The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-08
.PROUTY HEARS
ALL VERSIONS
Interesting Debate in Salt Lake
Rate Cases Was Finished
Wednesday.
COMPROMISE RATE SCHEDULE
FILED BY RAILROADS
Denver Sees Burden if Salt
Lake Wins Out and
lnteryencs.

The hearing Of the Salt Lake rate case
by Commissioner Prouty Of The interstate
commerce commission Is over. Already
the commissioner has left for Los An
gcles. while some of the railroad off,
cials have returned TO their homes. The
hearing "Wednesday morning in the fed
eral court was purely informal. 1t was
not a trial. but a gathering of those In
tercsted for the purpose OF stating 10 the
commission their views in the case. The
railroads presented a compromise sched-
ule of rates TO Utah common points
which shows a great reduction under ex-
listing rates. and, Assistant Traffic
Director Schumacher stated after the seS-
sion, they are aimed to meet all the de-
nands and requirements of the local COM
plainants, and while slightly differing
from the schedule as prepared by the
commission. they are such as VIII great
ly aid the local manufacturer and con
sumner and at the same time Will meet
the conditions complained of In the Utah
VS.. the Pacific coast rates. These have
been taken under adviscment by the com
mission and the whole question Is now up
to that body,
The Denver Manufacturers association
sought to intervene: by protesting against
the adoption OF the original rates. as
that would throw Utah's burden upon
Denver and this was also iiled and taken
under adyisement. Local railroad men.
however. express the belief that Denver
has come to the front too late to become
an active factor In the campaign of the
Commercial club traffic bureau.
Babcock First Witness.
s. II. Babcock. commissioner Of the
traffic bureau, was the first party ex-
at this hearing is exactly the position
OF n year ago, We are acting on behalf
of the people OF Salt Lake. Ogden and
Provo, We have looked over the rates
7fh q nd We
nothing but gratitude toward the inter-
state commerce commission for these
rates make conditions far and away bet
ter than we have ever had before While
there are some of those rates that might
have been improved. TO our minds, We
have but little complaint TO make,
We do however. after careful survey.
desire to ask for a review OF some few
OF these commodity rates. The COM
modities on which rates VIC wish IA re-
view are as necessary commodities as
-four and iron
Then followed a lengthy and complete
discussion between Mr.. Prouty and Mr.
Babcock., details of which have been
thoroughly gone over from timo to time
at past hearings In the case.
Judge L. c. DiIlard interstate counsel
for the Hartman lines. Freight Traffic
Manager j. a. Munroe OF the Union Pa
cihc and Assistant General Freight
Agent f II. Plaisted OF the Oregon Short
Line three officials who are particularly
well versed In these matters. We're eX
amlned as TO the general rate conditions.
and their testimony covered the greater
part OF the morning and Il wide field,
j, A. Munroe Explains,
Mr.. Munroe in his testimony said In
part.
Il think self preservation is the FIRST
law" he said. 1--WE are opposed to the
commissions order. because by reflection
cast and west the decrease OF revenue VIII
impair our efficiency Formerly recog
nized basic lines must be gel aside. We
can see in the commissions order the
annihilation Of The Missouri river base
line We arc progressive and can the
abolition OF the Missouri river base as
from the cast 10 Utah.
AS soon a. We reduce from the east to
Utah we must reduce to Colorado thence
To Kansas and Nebraska.
"a grenter difficulty will come from
reflection from the Spokane case. III
this case we win find commodity rates l..
G. l.. Sl.75 automatically dispiacing the
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