| Show COMMISSION MISSION WILL IL MEET AT DENVER ON V UTAH HAH CASE MONDAY l Hearing on the second complaint bt bf the Consolidated Fuel company and tho the Castle Cas tle Ue he Valley Coal company against the tho Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver Rio Grande and seventeen sc other railroad companies will be h heard ard at a special session cession of ot tho the Interstate commerce commission commencing fit at Denver next Monday The decision of ot the commission will be awaited with great Interest by the railroad railroad rail rail- road companies as 88 weir a as by the coa coal companies Nearly early two years ago the Consolidated Consolidate Fuel company compan and the Castle Valley Coal Cool company tiled flied complaints with the Interstate interstate inter tutor state commerce commission slon against vanous various various vari van ous railroad companies in which of rates was the tho principal allegations It was alleged that the railroad railroad rail rail- road companies gave a a. better rate to coa coalmines coal coalmines mines In Wyoming and other western states than it did to the Utah coal The commission was asked to readjust the tho rates on Utah coal especially to points In Idaho Washington ton and Oregon In a recent ruling of the commission the railroad railroad rail rail- road companies were ordered to reduce the rate to points In three states the rate for tor forthe the Utah coal being 25 cents per ton higher tl iab that for tor the Wyoming Wyoming Wyo WO Wyo- Wyo ming coal The commission held that thai the evidence e showed that the Utah coa coal was better for storage purposes than that of the Wyoming coal Another request o of the two coal companies com corn was that the commission order the same rate for coal from the lie mines of tho the Consolidated Fuel company at lila Illa- watha and the mines of the tho Castle Gate company compan at Mohrland as was in effect from Crom Price Utah The Tire railroad companies objected to this tills tillson on the ground round that the railroad from Price to the mines a distance of twenty twenty- two miles was owned by tho the coal companies com corn and that they saw no re reason on why they hey should make the same rate from the mines to Price and then pa pay the tho coal I companies a division of th the rate to Utah common points as aa for Instance the rate rata from rom Price to Salt I lake ake City Is per peron ton on on coal The Denver Rio Grande the hauling company from froni Price to the tha western country for coal mined In Carben Carbon Car- Car bon ben x n and Emery county objects to tag ng the same rato rate from Crom the mines of the two wo companies arId and then dividing a part pait of the tho rate with the Castle Valley Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road company compan V It Is claimed b by officers of the railroad company that to do this would not mean meana I a roo lct reduction on In Jn the retail price of coal but ut would simply mean that thc they would have to divide a part of at their hauling charge with another road It is expected that lint the tho hearing u at DenVer Dener Den- Den Ver Cr er will occupy two or three days S S. S V V. Derrah assistant general freight agent for or the lie Denv Denver r Rio Grande will likely be one of the witnesses ell before beCore the commission com corn mission |
