The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-07

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. g.
Manager Curtis, of the Traffic associa
tion, has become at a single bound
central figure in the overland freight
situation
1t is generally acknowledged that a
big war in rates on trans-continentai
shipments into Utah is at hand. The
Traffic association is fighting TO get d
share of Utah and Colorado business
for the San Francisco job5ers Inc
eastern roads have bluutly said that
they viii not recognize San Francisco
right in the pre- misses as against Oma-
ha, Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago.
The Union Pacific, Denver d Rio
Grande, Rock Island, Burlington, San
ia Fe, Rio Grande Western and Mis-
souri, Pacific have all gone on record
against this city. They are even now
fighting among themselves Cor The
eastern trade into Colorado and Utan
and are quoting in Salt Lake City
rates from Chicago that are lower than
those from San Francisco to the Nor
cago is some 1,610 miles and this city is
not over SO miles distant from Salt
Lake.
Curtis. who returned from Salt Lake
City on Monday last has informed
President Durham and his associates
OF The Traffic association that their
only rational course is 20 insist upon
She Southern Pacific standing in with
them by making low rates to Ogden,
The terminus CT the Central Pacific, to
offset as FAR as possible the eastern low
rates into ali points in Utah. Curtis
admits that he does not see hoW San
Francisco jObberS can at present do
business in Colorado. Tho Union Pa
cific and Rio GTande Western viii not
even let them into Salt Lake " ogden
without charging full local rates; but
with low rates from here 10 Ogden, San
Francisco cai: use that city rs a point
IF distribution. II such a course re-
suits II huiidiu" up Ogden AZ the eX-
pense Of Salt Lake. he says. the latter
city cannot blame San Francisco but
must hold the Union Pacific and Rio
Grande Western responsible Not long
ago rates were the same from here %
Ogden and Salt Lake. The complaint
of easterners-Chicag merchants IN
particular-that San Francisco was
cutting into their Utah trade. induced
the Union Pacific and Rio Graude
Western to withdraw from an ar
rengement made with the Southern
Pacific for a low joint tie into Salt
Lake
The Traffic association officials
waited upon Mr.. Stubs and requested
Kim 70 assist them in lighting for Utah
business against Omaha, Kansas City.
St. Louis and Chicago Stubs gave
his word that the Southern Pacific
would reduce rates every time rate
from Chicago into Utah should be low
cred. In other words. he promises that
his company would quote rates in pro
portion to the Chicago tariff to Ogden
In that way. he said. San Francisco
would always get a lower rate into
Ogden than Chicago could because of
The shorter distance His company
could not make a rate beyond Ogden.
San Francisco shipments to other
points in Utah would. therefore. have
10 pay local rates from Ogden. He
stated that the Union Pacific had not
acted in good faith with him in making
rates from the east into Utah as COM
pared with the tariff from here to that
territory. He. therefore, felt free. he
declared. to cut rates as long as it
made business from here to Ogden and
as long as the company could haul
without loss. If necessary he would be
willing to fight at rates that gave no
profit. but paid merely the cost of
transpovta ton.
The programme Mr.. Stubbs outlined
will injure Omaha and Kansas City
merchants much mora severely than
those Of Chicago.