Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-06
Big WAR IN Utah RATES.
Tho Traffic Association Fighting for a
Share OF The Business.
Eastern Dosd. nsiu.s TO RscoEuir.
San Franchises Right In
the hat,er.

SAN FRANCTgco, CAL, Nov. O.
Manager Curlis, Of the Traffic assoeia.
ton, haa become ut n singlc bound n
central figure In the overland freight
tituAtlon.
It's generally acknowledge that n
big war In rates on trans.contin ne ntal
shipments into Utah IL ut hand. The
Tniiic ss.ocistion IL fighting to get n
shate OF Utab anu Colorado buHine =
TOT tbs Ban Francisco lObbtts. The
EASTERN roads have hluntly said that
they rill not recognize san Francis
cos ri ut In the premises Gs against
Omaha, Kansas City, 81. Louis and
Chicago. The Union Pacific, Denver
d Rio Gtande. X ok Island, Butling.
ION, Santa Fs, RIO Graude Western
anu Missouri Pacific nave all gone on
record against this city. They are even
now hzhting anobg Themselves for tbs
eastern trade into Colorado and Utah
and sre quoting In Salt Lake CIV,
rates from Chicago that are lower than
those from Ban Francisco to the Nor.
mon capital, notwithstanding that
Chicag, ID some 1900 milss aud thI.
city not over 1928 miles distant from
Salt Lake
Curtis, who returned from Salt Lake
Guy on hondsy Last, has Informed
President Durham anu his associates
Of the traffic association that their
only rational course 10 to Insist upop
the Southern Pacific shading In with
them by making low rates 10 Ogden,
the terminus OF the Central Pacific, to
onset No lar as possible the eastern low
rates into all points In Utah. Curtis
admits that he does not see how Ban
francisco JotbeTs can ut present. do
business In Colorado. The Union Pa.
cific and Rio Grands Western will not
even let them into Salt Lske for Og.
den without charging full local rates. |
But with low rates from here TO Oy.
den, San Francisco can use that city
Us poiut Of distribution. II such a
course results IN building up Ogden at |
tins expenss Of Salt Lake, he rsys the |
latter city cannot blame Ban Franei,.
co but must hold the Union Pacific and |
RIO Grhndc Western responsible. Not |
long ago rates were the ssmp from |
here 10 Ogden hnd Salt Lake. The |
complaint OF sas,orners - Chicago
merchants in particular - that Ban
francisco was cutting into thsiT Utah
trade, Induced the Union Pacific and |
Rio Grande Western II withdraw from
an arrangement made with tho south.
ern Paciric for q low joint rate into
Salt Lake.
The Traffic association officials
waited upon Mr.. Slubbs snd requested
him TO assist them In fighting for
Utah business agsinst Omshs, Kansas
City, 81. Louis aEd Chicago. Stubb.
gave his word that tn. Southern Pa.
oihc would reduce rates every tlmo n
rate from Chicago into Utah should be-
lowered. In other words, he premises
that his company woul1 quote rates
In proportion 10 the Chicago tariff 10
0g"sr. In that way he said San
Francisco would always get . lower
rste Into Ogden than Chicago could
because OF tho shorter distance. HIS
company could not make rate DO.
yold Ogden. San Francisco ship
ments TO other points In Utah would
therefore have to pay local rates from
Ogden. He stated that the Union ]
Pacific had not acted Ia good faith
with him In making rates from tho
East Into Utah as compared with the
tariff from here TO that Territory. He
felt free, he declared, 10 cut
rates NJ long a. Il made businsss from
hore to Ogden ana as long az the
company could haul without loss. II
necessary he would be willing TO fight
n rate, that gave no proht but paid
merely tho cost OF transportsiiou.
The programme Mr.. 5tubbs outlined
will Iniurs Omsha and Kansas City
much more severely than
hoso OF Chicago.