The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-30
Traffic Officials Had Expected
Decision Ever Since Spo-
kane Case Announcement.
SAME RATES APPLY
TO INTERMEDIATE POINTS
Benefits Accruing to Shippers
Cannot Be FOretOld in Abb
sence of Figures.

The ncws of the rate decision was re-
ceived early in the afternoon at Local
railroad headquarters and everywhere
was the subject OF much comment, Traf-
iic Manager II. c, Bush of the Colorado
Midland. who was In the city. said that
1t was not at all unexpected. as ever
since the Spokane decision It was fore
gone conclusion that the rates In the
come down. but. lacking the hgures. he
could not go into discussion as to
probable effects OF the decision on the
local jobber.
Await Official Figures.
AS 10 the freight reductions. tho rail-
road men generally prefer to walt for
official figures before giving out state
ments. but as the whole OF tho territory
lying between here and the const, which
is similarly affected. gets the benefit OF
the reduction. the benefit TO the jobber
OF Salt Lake cannot be determined until
IT Is shown where Reno or other places
benefit. and II the people living at all
the intermediate points between, on any
OF the transcontlnental roads. get the
same benefit as this city now great
" that would influence the local distrib-
utinE trade cannot be figured.
Railroad men generally accepted the
news as something expected and no stir
was made in the freight or passenger
headquarters,
General Freight Agent ]. A, Reeves
OF the Oregon Short Line said Wedncs-
day evening that it WAS impossible 10
make any official statement until off,
cial notice with detailed figures arrive.
The decision is not unexpected" re-
marked Mr.. Reeves, ''for over since the
Spokane decision, some months ago. 1t
has been known that the whole OF this
territory similarly affected. would be &C
corded the same adjustment. However,
laclsins the detailed figures, / cannot say
how much Salt Lake will be benefited,
as IL appears from the statements that
the whole territory lying between here
and the coast is also given the reduo-
tions. That fact. with the absence OF
the actual figures. makes IL impossible
for me 10 sny how greatly the local job
Der would be benefited and for these
reasons I cannot discuss the matter in
detail until official notice Is received" :"
Benefits in Doubt,
Assistant General Freight Agent s. V.
Derrah OF the Rio Gran1e and Western
Pacific roads sail Wednesday evening
that he had real tho reports, but in -hc
absence OF detailed nGuros giving the
into the matter at length. for It was i'm
possible to say Just how much the local
jobber would be helped, as the state
ments received do not go into details
Ever since the Spokane decision was
received. VIC have been expecting the
Same decision covering all the territory
in dispute, and IL Is no surprise TO hear
OF the latest decision,
when We receive the officia; nsurcs
will be very glad to discuss ;he mat
ter, but in the absence OF such inforina-
tlon it Is impossible carefully 10 explain
the situation"
Il note in the report added Mr. Der
rah. "that the matter OF the rates be-
tween Utah and the cast have not been
ordered down. but that they are still In
allegiance and as those rates arc The ones
which the local shippers have discussed
to the greater extent, it cannot be deter
mined what the result might be until
such order is made. From reading tho
report 1T appears that they have not as
yet been ordered reduced
Telephone sos, either phone, for Il
coDy of fbe Rentn1 RulIefin Ask today