The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-05
4 STRANGE APPOINTMENT.
Mr.. D. G. Adams Chairman of
the Transportation Bureau.
SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES.
Mr.. Sears Retired as Commissioner
by President Hubbard.
Personnel of the New Bureau Named
Yesterday-Mr. Eccles Thinks Salt
Lake Should Not Complain and
Quotes Butte Rates.

The business men of this city are get
ting very warm over the alleged discrim-
lnation against Salt Lake in the matter OF
freight rates, and from present indica-
tions, if any relief is obtained, it viii not
be through the transportation bureau OF
the chamber of commerce.
1t was through that strong arm Of the
chamber that the concessions granted by
the railroads last year We're secured. The
bureau then was com posed of Fred
Simon, chairman, Colonel Donnellan,
George A. Lowe, Spencer Clawson, Joseph
Goegehan, n. A. Empey, Henry Cohn,
II. P. Mason, George Osmond, W. c. B.
Allen, W. H. Rowe and George T. Odell.
Behind the bureau stood S. W. Sears,
the commissioner, whose efforts to secure
justice from the railroads were little
short of herculean. The suit prepared
by him, with the history of which the
pubiicIs familiar, was in itself gigantic
task, and although 1t was withdrawn to
secure the conference, still the record
made by the bureau and its commissioner
naturally made the public look to them
for protection against further injustice.
STRANGE APPOINTMENT.
1t viii surprise the business men some
what to learn that President Hubbard OF
the chamber of commerce has just named
d. G. Adams as chairman of the bureau
Tor the ensuing year. Against Mr.. Adams
personally, no word can be said. He is
gentleman, and is as thoroughly familiar
with the needs of this region as any man
in it. IT is the common understanding,
however, that he is and has been for
years the confidential agent of the Union
Pacific. Hence, his appointment will
strike the average business man as most
remarkable one.
"Why, said a merchant to HERALD
reporter last evening, "Dick Adams is
fine fellow and so is 5. w. Eccles, for that
matter, but don't see why Mr.. Hub
bard could not with as much proprlety
have appointed Mr.. Eccles as Mr.. Adams"
THE COMMISSIONER RETIRED.
But that is not ali for the president of
the chamber OF commerce announced
yesterday that the bureau would get
along this year without a commissioner,
which means that Mr.. Sears, who has
been the backbone of the bureau, Will no
longer act in that capacity. and in his
place there viii be q secretary, Mr.. @. NJ.
Cannon. The railroad officials will
doubtless heave great sigh of relief
when they learn that the commissioner
who camped on their trails SO persistently
has been disposed of.
THE NEW BUREAU.
The transportation bureau, as an
nounced by President Hubbard yester-
terday, is made up as follows: D. Q.
Adams, chairman, G. NJ. Scott, 7. G.
Weber, NJ. H. Walker, Spencer Claw
son, Fred Auerbach, j NJ. Ricketts,, H.
M. Wells, W. II. Rowe, II. 2. Mason,
A.E Hyde. George T. Odeli, and G. NJ.
Cannon, secretary.
There is nothing the matter with the
bureau as now constituted, except that
the chairman is Union Pacific man, and
that its fighting arm, the commissioner,
has been dropped.
Mr.. Hubbard 5 explanation of his action
is that so lar as he is aware, Mr.. Adams
is not Union Pacific attache, while he
does know that that gentleman is thor
oughly competent to handle any freight
question, and is perfectly familiar with
the needs OF this region. AS to the COM
missioner. he understood that he was en-
gagged for a particular case, and having
disposed OF that and there being no other
matter pending, his services were no
longer required. Whenever the services
OF a commissioner are needed, however,
the bureau has power 10 engage Mr..
Sears.
1t is only necessary to say that long be-
fore Mr.. Sears was connected with the
chamber it had a commissioner in the
person of w. c. B. Allen. so that he ap-
pears TO be in error when he says that
Mr.. Sears was engaged to look after a
particular case.
Now that the batteries OF the chamber
OF commerce seem to nave been spiked the
shippers will have to look elsewhere for
protection. The Business Men S associa-
ton, a strong, vigorous and active organ
ization, is still left, and its hands have
not been tied by any railroad. To that
organization the merchants will have to
turn. Secretary Pearson was seen by a
HERALD reporter yesterday and he said:
s'If our attention IS called to any injustice
the matter viii promptly be taken up by
the executive committee, who viii fight
it through to a finish. The question of
freight rates is one of vital importance TO
the community, and our rights should be
jealousy guarded. am not familiar with
this last difficulty, and am not prepared
TO speak upon 1t, but the whole matter
should be carefully Investigated. I"
MR., EccLEs TALKS.
s. W. Eccles of the Union Pacific con-
scented to say few words yesterday. cit
isn't three months since the tariff, made
by your own people went into effect, - he
remarked, land that this effort to show
that the community is now in a deep hole
ism Il doing the town any good, nor is it
the truth. A tariff which was adopted by
sixty five members of g committee APP
pointed by the chamber OF commerce has
been put into effect, and this talk about
discrimination and broken pledges is
creating the worst kind of an Impression
on the outside world. The only argu-
ment / care to use is to cite the freight
rates. Figures don't lie, you know.
SALT LAKE AND BUTTE.
Mr.. Eccles then took the tariff sheets
and prepared the following table Of COM
pa-isons between this city and Butte, in
order to strengthen his argumen to the
effect that Salt Lake is not Disseminated
against:
Missouri River
10 a 3 G 7
salt Like 80 215 rs 145 rs 10 % 50 - 50
Butte .- 2S5 200 l70 40 100 10 80 so 20 60
Favor Butte. Ia IS ; q
Butte TO
Salt Lake 10
Favor S Lake 90 81 Il o5 81 20 80 10 u
Pocaieno- 1s8 us IS So 70 IS % A % %
Salt Lake to