The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-24
R A Z c c ASE
NO W ON IN
SALT LAKE
JULIUS KRUTTSCHNlTT ON THE
WITNESS STAND.
He Claims Expenses Are Increasing
and Revenues Mut- Be Kept up
by Present Rates.

Salt Lake City, Sept, 2i-Julius
Kruttschnitt vice president of the
Hartman lines and director of main
tenance and operation of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads,
has thus far borne all OF the burden
of disproving. IL possible. the conten-
ton that Salt Lake City and Utah
shippers arc being unfairly treated by
the railroads serving this territory, as
alleged by the traffic bureau of the
Commercial Club of Salt Lake City.
Mr.. Kruttschnitt occupied the witness
box during the entire morning session
of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion.
Rates cannot be reduced because Of
many reasons" he said, Taxes have
Increased enormously, from 80 per
cent TO IS per cent on some lines, and
in many states the statutes prohibit
running trains of greater than given
number Of cars without additional
crews. In other states men must not
work more than a given number OF
hours a day. Many other government
and state rulings must be observed.
These add 10 the cost of operation.
Operating expenses are going
steadily upward They must continue
TO increase under present conditions"
Tho earnings per train per mile in
creased 60 per cent while the expense
Der train-mile increased 6S per cent.
Density of traffic Increased ia per
cent
Commissioner Prouty asked Mr..
Kruttschnitt 10 file a supplemental
al Nf
main lines and branch lines of the
Union Pacific system In order that a
clearer understanding may be had of
the statements filed relating to the va
rious lines.
he was also asked to Gle a state
ment showing the source of money eX-
pended In improvements on the Union
Pacific. Oregon Short Line and Oregon
Railroad & Navigation, showing what
proportion came from the sale of
stock. the sale OF bonds and from oper-
ating profits.
The commission also requested a
table showing the plan of re-organiza.
ton
P NJ Stephens. representing the
Spokane petitioners, took over the
} cross-eXamination OF Mr. Kruttschnitt.
Salt Lake City. Utah Sept 23,-Al-
though both parties represented in the
case of the Salt Lake Commercial
club and the railroad companies op.
Grating in Utah had an inning today
before the interstate commerce com.
mission little was brought TO light
that was not wholly in connection
with the mass OF statistical evidence
which has been marshalled to support
the contentious in the case
representatives had on the stand Jul
ius Kruttschnitt, director of operation
and maintenance OF way of the Har-
riman system. His testimony was en-
tIrely in relation to figures presented
/ by Judge F. G. billiard. counsel for the
| Hartman roads, and touched upon the
valuation of the several lines included
in the system.
During part Of the hearing today s.
H Babcock, on behalf of the traffic
bureau of the commercial club, pre-
sented 10 the commissioners a vast
volume of data containing compare.
tive statements of the rates complain"
ed of by the traffic bureau.
Other witnesses who testified today
were S. V. Derran. assistant freight
manager of the Denver G Rio GTande ;
D. e. Burley, general passenger agent
of the Oregon Short Line, and John
A. Monroe, freight traffic manager for
the Union Pacific.