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Show ASKS HIGHER RATES SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 7 U.1! The D. & R. G. W. railroad has filed a petition with the state public utilities commission asking preferential rates on livestock. Increases In-creases to 1-' per cent are carried in the proposed new schedule. The petition sets forth that the increases are necessary to bring intrastate rates into conformity with interstate rates and points out t'hat livestock shipments require re-quire special attention due to the necessity of changing from narrow to standard gauge cars at certain points. |