Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-09
CUTTING THE RATES.
Chance for City p % 10 Ylsll
The COu1,fyi
AT raE SLAUGHTERED FARES.
Unlon Pacific Makes the Rate Apply
Doth Ways-Rio GrAnds
Western Follows.

ahNN AANAhtAh y thH W ihtiNhy NANt1
by tho Union Pacific has made
ma,turs decidedly interesting for those
Interested in passenger travel. Ever
rinoc tho II. q. w. cut on Saturday
lat hom Ogden, tho people outside Of
town between Ogden and sRnpets
have been ablo 10 got into tho city
and return Al lowsf rates than evsr
boiore known here. Many peops
gvsilod themselves ~ the opportunity,
% much 80 that ono or two nights ths
hotels anu lodging houses wsrs 90 full
that oil could not cot accom- mo iailona,
aud some iolki had to ttay 0ut all
night.
roday's cut rlvea city people the
came advantage as to RACES that
tho county people had. Toe rseucsd
iiguT,sHro giyoI In our advertising
eolumnr. a pcriou eau 10 to Ogden
aud back f1f 90 conla. OF make the
round trip to 5anpete Tor d., with
lower raiss tor intermediate points.
lap Tickets are limited &, .rDm four 10
favrn days, according O. uca,ina'iop,
returning. How long leo fHtu3sd rsgs
viii ua Ia force no u4u ..st, Dat IL 10
safe TO anGoln1e iba biy VIII ne IN
elect tomoffOG. P-t1.. 10 may DO
tAe uud o. tho wees avon longer
before a settlement caH 20 reached.
One railway man drgairsa today that
the Ogden rate w0uig set come down
10 70 cents for the sOuai ifip.
n. q, W. o. DECK.
No sooner was tho Union Pacific out
announced on outward tradlo than ths
Rio 0fands Western inon got into
conference, with the re,ult that
Ia few minutes tao Sissh.
Ing reached 20 all points on
that road on tho came basis a. the
other, 70 that nj every p5int on the Il.
"a. W. between Saliva, SEWER county,
aud Ogden can be visited by 5Alt
Lakors at prices for railway travel
never before heard ~ here. About =
quarter OF cent milo IN the prios
charged for SONS OF tho tieksls.
WHY TIE s. y. succUMBED.
j. q. Stubbs and &. 4. Smurr tell
different stories Ia explanation OF tho
southern Pacific compauy's reasons
for opposlng this biz rod 0otion In west
bound freight rates, when went Into
etisci on Saturday, says tho Ban Fran
cisco Chronicles. Alter tho Eastern
anu tTADGcontinentaI roads, which
iUfm toe several llnss between poi nts
In tue central traffic territory and Os-
den, aaccosded Ia forcing the Southern
Pacific company TO accept tue new
method OF rate making. the mission OF
j. q. btubbs In tne East was ~ au end.
IL was agreed that the new method Of
rate making, which effects reduction
In wvsi-huuud freight charges from 10
q 10 poE cent, should 20 Into effect on
Saturday iasi, aud MIR. Stubbs came
back " San Francisco TO explain how
u Hll happened.
Tue thifd Woe president says he op-
nourd She proposition OF tho eastern
lines bougues .hey wanted an unfair
division Of the ratio under tho pro.
posed new me1hoi u raie.making. q.
Il. bnurT, general freight agent, made
tue explanation, before AR. Stubbs ar
rived from the East, that tho COM
pGny's Interest IN opposing the rsduc-
u1u Ia wost-uound freight rAlea wAs
s1ltly ior the protection Of California
producers and manufacturer.
ave believe tho California producer
should bs EuOr1sd H1me protection
fAinst the keen competition OF eastern
pruducers," s,id bif. Smurr. awe
loot largely TO California Tor support
and We cannot joopArdiss tho intsfes.s
Of CaiiioTniapa by adopting u low rate
| on west-b0und shipments OF merchau.
dice. That ID why shls company vlgor.
opsly opposed the feduciiou." such
WAS ST. bmurg's explanation OF the
c5npany's position IN i,s recert con.
tori with the eastern lincs.
| !. q. Stubs was asked n he fought
for the maintenance a. this old rates
| Tor the protection OF California pro-
duoors Hai Manufacturers. "Not In
the silrhics.," was hls rsgiy. ,sIt was
not question OF protsctlUn 10 Cal.
ii1ruia indusirlcs. but y question OF
| rrIisc,i s this company's Legitimate
| pf1 rata u tho rate. or ooursr, II was
nor question OF protection. i fought
thv Tr1positlon, anu the central traffic
lines finally agreed To fix, as n mini.
mum OF heir percentage, tho class or
commodity rate. agreed 10 this
! proposition, ara the now method on
Taitnnaing was inaugurated -
Tho trouble was that Mr. 5mutr and
NJ, siubes did not compare noles be.
futn they attempted TO explain M,
| glmpauy'B object In o posin0 IN. -.