Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-27

car load rates must be the same to
all operators.
Col. Wall was on the stand from
10 o'clock 10 llS0 The first questions
brought out the tact that ore is class-
fled according to value, that running
over $l5 per ton being charged for 10
addition on the alleged cause that 1t Is
extra dangerous to transport it on ac-
count of the possibility OF loss
NEVER GETS LOST.
Il never heard of car load OF ore
being lost" said Col wall, II don't
think the argument is q good one, but
II is one the railroads Will make, and
since they Will probably make it sue
cessfully, I would favor u clause in the
law making the shipper responsible FOR
the loss OF a car OF ore, where a con-
tract is so drawn in order that he may
have the lower rate
The amendment submitted gave the
shipper right to ask for contract
making him responsible IN case of loss
by unavoidable accident
What IL an unavoidable accident,
put IN Mr.. Williams.
II should say 1t is an accident that
couldn't be helped but which neverthe-
LEGS occurs was the rejoinder
Mr.. williams then took up the theory
OF rate making, trying to show that IL
cost more to furnish cars for occasional
shippers than for the regular ship
pers.
"Yes but that does rot Justify rates
three and four times as big, was the
reply - 49,, x,,,,,,.,,,.
and am not here 70 attempt To justify
such extremes in rates"
But they are exactly what exist"
came back from the witness.
MATTER OF PASSES.
A little later the matter of passes
came up, and Mr.. Williams asked If 1t
was moi fact that passenger agents
figure out the number of cars they need
and the cost of running them in fixing
the passenger rates
yes said Col. wall, land they also
figure in the number of people they
have to haul free, and charge those that
pay Just q. little more 10 cover the ex-
pense OF those they haul on passes"
THAT. too, is an unfortunate condi-
ton" replied Mr.. Williams, II admit
that the railroads have been weak
enough TO give free transportation TO
potential persons but that is not con-
ditiOn am here TO defend"
UTAH TARIFFS.
"Are the Utah tariffs fair to the
shipper" This from Mr.. Lawrence.
mo, they are not. At Bingham
the tendency mas been to drive the
small producer to extinction or the
big producer has secured his proper
ty.'
would maximum rate be good
thing TO apply 10 coal"
YES. There the mines are estab-
lished. the haul is known. and q rea-
sonable rate can be arrived at while
for mining a fair rate for Tintic may
be very unfair for Park City on ac-
count of the grades and other diff
culties."
How about mining machinery ,"
II think the rates are grossly UNI
reasonable. although interstate avs
and competition may be making them
fairly so, in the matter OF machinery
imported from the east"
1t was brought out that the rate on
mining machinery had bcon arbitrarily
raised within the past few years from
so cents to s1.25 per 100 from the east
into Utah. Col, Wall thought that this
with other rates was made according
10 tho railroad law OF putting on all
the traffic would bear in every in
stance a rate was fixed,
He also thought that rich ore AT
bingham was charged more because
the railroads thought 1t could stand IT,
while tho low grade ore was hauled
cheap because they knew that IL they
ran up the rate it could not be ship
The anal session Of the COMMITTEES
viii he held Friday morning at 10
o'clock, after which report VIII be
submitted.