White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-29
REDUCTION y FREIGHT RATES.

REDUCTION y FREIGHT RATES
The Railroad Commission. on june
is, 1918, entered an order reducine
~intra-state class freight rates on the
Southern Pacific Company's system.
in Nevada, the order being based on
a reconsideration of Cases &c and
139 in which orders had already been
entered, the validity of which have
been pending in the United States
Circuit court, District of Nevada.
The opinion gives a history of the
two cases under reconsideration and
states that the final conclusions have
been reached on the basis of the
testimony submitted in the original
hearings. in the hearings before the
United States Circuit court, and at
the hearing on reconsideration which
was held June 5, 1913. 1t is further
set forth. that in the judgment of the
commission. the rates heretofore
prescribed in Cases rs and 1879, need
substantial modification in view of
changed conditions.
The orders prescribed a new scale
of class rates to govern the move
ment of freight. ana vacates the
former orders of the commission as
Don as the new rates are put into
full force and effect.
On the basis of the tonnage NOV
ing the reduction will amount to ap-
p~roximately % per cent. when COM
pared with the present rates in effect,
and this order presoribes approx
mateely 10 per cen greater reduc-
ton than the orders in the former
cases which we're vacated.
The new rates prescribed by the
commission will mean a great saw
ing to shippers of freight in the
state of Nevada, and it effects reduc-
tions in the Glass Rates between
practically every point in the state
of Nevada upon the main line and
branches of the Southern Pacific
company, and from mainline South
ern Pacific points to points on the
Tonopah & Goldfield railroad which
will be automatically reduced by the
combination of the new rates apply
ing to Nina plus the rates establish
ed by the Tonopah & Goldfeld rail
road to points south; further, the
order will effect reductions to points
located on the Nevada Northern rail
way. Nevada Central railroad and
the Eureka-Nevada railroad, on ae-
count of the reduction in rates TO
the Southern Pacific company's june
tons with those roads.
These rates are to become effective
July l., 1913, and aside from the
great saving of freight charges on
the present movement it will I'M
doubtedly mean that shippers in the
state of Nevada will be able TO
greatly increase their business on ae-
count of these lower charges for the
transportation of their commodities
III. II. Adams. freight traffic man
ager of the Western Pacific, has re-
eeived authority from the railroad
commission of Nevada. to duplicate
the rates ordered into effect o n the
Southern Pacific company in Nevada,
and make the same effective July
l. 1913. provided no increases are
made. This means that The Western
Pacific Railway company is to pub
fish and make effective the same
rates TO govern the movement oil
freight between points in Nevada as
was ordered by the commission in the
Southern Pacific freight rates cases
to take effect July /, 1913 There
fore shippers on the line OF the
Western Pacific Railway will receive
the benefit of practically the same
rates as ordered into effect on tht
Southern Pacific company's lines in
the state. the reduction amounting
to approximately twenty-five per cent
China is the fourteenth nation t
indorse the peace plan proposed b,
the United States, which is TO thinl
IL over n long time before resortinl
to ho5tilities. 1t will at least put tn,
hotspurs into the background, a lon.
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