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Show MUM MEN NOT WRISED Traffic Officials Had Expected -Decision Ever Since Spokane Spo-kane Case Announcement. SAME RATES APPLY TO INTERMEDIATE POINTS Benefits Accruing to Shippers Cannot Be Foretold in Absence Ab-sence of Figures. The news of tho Vato decision was received re-ceived early In the afternoon at local railroad headquarters and dverywliera was tho subject of much comment. Traffic Traf-fic Manager 21. C. Bush of tho Colorado Midland, who was in tho city, said that it was not at all unexpected, as ever since tho Spokane decision It was a fore-gono fore-gono conclusion that tho rales in the whole of the Intermediate tcrltory would come down, but. lacking the figures, ho could not go into a discussion as to probable effects of the decision on lho local Jobber. t Await Official Figures. As to tho freight reductions, tho railroad rail-road men generally prefer to wait for official figures before giving out statements, state-ments, but as the whole of tho territory lying between here and tho coast, which ls similarly affoctcd, gets the benefit of tho reduction, thu boncllt to tho jobber of Salt Lake cannot be determined until it is shown where Reno or other places benefit, and If the peoplo living at all the intermediate points between, on any of the transcontinental road3, get the same benefit as this city now greatly great-ly that would influence the local distributing distrib-uting trade cannot bo figured. Railroad men generally accepted the news as something expected and no stir was made in tho freight or passenger headquarters. General Freight Agent J. A. Reeves of the Oregon Short Lino 8nld Wednesday Wednes-day evening that It was impossible to make any official statement until offl-cial offl-cial notlco with detailed figures arrive. "Tho decision is not uncvpectcd," remarked re-marked Mr. Reeves, "for over slnco tho Spokano decision, some months ago, it has been known that the whole of Ibis territory similarly affected, would be accorded ac-corded the samo adjustment. However, lacking the detailed figures, I cannot say how much Salt Lake will be benefited, as It appears from tho atatcments that the whole territory lying between here and the coast Is also given the reductions. reduc-tions. That fact, with the absence of tho actual figures, makes it impossible for me to say how groatly the local Jobber Job-ber would be benefited and for these reasons I cannot discuss tho matter in detail until official notice Is received." Benefits in Doubt. Assistant General Freight gent S. V. Derrah of the lUo Grande and Western Pacific roads sail Wednesday evening that ho had real tho reports, but in Tho absence of detailed figures giving the exact reduction, ho did not care to go Into tho matter at length, for it was impossible im-possible to say Just how much tho local Jobber would be helped, ils tho statements state-ments received do not go Into details. "Ever slnco tlio Spokane decision was received, wc have been expecting tho saino decision covering all tho territory In dispute, and it ls no surpriso to hear of the latest decision. "When wo receive the official figures I will be very glad to discuss the matter, mat-ter, but in tho absence or 3iich Information Informa-tion it Is Impossible carefully to cxphili; the situation." "I note in the report." added Mr. Derrah, Der-rah, "that the miUtvr of the rates between be-tween Utah and the cast have not been ordered down, but that they arc still In abeyance and as those rates are the ones which the local shippers have discussed to the greater extent, it cannot be determined deter-mined what the result might be until such order Is made. From reading the report It appears that they have not as yol bcon ordered reduced." |