Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-07-20 | Page 14 | New Rates Become Effective Tonight

NEW RATES BECOME EFFECTIVE TONIGHT ST. PAUTj, Minn.. July 19. All railways rail-ways operating in Minnesota with tho exception of tho Chicago Great-Western and tho Minneapolis & St. Louis, filed thoir tariff schedules under the new state rates with tho state railway and warehouso commission today, to become effective at 12:01 o'clock Sunday Sun-day night. After that it will cost only 2 "cents a mile to rido on passenger trains and freight rates will bo reduced from 5 to d0 per cent. The Chicago Great-Wostern railway today held a conference with the commission com-mission when claims again wcro presented pre-sented that tho road was in tho samo condition as the Minneapolis & St. Louis, with regard to which tho United States 6upreino court held that tho ratos were confiscatory.