Show railroad rate question Is still unsettled amsy hearing was completed late last week edw before 24 examiner disque of the interstate iW jerew commerce commission on the subject of the 7 application of the utah railroads for 7 authority to in crease aff rateb wib on e coal and ore to con 1 form with aay the higher rates recently ly granted the carriers the 7 records of testimony taken 0 together with 7 the tentative report bof the examiner w will be presented 0 to the interstate ia commerce 7 commission aa for a ruling ff should ay the commission rule that the roads have arff a right e to 9 increase 7 their rates 7 on coal W and ore handled wholly within the state the case will still be unsettled as t e legal authority of the ay iy 22 comme fco commission to overrule the iff state utilities commission 7 in matters of intra 1 state rates 7 must then be de ter mined effi by the af united states su 4 preme court 20 iw f II 11 W pritchett y representing the utah mines 2 Sef introduced some statis swi wo tics ay to show that based 17 on present rates the net return of 71 railroads operating in this state Is as follows 1 W denver kaw rio grande js 0 or 46 05 iw per cent w western ff pacific fw 1 if or w 18 per cent w utah railway dyrr fy rr or ay iy per cent los angeles salt lake rail wa road or 46 13 0 per abw cent disaster faces aff the vaa metal mines of utah it the freight rates are ad danced off aw on ore according ff to the testimony s of half a iw dozen of the leading operators kieff aus who claim that the 1 present rates a really ought to be reduced ff in 7 fact the mines will most likely make an ts application jeffy to the state utilities yaw commission asking aa for a reduction Vi WW walter pitch sr president ly af of sr ohp alff chief cons company abw one of the heaviest 7 silver producers in the united ya states or asaf canada tw gave his opinion at the hear 0 ng esusy last week f saying that to increate Inc waff the afif rates fie as urged by tire carriers would wivi wv vi not only havoc on the metal mining in af the state but in the long run would prove calamitous to the railroads themselves jackson me chrystal representing the gemini godiva ridge N alley and the eu reka mines companies also testified along the same lines and introduced records of ore movements freight charges and other material to show the effect of the proposed increase upon the mines which he represent ed other prominent operators of the state also gave similar festl mony and A 0 mackenzie secretary of the utah chapter of the american mining congress outlined we the cawa general faute situation w of we the metal bevy maners afy of the state |