Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-14 | Page 17 | [Illegible] Roads Gird for Livestock Rail Rate War

JO ROADS oADS GIRD JR iR R LIVESTOCK i ill ML RATE WAR Hinges s on Oil Application lose lOse i e S. S L. L L.- L. Provo Gate Gate- y to toD D R R. R G. G W. W L i WILLIAMS w IT Iy for business oites IeS the Provo and Salt Salt Sal gateways a railroad live ive- battle loomed Friday be be- Uni Union n Pacific system arid and Ver er r Rio Grande Western Wester font ent on the rate war var is a debe debe de- de be be made b by the interstate commission in m Washington y If the I. I C C. C C. susU sus sus- U Union on Pacific tariff which f closing of the Salt SaIl Lake City ova vo gateway a way to the D. D R R. R G G. fight tight will wUl be carried on in a 3 at t which h will be called by the oh on officials announced be event the commission does doe nA the tariff which is to be be- C ve December De-cember 15 the gatcU gate gate- atc atc- automatically U be closed to tor r RG R. R G. G W. W t Explains Controversy controversy declared A. A J JBf J. J i Bf assistant traffic manager of of go Grande o is over rates bei be be- i t tint point int on the Los Angeles ik k unit of the U. U P. P system ant and andi i sections ii Utah Nevada and kI on on the one hand and points orado do and the east cast on the J D. D DI R. R G G. W W. has ha the support eral erat Utah livestock associations kit Lake City Cily livestock men men I v sent telegrams to the I. I C C. testing closing of the Provo and e ake ke City gateways ys from points 1 L 1 A. A S S S. S L. L to eastern points eRlo RIo Grande I ant th the organ organizations which protested the Union Pacific's Pacific re re the National Wo tah h State asso asso- K III the Wasatch Livestock Loan 1 my the Utah Utah Cattle and Horse Horses ers s erst association the Murray company the Colorado ind nd Livestock company compan and the Citizens CItizen Rate association Protests Filed Flied in e WOt wor word r received here from tr er said laid about 50 Colorado orations or or- atoni have protested to the L action of l th the Union Pacific He lIe l of ot the he D. D i R B R. R p. p W. W I carload on rates sheep Hillard Utah Ulah destined to Kan- Kan I ly tyMo Mo which now feed In Coloa Colo- Colo I tB KL a through through rate rate arrangement y a much higher rate if iC KVia leVa the toe U. U P P. P system from I tot of ot origination to desti- desti I desti-I UnI Union n Pa Pacific officials denied l m Bating el ring there would be no i I t of the shippers protesting the f close the unit of ot the Union to certain classes classe of t either cither have leased leaded land or razing land in the high range grounds on o-n the Denver Rio f Jn In a Colorado