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Show EAILK0AD DECISION. The Association Orders the Montana Kales Restored. APPLIES TO UNION PACIFIC. A. I'Ons: Delayed Ieciion Results in Favor or the Rio Grande Western , The Utah and Montana Rate Sheets JIuHt Re Restored As Usual, the People Will Xot Be the Gainers Headlight Jr'lashei From Far and Near. Last May the Rio Grande Western railway complained to the commissioners that passenger pass-enger rates between Montana points and the Missouri river, duly established and in effect under the agreement of the Trans-Missouri association, had been reduced by tha Union Pacific without authority. The compiler of the latest Utah and Montana rate-sheet had, by order of the Union Pacific, stricken out the rule making these rates higher by way of Ogden and Salt Lake City than by the direct route, thereby causing a reduction of $8.75 on first-class tickets via Utah points. This was done to meet rates in effect by the Northern Pacific, between St. Paul and Helena, Hel-ena, the distance between these points being about the same as that from Omaha to Salt Lake by the Union Pacific. The local rate from Salt Lake to Helena is about the same as that from St. Paul to Helena. Consequently Conse-quently the Union Pacific, by meeting the Northern Pacific's rates through Salt Lake, gave the scalpers a grand opportunity to ply their trade. The line from the Missouri river, working with the Rio Grande Western, soon found they were selling no tickets to Salt Lake and Ogden. All tickets were to Helena, and the portion to be used between Ogden and Helena was almost invariably found in the hands of ticket brokers. In this way the lines working with the Rio Grande Western by way of Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo were carrying Salt Lake and Ogden local passengers on Montana tickets, and thereby receiving about half of the revenue they were entitled to. Hence, the complaint of the Rio Grande Western, which it has taken the commissioners from May 30 until the present time to decide. THK DECISION. The decision is as follows: 44 After due consideration of the facts presented pre-sented to them, as recited herein, the commissioners com-missioners are of the opinion that the action of the compiler in striking the rule from the sheet (by order of the general passenger agent of the Union Pacific) was unauthorized unauthor-ized and illegal, and that the rate question involved in this matter is subject to the rules and regulations of the Trans-Missouri association, and they therefore consider it their duty to order that the rule as shown in Utah and Montana rate shert No. 68 be restored, re-stored, to take effect October 10, 1892." The action of the Union Pacific appears to have been necessitated by competition with the Northern Pacific, and the travelling public got the benefit. Headlight Flashes. A. R. Dougherty, traveling passenger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul, is here. lie is accompanied by his wife and Mrs. E. B. Vaunevar of Boston. The Great Salt Lake & Hot Springs railroad rail-road did a rushing business yesterday. The Rio Grande will take the Democratic delegates to Provo, but the Union Pacific will carry the elub members. Dan Spencer, chief clerk of the Union Pacific, and wife have returned from Denver. Den-ver. The bathing season at Garfield is ended and there will be no more regular trains to the lake, except the through morning train, this fall or winter. A furious ra,te war is raging in the territory terri-tory south of the Ohio river. The Terra Haute & Indianapolis of Illinois has absorbed the Terre Haute & Peoria, The net earnings of the St. Paul for August was $l,3S0,i.'05.82. Over $5,000,000 is now '.being expended in underground railroads in Paris. In ' forty states and territories 2,510.09 miles of railroad have been laid so far this year. It is estimated that the total mileage for 1892 will be 4000 miles. Thus far this year 151 miles of track have been laid in Canada and 2."6 miles In Mexico. The Railtoay Age credits Utah with having hav-ing laid 31.9 miles of railroad during the nine months of 1802. During the same period Utah has built more miles on paper than all the rest of the world combined. The San Francisco & Atlantic Railroad company on Wednesday filed with the county clerk a certificate of proceedings authorizing au-thorizing the creation of a bonded indebtedness indebted-ness of 20, 0000,000. A Miner Accidentally Shot. Andrew Ilogman, a Bingham miner rooming room-ing temporarily at Anderson's boarding-house boarding-house in Plum alley, while handling a revolver re-volver last evening accidentally shot himself, the ball entering his left thih and ranging upward until it lodged between the muscles about two inches under the cuticle. The injury in-jury is not a dangerous one, and Dr. Marshall Mar-shall today experienced no difficulty in extracting ex-tracting the bullet. |