The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-09
IN RAIL WAY CIRCLES.
There Is to Be No Raising of
Rates Here.
MR.. BABCoCK EXPLAINS.
THE AGREEMENT IN LINE WITH A
POLICY OF AMITY.
The Midvvinter Fair Tickets VIII be
on Sale in Time for the Opening
"A Curious Relic Brought Down
Some More Sanpete Bonds-The
Southern Pacific Pay Car-Notes.

In an interview with prominent
railway man which appeared in Satur-
days issue of The Herald, one of the
parties who are aggrieved by the new
agreement that has been made be-
tween the Union Pacific and Rio
Grande Western, stated among other
things that there is a movement on
foot among the shippers of Salt Lake
to break the combine" by furnishing
the aggressive party thereto. and throw
ing all their freight to the other party.
This brought in statement that the
Rio Grande Western railway was the
one to oppose the scheme to cut out
the local lines and it was said that on
that road vengeance would be wrought.
This interview, coming from one of
the opposition was not calculated to
wholly satisfy the people that the
statements therein contained were true
and further developments have. been
awaited with a great deal of interest.
The issuance of the new rate sheets
were looked for to reveal some start
ling raises in charges on freight and
the action of the two roads in shutting
out their small feeders was looked
upon by some as a piece of monopoly.
However, it now appears that the is
suance of the freight tariff that has
hav been adopted by the two roads
does not herald any startling advance
in rates. The only change that has
wrought has been to restore the rates
to what they were before hostilities
began between the two roads, and to
make an ironclad agreement to keep
the rates up to the tariff
Mr.. Babcock, of the Western was
seen last evening by a Herald reporter
in regard to this matter, and expressed
surprise that it should have been sup
posed that the Rio Grande Western
is working against the interests of the
business men of the territory, when it
has always been ready to advance its
interests in every possible way.
He said that it has been for some
time the desire of all the roads that
the differences between them might be
settled up and the rates kept at a uni
form figure. All last year there was a
wholesale cutting of rates and it was
seen that none of the roads could make
any money so long as this state of af-
fairs lasted Consequently during the
summer the presidents and the gener-
al managers of the roads held meet
ing in Chicago to endeaVor to come to
some agreement respecting the differ
ences that had existed between them
and satisfactory arrangements We're
made.
The agreement between the Union
Pacific and Rio Grande Western in re-
gard to the local business in Utah has
been in line with the other agree
ments made by the companies and it
has not been made for the purpose of
raising rates, but simply to keep mat
tiers in normal shape. There will be
no issuing of passes to shippers and
no shaving of rates. Everything will
be governed by the tariff that has
been adopted. No hardship will be
worked, because they are simply re-
storing what was in force before the
war began. The shippers who have re-
ceived the benefit of the war tariffs
should not complain, but should be
thankful they have received SO much.
The changes in the tariff on wheat
and cattle have been announced be-
fore Now it is proposed to charge "A
cents instead of 50 cents on first-class
freight to the Sanpete valley points.
That is what is grieving the small
competing roads in the valley because
it will shave off what ever profits they
may have expected to gain. There is a
change on ore rates from Utah com
mon points of Colorado common points.
whereby a rate IS per ton on every
class is substituted for the former
rates Of S11 on one class and $3.50 on
another.