Show HEARING ON FREIGHT RATES WATCHED Eb HERE I Ih Considerable lc interest is being n shown h by members of the Commercial club I traffic bureau in the hearing bearing on freight ht I rates before tho the railroad commission commission of Nevada Xo which has bas been set for March 29 D The Tho shippers of Reno are arc ou on the theone theone one ono s side and the Southern Pacific and 1 Nevada S California railways on the tho 0 other t hi en In the complaint of tho the shippers the following matters will bo be brou brought ht up First that Sacramento merchants are aro able under existing frej freight ht schedules to buy goods in Chicago o ship them to Sacramento o over or heavy grades directly through h tho city of Reno and thon then ship them back to Reno at freight rates which will permit them to undersell the merchants of Reno dealin dealing with ith customers cu in Elko Winnemucca Goldfield Goldfield Gold Gold- t field and other Nevada points Second on goods of class 1 of classification now stow in effect tho the rate on goods from New York to Sacramento is 3 per one coo hundred pounds whereas the rate rato from New York to Reno Beno over oyer the tho same line is thus makin making a aback hack back haul charge represented by the tho 12 Third the above o goods delivered at Sacramento at 3 per one hundred pounds can bo be reshIpped to Goldfield at a rato rate of thus making a total of 88 However Howe if these goods aro hipp shipped to Reno neno an and then reshipped to Goldfield the charge is from New NewYork NewYork York to Reno Rn and from Reno by reshipment to Goldfield thus r making kin a difference in favor of Sacramento of 50 cents 4 The request t also will be made for reductions re ro- ro as follows 1 On Out carload lots from Colorado points Missouri river points and points east enst of Reno neno a reduction of 25 5 per cent centor of or the tho present commodity rates 2 On less Ics than carload carlona lots Jots a reduction reduction tion of 20 O per cent of the present commodity com corn rates to tho the same samo points as ns in No 01 1 I. 3 3 In all ca cases s 's w wh rc re the present b back ck haul charge haro is ig less than 30 cents the tho reduction shall bo be mado made lo to the existing rates 4 On 00 all class lass rates tho the reduction shall he be 0 0 O per cent of the first back haul charge har o. o The Tue hearing hearin is to be made before ludge Henr Henry Bartine chairman of tho the commission J J. F. F and Prof F. F ll Attention is j called d to tho the similarity between the Reno case and the ease case recently decided between the Spokane shippers shippers' and the railroads of or that city eit J |