The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12
PREP AIRING FOR
RATE HEARINGS
Witnesses Against Western
Railroads to Be Subpoenaed
During This Week.
RAILROAD MEN ARE SERVED
COMMISSION TO HEAR TEsTI-
MoNY HERE NEXT WEEK.

SUbpOenas for the witnesses who will
present the shippers side of the case of
the people of Utah against the western
railroads viii probably be served some
time this week, although those for the
officials of the Hartman railroads,
who it is feared, might evade summons,
have already been served by the United
States marshal Although handicapped
by the absence Of his chief clerk, J. A.
Lloyd, who has been on a wedding trip
for the last week, S. H. BabcOck of the
Commercial club traffic bureau has
been able to put the finishing touches
on practically all of the details of the
documentary evidence to be presented
TO the interstate commerce commission
when it meets in Salt Lake Wednesday
of next week.
c. c. Dey, the attorney who will rep
resent the people of Utah in prosecuting
the case before the commission, has
been in Denver for the last few days,
but most of his time from now until
the commission meets in Salt Lake will
be given to consideration of the Utah
case. The evidence to be presented in
behalf of the shippers will cover an IN
usually wide range, and every effort has
been made to anticipate the time-hOn-
Ored defenses of the railroads, including
water competition" and cost of ser
vice and 'Teasonble'' returns on the in
vesments.
In this connection, the Utah shippers
will undoubtedly have to obtain access
to some of the books and records of the
railroad companies, which may only be
procured through an order made by the
interstate commerce commission.
Many Roads Involved.
The complaint is against fifteen west
ern railroads, and each one, through its
attorneys, has filed its answer with the
interstate commerce commission and
with the local traffic bureau. The Har-
Timan lines, however, are the principal
defendants against whom the charges
Of unjust discrimination against Utah
are most specific, and on the Union Pa
cific, Southern Pacific and Oregon Short
Line viii devOlve the burden of the de-
Tense, with the Denver & Rio Grande
coming second and the Salt Lake Route
included in the class with the Hartman
lines on account of its practical control
by Hartman interests.
This condition will result in the plac-
ing of the Hartman attorneys at the
head of the list for the defense, and the
work VIII be delegated TO F. c. billiard
and p. f. Dunn of the legal department
VI tlit hartman lu6Ss WIFI r l.. VIII
liams, local attorney for the Oregon
Short Line, associated. 1t is probable
that although the Hartman attorneys
viii be on the firing line most of the
time, the Denver & Rio Grande and the
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
viii be ably represented.
The subpOenas already served include
w. H. Bancroft, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Oregon Short Line;
s. Y. DeTrah, assistant general freight
agent for the Denver & Rio Grande;
J. A. Reeves, general freight agent for
the Oregon Short Line; c. H. Griffin
agent for the Colorado Utah freight bu-
reau; D. z. Burley, general passenger
agent for the Oregon Short Line: D. r.
Gray district freight agent for the Ore
gOn Short Line, and G. W. Whitley,
manager of the American Smelling &
Refining company.
The Colorado Utah freight bureau, of
which one Of the witnesses is agent, is
the successor to the old car service
combination which was dissolved two
years ago, and about five minutes after
an investigation was threatened.