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Show I WATER AM II One General Agent at l Hew York. III D. R. Gray of Salt Lake 19 Among Those Mentioned mm for the Place. Ill Mallory and Morgan Bury the Hnt- Ifl ohet, One Man Will Route Freight III and No Bates to Be Cut. HfR A brief telegram from New York yes- I m terday stated that the Morgan and I If Mallory lines had agreed to stop their I I rate fighting and that the trafTic would I $ be placed under tha Jurisdiction of one I ItS general agent at New York. I J? Behind this brief announcement can I ll c foi,nd Quite an interesting story for I jj Bnlt Lakers and if report can be rc- I ft lied upon, it may result in the removal ' of D. It. Gray from this city to New H m York, there to represent the two lines. Ifuj The Mallory line is an Independent If! concern plying between New York and llin Galveston, while the Morgan line is a iff Southern Pacific company line plying Hi! between New York and New Orleans, lift! 1,c waler aiu rnl rates from New Hill York to Utah via these routes have al- lUl "W'nys been lower than the all-rail rates, Hill nm therefore, the local merchant does IIII! considerable business with the two lltll lines. But the Mallory line has been I lis blessed with a particularly genial and I llil aggressive man at Denver in the per- IjfJ son of Charles Hicklin. and when he Hfri eot trough with his persuasive work Mmll there was little left for Morgan. I Kli t course Mr, Hicklin was most un- Ifjft Justly accused of cutting rates, a thing llvi no sood railroad man would ever do, Iff but somehow or another, the Morgan rlii mc wou,d tne ax one week and lift? tne au-ra-il lines would be weeping the Hill next, the Mallory. people always being Mil unjustly accused. But with steel. HRi Standard oil, anthracite and other in- Bllj fluences working to gain control of the IfiSi American transportation companies, It Hffff made it rather hard for the Independent mtl lines. The Mallory could not be bought wit but llie "syndicate" did the next best fill thing brought about a compromise. 1 It n Januar' therefore, no difference Ifiii can resu" m water and rail rates, the llil! two D'ff lines agreeing to be good. I'll Hicklin is a splendid man and has Hill! been mentioned for the place at New MWi York, but it Is said that his company llil) cannot, spare him from this region. An- gi other man mentioned is General Agent llil McAllister at Denver, for the Southern Iff 8 Pacific. The last name Is that of D. Mr R. Gray. He is a Salt Laker who has llr made a good record in the railroad field IffU and as ne represented for years the U Morgan line here he Is well equipped I EH or tne place. He Is now In New York Ijw and nla appointment would create no |