The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-03-29

Utah. Washington. idaho. California
N, ,uda ,ud portions of Montana The
order originates with pr a. a. Gar
nld. national fuel administrator. ~
Washington. ~ G.. aud gives Utah
mines distributing jurisdiction over
tho states Included iu the znnc- mem
toned stat, Fuel Administrator Arm
strong ~" doubt has had much To- de-
with a., new order since hc has been
tack at the national capital now for
time The order h. specific upon the
point that Wyoming mines viii serve
o. district comprising territory nciud.
Ing New Mexico and states east of the
Rocky Mountains which embraces
Eastern Montana. II reads.
THE United States Fuel administra-
ton announces. In cooperation with
the director general of railroads. the
completion of zonc system 10 govern
the distribution uf hituminOua coal
this system To- hold during the coal
year beginnings April !. 1913. The
general effect of the system will be tc
restrict Eastern coal to Eastern mar.
ketr and to nli the vacancy in the
Central and Western States with the
nearby coal produced Ia thoe states
These Rocky Mountain and Pacific
Coast States viii be- dependent Tor all
their hicuminous coal except for ape.
cial purposes. on the coal mined IN
Utah. Wyoming. Montana, Colorado.
New Mexico. Washington and oregon.
aH the coal producing fields In these
states are easily able a. care Tor the
requirements 81 al the consumers In
this territory.
Fast To- Have surplus.
The fields EAST ~ the Rorkicr. par.
ticuiarly those IN Colorado. New
Mexico. Wyoming and Montana. viii
have surplus coal for shipment t.
them ~ far ~ the Missouri river
points. a. the restrictions placed hN
the EoninE system On the movement
of Eastern coal west ct IN" Missouri
river ~ expected a. provide these
Rocky Mountain coal n-id~ Win a
largely Increased market rhr cNper-
ted summer demand for this unai In
IA. Missouri Valley region. IN Kansas,
Nebraska aud South Dakota viii In
sure maximum running time nt the
mines In Colorado. Montana and WN"-
ming. and the shipment of these GOALS
east. particularly from Southern wNo.
minE. Instead 90 west into Idaho aud
Eastern Washington. viii provide a
summer market Tor vuai mlucd IN the
states uf Utah and Washington. and
thereby assure - maximum running
time and increased production.
"Onc great advantage of the Eoning
system. far instance, viii be- the elm.
nation at the movement of more
than two million tons of Pocahuntas
coal 60 Chicago over a haul OF six
hundred aud sixty miles. as the zone
idea viii force Chicago to secure this
tonnage from Southern Illinois mines
with an average haul of three hun
drcd aud twelve miles. thus saving
~. 400, 900 ear miles, and the mines AZ
the Kon. destination win have an adj
ditional production of seven hundred
thousand tons"
Advantage Ia Utah.
The coming plan II said To be con
sistent with the fuel administrations
efforts to eliminate possibility of nm
other coal famine when the season
again reaches peak load point. which
viii he Ia the fall II means that bit
ter competition between producers
and expensive crosshauling by freight
will be excluded during the coal year
OF 1915. and. In addition, u viii 80
widen the Utah market for coal that
fun working time at the mines IL ass
surcd an summer long, II viii great
b Increase the output, viii probably
be the cause OF opening many new
workings In this state. and VIII Keep
together mine iabOring organizations
now on the verge 81 disintegratton
through curtailed working hours.
Coal mined In wyoming and for
merly shipped into Idaho, Utah and
other Mountain States, henceforth
must be sent into the prairie zone,
thus leaving the Mountain States 10 be
looked after mainly by Utah mines,
The administrators viii urge that
consumers store at least so per cent
of the fuel they will require for the
next winter season, and will ask that
wherever Il n practicable extra bins
viii be added in cellar and yard for
the reception at reserve stocks OF
fueI Roughly outlined. the Middle
West and Fac West zones are:
Zones Are Outlined.
Mines in Missouri. Arkansas. Kan
sas. oklahoma and Iowa will supply
those states. Nebraska, Texas east Of
the Pecos river. and Louisiana west
OF the Mississippi.
Lake Michigan and Lake superior
coal docks will supply the Dakotas
Minnesota and the upper peninsula OF
Michigan aud Northern Iowa and
| Wisconsin,
Illinois will supply, from April Isl
TO September 3Oth. Illinois, Wisconsin
| Minnesota. South Dakota, Iowa. Mis-
souri,. Arkansas. Louisiana, Tennes'
i see Kentucky. Indiana Michigan, anC
from October LIST 10 March sist. Wis
eonsln. Iowa. Missouri. Arkansas, In
diana, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ken
lucky. Illinois and Michigan.
Western Kentucky fields viii sup
ply Kentucky. Tennessee. Mississippi
Arkansas. Louisiana, Texas. Illinois