| Show SPARRING WITH RAILROADS I Tintic Mine Managers Manag rs Committee I Holds Conference on Freight Rates i The transportation committee of the 1 Mine Une Managers association of Tintic H HS HS I IS S Joseph chairman held a long confer conference conference I ence yesterday esterday with S 8 V Dar Darrah Darrah Darrah rah assistant general freight agent of ot the he Rio Grande railroad system s stem and E EW EW EW W Gillett general freight and passenger agent of the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Route George W Heintz traffic raffle manager of the United States company and M I 1 C Morris secretary of the company compan Members rs of ofIr Mr Ir Josephs committee were also In n at attendance attendance at the conference which went into the subject of ot giving the mine own owners owner ers era er of Qt f Tintic the relief they had previous previously ly petitioned for on ore transportation rates Chairman Joseph had bad returned the day before from a trip to Denver where he hO had been In conference with Traffic Man Manager Manager Manager ager A S Hughes o 0 the Rio Grande and ager agOr ag r A S Hughes of the Rio Grande and andRio andRio andRio Rio Grande company was Inclined to do dothe dothe dothe the right thing with the shippers At the conference held here during the tha afternoon It was finally decided that the railroad officials would ask the smelting companies operating In the state to sup BUp I ply them hem with data dat and statistics bearing on the matter Of tonnage rates etc and that the mine owners should be asked to todo todo do the same sanle thing through the commit committee tee of the Mine Managers association and take the subject up again within a afew afew afew few days probably during the coming week At the close of the conference last even evening evenIng ing bIg Mr Joseph stated that th the negotiations negotiations negotiations so far had li ben been of a nature to im impress Impress Impress press the committee with the belief that the railroad companies would give them the relief asked for forIt forIt forIt It was largely owing to the favorable manner ni In hi which their petition had been received by the railroad companies that caused the mine owners to consent to the increased wage scale demanded by the miners of the camp and the committee feels f els that the railroad companies will see their way clear to grant rant the rates asked for on different grades of ore rather than see the mines SUffer Definite action It Itis ItIs itis is expected will quickly follow the con conference conference conference ference to be held next week |
