Show A PLAN MAPPED OUTal Tlie Freight Rate Problem i Earnestly Discussed THE GRIEVANCES NOW BORNE Committees Appointed to Draft a Schedule of Elites Which Will be Demanded The Stock Exchange Tho meeting of the business men with the transportation bureau was hold at the chamber of commerce last night Members of the bureau and representative businessmen business-men engaged in tho various lines of traffic in were attendance The meeting was called to order by President Presi-dent Simon who stated the object of tho cell as follows The object of this meeting is to get an expression from the business men of this city iesrarding question of transportation transporta-tion This commute has now been at work four months and has held a number of meetings and drawn up schedules etc It is now time that the committee formulate schedules which the railroad companies will be asked to concede We want expression from persons in all lines of business Mr Lowe was called and said that a lower rte should bo made and that the especial es-pecial thing which Salt Lake needed was a low local rate covering a radius of 100 or 500 miles similar to what Kansas Kan-sas City enjoys I received a letter a few weeks ago from an eastern firm who wanted to ship to this city and make it a distributing point but 1 was compelled t statoihe condition to them which is that the local rates were so high that they could not succeed The rate is GO and JO per cent higher from Missouri river here than Ir m Chicago to the Missouri river and in my line ot business is not much lower than it was fifteen or twenty years ago Another question which the chamber of commerce should take hold of is the coal question Coal should be reduced to 4150 per ton and still the railroads would dowel well wel Mr Remington said that Mr Lowe should discuss the question from the rail way companys standpoint I we intend to make this a jobbing point we should not demand a reduction on through freight but we want a low rate from this city to local points I we usk si cheap distribut log rate we cad not expect a low through rate also I we can ship out a first das article at a lower rate than it can ho shipped from other points is all that wo wan I we get I through low rate we can get no distribution rate J W Whitehead The rate from the Missouri river here is much greater than to Missouri river points from tuo east The cause of this is that we have always been looked upon as only a consuming town and not a jobbing town We have been looked on in the same light as Nephi Logan and other small towns Mr Uonklm said ore was now being shipped to Pueblo and Denver at the uniform uni-form rate of SlUriU IV K Thomas said that if Salt Lake was to be made a jobbing town there must be a low rate to Salt Lake I wo can sell goods in Salt Lake at the same price as Omaha we can become a distributing joint I could tuke a stock of dry goods it I had money enough and soil justas cheap is Chicago anti pay my freight at the present rate but of course my margin would not be us great as would be the Chicago mans Mr Lowe said there should bo a reduction reduc-tion on the outgoing freight of CO per cent and on the incoming rate 15 per cent L think we should take care of the whole territory ter-ritory Mr Remington Suppose local rates be reduced so we could put goods into Salt L iaUe and reship cheaper than Omaha When the through rate is cut it helps the cast as well as us I would rather they would leave the tnrough rate and cut the local that much more Mr Allen asKed Mr Remington what bethought be-thought were the boundaries of the terri tory which was tributary to Salt Lake Mr Lieiningtou replied that the territory reached on the notfih to Beaver ca ion on the west to Ontario and Else on tuo south toe th to-e Colorado river and on the east over the Union Pacific to Kvanston and on the Rio raudo Western to Grand Junction Mr Allen sate when the chamber moved into the new building he thought it wise to call n meeting of all men traveling from Salt Lake and prepare a schedule of rates 10 every town tnoutary to us First they suould carefully prepare a schedule and snould crystallize ou wOnt was wanted Onder a new uniform classification being issued we will have a low rate on one or two classes of goods and a greater distinction is made between car and local rates This will be perfected and probably adopted by January 1 I think it necessary to increase the number of men and travel from Salt Lake T have also been looking up the passenger rate and think we can get a reduction it we demand it On the forth the rate is four cents and south it runs between four and MX cents per inihe We should have a reduction reduc-tion on mileage at least and as changes are usually uiucib on the first of the year the time is rife to fceouro it Remington favored connning their demands to securing secur-ing local rates Mr Osborn said We ought to begin at the bottom and get an outgoing rate What we want is a general reduction on all lines ol goods and not Savor any special l lines We snould get a rate lower than any otaer point within our territory Mr Remington moved that a commiteo of live be appointed to draft a schedule of rates to uil tlie cities and towns m the territory ter-ritory tributary to Salt Lake and to meet the western treight agents and discuss methods which would bo beneficial aud satisfactory to all concerned The chairman chair-man then appointed Messrs Lowe Rem ington Culrntlr Allen and Simon Mr Simon said that he Had been work ing i long ana diligently and desired to complete com-plete the work ol the old committee witam a week |