Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-25

hexrings III 80"
Unexpected close this afternoon r','a AN, a"'
.,,0apoed thai the court would S'an'
.,,pued to meet in Denver on Thurs
az panins at 10 o'clock
r,,s,,ed interest was prevalent a.
-. ,.orpIns's session Of the investl'
' u.a,r Of ,he interstate commerce.
''.r,.,,ou into the methods OF the
y,-,,,o,n lines and the Wyoming coal
'.-,,ns. generally. When Commits
...., charles A. Prouty took his seat
..~,,ly on time the federal court
.,u was well filed with witnesses
q gectatOrS The legal colonoy
~ vas well represented while at
,r.s for the Rio Grande and Ore
= short Line. the various coal COM
=, and the United States were
',<r. watching the trend OF the tes-
eu.
n, biggest part Of the time was
Nd, I'd by Mark Hopkins who les.
',E from the standpoint Of a coal
r.lrE expert engineer, While con-
s,gsble Of his testimony was OF the
,,.,Nsl order that was rather dry for
q, average layman he managed TO
syrs interest all along the line.
snt Of his statements were very
tsrv,tive. He told how the Union
h,r,t was first In the Utah field; then
All The Rio Grande aud by the time
Is rad was shipping coal into Salt
w the Union Pacific had become
nj established. The Union Pacific
/ he pace In prices and the Rio
ah.s followed. II had done this
ets The beginning and apparently
rgM continue so TO do from mere
| me q habit. He said the retail price
4 coal vas too high In Salt Lake,
Al q which was not a particularly
ggl2. statement Then he gave fig
va . pU0 his assertion. Just why
osl hauled from Castle Gate should
eos De consumer exactly the same as
NJ s'vsgAi al the way from Wyo-
vni "a Granger or McCammon,
lii1l h "a not prepared 10 state
ulkS ass was an agreement. for
hs es q hBling il the longer dis
aits va htltely more.
Il. lsr3 he average cost for min
Es i'r q Gal and delivering IL on
lhf an a. ne upple at 81 a ton. This
s.It ~ rls operator a profit Of an
ehf ol-at When a mine ships from
~ lota tons Of coal a day il does
~ un hpeh figuring TO arrive at the
.lHH nat Whosoever holdeth the
e.a y nine owner hath a good thing.
~ 0asalty also proved a very en-
flAlg Witness. lie did not desire
oiesal anything, he simply would
.illhlhs that was asked OF him, de-
~ lae protests Of the counsel for the
a's.l shoft Line. who decidedly OBJ
y. .,'l % ~ 0uealy exhibiting the pay
20 q US company TO the commits.
y 80 M Williams said he doubted
!. ..nofllv Of the commission TO in.
w lls documents. Counsel Thomas
y. .ysvI, sai1 the commission would, |
=. ual stliltd o. The pay rolls ac- |
INC r.-sly we're ordered produced at the
!. 49, !, curing The lunch hour. The oh. |
z. ]. ms order was so that the COM
= ~ could satisfy itself whether or |
|, ", o hemmefer Coal company had |
~. " yesoa Short Line employees on its |
:. :. o'her witnesses, not forgetting
- y, ,s scoiohman, Thomas sheldon
y ''iii'hed Interesting testimony.
p W. SPAULDING.
= v. ,,,, az the inquiry yester-
Y slltiloon into the methods on tho
4 ,,,-s. llnes % acquiring. mining
s., si,,,'sloIung coal aud incidentally
So, eomptulou out OF the coal
-. ~ he Interstate commerce
~ $500, ...., were of a decidedly inter-
n rso.l Following the testimo-
~, sn9iaa' NJ Abbott Of Farming.
m g. S,...i IN last evenings News"
81 1s9Suiilng was called and sworn.
y, ~ ne Was connected with The
trs,oa w ". iggal department at
-5si,s we we He told a story about
rpi1s ss'-ol from Supt. Black OF
4, " y. faclhc Coal companv ana
I s,'i ~ iols 2 end 4, section is I,
.s,y i,sS 'a,.l, he said, and he ultl-
IN Jsau'ieifed il 70 d. o. CLARK or
sTu,',, ne admitted that he gave
4 blr. ''y ior the money which ~as
n MI ~ The form Of a New yorL
2 Ias ~ ~ asked whether he mad
Az I'M ,, .he money back he said mo"
ioo,s 1910 mat he no longer owed
, ,sks,' 10. .ot No had decided the SEE.
i,r 49,, w 70 Mr. Clark, and he
Reeves ,, taeelined to state how much
m 800. oYef and above Inc Ss 9sa
~, ,N,ooool,,,nodating piece IN yory '
4 , -esfohahd asked II Judge peir A
a ~ on The bench and -, a ~
transaction was a partner
ls5 ~ also took up A snar,s.
h rs,oese 81 u iand and turned II over
rrhso oa Pacific Coal comnany V w.
Ina. conditions Wi,ross ~,
W. s,.' Band certainly did did, ''''
.' ILLS THE SAME STORY.
q p Durham, a statinoarv .,.,.
aert vi, N, raeihc Coal COMPANY ~,
! vim -, he told the same 30" ~
tie sight variations ' Snn. o.I
AsS ~, w coal lands IN wro w. he
I msnsssr Ised them 10 ID q
conpaS, u The Union poc,ec
Be sou,es, lie said that Ne III
y Ne sl8 y quarter of seciion "a
W wa y as a speculs,ion " =.
an,l ~, = Lee clerk hi ,ba 'a Won, ne
lsry ,nsi r.'s, was his agent Tp ~
',skss Nm, pointed ont The a lro :
lad M ' ,.,. Zee did the res, nm ~,
.slh A., ~ Trouble. for I,.s en- s,,,. Dnl,
,,ck them - ssafy papers ito :
iAsi they r. 70 ne ~ land Office ana !
:, and ~ Whatever. lie sirnea , e ,sa
" Der. sase him 500 sor ~, ~ !
.,s'ihs . -. - u'a noi even remem. /,
., "a ne tIing on the \" a - Sqs, :
! s".. FORCED TO QUIT. >
s,as b.is. y ., ssli Lake folloues Q
'''ssa Out ., the s0, So. ho VI, he :