Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-27
OR RATES On ORE.
Why They Are So Hixh--Wood River
IL Outside Of the Pooling Terri.

IL Outside Of the Pooling Terri.
tory.
In Salt Lake city, few days ago,
a Tribune reporter interviewed some
Of the general officers OF the Union
Pacific system on the subject Of
fret .ht tariffs, and elected the follow
ing information:
Prior to October IS, 1884, the
freight tariff to points on the Utah 4
Northern and Oregon Short Line from
Salt l.akeswas as much higher as from
Ogden, rs the Utah Central charged
from this city to Ogden. On October
18th the Union Pacific published a
new tariff, naming rates from Salt
Lake to all points north of and IN
GLIDING Logan, the same as from Oy-
den. thus sinking their profits on the
freiyh,s over the Utah L. Northern to
the extent Of all charged 10y the Utah
Central from Salt Lake to OGDEN.
This placed Salt Lake and Ogden
manufacturers and johbcra exactly on
tho same basis regarding business
north o: Logan, and all points west Of
Poratel!o. on the Oregon Short Line
After this explanation regarding
ir-i ghts from this city, we inquired
why they did not adjust rates So that
Salt Lake merchants eau ship to Hon.
tana. The answer was, because the
Nor,hern Pacific insists on making the
same rates from Chicago, St Paul
and other eastern points, to Butte,
that we make from similar eastern
points to Salt Lake and Ogden, hencn
in order to make such rates as would
enable Salt Lake men to lay freight
down III Butte at the sane price as
il Sent from the East, we would be
compelled to carry them over the l..
4 \. for nothing. To understand
the situation it must be borne in
mind that all parallel lines Of roads
running east and west make the same
rates ia the same meridian lines.
Salt Lake, Ogden and Butte are on
the same line, and the rates from the
Fast are tho same to all Of these
points. A somewhat similar rule APP.
plies to Huntington, Oregon, where
the n. l.. snd o. 5. L. comes in
competition. We impaired regarding
the rates on ore from the Wood River
country, and the reply was: "Our
rate on ore from Haley to Omaha is
$25 per ton; to Ogden for Salt Lake,
sl6.50; or if to ship west ST. To
bring ore to Salt Lake it comes via
Granger, the distance from HALEY
being $40 miles to Ogden. Some
time ago STA rate was put into ef-
feet as an experiment., and it demon.
strsted that We were losing more
money than we could afford to. We
also found that the ores we're not
neeard here. because Utah ores are so
high in lead that Wood River ores
are rot wauted for mi King with lean
ores. One OF the officials said that
WHENEVER II mine die not pay, it was
natural to urge causes, and railway
rates were apt TO be one Of the first
co,nplaiped If, and they would ask
for reductions in this direction with.
out attempting to ecoromize in other
respects. One sampler, he had been
told. had charged 81 for sampling the
ore, when the sam. ore was trans
ported from Wood River to Ogden
tor Sl4 per ton, the usual charges for
.ampling being from xl.50 to IS.
There is another feature about
hrncirg ore to this city. Wood
River is outside the pooling territory
and ali the irei ght business with tina,
country belongs to the road and there
is n" claim for division of moneys
q ming from that source. II ores ar.
brought here, them come WITHIN tn.
nool, and the bullion when carried ont
'"sst pay per cent into the genera
pool, let it br by either one OF the
lines. 1t will b" thus seen that the
road is only protecting is own inter
ests by making rates which will kee,
ores on, Of sI'is pool territory.
The O. s. l.. since it,
construction has cost the compan,
over million dollars above, its earn,
,ngs and the owners have gone dow
into their pockets and paid the loss
and T." policy 81 the company il Il
max" the road a s-lf.sustainiug pro,.
erty,ahd this they hopeso to achieve