, 1922-05-25
RAIL REDUCTION
BENEFITS CITED


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new rate ssH cents. decrease IS per
cent.
T~orrington and intermediate points
TO Cheyenne; present ate 3on cents,
new rate 24,s cents. decrease 20 per
cent.
Cody and intermediate points 10
Casper. present rate Al cents. new
rate 30 cents. decrease so per G
Lander and intermediate points to
Casper, ssH cents, new rate s5H
cents, decrease SO per cent
Grain
Cody TO Casper present rate Az
cents. new rate 500 cents. decrease
sT per cent.
Powell to Casper: present rate. 1884,
cents. new rate IS cents. decrease 2s-2
per cent
Garland to Casper. present rate ssh
cents, new rate rs cents. decrease 2T.3
per cent.
cowley TO Casper; present rate ssn
cents. new rae s cents. decrease ss.s
per cent
worlsnd to Casper: present rate IS
cents. rev rate IS Genus. decrease IL
per sent.
Carter to Rock Springs; prescnt
rate rs cents. new rate II cents. de
crease 39.2 per cent.
Hay.
Carter to Rock Springs; present
rate "a cents. new rate 16 cents. de
crease 33.3 per sent A saving OF $50
per ion to the producer)
There arc numerous stations within
the state OF Wyoming from which
farm products have moved in the past
and owing to he absence OF commod-
ltv rates the distance class rates APP
Piled. which In all cases were under
the existing class rate scale very
high. The distance class rate scale as
established by this order will to "a
great eNtert provide for the move
ment OF all foreign products to and
from stations from which special
commodity rates have not been pro
vided at o material decrease.
Tho statement written by Chairman
Claude L. Draper and signed by him
self and Commissioners Maurice Gro
shon and Harry NJ. Huntington. reads
in part;
I'VE Instituted this Investigation of
all intrastate freight rates and charges
OF railroad companies in Wyoming Of
our own motion, to determine wheth-
or any such rates or charges are in
violation Of Chapter 351 OF the Com
piled Statutes OF Wyoming. 1920.
THE class rates in Wyoming are
OF special Importance in this proceed
ing. not only because of their high
level but also because a far higher
proportion OF the Wyoming i~ntrastate
traffic moves on class ates han Is
the case with the interstate traffic in
this region. or with the intrastate in
nearby states: in other words. for the
latter class of traffic there have been
provided commodity rates. much low
err than the class rates in far greater
proportion thain in Wyoming. so that
the freight revenue collected on Wyo-
ming ~intrastnte traffic moving under
class rates is grester thar on similar
interstate traffic or interstate traffic
within nearby states by the difference
between the Wyoming class rates, on
one hand and on the other hand class
rates in part and commodity rates r.
part. The propriety of the Wyoming
rites, SO far as their relationship u
Interstate rates is involved, should be
Judged on the basis of the revenue
results under the applicable rates. re
spectively. The level of Wyoming
rates might be higher than that of the
interstate rates rel il h Wyoming
class rates were lower than the inter
state class rates. because the inter
state traffic in far greater proportion
would still be moving on intcrstatc
commodity rates far lower han the
~intrastate class rates.
THE railroads admit hat the class