Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-09
Why Denver Manufacturing Con.
Germs Thrive Better Than
Salt Lakes.
LETTERS ON COMMISSION.
Headquarters of NJ. and VI. Association
Receiving Many Documents In Ia
yor of Their Railroad BILL

One way In which the chief city OF
Colorado thrives as manufacturing
center while the chief city Of the inter-
mountain west is passed up by intend
ing investors. after investigation, is
shown In letters made public today by
the NJ and NJ. association.
Denver City receives its fuel for
manufacturing purposes at less than
half tho price charged in Salt Lake. The
lump coal goes into the furnaces of the
Misunderstanding plant In Denver AT
Just *. 30 per ton. OF this sum the rail-
road gets so cents a ton for freight. and
the mine operators at Louisville or
Erie In the Ignite district, receive Sl,50
for the trouble of mining IL.
With slack, which rs burned much
more generally in the big furnaces the
situation is still more in Denvers ia
Yor, for the railroad hauls It at 50
cents ton. and the furnace man shov~
els II in to his fires az only Sl.35 per
ton.
The data on the Colorado fuel situa~
ton was furnished by Thos. G. Scott,
manager of the Colorado Meuufacturv
ers' association, In response TO a mes-
sage Of inquiry from the lopIi offices o.
the Utah NJ. and NJ. association.
The officers OF the NJ, and NJ. regard
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the final explanation of the refusal OF
manufacturing concerns to come here,
after promising TO come IL investlga-
tion should prove satisfactory.
WORK ON COMMISSION BILL.
Today has been n busy day in the
preparation OF the railroad commission
bill, which the board OF governors OF
the NJ. and NJ. Will have ready for the
hv 1a.,.n lt
Indignation was expressed this morning
because of the fact that one of the
morning papers stated that no one
could be found TO father the proposed
measure, and that 1t would have hard
Shedding once II got into the Legislature
1t was declared by President Hewlett
that the paper making the statement
was well informed on the fact that
Hon John Q. Critchlow Is to introduce
the bill, and that 1t Is being backed ny
a great deal OF sentiment Independent
OF the organization. Secy. c. o. Harris
declares that he himself informed the
paper in question only last night, that
Mr.. Critchlow was to introduce the
bill. and that this fact has been so well
known that the attempt of the paper
TO ignore 1t could not have been a mis-
take made in good faith.
AGITATION LETTERS.
A great many responses to letters
on the railroad question have been
received at the NJ. and M. office here.
Today one of their stock petitions
came in from Santaauin with So sign
ers. some merchant who received IL
having pasted on q sheet of foolscap
paper and secured enough signatures
to I'll 1T.
From the Murray Mill and Lumber
company strong endorsement of the
proposition was received. The man
ager declared that It had long been
the desire in Murray to start up a mill
for the making of window sashes and
doors. The fact that the freight rate
on window glass into Murray has been
S1.s0 per 100, while the rate on fin
ished doors and sashes, with the glass
inserted, is only 81 cents per hundred,
has offectually prevented any move
mont in that direction.
The Page-Pixton company of River
ton sends In a letter that is a general
Indictment of legislators, judges, Of
ncials, newspapers, and everybody
who might ever enjoy a railroad pass.
Mr.. Pixton writes that he has no
hopes OF square treatment from those
various people until the day OF the
deadly pass is ended. He then
cites the fact that he knows where
rate discrimination has gone to the ex-
sN'AA ~ NAiai Vllt llllu only ~ per
cent of what its rival pays. and he
adds to this bit of evidence another case
In which the agent charged the full
price. and the auditor sent n return
check for big percentage of It, so
that tho favored shipper was protected
by receipts for the full amount.
WHAT A RANcHER SAYS.
From James Veater OF the Veater
ranch in Garfield county, comes q dis
tlnctive letter. Rancher Veater asks
for more petitions and volunteers TO
ride around the country getting sigma
lures. II Will even" he says in con-
clusion. 81 VIII even scratch our rep
resentative from CARRIED county on the
back 10 vote for the railroad commits
sion bill" The representative In ques-
ton is John N. Henrie of Panguitch
and Col. Squires remarked in giving
out his name from the records at the
office OF the secretary of state, that he
was powerfully certain John n. could
scratch back Il little himself, II ne
should live up to his name"
The NJ. & NJ. association telegra phed
today to John Q. Crltohlow at Chicago
calling his attention to the Republican
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