Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-24
MICH NEW LIGHT
THROWN ON RATES
nIins KruttsChnitt, S. H. BabCoCk
And stephen H. Love Answer
voIleys Of Queries.
GRE FOCUSED ON BABcOcK
an If The Railroad Attorneys Take a
r.. .Yysng Questions nc Cone
mcrcial club Commissioner.

rho ease of the complainant in the
49,. hearing before the interstate com
..r.o commission was Temporarily
r,stod after the conclusion Of the tes-
,,nonv of stephen IL. Love. traffic
manager Of 2. G. M. I, yesterday after
noon. Judge Dey for the petitioners
said be- expected 70 have some more
documentary evidence TO submit at a
later date. but outside Of that the case
ofthe traffic bureau was completed with
tbs testimony already introduced
The first witness placed on the stand
nv the defendant roads was julius
Kmttschnitt. director Of operation and
maintenance Of way OF the Hartman
u.tem The case of the defense was
oained By Judge +. G. billiard. who
e,de brief statement 70 the commits
con submitting figures of the cost Of
me Union Pacific. Oregon Short Line
and oregon Railroad u Navigation
.onpany. considered as one road From
ha statement Of Judge billiard 70 was
drawn that the railroads rely on Stats
.,s submitted TO show that the rates
poV In effect arc as low as II Is possible
m make them. and still yield a return
h The roads on the money invested Of
& per cent The line Of question
inc adopted by Judge Dillard all
through the examination seemed 70 be
directed toward the showing that the
commercial institutions complaining OF
the rates established by the railroads
wore having q greater return upon the
ctrlal invested than were the rail
roads upon their capital
COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
Judge Dhlard introduced statements
OF cost Of The roads named and the
cost of construction Of the new lines
built since tho rcorganizatioh OF the
roads I'm the COS to show the amount
or money invested. He said the value
of the three roads in 1895 was 1927 SS6.
a-3N Aftcrward moro money was put
into the companies and the figures
rnised to S3ie. ,31o.76 When asked
BY Commissioner prouty lust what
these figures represented Judge Din
lard replied This 1927 S36. o23. rs Is
our basic figure BY that / mean that
fiom @ going backward we win try 10
show what these roads probably cost
Bv reasoning forward we win try 10
show what they are worth today and
vha, their eirning power should be.
and rom this what rates should be
charged
When Nh Kruttschnitt took the
stand be testified 20 the correctness
Of tIe figures submitted ny Judge Dill
lard and read from large pages Of fig
mss showing the cost of construction Of
new lines built by the Hartman sNs-
TEN IN recent years. The witness said
that the cost of building a new road
had ranged from $4,000 to $50 900. and
even as high AS Slll7.000 per mile. Mr..
kruttschnitt IN answer to a question
hy Commissioner prouty. said the
vouchers and records Of cost as sub
mltted We're open 20 inspection by the
commission or any representative
me commission might send to verify
me figures, which were said 10 be
copies OF the cost figures In the office
Of The auditor of the railroad company.
MT Kruttschutt was on the stand
when adjournment was taken until this
morning
RAKING UP THE PAST
Al the conclusion of the cross-exa,n-
nation Of s. Il Babcock. who was on
w land the greater part OF the day
yesterday ON behalf OF the traffic bn-
ieau' by Judge billiard OF the Harri-
man system. tine witness was taken
II mend by = " Clark. general attor-
nfS IoF lhe Denver s. Rio Grande rail
.''H. The questioning by Nj. CLARK
vas oi peculiar interest from the fact
quay MT Babcock was for many wears
y'Nnecied with the Rio Grande West
sln ana the Denver & Rio Grande in
Various capacities, and for a long time
os ialc manager Attorney Clark
lHIionteI MI Babcocll with his sworn
suuioly GiNcn az another aearing
.'o 'ue interstate commerce COM
MISSION DO the case OF the Leadville-
,s1'aoo Midland case. at I.eadville in
~. Nhtn Commissioner Prouty. then
ralk said:
", bahcock. doesn't the compIalnt
This case c0ntemplate ana a. 80,
Hol contemplate. the elirnination fro,,-
49,, atioh by the commission OF
,.a. .a'''f OF competition between car
le1cllng Pacific coast points. ana
81 tu n'l contemplate that on a mile
ts.,,.,.. 1sis me rate 10 the Pacific coast
y, I''''laIa nom Chicago and east there
~ reasonable rate per SCI?
"I hancock-The rate We have suo
~ On a mileage basis TO Utah9
lifk-Nes. 10 Pacific coast
,,.. ..lils and do you not now assume
'ne rate 90 Pacific coast terminals
reasonable rate?
an. hebcock-From Chicago,
''' haocock-My view Is thar IA,