The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
rate HEARING
is POSTPON
Interstate Commerce Commits
SiOnerS Will Take Up Case
Again Monday.
DETAILS ARE DISCUSSED
KRUTTScHNITT OCCUPIES WIT
NESS STAND MOST OF DAY.

A discussion Of the various details
which 60 to make up the cost OF opera
ton of a large railroad took up the
greater part of the freight rate hearing
Friday before members Of the inter
state commerce commission, sitting in
the Salt Lake case. Julius Kruttschnitt,
director of maintenance and operation
of the Union Pacific railroad, was on
the stand during the entire morning
session and for over an hour during
the afternoon, his testimony and cross
examination being finished shortly after
o'clock. when ne was excused, that he
might take a train to Chicago last
night.
Following his portion of the testi-
mOny OF the day, an effort was made by
G. w. DurbrOw, representative of the
Southern Pacific railroad at the hear
ing, to secure the permission of the
commission for the filing of certain
statements as q part of the case, in
tended to complete testimony given by
Witness Jackson in the Seattle case,
already heard. 1t was the desire of Mr.
Durbrow to file the Jackson testimony
as a part of the salt Lake case, sup
plementing it with the statement
which he proposed to introduce for the
Southern Pacific. showing the amount
of rail and water tonnage received at
California seapOTts for the first six
months of this year.
Objection was made to the proposition
to file these statements by Attorney c..
c. Dey, representing the traffic bureau
of the Salt Lake Commercial club, who
has been conducting the local rate case,
as well as by H. NJ. Stephens the
counsel in the Spokane case, to be heard
next week, who said the testimony of
Mr.. Jackson was very incomplete.
Judge H. +. Bartine. chairman of the
state railway commission of Nevada,
also made a statement i'm regard TO the
matter.
Statement Not Admitted.
Commissioner E. f. Clark, who pre-
sided alone at the afternoon session of
the hearing, Commissioner c. A.
PrOuty having business elsewhere, re
fused to admit the statements over the
objection of the compliments. Mr.. Ste
phens suggested that it might be well to
get q statement of the tonnage from all
the entry ports on the Pacific coast, but
Judge Q. F. billiard. who has been con-
Quoting the defense of the railroads
during the hearing objected to going
further than the California ports say
ing that it was not the duty of the
railroads concerned H. JhIs case to go
To Portland. Seattle and other ports for
this information.
Answering a suggestion to the effect
that the northern railroads might help
out in furnishing the statements re
quired. Judge billiard said the North
eTn Pacific and the Great Northern
would not turn a hand i'm the matter -
as they feel that this whole question is
settled by the decision in the Spokane
case.
Commissioner Clark would not agree
to entertain the proposition Tor the ad-
mission of the statements at this time,
and the case of the railroads was con-
tinued by placing on the stand G.. W.
Luce, general freight agent of the
Southern Pacific, located on the coast.
who testified i'm regard to the history of
water transportation and the cOmpeti-
ton which had sprung UP by rail.
Mr.. DuTbrow of the Southern Pacific
conducted the examination of Mr.. Luce.
Judge billiard taking a seat at one side
for the first time during the hearing.
Mr.. Luce first testified in respect to the
putting through Of the overland rail
route TO California in 1869, pTOir to
which time transportation to that coun-
fry had been by water
First Rail Rates.
The first rail rates from points east
of Chicago TO San Francisco. he said,
were based on the sum of the local rates
from points east of Chicago to that city.
and on the various divisions west of
Chicago. This rate did not bring much
business. Mr.. Luce said. in competition
with the water routes.
The railroads then fixed a new rate.
taking into consideration the time ana
insurance features of the water routes.
the Central Pacific agreeing with some
shippers To give preferential rates tn