Show TIME ASKED IN SALT DISPUTE Postponement of Hearings in Rate Case Asked of I. I C. C C C. C Request to postpone oral hearin hearings on the sa salt t rate case which has been under consideration f for r five years years' for 60 days was forwarded to the interstate e commerce commission Tuesday by Frank OsHer secretary of the state tate public utilities comm commis sion Lion The hearings set for June 78 and 9 0 9 were to have been held on recommendations ns of E. E J. J Joy interstate commerce commerce commission commission- examiner that freight rates on salt be changed d from froma fromi a single line base with witha a minimum of pounds pounds- to a dual base with minima of pounds for packaged packaged pack pack- aged salt and pounds for lor the bulk commodity The new rates if it adopted Mr pointed pointed-o Tout t t- would apply to o 1500 cars of salt shipped out of ot Utah annually and would result in rate increases of approximately per cent on bulk salt and more than per cent on the packaged variety Request lor for the postponement of or Continued on Page Pue Fifteen 4 1 TIME ASKED IN SALT DISPUTE Continued from Page Fue Eleven the he hearings he said was made to enable interested parties and Utah manufacturers to formulate a course of f action Date for filing exceptions to o the recommendations was set for May Jay 8 with May 29 as the date for filing replies Neighbors Join Utah Utahn In n Freight Case Nevada has joined with Idaho and Arizona in protesting an immediate hearing learing on the railroads' railroads application for or fourth section relief on automobiles automo- automo bites biles ues J. J S. S Earley Barley executive secretary of f the Utah Citizens' Citizens Rate association was advised Tuesday Instead of holding a hearing J. J F. F chairman of the Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada public service commission reports reports re re- reports ports that in order to economize and expedite the matter he is asking the lie interstate commerce commission for or authority to submit by reference evidence in the New York pier c case e as testimony in the fourth section relief relief re- re lief case commissions of the in in- region upon the receipt of f the examiners' examiners report could then take ake appropriate exceptions and par par- in the argument of the case at t a later date he said The suggestion of the Nevada commission com corn mission for handling the case in this matter will be presented to the other commissioners of this section for approval ap ap- roval Mr Earl Earley y said |