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Show MAKES ITS REPORT 1 ON LOCAL I FREIGHT RATES I Commercial Club Committee I Tells of Work Done. I RAILROADS ASK FOR TIME Agree to Submit lata fir Rs U vlslen ef Rates. H No Other Action Will Be' Taken for H Sixty Days Club Defers Action on San Pedro Harbor Matter. i Tho old boanl of governors of the Com- . H morclal club met Inst night and received ; JH the. report of tho committee on frelKht rates. It was short, and to the effect that the railroads had agreed to co-oporate co-oporate with tho committee and furnish data from their files. The report wis adopted' and thero will ho nothing mor-done mor-done about the matter fill the railroads report. The committee is composed of Fred J. Fabian, Col. E. F. Holmes. S. H. Love, William P. Kiser, Joseph E Ga'-lagher, Ga'-lagher, W. S. McCarty, Joseph Scow- IH 'croft of Ogden and Joseph Geoghegan The report follows in full. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. "Salt Lake City, Jan. 11. To tho pron- L " orable President and Board ot Govern- I ors of the Commercial Club, Salt Lako L City, Utah; Gentlemen: Your commit- 11 j teo appointed for the purpose of securing I J an adjustment of discriminations against J I Salt Lake City nnd Ogden exlstlnu In. f J the present freight tariffs, beg to re- Ibh port that tho committee hns had a con- JA Terence with Mr. T. M. Schumacher, M traffic manager of the Oregon Short Lln railway; Mr. S. V. Derrnh. general freight agent of tho Rio Grande Western railway, and Mr. E. W. Gillette, senernl freight agent of the San Pedro, Los An-golcs An-golcs & Salt Lako railroad, and theso rep-rcscntatlves rep-rcscntatlves of tho various lines Into and out of Utah have given the committer positive assurance that, within the short-est short-est period possible, data for a re islou of the tariffs will bo submitted by them to your honorablo bonrd for consldcra-tlon consldcra-tlon and such suggestions and changes am in your estimation may bo deemed noes-sary. noes-sary. It is tho unanimous opinion of your comraltteo that the railroad officials iB fully recognloO tho necessity for a rend-Justmcnt rend-Justmcnt of tho tariffs, and will meet tho requirements ns far as practicable. "Tho railroad officials have asked for ,H about sixty days wherein to prepare their !H statement, and your committee, therefore. 'H respectfully recommends that no further action be taken pending tho timo re-quested re-quested by tho railroad representatives as above stated. Respectfully. H "THE COMMITTEE. 'H "FRED J. FAR IAN. "Chairman." LOS ANGELES APPEAL. At tho same meeting a Jotter from tho ilH Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, In- :H closing resolutions, wan presented to tho H board. It sets forth the need of Improv- jH Inr; San Pedro harbor and the Interest IH tho middle States hero have In such work jH It also sugciils that tho Commerclnl club ! raise $3)00 to send men to Washington iH to lobby for the. appropriation. The rant- 'H tor was discussed, hut tho talk did not IIH get to the favoring or turning-down IIH point, and it was referred to tho meet- H ing of the new board tonight. IH The financial report of the secretnry was read, and showed a substantial bnl- -'H auco In tho treasury. It will be pub- H llshcd In more detailed form than that In which it wns read. Tho following gentlemen wero elected members of the club: W. W. Byrne, El- (Continued on pa pro S.) "freight rate report 1 (Continued from page 1.) mer B. Jones, Ned J. TCessler. B. IT. Ivutncwflkv, J. B. Jem-on, B J. Covey. Denver; It. K. Taylor, H. Pembroke, Dorsey Ashe. L. If. Harding. H. P. M.v-tpn. M.v-tpn. J. T. Treasure. J. M. Marriott, H. G. 'Sleator and Roscoe Drccden. NSW BOAPwD ACTS TONIGHT. Tonight the new board will meet and elect the officers for the year Col. Holmes ls In the Jead so far as talk goes, but there are several others In the running run-ning Gov. Wells. Joseph A. Silver, now vice-president, and Simon Bamberger. For the other offices they are talking of L. H. Farnaworth. S. 11. Love. J. W, Houston. C. A. Quicley and J. G. Mac-Donald. Mac-Donald. It is thought probable that Mr. Karnsworth will be mado treasurer. |