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Show Railway Officials Argue For Increase in Rates 15 Per Cent Boost Within State South Before Public Service Commission Officials of the Union Pacific and Denver St Rio Grande Western West-ern railroads argued Friday before the state public service commission commis-sion for a IS per cent rate increase within the state. fie manager, of the Union Pacific, all from Omaha, Neb., and J. A Gallagher, counsel, and Hugh Wilson, Wil-son, Salt Lake City division superintendent superin-tendent of the D. A R. G. W. The hearing was expected to be concluded conclud-ed Friday night. Mr. Manson informed the commission commis-sion that a 15 per cent boost In intrastate rates would bring loo.OOO a year added revenue In Utah. He said railroad wages have risen IS per cent the last year, materials cost 40 per cent, and taxes, 25 per cent. A considerable drop In the freight movement during the past six months ha made the Increase necessary, nec-essary, railroad officials said. The national Increase granted last summer sum-mer by the interstate commerce commission, expected to raise railroad rail-road incomes $40,000,000, has not been sufficient to ofbet declining business, the official added. The public service commission recently re-cently petitioned the interstate commerce com-merce commission at Washington. D. C, not to grant the railroads' request re-quest for an additional 1ft per cent increase in interstate rates. Railroad officials appearing were Dana T. Smith, counsel: E. C. Man-son, Man-son, assistant general manager, and C. C. Beach, assistant freight traf- |