Show AU ROAD CASE cise rs is ThIRD Officials Say Operating Expenses Expenses Expenses Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Are Heavy and Plead for Present Gilsonite Gilson- Gilson ite Shipping Rate DENVER DENYER Oct 29 The 29 The complaint of or ortho tho the American Asphalt lt association that the Uintah railroad which Is owned by the Barber Barbor Asphalt Paving company is charging the American Asphalt association association tion an nn excessive e rate on te shipped from Dragon Utah to Mack Colo Cob was wall heard by United States Commerce Com Coin Commissioner Commissioner missioner C. C A. A Prouty Prout toda today a. a P. P Barron Barren vice-president vice and general manager of or the American Americas Asphalt association asso asso- elation testified d that the Barber Asphalt Paving Pa company compan Is IB owned by th the Gilson Asphalt company which In turn Is owned b by the General Asphalt company The dc defendants defendant's attorney admitted this and Mr Ir Barren t testified that the Gilson Asphalt company compan controlling the rJ railroad II road sold old gilsonite at a lower rate than the American association could produce ItHe It ItHe ItHe He asked that the rate on gilsonite from Dragon to Mack be reduced from 10 to 4 U a 1 aton ton A. A Ar W W. Sowell Sewell ent vice of or lie Uintah Uin- Uin tah railroad defended th the rato rate of 10 Ho lIe said that It cost to build the four fifty miles of or railroad from Dragon on onto to Mack lack an and that the annual operating expenses are Moreover he claimed that when tho the Moffat railroad Is completed c tho the Uintah railroad will be bo put pitt putout putout out of ot commission For these reasons bethought bo ho thought that the rate was a fair one W. W W. W Cooley general manager of or the railroad testified In re regard ard to tho the difficulty of ot operating tho the road on account of ot the tho heavy grades and sharp curves S |