Show i RAilROAD POOL I Ii i DOES NOT EXIST 1 Charles H Griffin Says That I I Local Association Only i Publishes Tariffs I II I I WALL SUGGESTS REMEDY I I JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE HEARS TESTIMONY I ji II manager of tilE the r lei ht Bureau which h recently suc sue I I Utah nail tah Railroad association de M morning at nt the tho hearing h int ci committee U 1 e j matters matter that either the bu hu hura buu rat Tate ra t g its it predecessor pred dessor sor the association u or I d by b the railroads do doH doIng hid d b H in hi I t tai Ian la 1 as Ml instrumental ng nb i b f forcing I agreement II ltv for i by b the rall rail bureau burau T Th T wd vaid Mr 1 simply as a ar Setter r rIa tr of r II Publishing tariffs mAtter mai o s Each Bach road rd ru id senda i A i to tt 1 e and dIMl th tM they are lire a aU all pUb Its th the urau buraI but no rates rales are ared b v I by alt all l th the rods ro ds interested d I d why the t tb hail hall been J tt tb bur bureau buru su sub id that recently th rail rali ralius Mr 1 en us by b t te r legal de deth 11 th t the former fora organization strictly legal in tn form rm wa w waS s It dissolved asked Senator u ry Go 6 r rJ plied I I the tl Ie witness w It ness Was not Dot the Uw opening of this the thO controlling factor of the disso dissolution 1 lution r rI I 1 really cannot nay esy Is there re any railroad ra pool in Utah Not ct ot that I know of or Do 10 you u know anything about pooling between Ogden and the Word Pool Tabooed I 1 know nothing whatever of pooling ma with my associates I have hae always instructed not Dot to use the word wordin lien been 1 11 JOUr in connection with this business Mr Yr Griffin then explained that any of the he th railroads could at any time Um by b Riving giring ten tD days da notice declare an independent rate idle and one not authorized by b the joint agreement jI ment mentIs Is this thie often otten done he was vas asked 1 1 I would not say sa often but it happens The witness admitted that there was waa little ittie competition between local points touched by opposing lines but said that Ibis was In iu the interests of equity and in order to maintain a fixed and unchangeable able bl tariff He III also explained the old oid t pool which he helped to form and showed bowed how hoV it differed from the local agreement That there was a written agreement he e admitted and produced a opy for the tise inspection n of the committee C He H was also alee ba called upon to present the or er memorandum which the de do defunct defunct fund worked under and he ai i 1 he hi would weald do it During his queries regarding competition tion Iton Senator Lawrence asked a ked is III there anything savoring of compe competition competition in is Utah at present I f hardly bardl know what you mean 7 I mien mean as generally understood by the thep p I 1 think lJ Dk the rates are about the same samee e an all n Ones lines in common territory How flew are the rates made In common Br By the various companies Most fost all allem el Item em are referred to the association for fer adjustment and aRd ratification Colonel K E 1 A Wall VaIl all the first witness proposed an amendment to eec Bee Beedon fie 1 don lien 45 of the revised statutes relating to 10 discrimination as a means whereby miKh h of the lilt complaint about rates could be Mr Wall contended that It was not fair to the lbS small mine owners to make mak them themI I toy so much Duch mere per por p r oar of ore shipped hipped than the t tb large dealers who are arc granted gr great reductions because of or the large they the send away aw He thought that the railroads should make an aver ver average vera age a rate which would apply appl to all ore ts from a given district whether the Ihl operator hadj had J ope ear Car or fifty cars The present system he said worked a In the Bingham district he asserted the small producer paid Li a car while often the large producers producer paid as low lowas as SO O cuU C All of Colonel OI rie Walls ait testimony was aling aking the game amI me line and ami after Uler he lie had hall fin finished finI I with mth the committee he underwent a ere vere catechism at the hands of Parley I L William Wi counsel for the Oregon Short Une Line The Th next meeting of the committee will willbe willIs be Is h lIdd at 10 II o lock Friday morning in th senate committee committe room This will probably be 1 b the th last session So io far the committee committe has accomplished little |