Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-02 | Page 31 | Collyer Fights S. P. Water Haul

COLLYER FIG WAT R HAUL I New York Protests ProteS i Lower Rates via Panama Canal CHICAGO DEc 1 Freight rates laid to rail ran and water railroads i should be no lower Jower for tor conveyance of commo commodities lI iS from New NeI n corresponding rates ratE's of or all rail rall carriers Robert t N N. Collyer of ot New Vork ork testified tod today y before the Interstate in interstate In- In commerce Mr Collier was Wal called as asia la a witness by bythe bythe bythe the Chicago Association of Com Commerce Commeree merce meree- the Santa Fo system and other protestants in consolidated petitions a against ag the Southern Pacific Pa Pa- rifle If Ie a and other ther companies Ising the canal in a combined rail ard water haul when hearings s opened here today Mr 1 Collyer said that as chairman of the Trunk Line association of ot New York he lie spoke for lor all linos handling traffic westward westward westward west west- ward from frons New pw York The complainants which Include a number of ot Midwestern commercial commercial commer commer- cial associations assail as prejudicial cial Ial to the Chicago o territory and preferential to New Ne York and vi vicinity vicinity vi- vi existing rates and certain re reductions reductions reductions re- re proposed by the respondents respondents VI-I VI dents They ask suspension of re reduced reduced reduced re- re commodity rates rateR from New Nework York ork piers to the Pacific Mr Air Collyer testified that the rail and water carriers give th the thame ame rame service as the all- all rail rail carriers and that the competitive competitive tive effect of the proposed reductions t would be to fo the of tho tilo former It Itis Is is not not a a. a question l of rates he explained Over objection of counsel for tor the ruled t the lie examiners I 1 In that If It tran transcripts from hearings previous dockets were bYthe by bythe bythe the protestants as o they w Uld be accepted The protestants lad 1 lad ad moved with request that the motion bo ho telegraphed to Washington Washing Washing- ton th that it tho record in previous ou proceedings proceedings pro pro- in inthe bo h made part of ot record I the tho present proceedings