Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-08
1TlHFREIGHT RATES
= n, Southern Pacific R'k'' Any
Reduction 10 UIah
81, .. ?. WILL FOLLOW sUlr'


NIL 10 Nj. W. bOp ,,A,,n p,clbo ma,
~, to cut rate. 4 tn. s'u y, ~.
me- al',s, makes any reduction oil !"
ir a' .asml..si hi. report on the 'i'u''
Iil,b 10 the executive com
'an !" :, n, regular monthly session
NV. Ai.sr telling Of the oon'
, 'rsc. al Salt Lake CITY cry WIN ,,!... IN,
,,.. ".,' Of the rrsn''M'''ouri
...',,,,lvn railroad companiea ne
,n Ss,,s 10 the matter thus:
'u95is.s,IlLake Ioo6er hau 'nfee con-
p1 sIi'Tss lear Of San Francisco
ling The jObbipg trade oil that
siy 9.'.,,a-E,eIng iobbers with trade
~, tbsy donr Ike 10 DO compeiieu
~ ~, from suother Johbef.
w" tssi,l- They do moi like 10 sec an al.
l ot rate. which might permit
's-.r,s 10 DO made from the east 10
10y -r,.neI.co and hack to Utah nj
,.,., lhan are made for shipmenu
49,, nom the sss' to Utah.
a.,a th,ir ful contention believe
~ s,oundless In the main. IL ~
~. mi the San Francl,co Jobber 10
80 10 sell bis goods, II oppoftuuity
Ar: I'M the salI Lske iooDer could
49,, blua,eli by buying In carload
~, nj oul competition would thsn be
,,,Is,l ,be Chicago iobber.
IA The second, thai, OF course IL
80 s'mpul,ofy. The Salt Lake iobbef
~ ~ 10, M lbs Est N he likes just the
.,ms !, ihe Ban Francisco merchant.
Nd ,,u ,blp his goods by way Of San
Fsrsl,co to U1sh.
L,,o the third assertion, IL 10 o force
srlfcqms,ances which 10 beyond the
,,s,,siany community 10 control. Ban
EnpeI,eo from her natural position ~
.s.porl will al oil times command
mi nies gu imports than an inland
eiy Inc Salt Lake City. ana this Ia
"a, d the Inevitable conditions
Which cannot DO changed and an
| a,sliss Of which We cannot 10 de-
Before the railroad conferences even
vent lot, session Mr. Curtis said he
/ und ,hsl the minds OF the Salt Lake
Cay lstbsn had been poisoned by the
| isIitstilllves Of the r0AGs running
ins unh from tho East. He made .
trrl. Of mos, Of the jobbefs anu they
iii sbs story 10 tell, namely, that Ban
pnsel,co ltbbefs would be enabled by
s'si islss 10 u,urp their territory. MIR.
tanh Argued 10 them Of course that
hey could not ,ulisr any worse from
sls Pnael,co than they do now from
Chicago which NJ present has tho
lkLtth,is Of trade there, while on
Tie ether hand Ban Ffsnclpoo's
tnlfisss Into the field would tend 10
rsta'e he advantage OF tho Chicago
. ,bbsi
At Curtis informed the commission
lhliA. q. =. A. VIM. Sprouie OF tho
ho1lhtin Pacific, who was In Salt Lake
Hhh sompsny's representative at the
conlsnnes, had assured him OF n re-
ausllsh enA 7Opet cent basis from this
|cliy 10 Ogden. This reduction, thought
NJ Clhli, would sooner or later OpeT.
htl0.ofs1 the eyes OF Salt Lake lob.
psi, SEEING that 1t would make Oguen
'hse,nlst Of distribution for San Fran.
ei,e =, bu,lne.s In U.sh.
lie hli seen General Freight Agent
snaii duTing the day, he said, AMI
NJ snuf had assured him that he
sh'lnply waiting tho return Of Mr..
\. iouis, who went north into Montana
h'sf having Utah. Mr. Sprouls il
|uReelsl TO be here Saturday.
zoe Ualon Pacific, Mr.Curiis added,
lsa threatened alter the conference to
Nuuee " Iaus ii0m tho east to Utah
s"tn,el tho reduction to be- made
Y san1hsrn Pacific. The south.
~ r'slnc's reduction would amount
voc nins rate per mile, except Tor
w h4es OF goods, ~ the rate from
" aIaoaIi river TO Salt Lake City,
'u,le seems 10 DO no doubt now of
~ soaleefn Pseific's determination
n'ses rates. lts freight depart
' esit oonilIeut oil being NOR.
match Tor the Union Pacific ia
~ u" war the latter might attempt.