The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-01
|GUNS AND THREATS
FIGURE IN COAL LANDS
cent per mile rate from Ogden to Sun

| Al uon remember WhdU III Was
Q.-Was 1T higher rate than the
prior rate?
A.-Yes, sir. The lumber was for
the use of the mining company. some
of tho freight from the East was
shipped 10 the Utah Fuel company;
some of il to G., II, Schlacks,. vice
president When he received the freight
he gave receipt TO the station agent
and the latter remitted the receipts as
cash to w F. Cotton at Salt Lake He
| did not know who paid the cash.
Mr.. Marchand-On shipments from
the East to Sunnyside, what was the
practice as to rebilhng?
A,-There was not any. Ihe blllS
showed rate from point of origin to
| destination.
Where Is w. T. Cotton?
W. O. Williams, auditor of the. Utah
| Fuel company, was the next witness;
He was asked to name the officers OF
tbe company, and said Mr.. Jeffrey is
president. Mr.. Schlacks vice~presidcnt,
Mr.. White of New York treasurer
They never had cashier. ". F. Col"
ton of Salt Lake is assistant treasurer.
Mr.. Marchand evidenced considerable
surprise at the last statement and SAID:
'Is he still in the employ of the COM
pany7'
Al suppose so.
Q-Would not YOU know if Mr. Col
ton had severed his connection with
the company?
An course of time [ would.
Q.-Do you know where Mr.. Colton
is?
A.-No, sir,
Q,-Where did you see him last?
An Salt Lake.
Q,-Mr. Williams. we ask you TO fur"
nish a memorandum of the holdings
u I -,n1 1,ln m I'll n
the State of Utah and Colorado anu III
New Mexico, if any'
A.-Have never had information to
do it and know nothing about it.
Q--You have never had that lntor-
nation What is the Utah Fuel com
pany capitalized att
A-$l0,000
Q.-Who owns the stock2
Al don know that.
Mr.. Allison said he was perfectly
willing to admit that the stock of the
Utah Fuel company belonged to the
Rlp Grande interests and objected to
any further questioning as the witness
could not know.
Commissioner Clark interrogated the
witness and brought out the fact that
there is bonded indebtedness on the
property Of about 81 100000, and that
the bonds are held by the Mortgage
Trust company Of New York. Contin.
uine his testimony the witness said he
had paid for agricultural lands since
he became auditor. He did not believe
that the books in his possession would
show any purchase of coal lands and
he did not know whether they would
show. the purchase of agricultural lands.
Q.-The property already acquired
muchi
A-No
Q.-Do the books of which you are
custodian show the extent to which
these lands are mortgagedl
Al don t understand the question.
Q.-How much is it mortgaged for
per acre?
A.-That depends on what was paid
for the land.
Q-Assuming that it was $3.50 per
acre, what would be the mortgage7
A.-The amount of what it cost
would be the mortgage.
Q.-ls it not fact that the lands of
the Utah Fuel company are mortgaged
for $500 per acre?
Al don t know anything about it;
1 could not tell you the amount.
The witness testified further that
supplies and coal were charged the reg
rate was effective until some months
ago, The Pleasant Valley Coal com
pany was organized in 1882, bur ne did
not know what it was capitalized at,
Q.-Wbo is your superior7
Any superior is Mr.. Schlacks.
The company sold coke in Montana,
California and Nevada but there were
no special rates from points in Utah
TO Anaconda on this class of freight.
P, l.. Williams objected to the ques-
ton, as there was no charge of violat-
ing the rates.
Mr., Marchand replied that the Short
Line and Rio Grsnde were one and the
same when 1t comes to the transporta-
ton OF freight from one point on one
road to another point on the other road.
He held that the agent of the Rio
Grande in making a through rate in
Guiding the Short Line, became the
agent of the Short Line
Commissioner Clark held that If
preference in rates was given 10 the
coal companies by the railroad compa-
MES IL WAS n very lmnortant point II
might he that the Rio Grande would
give rate TO Anaconda the division
OF which would give the Short Line
its full published tariff and the Rio
Grande might ne favoring itself by
hauling its own freight at materially
reduced rates.
The witness said that officially he be-
lievcd the rate was $500
.Q.-What do you mean by having it
officiaIly1
A.-WeIl. | think that is the pub
lished rate. There was an advance
charge made on consignments of coke
and the consignee paid the freight.
Q-Is it fact that they would pay
the Fuel company in advance to its des-
tination'
A,-Yes, il is.
Q,-So the railroad company ad.
'vances you the price of coal or coke
and take chances on collectionf
A.-They have done that; they
charge it back.
Q,-Have you had some instances of
that7
A.-Hundreds of them
The witness detailed the books that
are here in his custody, and said he
did not know what books were in New
York. He had no knowledge of certain
books of the Utah Fuel company hav-
ing been shipped to New York last
month.
Q.-What information have YOU that
certain vouchers Of the Utah Fuel com