Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-10
Merchants Of Washington County
Criticize the Utah & Pacific.
FOUR CENT CAR FARES.
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the pubiic aud EnrIche. Itself
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Mr.. Jos. 4. West. chief engineer %
the Utah a Pacific. has written a letter
TO the Washington County News. In
which he says.
MIR VESTS STATEMENT.
"The average freight rate from Mil
ford to Modcna on class freight 10
70 cents per hundred pounds and tho
ear load freight rate averages 20 cents
per hundred The rate on ore In car
loads. Modona 10 Milford. " f2.to per
ton, and when Il II considered that this
u at present being teamed into Milford
from IT, George ut iis per ton. the saw
Ing Ia freight rate to the shipper 10
practically less than one half this
amount.
'"rhc people Of f. George and vicln-
NY have not manlfested disposition 10
paironlEe the new line thus far. and I
trust that the present rates on mer-
chandiso, which nFure less than tho
frolshtcrs charges can possibly be, and
the nearer proximity to railroad point
will induce them TO give Us their busi-
ness.
THE Utah a Pacific was pctltloned
TO build IT, line under very naitcrins
promises Of business. through n desert
country which has thus far been profit
lees, and We would like TO receive az
least a portion ~ the patronage that
has been promised ""
THE MERCHANTS ANSWER.
a meeting 81 the merchants and
others was called at which the matter
was fully discussed, and a set Of feso-
lutipnH settling forth tile reasons why
the new line does not receive the car
rying business of this section were
drawn up. and signed by those present
They arr M follows
Whereas, The present freight rate
from Salt Lake 10 ~. ueorge II tLss
per hundred pounds, - cents " which
amount Il cash and 81 merchandise.
With every facllltv for obtaining sup
plies Tor the froighiern on said route.
And, Whereas. mCrrh anta and ship
pcfu would have 20 pay from Salt Lake
10 Modcna an average OF 400 cash.
and g cents merchandise from Modena
TO ~. UeorTc.or AN average VIA Modena
81 VIZ an excess u II cents per hun
drcd.
Again. II II implied. In the letter %
Mr.. West, that the people ~ 81. George
and vicinity have made pledges of pat
fonaEc. etc. 10 said Utah a Pacific II.
H.. running ~ II does through q dcn-
eft country We. the undersigned.
unaualinedly deny any such impllca-
tion.
"Rcsoiyed Therefore. for the forrgo-
lnE reasons that until an equitable
adjustment 81 freight rates can be had
FROM the q. & y, n. n. that We con-
tinue 10 do our shipping from Milford"
CONCLUSIONS At ST. GEORGE.
The Washington County News re-
marks that the transfers charge more
IN proportion for the short haul than
the long one, owing to tho Increased
expenses ~ providing for their teams
ANA the road being u more difflcuit one.
added 20 which they can nearly always
depend upon having freight both ways
when they travel Via Cedar city and
Milford, AMI that cash, a scarce COM
modify In that section. would have TO
BE- paid 60 the railroad company.
whereas the Transfers now are gem
orally paid In merchandise. The ~.
George paper concludes that taking the
whole matter under consideration, Il
appears that " the merchants and
business mon were tn patrunino tn.
new line under present conditions Il
would be- M big loss 60 themselves
ana the entire community.