The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-24
COMP LIANT OF
TRAFFIC BUREAU
IS FORMULATED
Arbitrary and Oppressive
Methods Charged Against
Several Railroads.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF
TARIFFS IS APPENDED
INFORMATION ASSEMBLED FOR
CONSIDERATION OF CON-
MERGE COMMISSION.

Some time next fall, at a date not yet
set. the Interstate commerce commission
viii consider in full the freight rate stu
alton as il affects the intermOuntain west,
taking into consideration the claims Of
the intermOuntain cities that discrim-
ndtOry rates are now in effect from Chi
cago, Mississippi river and Missouri river
points and also the protests of the coast
cities TO change the rates on the grounds
that II would Kill business in their cases.
The interstate commerce comm mission has
a hard problem TO solve. IL may take
weeks and months to arrive at a sOlu-
ton that will be satisfactory to all con-
cerned and that viii not work an in
justice on some locality. 1t Is a problem
which is puzzling the Oldest traffic heads
Of the oldest roads.
At the time all these matters are to be
taken up for TeadJustmCuL the protest
filed before the commission by the salt
Lake Commercial clubs traffic bureau
will be considered. This petition and com
plant. which is signed by C.. A. Quigley,
president, and W. 5. Mccarthy. secretary.
also by Charles c. Dey. counsel, and s.
II. BabcOck, commissioner of tariff, has
| been printed in a neat form and is now
being distributed IL is "a petition and a
complaint against the Hartman lines the
A, T. q S. r. the c.. p. & c., the O.
& n, the g., r. ]. q p. the c. NJ, the
c. & s., the ID. & R. c., the I. c.. the
NJ p and the s. p. L. A. & s. L.
The complaint charges arbitrary. 0p-
I
transportation rate-making, especially cal
culated to promote the growth and pros
perity of San Francisco and other cities
on the Pacific coast and to produce and
maintain an opposite condition of CONNER
ciai servitIide and distress for the cities
of,aud state of Utah
The rates charged are pronounced as
I unjust. unreasonable and discriminative
for the extent of the service performed
and also I'm comparison with the charges
now assessed between much more widely
| separated points and involving much
greater service through the Titan cities"
Discrimination Is Charged.
The complaint charges that many
/ freight transportation class and COmmOd-
/ ity rates now applying between Chicago,
Mississippi river and Missouri river
freight rate territories and Ogden. Salt
/ Lake City, Provo and other Utah points,
/ in both directions. are unjust and disCrim-
| NATIVE for the extent of service per-
formed and also in comparison with the
/ charges assessed between much more
l widely separated points and involving
much greater service to and from Cali
/ fOrnia and directly through the Utah cit
/ les named Relief IS sought and state
/ ments are attached I'm class or commod-
/ feet or to become effective according to
published tariffs as stated. and rates
prayed for between the territories. These
/ statements are made out and tabulated at
great lenELnr showing the rates on q
| great mum Der of articles between Chicago
rate territory and san Francisco and
other points in California taking San
Francisco rates; also between Chicago
rate territory and Ogden, salt Lake and
/ Utah common points and the rates prayed
/ for in the petition between Chicago rate
/ territory and Ogden. Salt Lake and Utah
common points. There are also given
/ rates on the same articles TO the same
destinations from Mississippi river and
/ from Missouri river points and the rates
( prayed for from those points to Titan COM
mon points.
Some Comparisons Noted,
/ The tariff bureau wants, for instance,
| a rate of 90 cents per lOJ pounds on ag-
riCUitural implements such as reapeIsi
mowers. harvesteTs, ETC. DO car lots, be-
tween Chicago and this state And the
plan shows that the rate to Utah common
points is now SI33. while 20 san Fran
/ cisco the rate is only sl-35. The present
rate from the Mississippi river to Utah
l common points Is Sl-l5lz and from the
/ Missouri river $l.03. From the Mississippi
/ to San Francisco it is $40. from the Mis-
! souri, river the same. What is wanted Is
I a rate of % cents to Utah from the Mis-
] sisSipDi ana d rate of 81 cents from the
[ Missouri Similar comparisons are made
/ and similar reductions I'm rates are asked
! in other kinds Of agricultural implements.
potato sOrters. shOvels. arsenate Of lead
! in packages. asbestos. babbit metal bags
/ and bagginE, baking powders, bath tubs.
I beans and peas. betting leather. bicycles
[ billiard tables books bottles boxes, brass
| goods clothing. dry goods. and a thou
/ sand and one other articles
I Space is inadequate to list all Of the ar
/ ticles on which comparisons are made.
| but a few are here given, the first col
/ umn being the present rates from Chi
] cag0 territory to San Francisco; the sec
4 oud being tile rates from Chicago terri
! tory TO Utah common points, the third
I being the rate asked for from Chicago to
/ Utah common points; the fourth being
the rates from the Mississippi river to
/ san Francisco; the fifth the rate from
/ the Mississippi to Utah common points
/ the sixth the rate asked for from Mis-
! sissippi river TO Utah common points.
/ The rates are given in cents per 100
pounds;
/ CIothfuz ......... 80 2S5 JIG 80 Z65 rs
/ l...aE-.- 100 Il. &