Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-15 | Page 11 | Railways Put in Testimony

RAilWAYS PUT IN TESTIMONY Portland Rate Cases Dragging and Commission Getting Impatient Portland Ore Oct 14 So slow has been the progress of hearings of the Port Portland Portland Portland land rate cases cass before the thc interstate com commerce commerce commerce merce commission that the commission ordered today that testimony in individual rate cases be taken before a commis commissioner commissIoner commissioner When the session opened the Oregon Railroad Navigation company resumed introduction of testimony in defense f existing freight rates rutes eastward from from Portland E M Cousins a tariff expert submit submitted submitted ted comparative tables talles which he said salol showed that rats charged by bJ the Oregon Railroad Navigation company were not unfavorable in comparison to those fixed In other parts of the taa country where the density of oC traffic was equal Ralph BlaIsdell auditor of 01 the Harri Harriman HarrIman Harriman man lines in n Or Oregon gon submitted a vast number of oC tabulated going into the earnings and expenses ex of the Oregon Orgon Railroad Navigation company He was shown a table tabla prepared lire ared by the Union Pacific which showed show d a discrepancy discrepancy ancy anc of against the thC figures pre prepared prepared prepared pared by b him hm as to the orating expenses ex expenses expenses of the Oregon Railroad Navi Nav Navigation gation atlon company comp iny which Is owned by th former company but maintained that hU his hl own figures fl were correct corn ct Testifying that the deferred dlf expense of maintenance nance of way of the fiscal year of OO amounted to nearly 0 Mr Blaisdell was wal Interrupted by bJ Commission Commissioner er Clements who asked ed if this had beet bee done to the tho th d trim trimont nt of the right of way lie He explained that the commission was w s I Interested in knowing if this decrease as had hadan any an bearing upon the safety of oC the travel traveling trav l ling ing public Counsel tar lor the Oregon Railroad Nav Navi i interposed with the ex explanation explanation plana that tlc tle tl a amount appropriated usually ex e l d largely largel the actual cost of maintenance of way W waya a I