Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23
STUBS BELIEVES
RATE GAN Be MADE
Harriman's Traffic Director Saws
Union Pacific Is Willinu
To Meet Others.
NEW LIGHT ON EXCURSIONS
Information Contained in Letter To
Adiutant General Of the Grand
Army b. sent 10 Col Stcrrctt.

Much new light ON tho matter of rate
making Tor excursions is furnished I'm
a letter from J. @. Stubs 10 the adu-
tant-general OF the Grand Army Tho
letter has been forwarded to Col. stcr-
rett In salt Lake and 81 forms the basis
for a belief that at least a $50 rate viii
be secured. The letter states that the
Union Pacific for itself is willing to put
in a rate OF a cent a mile. and will
accept any rate made by others not
lower than this The letter in FUN IS
ass follows:
Frank O. Cole. ESQ. Adiutant-Gen-
eral G.. A. r., 40 Grand Street. Jersey
city. y. j.
Your letter Of Dec. %. addressed to
MT j.. II, Hartman, New York city,
and Acknowledged under date OF Dec
80 by Mr.. Alex Miller. secretary. with
the Information that 10 had been sent
to me, has. owing Co my absence from
home. just reached my hands
II relates TO the subject OF the rates
desired FOR the transportation OF dele
gates To- the proposed meeting OF the
G.. A. r., In Salt Lake city. next Aug
ust
since reaching my office this morn
ing / have gone over the reports Of the
passenger department OF the Union Pa
cihe railroad on the subject. Among
this correspondence ] find a report from
the general passenger agent OF the
Union Pacific OF q conference with
Commander-in-Chief Nevius az Omaha
on the goth OF December Al this con-
ference Judge Ncvius is reported az
having said that De had discussed tho
rate Of J. cent per mile with Mr.. Black
Of tho Santa Fe Mr. Sebastian Of the
Rock Island. Mr.. Miller OF the g. NJ
& ST. Paul. Mr. Hooper ~ the j. g.
r.. C. and others. and that they had
said they were agreeable to any rate
the Union Pacific saw ht 10 make, and
IL is up 10 the Union Pacific TO make
the rate
Permit me 10 say that ] am In
formed by Mr. LomaN that neither Of
the gentlemen referred TO have said
personally nor have they officially ad-
vised him or any other officer of the
Union Pacific railroad, OF their desire
TO or even willingness 10 make "a rate
Of cent per mile for this meeting.
am satisfied that 81 will be manifest
to Judge Nevius and you, and other
officers OF the G.. A. r.. that these
81
LomaX the authority TO make any rate
over their lines.
1.-THE conferences between the inter
ested lines upon this subject resulted,
according 20 the information that
have received. In each line determining
for itself TO offer a rate OF $48 for the
round trip between Salt Lake City and
Chicago. Mr. LomaN says that he in
formed Judge Neyius. at the interview
aforesaid, that he had unnecessarily
tried TO make that rate $50 You, OF
course, understand that the Union Pa
c.flc does not reach Chicago, or any
point east Of the Missouri river. and
that the rates from territory east OF
the river must be initiated, published
and notified TO the commission by the
first carrier.
Railroad companies are very much
concerned under the present admins
tratiOn Of the law and public opinion,
respecting the proper treatment OF ex-
cursions Of this character The Of
feet OF the precedent established by
each case must be carefully consid-
cred, and where there are so many
interests involved it Is difficult 20 hit
upon any rate plan which Is satisfac-
measure provoke reprisal. Ny own view
OF the case Is that the meetings OF the
O.. A. r. present peculiar features that
put them IN "A class which Is distinct
and separate from other excursions.
They are patriotic, do much 70 promote
the love Of country and the spirit OF
self-sacrifce IN the individual citizen
when the country needs his military
service For the most part. the menu
bcrs OF the @. A. r. are poor. The
meetings were wholly without any busi-
ness feature or consideration There
fore. the carriers may fairly consider
the promotion OF these meetings and i'm
so dong ignore the consideration OF
reasonable profit for their service that
should and must control the charge
for that service 10 other bodies OF ciu-
zens assembling for business or even
social objects.
Consequently the lines IN the Union
Pacific system are. and have been from
the beginning, willing 20 offer special
rates for the promotion OF the proposed
meeting al Salt Lake City, just as th1y
would be were the meeting held at any
other city, whether that city were
served by their lines or by the lines Of