The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-08

asked for, lump and nut, sl.ls; SLACK
&c.
One hundred and seventeen miles IN
Missouri-Lump and nut, sac. North
Dakota, lump and nut. e7c- Texas,
lump and nut. 81; slack. e5c: lowe, lump
and nut, $1.06; slack, Soc Illinois,
lump and nut, 94c- Utah. present rate,
lump and nut, s1.75; slack. $3.50. Utah.
now asked for, lump and nut. $l-15;
slack, 92c-
One hundred and twenty-one miles
in Missouri-Lump and nut $50. North
Dakota, lump and nut, CSC. Texas, lump
and nut, S1.05; slack, soc. Iowa, lump
ana nut. 95c. Utah, present rate. y1.75;
slack, S1-50. Utah. now asked for. lump
and nut, s1.15; slack, e2c.
One hundred and forty-eignt miles in
Dakota, lump and nut. 7sc- Texas.
lump and nut. $1.15; slack. 81. Iowa.
lump and nut, $1.15; slack, S9c- Illinois.
81. Utah, present rate, lump and nut.
for, lump and nut. s1.15; slack. go.
One hundred and fifty-four miles in
Missouri-Lump and nut, 60c. North
Dakota, lump and nut. Use Texas.
lump and nut. s1.17; slack. Gle. Illinois,
lump and nut, s1.O1. Utah. present
rate, lump and nut, si-?5; slack. s1.60.
Utah, now asked for, lump and nut,
s115; slack, 92c.
One hundred and fifty-eight miles in
Missourt-LumP and nut, CSC. North
R I',aas a. lump and "a nut soc Texas Texas
lump and nut. $1.1s; slack. 92c. III
nois, lump and nut, s1.02. Utah, pres
emit rate, lump and nut, s1-75: slack.
$3.50. Utah, now asked for, lump and
nut. s1.15; slack, SIC.
One hundred ard ninety-one miles in
Missouri--Lump and nut, $3.50. North
Dakota. lump and nut. CSC: Texas,
lump and nut. size; slack. sLOs. IL
linois, lump and nut, s1.0s. Utah,
present rate. lump and nut, s1;76;
slack. $3.50. Utah, now asked for
lump and nut. $1.15; slack. 92c-
The rates shown for North Dakota
were strongly contested in the courts
by the railroad interests, but were ul-
timately found reasonable and consti-
state, and became effective last year
The excessive rates now charged by
the Denver & Rio Grande company are
clearly manifest in the foregoing com
parsons, and when it is further con-
sidered that the average mileage move
ment OF the traffic now presented 1or
treatment Will not likely exceed, IL 1t
will even reach, 40 miles, the unfaVor-
able comparison is thereby most sharp
" emphasized. 1t may also well be
borne in mind in viewing this propo-
sition that the ratio of the expenses
of operation to earnings of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad is less th2n
upon the majority of the important
railroads Of the country east OF tns
earnings per mile are more than upon
most of the great railroads running
westwardly from Chicago 1t is also
well understood that the factors OF
service expense in coal traffic are here,
| as everywhere, minimum IN character,
particularly under the use OF modern
! equipment and the application OF ap-
| proved operating methods.
This state is entering upon perlod
! of uneXampled prosperity and growth,
and the railways are reaping their full
! great measure of benefit therefrom- II
| is hoped and believed that TINS pros
| peTity and growth will indefinitely con-
| tinue, but it is fitting that the rail-
! roads should generously perform thelr
| rea sonable part in it's promotion You
/ have had long personal experience
with the traffic affairs OF the state
and none knows better than yourseh
/ the many traffic inequalities and dis
/ ordinations here existing. Many or
| our people to whom you are personally
known and who have expressed CONN,
| dence in your exceptional abllltles ana
/ high sense of justice feel tnat your
now greatly enlarged field OF offlclal
action signifies the advent here OF
more liberal and modern methods OF
higher traffic administration TO tire
/ mutual advancement and benefit or al
interests, and that the former ana
long continued plan OF seeking every
thing and bestowing nothing VIII pos
| sess no place in your wiser, broader
and vastly more satisfactory course or
action toward this great community,
/ whose good will is not without value:
| This important application, so 1ull OF
| gravest consequence to all of our peo-
| pie to all or their manufacturing IN
! dustries and to the general progress OF
/ the state is confidently submitted, anc
! uDcn it your considerate and favorable
! il5dgrnent is most earnestly invoked
/ and hopefully anticipated. Yours very
CSsoGNSifSrERcIAL CLUB TRAFFIC b.
II REAU,
H s. H. Babcock, commissioner Of
traffic.
/ traffic department, office of vice pres
ident, at Chicago. San Francisco, Cal.
II February 21, 191e.
Mr.. S. II. Babcock. Commissioner of
Il Traffic. Commercial club traffic bu-
II reau. POI Commercial club, Salt Lake
Il City. Utah-My Dear Sir: Your favor
OF the 9Th inst; addressed TO me In
san Francisco, has been forwarded.
II and reaches me here. 1 shall be very
II glad to go into this matter thoroughly
and give it most careful consideration
as soon as 1 can return west, which l
(signed) T. NJ. SCHUMACHER
Commercial Club Traffic Bureau,
Salt Lake City. Utah. March Is, 1910.
Mr.. T. NJ schumacher, vice president,
i the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
company, Mills building, San Francis
co, Cal.-Dear Sir: In accordance with
instructions from the board of direc-
tors of this bureau, your attention is
respectfully invited to our letter to you
of February last, asking modified
4 rates for the transportation OF coal
L on tie lines of your company within
this state. as set forth therein. and to
your acknowledgment thereof under
date of Chicago, February 81 advising
your intention of giving the subject
earIy consideration. The board now
desires to know when it will suit your
/ convenience and pleasure to furnish a
definite reply to the appeal above re-
ferred to- While not disposed toward
undue insistence, yet the board In
structs it stated that your prompt ad-
vice viii be fully appreciated. Very
respectfully. S. H. BABCOCK,
Commissioner of Traffic
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company Western Pacific Railway
| Company. Traffic Department OFFICE
of Vice President. San Francisco, CAL
March 10, 1910.
NIT s ii. Babcock, Commissioner OF
Traffic. Commercial Club building, Salt
Lake City, Utah. Dear Sir:-Acknowl-
edging receipt of your favor of the 18th
inst. asking for reply to yours OF Feb
ruary 9. relative to modification or coal
rates in Utah.
since my return, having been absent
about two months. 1 have been quite
busy trying to complete my organlza-
ton and have had as yet no time to
look into rate adjustments, particularly
those of 50 long standing as the coal