Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-21
ALL NOW READY
FOR RATE CASE
Hearing Begins Tomorrow in
Federal Building Before
Commission.
OTHER HEARINGS SCHEDULED
spokane. Reno, seattle aud san Fran.
cisco Are Included in the Itln-
crary Of the commissioner.

All preliminary arrangements for
the nearing of the petition and CONF
plalnt OF the Salt Lake Commercial
club traffic bureau against the rail-
roads ccntering IN this state. and their
connections, in which Discrimination
against the shippers OF the intermoun-
tain country is charged against the
railroads, have been completed and the
hearing VIII commence In the federal
building az 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing The traffic bureau. with Commits
sioucr lsubcpck at It's head, and Judge
Dey handling the legal end, ~ ready
with mass % testimony 10 present
az the hearing. and IL is probable that
several days win be consumed In its
presentation
The hearing win be conducted by Il.
y. Clark and Charles y Prouty. OF the
Interstate commerce commission. Com
missioner Clark Is on the ground ana
win preside az the hearings. and ne
win be assisted by mmissioner Prou-
IS. WIN is expected 20 arrive IN the
city this afternoon.
TT Is impossible TO say how long the
hearing will last said Commissioner
CLARK this morning THAT will depend
entirely upon the amount OF testimony
to be submitted by the complainant. IL
is entirely probable. however. that a
week may be consumed IN taking the
testimony.
OTHER HEARINGS SCHEDULED
After hearing the evidence here In
salt lake. the commission will 20 L.
Spokane, where further testimony win
be submitted in the rate case institut-
ed by the Spokane people After that
hearings VIII be held at Seattle. Port
hand, san Francisco and Reno. afte-
which the commission will return To
Oh H..
testimony or 10 hear arguments IN re-
gard 90 that already taken
THE reason the Salt Lake hearing
was taken first is because the case
contains an the elements OF contro-
vorsy as 10 the adjustment Of rates
west Of the Missouri river. the prin-
ciple represented being the same.
whether the hearing r. in Utah.
Washington. california or Nevada. IN
the Spokane hearing the class rates
were found 10 be much too high and
"a reduction was ordered by the COM
mission. Before US in connection with
the class rates 30 commodity rates
out OF several hundred were selected
and We prescribed new commodity
rates on these articles The carriers
concerned proposed a new adjustment
Spokane case which would effect the
Pacific coast terminal rates in auto
matte relation one 20 the other. that
is, change In one would effect q
change IN the other This was object
cd 10 by the Spokane people. also
by the Pacific coast terminal cities.
who claimed they were entitled to the
fun benefit OF water competition and
its advantages IN rates regardless OF
any inland adjustment. At the last
hearing OF the matter I'm Washington
81 was agreed by the railway and the
Spokane eople and the commission
that the class rates passed upon by
the commission should be made ef-
fective and that a further hearing
should be had on the question of
the manner OF adjustment OF the
commodity rates I'm spokane.
October 4, was set for this hear
ing, but the Salt Lake case had not
then appeared before the commission.
Later the Salt Lake case developed.
and every thing being In readiness to
take up tho hearing here II was de-
Cidod 10 come 20 Salt Lake first and
go 20 Spokane afterward. In an like
lihood Commissioner Prouty will go
10 Spokane 10 conduct that hearing
about Sept. 80. and 1 Will remain
here If the salt Lake case requires
that long a time TO complete
CLARK A RAILROADER.
Commissioner Clark Is an old rail-
road man. having entered the service
when "a boy ON the Burlington. Cedar
Rapids e. Northern He came west to
Ogden an 1876 where he entered the
employ OF the Central Pacific. Later
he became connected with the Rio
Grande Western and was a conductor
ON that road for several years. He re-
signed 10 accept the chief executive Of
Zee OF the order OF Railroad Con-
ductors which he held from 1890 TO
1906. when ho was named as one OF the
interstate commerce commissioners by
the government. He is accompanied
on his western trip BIZ his sister Mrs.
g. r. Parker OF Washington. ID. G.
His daughters are visiting on tho
north Pacific coast. and he expects to
meet them when he arrives In seattle.
r. W. Philips and b. Gottheh. two
o,ruort vfan,urauhpro from Washing