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Show SHOUT LI ORDERED TO REDUCE RATES Action of Idaho Utilities Commission to Be Contested Con-tested by Company, Special to Tho Tribune. HOIS);, bin ho, Due. 2K. Tho Oregon Short i.i ne lb. II road company Is ordered in 11I dli ec ted wit bin twenty days by the public ml II lies commission of thlH Male to dliMntliHi.- the chiirglng of more than ;i r.MHM ,ur niile for pitHsc-rijo-.r hcrvb-e on fit hr r one -way or round - ti lp t icket-i on liny and all of its hiunrh limn within this state uh.Tt! u higher ra l-i that It cents is el. arcd. This order Wits is-iiit-d by the com mission tonliht. The L'0nuniMon in its order nets forth t hut t ho pn-M'nt 3 -cent r:Ui charged on tbti Mliildoha-lHihl and Idaho 1- .1 lis-Ash -ton brani'hes in to be pirmuneully effective, ef-fective, but us to all otlu-r branch llns of th-' Short Line, pi-inilsslon 1h gtvrm to the loud, at any time prior to twunt y ditys from the da to of the deilidon. to apply tor an opportunity f showing thai u.-i to Mich branch line It Is not univn-so univn-so im bio or diM-ri minatory to charKO a htuher ptis.-t'iik'fT tate per ndlo than is now charseil by that road on Jtfl mam lino.". Tip- order means the saving In ptSR'-n-i-'er 1:1 ten to patrons of branch lin'h of the Short Li mi thousands of dollar.i and a corresponding lows, in tlio sanio ngmes to the Short I. in". The roa.l ciiiiH--i at tho htarlng of this cai-e that ft-w of its branch lim-h vvrm even paying on a 4-cent 4-cent milie lmsls and at fine time It considered con-sidered ii:e ilsconllriuancc of service on th-!n. Snoul 1 thf Oregon Short Line wish to mill:.- u .-bowing b.-foie the -jtiuniMlon within the tw.nty-dav limit for Jusiln--vitloii of a 4-i-ent pa-rener raie. tlu-n the commif sion's order will be suspended from -,'oir.g Into operation on those hues P ndlnc tb outcome of the hearing. If no application Is made, then, the com-! com-! Million d.-. Ia:-M. t!,,- order becomes fully !eff.-ctlv. mid tho Short Line will not be P"-iuHied to collect higher than a 3-cent fa re. The rommifshni further states that Us order made in the cne of the Pjirni'-rs t o-opr,i t e Mercantile ftmpany vs, the i'jnson Short Line is nffinned and will be enforced from and aft-r twent v days. This applies to treisht rates lowere 1 on the Wool Itlv.T branch, hearing on which, fopowed by an order by the commission, took place some time fto. "Of ourte we expt to fik'ht the case ard po'-siblv take It Into the higher courts." said IV K- Hurley, general pas-HTcer pas-HTcer ent of (bo Oreuon Short Line. l.tM nlRht. "We have fel; for fome time th.at such a ruling would be made rind are prepared to !il- n petition within the 1 wentv-dav limit. None of our branch llnrt in Idaho I- a paying proposition t this time and will not be until 'he country coun-try is rli-vr l.-pe !. 0ir company bus f-pent In" Idaho ounce r1 rnst t-n years- hp-proximately hp-proximately jhii.no.t.tV.1, exrluslvc of taxs ,-ind 'e--,islpment. and unless we can ret at le-t ent-ush from our branch lines to p-iv their operating evper.M-s we re not poin-: to be en-ouruced to build other hranche. It it. not like building branch lines In the east, where the country is thlck'y popmate.i we have to build lines to H,.vel"-p the country out here. "We wre charcniK cents a mhe only on cne-wav tickets on some of the line? and ar rraking n roun'l-trip fare of cent a mile on all branches. As most of the business on the. branch lines Is what is ciiled i.-Bi. or confine 1 to tho?e lines, the indiv'.du-tl savings will be small, while r fnrtb-r red net .on will man tb.-it w lack just that much more to meet the ' oi'Cratlng expenses of the branches. |