Show STATE sun RA mm RAILRoAD O HEARING UKE Last Public Session of Coal Shortage Committee Held Yesterday LITTLE WAS ACCOMPLISHED TILT BETWEEN CHAIRMAN ROBINSON ROB ROBINSON INSON AND SEN LAWRENCE The last lust of the public hearings of or the thel legislative l committee which has been In Investigating the coal shortage and alleged railroad discriminations was iras held yes yesterday yesterday ep tenIa morning Speaker Harry HalT Joseph J of ot o othe the house of or representatives and L II 11 i Curtis of the Independent Fuel company of o Helper being the only witnesses The Tn committee has examined fifteen witnesses in all nod anil has received no Information information in information formation of value from any an of them 1 I I In Tact fact no ne thoroughly familiar with railroad conditions has haM been put on the stand and mo most t of the witnesses te tes titled from either a very Cr limited personal experience nce or from The list t of witnesses is as follows John R IL Brougham Robert Marsh arsh Richard P Morris William B Sprague II H A Smith Isaac Barton John E Dooly Dool Gomer Corner Thomas II IL G U Williams Charles Charle O 0 Har Her Harris Harris Herris ris William S McCarthy Colonel E A AWall Aall Wall Vall all Harry HalT S Joseph Jo Charles H Grif Grit Griffin Griffin fin and L H II Curtis To Prepare Report The committee will meet Monday to prepare a report It is understood that thata a majority and ami an minority report rel ort will be submitted the one ont advocating a II maxi maximum mum rate law luw and the other a afew afe afew few fe changes in the existing statutes Chairman unhinge Robinson Is wild said to 10 lead the minority and Senator George N K Law Lawrence Lawrence rence the majority That the legislature will pass any an railroad measure however seems extremely doubtful and It is likely that the tho work and expense involved in inthe Inthe inthe the investigation will have been in vain aln The feAture of yesterdays session was wasa a dispute between Chairman Robinson and antI Senator George X N Lawrence who has bas been doing the questioning of wit witnesses witnesses nesses L II H Curtis of the Independent Fuel company compan was on the stand and his testimony has ba been favorable to the rail rall railroads railroads roads roa s in a marked degree hI I am through with the witness per perhaps perhaps perhaps haps the tho chairman would like to ask ak a him some question said Mr Ir Lawrence Chairman Robinson remained silent and Mr Ir Lawrence then declared In a rather sarcastic way Well Weli I 1 did dill not call this witness and understood that the chairman wanted him here hereIt It was at the suggestion of o some of the members of the committee that Mr Ir Curtis was called explained the chair chairman chairman man but he had a hard time concealing his After fter the session Senator Lawrence stated that he had a note from Mr Ir Rob Hob Robinson RobInson inson asking him to have hl ve Curtis sub subpoenaed subpoenaed Speaker Tells of Pool The first witness was Harry Joseph speaker of the house He told about the alleged railroad pool in the Tintic district and spoke as the secretary of the TIntic Mine Operators association He lie Ie said that the haul from Tintic to Salt Lake is miles milel yet et the charge is the same ame from Nevada eada points point 00 miles mU mUI away I He declared that the rate from on supplies is too high and that the rates rat have remained the same for the past six years eans with the exception of a afew few ew minor reductions Have Hae the rates charged by b the two roads entering the district always been the same Senator Lawrence asked Treated All Alike Always lw 15 the tho same unless one shipper received a cheaper rate than another I have hare heard this intimated to be the case but never noer knew it Uta to be proved I believe they have treated us all nil alike L Is H Curtis of the Independent Fuel Yuel company of Helper seemed decidedly friendly to the railroads As his company has ha not commenced Jo lo ship ore his hl tes testimony testimony was wan of little Importance The Tho ds hl always shown a friendly attitude towards our company and what little coal Oal we have shipped has been hauled by wagon wa to Price and the rate from there to Salt Lake is Jl 1 a ton tone We e are now negotiating for a 0 side track to Helper and this has been bettt promised us SENATE NOTES Senator measure making It unlawful to play ball or other oUter games James on Decoration day da was approved of by the senate senata yesterday Senator Brinkerhoff was in his tat slat again yesterday after a four days das ab absence a absence sence attending the funeral of o Representative Seth Taft at Thurber Wayne ayne county count II 11 Xo No 19 W 1 by b Robinson fixing the salaries of If the state board of equal equalization equalIzation equalIzation has been finally passed by both houses For the past week It has been going back hack and forth from one house to the other at a rapid rate conference committee reports having been accepted in I one body and rejected in the other and anti vice versa ersa Yesterday however ho eer after some gome strenuous ous vork Work the measure was put through and It is now up to the governor |