each able TO accommo-
date three hundred men. These have
been constructed at Castle Gate and
Sunnysldc. The buildings are equip
ped with shower baths. lavatorics.
toilets hot and cold water and steam
heat In fact. they represent the
latest and best In this class OF con-
situction. They are located convcn-
tent 10 mine entrances ~ that the
men on leaving the mine can battle
and change their clothes. leaving their
working clothes In n well ventilated
aud heated portion OF the building
over night. The floors. walls and
drains are built Of concrete H0 that
buildings can be- thoroughly washed
out with hose as often nH necessary.
Two large amusement halls have also
been constructed. one nj Castle Date
aud one nj SunnyEidc. These halls
are two full stories and contain bowl
Ing alleys. pool halls. rcfrcShmcnt
rooms. reading rooms Tor both men
ana women. barber shop. large dance
hall and auditorium with stage aud
dressing rooms. spacious lobby aud
large voranda.
Fifty new houses. also three apart |
msut terraces, each containing ten
tWo.room apartments. have been con- |
structed at Sunnysidc. This apartment |
house feature N something new Tor
coal mining camps Most Of these |
houses have been built OF concrete |
blocks ana are thoroughly firoproor |
\ two-Htory reading room ana pool. /
hall has also been built az this camp /
which b. being used hy the japanese /
colony employed there, The Did VA
loon buildings have been TemOdelcd /
into places OF amusement aud rccTr-
alton Tor the different nationaiitics.
Ninety-threc new coke ovens have
been constructed az sunnyside during /
1917. making eight hundred aud for.
~ In all. ana which now gives the sun
nyEidc camp the largest single bec-
hive coke oven operation la the Uni
ted Statcs These new ovens will be-
fired January 18Th, A great deal of
additional operating machinery hnil
been purchased for all of the mines.
including hoiAts. pumps. electric gath
ering and haulagc locomotives. also
mine ears, three hundred and seventy
five new ones having been put In SER
vice az all the mines OF the company |
during the present year.
New dust conyeyors for conveying
slack coal from the tipples o. power
houses have been Installed at Clear
creek and Winter Quarters. There
has also been installed new coke
screening plant az sunnyside. which
WIN cnahl. the company o. recover
marketable coke from the fines which
heretofore has been wasted.
Watts Coal Company.
Watts Coal company during the
year 1917 has put forth IL best efforts
In getting It's property In shape Ia
commence operations on a fairly large
scale by January 10, 1915, at which
time the company expects 10 be- ship
ping about five hundred tons per day.
An electric haulagc system has been
Installed In this property. has com
pleted thirty new cottages Tor the
wv h"h"iNh ~ ~ NilplhNthi as wei as
a large store building The company /
has finished the building OF "A branch
railroad line two miles in lcngth 10
connect with the Utah railway. The
Watts company was incorporated dur.
ing the past year and It's property
IN located In Carbon county few
miles north OF Iliawatha, one of the
principal coal camps OF the United
States Fuel company
The Utah Hallway.
Utah railway, now being operated
Independently OF the Denver aud Rio
Grande, Is transporting the coal from
the various mines OF the United States
Fuel company 90 Utah Junction. where
u Joins the Denver and Rio Grande.
This company now has on hand six
OF the Santa ~ type locomotives. as
wen as four of the old Southern Utah /
and Castle Valley railway locomotives
making ten now In service. During
the year fifteen hundred new railroad
cars have been purchased which win /
be used In connection with the five
hundred already In service. Three
Mailet type engines have been order
ed and win be ready for use during ths
tirst part OF the coming year. A mum.
Der OF terminal improvements made
both at Utah Junction, between Hell u