Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-25 | Page 2 | Railway Requests Stock Rate Boost

I RAILWAY REQUESTS STOCK RATE BOOST Denver and Rio Grande Grando West West- em ern Appeals to I. I C. C C. C The Denver RIo Grande Western railroad Wednesday appealed to to the interstate commerce commission to compel the Utah public utilities commission corn com mission to approve a requested 15 per cent increase over the mountain mountain- Pacific schedule of freIght rates on intrastate livestock lock shipments The state slate recently denied de- de nied application for tor the Increase on grounds it would force Utah livestock men out of business A copy ot of the appeal filed with Secretary of State Milton H. H Welling claImed the Utah order violates the interstate commerce oct act by giving Utah shIppers illegal preference over Interstate shippers and that it Is arbitrary arbitrary arbi- arbi and illegaL RateS would have been affected tram from Thompson Utah to Salt Lake