Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-05
a BLOW TO LOCAL JOBBERS.
The Southern Pacific Badly Oulssn-
eTaltd.
ssit Lake. with the Ala Of the East
err Lines, Controls tho
utah asrksL

Under the above caption the San
Francisco Chronicle Of Sunday hiss this
rather emphatic plant to make con-
corning the recent rats troubles heres
The bitter rate war between the
Southern Pacific company on the one
eide and the lines from the East doing
business In Utah l. approaching .
crisis. Tbs freight department Of the
Southern Pacific company was advised
yesterday that the Union Pacific and
the Rio GrAnde Western roads had
withdrawn what are known NJ the
distributing rates out Of Ogden, and
thi, action on the part Of the Southern
Paoihc's competitors has placed the
Ogden JobberS, who have supported
the Southern Pacific In the Utah rate
fight, at such nm unequal disadvantage
with the Salt Lake iobbefs that viz.
otous protests have gone forth from
Ogden during the pact lew days.
rhe trouble between the southern
Pacific and its eastern connections,
which are it, competitors M for ~ Utah
tTnflio IL concerned, dates rom last fall
when the eastern lines reduced their
freight rates into Utah from the East.
The Southern Pacific, claiming that
San francisco was tho natural die
tfibuting point ON account OF It, proK-
Unity 10 Utah, then iteuOd tafiH In
which IL reduced It, rates from Cali.
fornia 10 Utah common points. Tue
Southern Paciflc's connections refused
TO participate In these rates aud the
Southern Pacific was left no alternative
but 10 Withdraw its tarifi. AZ suhsti-
tute II made rates to Ogden sum ciontly
low, II was thought, TO enable Fan
Fran cisco lobbtTs TO compete with east
ern Iobbeig Ia UiAh. The Southern
Pacific took the stand that II was o.
titled 10 make the same rate per mile
from Gan Francisco {, Utah ~ existed
from Chicago TO Utah, aud tbs Ogden
tariff was figured on that basis, The
Southern Pacific has since been max.
Ing such special rates TO Ogden
a. the traffic warranted, aud
these rates were recently lncOf.
poratcd In . special tatin pub-
lished two weeks ago. These rates APP
ply only to Ogden, the terminus OF TIE
Central Pacific, but were made sum-
cientiy low TO enable shippers TO pay
the additional distributing rats on the
lines Of the Union Pacific aud Rio
Gfande Western aud still DO lett n
margin OF profit. Tho Ogden iobbefs
have been supporting tho Soethern
Pacific company 10 ils fight with the
lines which want UAh'a business 10
come from ihe East, and for retaliation
the Union PAeino and the Rio Ifande
Western have now cancelled all dis.
tributing rates out OF Ogden ana given
Balt Lake lobbers a practical monopoly
OF tho trade Of Southern Utah.
As q. Il. Bmurr, general freight
agent Of the Southern Pacific, sx.
plained yesterday, tho Iobbots OF Ok.
den And Salt Lake have always on.
ioyed an equal advantage Ia respect
20 rates IN pursuance OF an agreement
with both the Union Pacific and tho
Rio Grande Western lines. DistriD-
uling rates TO points north Of Logan
anu south OF Lehi Junction have been
the same from both Ogden and Salt
Lake. anu tho withdrawal Of the dis.
ttibuling rates from Ogden according
ly leaves the Ogden iobber In an en-
bRTTRssinE predicamont. In order 10
rlmpets with the balI Lake IObbtr In
Southern Utah he has now 10 pay the
local rate from Ogden 10 bait Lake
In addition 10 the distributing rate
from bslt Lake. These local
rates are almost pfohihitofy, and, added
to the rate from San Francisco to Os-
deu, make a through rate from this
city which In many instances equals
the rate from Chicago. Tne local rates
from Ogden 20 salt Lake ~ 100
pounds are a. follows, governed by TIE
ala fE al.
cents; second class, 20 cents; tLu1
uiass, 20 cents; fourth class, 100 cent;
nth class, 10 cents; class A, 10 cents,
class h, ld4 cents; olass q, III cents,
class ID, = cents; CLASS H., s cents. The
rats GU nails, which IL one Of the prln.
opal commodities shipped from here to
UtAh, takes the nlth class rate, OF 10
cents per 100 pounds for the short haul
Of thlr.y-six miles between Ogden and
balt Lake, whioh, added 10 tue rate Of
thirty cents from mere to Ogden, make
through rate oi 20 centB 10 Salt Lake.
lt IL tue same with all other commudl.
Ties which California 10 supplying TO
the Titan trade, and not only the Ogden
lObbeT, but tue San Francisco jODber,
from whom the former obtains his
goods, ~ now forced TO face an uu.
pleatAnt condition Of affairs, which
no has no means Of regulating.
The Ogden papers are now tai.
ing tho Union Pacific ami the
Rio Grande Western liues severely "
task for thar withdrawal Of oil dis.
tri0uting rates out OF Ogden, and tho
Ogden iUbbers are sending out Citcu.
lars 10 their customers notifying them
10 send In their orders ~ usual, ana
offering 10 refund 10 them every cent
their freight costs them more from Og.