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Show tht the town from Spanish Fork to Ogden are on three lines. In support of our request to vou to reoom-nieud reoom-nieud to your roinjiuy to give to Salt Lass laty the transcontinental terminal rate, we claim that a rate which la per cent advance in an alrea ly remuneratve rule 1 sufficient to Nattefy the most avaru'luui stock holder in your company. My tins, we mean to wty that our merchants art willing to pay fx; for a thirty pound ar load of utanle merchandl-e. while our San tram-mco nr lho.irii pay i:m for a nlmllar cur of the same kind of merchandise ror the same aervice, which will be a saving of l.s a car over our present rale, which amount To HI, f, or l.'W pur rent Blester than the ruto from the Missouri nvr toOtrden or Salt Lake on Sun Francis o freight. We also ami that you reoueet your company toglveuson all o n jhipiwd from the liiteriuo.intain uitn nrrutin-tiy nrrutin-tiy to Salt Lake the Maine r.ite per ton per mile they K1ve Kansas C'.ty from the same towns, and by so dmiiK they will open a wav for the capitalists who are w ait nit fur such nn a -tlon on the r part In order to put smelters at tale point. We also ak that your company ne tuelr Influenc e with t lei'laitlilcatlou committee com-mittee to Induce them. If po sible. to Klmpllty the Joint western claudication. In submittlnic this matter to you we feel confident thiit vou will cheerfully use your Influence to bring about the desired effect. iSiuued.) J. W. Wiiukiikau. Jr.. ( h lirman, Jonx T. Lvni'ii, Ul.tN Mil J.Kit. TUE TRANSPORTATION. Matters Which Were Bead Yesterday at the Eeal Estate Exchange Provoked Pro-voked Comment- EEPOBT OF JOINT 00MMITTEES. From the Eeal Estate Exchange and the Chamber of Com mere at Length. Chairman Whitehead of the committee commit-tee on transportation submitted the following fol-lowing report: Mr. President and gentlemen of the Salt Lake real estate exchange: Your committee, appointed to act in convert with a similar committee from the chamber of commerce ''to confer with the officials of the different railroads rail-roads ceutering in this city, with a view of obtaining for this city a rate not to I exceed the present transcontinental terminal rates; also that the carload rales to Salt Lake city plus the local rates to any point tributary to Salt Lake, shall not exceed the less than carload car-load rates from the terminals to the Jioint mentioned'' begs to submit the ollowing report. W e aro in posses-lion posses-lion of a communication from the secretary sec-retary of the chamber of commerce to your secretary, which is as follows, to-wit: Salt T,aki Citv, Vtah. Jan. 15, 1(91. Mr. John M ntKomery. jr., secretary (salt L'ike r at e-ttato exhanKe: My 1 vii Sin-1 a n In receipt of your communication com-munication of the l.'ith Infant, in which you Dote thu lact that the n al estau exchar.K lias appointed a committer to act non certain matters regarding transportation, to and from Suit, Lake City. In reply I will say that the chamber of commerce com-merce has a HtitndliiK committer known as the "Transportation Bureau of the Silt Lake Chamber of Commerce." to which are referred all matters pertaiuins to Its department. The directors have iustiueted me to refer your communication to the transportation 'bureau. This bureau has already taken up. with the proper railway officials, euci matters as are referred to In your communication. You will nonce ny tne dlsnatcnes rrom Chicaro In this morning's papers, that It, Is al wo-lt In this direction. President Simon of the chamber of commerce land exolllcio chairman of the trans-portat.on trans-portat.on hureaui and Mr. W. C. B. Allen, commissioner of tae transportation bureau, had previously arranged and have he.u authorised au-thorised by tl:S b iard of directors, to proeefd to Chlcaiio and supplement with a personal Interview In-terview the protest which they some days Hliice tiled in a formal maimer, w II U the railway rail-way author, t es. The rhamls r of commerce would lie pleased at any tim to have the rjal estate exchange unite and co operate with them in any matin mat-in which your exchanire may wish to participate. partici-pate. Yours very respectfully. (Signed.) Fhamk K. Gii.i.rrpib Hec'y Ba t Lako Cnamlier of Co nmeree. From this letter it would appear that the real estate exchange was but the tail of tho "discrimination kite" and that we were coining in ou the trail of the transportation bureau of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce, which is in reality a child of the agitation of the freight discriminations begun in this body and carried through successfully to the completion of a most exhaustive and detailed report of the discrimina- lions against mis city oy tne joint committee. com-mittee. The transportation bureau received verbal reports and recommendations recommen-dations from the joint committee from time to time during the progress of their work. Taking advantage of the labors of that committee the bureau have amalgamated their recommendations, recommenda-tions, and without consulting either of their members who worked with the joint committee they have endeavored to do this city an everlasting benefit :;;ith one sweeping act bv passing over aJis3e'ls tne ',ea' officials and ap- i Jrpoinipii 'wo members of their body to j proceetTV' Chicago and supplement ' with a pef onal iuterview the protest rsV which tli' s0,ue day since filed in a formal manner with the railroad HUlhorit'68- -. W'e ri, e confident that had the bureau o; tr."K'ortation followed the recom-mwlat recom-mwlat ions of the joint committee, who gave this subject months of study in all its details, and consulted with the members mem-bers of the chambel who worked on (he joint committee, and, if necessary, lent them to appear before the tran's-(outinental tran's-(outinental association in defense of the, committee, we are confident that loncessions positively advantageous to lur city would have been made. The transportation bureau of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce not only ignored those members of tho chamber who gave months of their time in studying these questions, in their action in this matter, but have treated the exchange with injustice, to say nothing of tho discourtesy dis-courtesy in not asking their co-operation in carrying out iu the smallest degree, de-gree, the recommendations of the joint committee. We understand that the commissioner of tho transportation bureau bu-reau of tho Salt Lake chamber of commerce com-merce has submitted to the secretary of the chamber of commerce at Spokane Falls, an account of the action faked by tha hnronn. together with ennifls of tliA reports and freight tables, showing the discriminations existing in the transcontinental trans-continental r.ites referred to, and an outline of the proposed action of our merchauts in pooling their business and testing the principles involved, which is hoped will secure this city the concessions con-cessions desired. While we appreciate the situation of our Washington neighbor, wo condemn the. action of the commissioner, as Spokane Spo-kane falls is not a parallel case with Salt Lake City, and any exposuro of tho'private actions of our merchants is not only a breach of trust, but detracts from our case and lessens tho possibility possibil-ity of us gaining the points we desire. Your committee waited upon Mr. Ec-cles Ec-cles and presented him with a letter nddressedto Mr. Bancroft aud himself of the Union Pacific railroad, and upon Mx. Bennett and presented that gentleman gentle-man with a similar letter addressed to himself and Mr. Dodge, and those gentlemen gen-tlemen assured us that our letters and charts will reach their proper destinations. destina-tions. A similar letter and charts were also sent to Mr. (.'. V. Smurr, general freight agent of the Southern Pacific railroad at San Francisco, Cal. The following is a copy of the letters, and the charts aro the same as those submitted sub-mitted by the joint committee to this exchange in their report: Sait Lakk Citv. Jan. M. mi. Dkah Sirs: Wears appointed by the real estate exch antre to wait uiiou you and induce you, if possible. to present l your company tha discrimination In freight rates aKa iist Salt Lskd t'itv which your company, in coii'iecibm With t tie Trail c nflnental aiwoclal'o'i impose upon u . We believe that you b inllviduaU reall'ethe great tnlugtiie that Is practiced at-ainst this citv by the railroads carrying the freiK. 1 1 1 and from Utah, and ne believe Hint were It in your power you would r (tnt the v roiijr witt.o it delay. We thorefireaK you to present our cas.i us it 1 repidientod to you. Tl:e cliaits accomp myiiiK this letier Rhow the i!l cr. n I'laticn- on oniy a few art'cl-s. but sufne'ent. we ih nk. to ai-rve an an Illustration on all ol sh pped to anl troiu Salt Lake (ly. We most respectfully ak your company thvouKli you to recommend to the Trn'ontt-n Trn'ontt-n ntal ae-ioi latlou th u they mahe a rate on nil uoodt- to this city the tine hs the trviron-tmeitil trviron-tmeitil frmlnil rate oa the same articles; Blfo f'at the cavload ratei t Sill i.ae t'itv, llu-tlielo a' ra:s to any 1 " tributary to B.ili Lake sli ill n t exceed tin less tnan car load rate from the term n il to p tints mentioned. men-tioned. Wo deiltte t ie country a tributary ro Ba't Lake as fol.mvn: lice : Ktirliifts on the east Killoti on the north. Hunttntjtou oi the iio'thue-o and the end o' your lines on ths south. We also a-k tha. yonrcompany recommend recom-mend th- HHHociut in, to limit the point com-mon com-mon t thetowa fromOtdeu to Span'ah Fork livliislve In asltimt vou to limit the common p dots ai nienth ne I atmve. we do soou the iitind that the town between Otden and llutte t'itv are on a htanrli Hue as well a those towns south of spriugville to Nephi. and, |