Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-26 | Page 1 | Intrastate Passes Used in Making Interstate Trips

INTRASTATE PASSES PASSES' USED IN MAKING INTERSTATE TE TRIPS Colorado Railroad Officers Officer Claim They Are Powerless to 10 Stop This Practice D YEn DE Jan 25 The The records of J the tIle Colorado Colora o Southern bow H. H as bad as lS the Denver fib Rio Grande In the pass question On one C Colorado lor d 8 I Southern train according to the th on- on ductor ono twenty ono out of at thirty three passengers rode rodo on Oil p passes PaSOS The foregoing I Is hi Put of ot n. n put into tho the record rJ of ot tIme the pass h hearing hear hear- ing IIII he hero e today by Special E Examiner A A. A T T. T Smith to avoid any misunderstand ing Ing- and Injustice to tho the Denver 1 1 Grande Chaide The Tho statement was was read 1 asa ns as a part of ot the proceedings of at the final session before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Harlan This afternoon tho tIm commissioner de departed de dc- parted parte for the east eRst after taking testimony mon mony for tor three da days s re regarding the tho cx- cx tont tent of ot the thc free pass situation in Cole Colo rado In cour course e of or tho the hearIng many many- railroad men and shippers testified It was brought out that passes issued for or Intrastate travel wore were frequently In making interstate trips and the tho railroad officers testified that they had been bOOZI powerless to prevent this practice It was as tc testified also that free tree passenger transportation not In Infrequently In frequently Influenced the ro routing of ot Interstate freight A large largo portion of oC the tho testimony r re- re to tho the Denver er ufo Rio Gran- Gran Grande Grano o al and t it was was on this tills account that Smith issued hl his hilt statement tO today 1 lie said saM the examination of ot Denver Denvor Rip flici Grande officials consumed so much time that n no opportunity remained d t to tb consider th the cases of oC the other roads with the same thoroughness s. s The Donver Don Den ver cz 01 Rio Grande ho said salli did not differ from other roads It was vas semiofficial announced today to today to da day that tho the commissioner had Instituted an nn Investigation of ot tho the expense accounts of or some sonio federal officers in Colorado to determine whether or not I thc they hail had turned in bills for r railroad tickets when riding on pass passes ell I