The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
To
HEAR RATE MATTER
Case of Consolidated Fuel Com
pany VIII Open This
Morning.
Continued from Page One.

points in Idaho. Here the distances are
about equal TO the distances from the
ltah mines but the rates are from 5Oc
TO TO 'oc In favor Of the Wyoming mines
The calm is made that 10 favor their own
mines the Oregon Short Line by It's dis
crimination Is cutting the Utah product
from the Idaho markets where the de-
lnand FOR Utah coal is considerable
Inc coal companies also maintain that
there would be splendid markets for
ntah coal In the states of Oregon and
Washington but that they cannot avail
themselves of the undoubted demand, as
they cannot obtain freight rate. though
they have repeatedly asked for such. The
say, has thus barred them from an inn
portant market.
The second charge made to the COM
mission Is Chiefly against the Denver &.
Rio Grande, and is 10 the effect that that
company has Disseminated unlawfully
against them In the matter OF furnishing
cars, The complainants are not AT ali
disposed TO insist upon this as they saw
that since the inception OF the suit the
difhculty has been 10 a large extent rem
edled. Little VIII be heard OF this charge
one Of the items in the complaint is,
however. considered as OF very little less
importance than the first and principal
charges. The Consolidated Fuel company
Is the owner of the Southern Utah rail-
road and the Castle Valley Coal company
OF the Castle Valley railroad The former
Is eighteen miles long and runs from East
with the Denver & Rio Grande and the
latter, twenJy-three miles long running
from Mohrland to Price. The distance
from these branch lines to Salt Lake is
,ess than 10 Sunnysde where the Utah
Euel company operates. The Denver g.
Fio Grande. the coal companies say. re-
fsse TO consider the haul the companies
make on their own lines or to Join or
concur In establishing rates from East
hiawatha or Mohrland TO Price
The interest taken IN the case bv Lo-
gan and Brigham City comes from the
TACT that though the distance is less
from the Utah mines to these cities than
from the Wyoming mines the product of
tne latter goes there at a rate OF 25 cents
less ton than the Utah coal
me companies ask that reasonable
rates be established from the Utah min
ing district 10 cities, towns and stations
OF Idaho: Montana. Washington, Nevada
ara and C2yifornia. not in excess of the rate
from Wyoming points: that rates be fixed
from the Utah district to Nevada and
Caiitornia not less than those from the
Gallup, \. M. district. that present tIn-
reasonable rates be lowered or Cancelled.
that the Denver & Rio Grande be com
pelIed 10 furnish equipment and that the
same special train service be furnished
TO the complaining companies as is given
10 other companies and that the Denver
d RIO Grande be compelled to respect
the billing of foreign empty cars delivered
by the complainant companies for points
along foreign lines. The request Is made
that the commission establish these mat
ters for q period of not less than two
years.
The answers of the various companies
Is in the nature of general denial OF the
charges in the complaint.