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Show I a (mi:itK.TK IK'Inrcn HallrOAcI UlOrlali and JI 'ruber 'ru-ber of the Transporltlloo Ilurriu. Yesterday aflcninon a coiuVrttico took placn In till city between the rail-roil rail-roil onh-lat and memUrt of the llureau of Trautptirtatlou of the Chainlar of Comtuerte. Among llioao 1 resent wero Mcesr Prvil tilnion, tl. T. Culmcr, T. 0. Wchotr, W. II. Omlugtou, Henri Colin, A. Is. WIN llama, II, U Iislt, II. 1'. Maaou nnd Commissioner V. O. II. Allen of Hie Triiuportallon llurtnu; Mcisr. J. A. Mouroe, trafllc manager of tho Union l'nclflo Hallway, rt. W. Hcclta, general freight agent of the Union I'aclgo Hall way, J. It, llcnnclt, general freight ngtnt of tho llio OranJe Western Hail way, and A, X. Oliver, general agent of tho Denver .le Itlo OrunJu. Tho Dtjoctoftho inevttng was to rr.iht llio ftlluxtlou In It varlou boatings, lo .Late tho withe of tho coininu ully nnd lo try and atrango for cooperation of thaionitAiilaa In tho settlement and tleulopmuit of Utah, nlao lor audi ad Jintincntof tirlOaA woull encourage nnd assist In finding a market for good manufactured product and tho Im. utehto mineral and other dcitotlte, a well to establish tho wlioltanlu and Jobbing Inlerrtta of this cllj. Thu osllbn lukeu by Salt I.ako I llial on nccounl t f the groat amount of freight and aiicugcr trafllc, anil llio natural Is anloge of Italotatlon. tho niirthanl ol till city aro s nllllud lo Ilia rata on the twtal ndo teal In lran-coiillnental lran-coiillnental tarlu and ollercd lu tho terminal talrile; f irlntlaucc, when tho rata from the Mlaaourl lllvcr tuHdii rranclicunud Portland It W cent per lun wtlght that Iha tamo rati, tin uld apply In Mall I.ikuCHy lntttadof the grtattrrate, which I now nnl nlwa) ha larrn npplltsl to "Intermediate" Joint. Till would la. a general reduction re-duction front $t.S3 to to cent unnctr-talu unnctr-talu clnaa and a proitorllonal rialucllon iiain all other claiitr. Itiaddltloii to till basis of rale desired, thu mem-Ivr mem-Ivr of Iho ltiirtsu Ind.lcil that poien-ger poien-ger rateat to Utah thou hi not bo greater than to Montana common tolntt, a they believed that this wa a dlrtcl discrimination alntctlng Iho settlement an I protrll of tho Territory. A lltlnl tiroiHsltlon discussed by Iho coiumlllea In ft luettlng, and Ketier ally a Jo ted I y tho incrchatiU and manufacturer of thl city, wo Ihat n distributing ratu waa ccnllal to tho sxpimlon of Iho wholesale tradolo tho turroiiudlng territories. Another proaltlon, Include I within Iha last nanioil, wnt Iho txlitlng status of airalr which ittablshed to many com nou joint. In Utah on the tamo last ofralea a Halt I.ako Clly. A number of ipitttlon arising lu this local territory terri-tory requited tho Joint action of tho llio tlraudo Western and tho Union Pacific coniranlr to change or adjust, to to meet tho view ol a great many hl r nnd conflicting Interest. The Chamber of I'onimttca ha already protested aaln.t any advance lu freight and orengcr rate to thl city. Iu tho courto of thn dlscusttoita Rrrnt moktof tie tall waellcltt-d,tliow. :ig both tide of Iha nutation III regard to local and through freight aul . sougirratc. Ono Important f tct pre-tcnteil pre-tcnteil for tho conslderallou of Hi railway rail-way coniiiile wa tha neceeally for t heap f not for manufacturing iriioc. In order to build up a great Industrial city and utilize, tho valuable deiaxlta nature lu dertosllial In Utah, A a result of the conttnincu the matter wa rrftrred to Iho local freight ngrnt, Mcsir. I'clea aiul ltvnnett, tu l taken up by thn llurrauainl it Hied from time to tlma a an agree mint can Ittiarrlvial at. Oilier nutter woru illicuxcd, but It wa del Idtal toallow them lo remain In nbeyauco until tucli tlmu aa Iho Hurt an could authoillallicly mako them lajbllc. |