The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-28
SHALL OGDEN HAVE REDUCED
RAILROAD TARIFF RATES?
Hearing Before Interstate Commerce Commission Today Charges
of FourState Fair That Ogden Is Disseminated Against
Same Rates Salt Lake Receives Is Demanded for Ogden
Haywood, Henderson, Gasmann and Sidney
Stevens the

One OF the most important facts
brought ont at the hearing of the al
legged discrimination Of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad company against
Ogden and in favor of Salt Lake City,
before Interstate Commerce Commits,
sloner c. a. Prouty, in this city today.
was the testimony of D e. Burley.
general passenger agent OF the Oregon
Short Line company, that during the
months of September and October, at
the FourState fair which was held in
Ogden and tho Mormon church gen
eral conference and state fair held
in Salt Lake City. the railroad COM
pany sold more than half as many
tickets this wear to ogden as II did 10
Salt Lakc-City. -----
In support of the testimony of Mr.
Burley the following table was intro.
duccd:
From common territory 10 both
pointS-number of tickets sold.
1908 1909
To Ogden and return for
the FourState fair $50. 1929 1858
So Salt Lake City for con
ference and state fair. 5762 G13S
In addition to the above table. the
railroad company introduced a num-
ber of tariff sheets showing the rates
that have been made ScmiannuallY
Tor the Mormon church general con-
ference and the State fair, also the
rates for The round trip granted to
Ogden during the past two years.
At the conclusion OF the taking of
testimony by Commissioner Prouty
an adjournment was taken until next
Saturday morning at Salt Lake City,
when four members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission will hear the
arguments OF the attorneys FOR both
Sides
The hearing began at 10 o'clock
this morning In the council chamber
at the city hall Present were:
Commissioner c. A. Prouty
H. II. Henderson and A. r. Hey
wood for the complainants.
p, l.. Williams of Salt Lake City
and F c. billiard Of Chicago. repre-
senting the defendants.
Among others present were Presl-
dent William Glasmann OF the Four.
State Fair association. United States
Marshal James Anderson, K. w. Phil
lips. stcnographcr of the commission.
Presidents Grant, Smith and Stohl
OF the Davis. Cache and BoXcIdor
stakes OF the Mormon church; 4. c.
Smoot of Salt Lake City; D. Il. Bur
ley and ID. S. Spencer the general
and assistant general passenger
agents OF the Oregon Short Line:
George II Smith. assistant counsel of
the railroad; A. B Moseley and z. IL.
Cook. travelling freight and passenger
agents respectively of the Hartman
lines; c. r. Holllugsworth. local
counsel Of The Hartman lines; !. L..
Reynolds. secretary OF the Weber
club: Sidney Stevens and Henry
Tavey.
Promptly at the appointed hour.
! Commissioner Prouty called the court
TO order He announced that the com
plant was by the Weber Club and
The lnter-Mountain Fair association Of
ogden against the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company. When the case was
first set for hearing in this city he
stated, that it was expected that other
members of the commission would al
so be present but since then il had
been found impossible for them 10 be
present, but he would take the tesU-
mony and the arguments would be
heard in Salt Lake City next Satur-
day before four commissioners. The
. appearances Of the counsel for both
! parties WAS then entered
In making the opening statement,
! II. II. Henderson stated that the com
plainants wanted the same rate as
that granted TO the conference and
| the State Fair at Salt Lake City,
granted TO the Four-State Fair at Og.
den. He then referred TO the sec
tons OF the Interstate commerce laws
which bore upon the alleged diseiim.
! ination Of a railroad against one com.
munily and in favor OF another.
The first witness was William Glas,
mann who, under direct and cross.
examination. testified as 10 the rates
( granted TO Salt Lake City for the Nor.
mon conference and the state fair
each year and tho rates granted Og
den for the Fou-County fair in 1905
and The -Four Stale fair this year. Ho
) stated that he had bocn informed by