Show COMMISSION TO CONVENE TODAY Interstate Commerce Commis Commission Commission Commission sion Officials Will Take Up Rate Cases SESSION IS AT A HOTEL ATLANTIC COAST LINE MAN MAY TELL ABOUT WATER RATES About three days according to the attorneys for both sides of the case will be necessary nece ary for the completion of the present hearing In the Salt Lake freight rate case which will be re resumed umed this morning before Commis Commissioner Commissioner CommisSiOner E E Clark of the Interstate Commerce commission On account of the desire of some of cf those whose testimony was WaB wanted in inthe intIle Inthe the tIle caso case to get home testimony was taken at the Knutsford hotel Saturday at a brief session at which Attorney U C Dey and S H lL Babcock for the local ocal traffic bureau Judge F C DIl DIlard lard ard of the Union Pacific and others were present Those whose testimony was taken were w re F A Wann vann general traffic man manager manager ager of the Salt Lake Route In charge of the freight and passenger business who was questioned by Attorney W WR WR WB R B Kelly Kell general counsel for this road and C e S Fee general passenger agent of cf the Southern Pacific both of whom left eft the city Saturday night This tes testimony testimony will be put in it today and the railroads will continue the introduction Introduction Introduction tion of other testimony The hearing this morning will start with the of G W ruce general freight agent of the Southern Pacific whose direct examination examination examination nation was finished just before ad adjournment adjournment adjournment of the hearing Friday aft afternoon until this morning It was an announced yesterday that the Union Pa Pacific will have but a few witnesses to present following Mr Luce the in being to finish the case for that ro d by this afternoon at the latest The Th testimony introduced by coun counsel counsel counsel sel for the tho Union Pacific will be fol followed followed to lowed by that from several other roads which are joined in the proceedings among mong those probably the Denver Rio Grande the Chicago Rock Island Pacific and the Missouri Pacific The case CaBe of the Denver Rio Grande will be handled by E N Clark for that road the Missouri Pacific testimony by James C Jeffery counsel for the Gould Goulds system s stem and the Rock Island by E B Peirce counsel for tor that road Among the testimony to be present presented ed today will probably be that of L LJ 1 LJ J Spence connected with the Atlantic coast lines who is Ia expected to testify testify fy ty in regard to water shipments from New York to San Francisco It is be believed belIeved belIeved some ome time may be consumed in inthe inthe inthe the of some of the witnesses so that the hearing of the testimony from the roads which are areto areto areto to follow the Union Pacific probably will take two days dayos Judge Dullard of ot the Harriman lines who has taken token the lead since the start of the hearing for the railroads in intends intends intends tends to remain here until the end of the hearing Judge N H Loomis of Omaha and others who were wore associated with Judge Dullard Dillard last jast week already having gone Judge Dillard had hoped to be In Spokane for tor the start of the rate hearing in that city next nest Wednesday but will not be able to do so if It the tho local case takes as much time as is expected Cotton at Spokane W W Cotton attorney for forthe forthe forthe the Oregon Railroad Navigation company who Is said to be one of the best posted men on rates in the country countr will be at Spokane to look after the hearing and Judge Dullard DUlard probably will wUl join him after the close of the Salt Lake hearing Commissioner C A Prouty of the Interstate Commerce commission who was here with Commissioner Clark un until until until til Friday afternoon when he left for Portland will sit in the Spokane hear hearing hearIng hearing ing and it Is said that he will wUl re return return return turn east shortly afterwards not be being beIng beIng ing expected in Salt Lake for the ar argument argument argument on the case about Oct 29 when at least four of the seven members of the commission will be here When asked for his opinion of the hearing thus far Attorney C C Dey De who Is conducting the case for the traffic bureau of the Commercial club of this city said he thought the un unraveling unraveling unraveling raveling of the mass of figures pre presented presented presented will make a strong showing for forthe forthe forthe the local traffic club I I I II |