Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-09-09 | Page 4 | Survey of U. S. Railroads to Present Facts

tend set forth I dollars a4 eflM. l The lnalltute will stlcmpt I eub- tltufe It el.ar unif.ratandlna' f i brtna prejudlee which no !! on -a Jim uiHteratde eull'eet. , A there probably Win be lealslstive pfopoaals ie eselude lo-creaee lo-creaee values from the In- teratate' commlrci cooimlaalon valuation val-uation ( railroad,, w propoee that the council determine what "Halt ware IneltMte for land denoted de-noted te, the roada: (or leads purchased pur-chased by "the roada, aft tha orla-Inai orla-Inai seat ec those purchased lands. Tha public then hum eorapare ina amounts Involved with tha la-creaeee la-creaeee In value of farm land, and city raal aatata. 'In addition to th.ae trvmenooed probleroa, It la my Opinion that tka country will In tha naar futur ba called upon to decide whether our rallroada ehall eontlnue under private pri-vate ownarahlp ana manaaement or whether wa snail have aovernment ownarahlp and operation. It aeeme not eallkely at thia tlma that tha political eampalan of 1124 will ba fouahl tersely upon thia . UJauo." 1 SURVEY OF U. S. , RAILROADS TO ! PRESENTFACTS .Director ' of Research ' ; Council . of Traiuporta-! Traiuporta-! tion Institute Hopes to Solr Traffic Problems ; mtcAorx" nept, t nr . . Definite flndtnae In a nnrf of '. iwhat ho atatea ere tha throe moat preesinff railway auesttoaa before i lh ptiblfe will b ready to ha bre- ' ' eented to "the people before tha : tlma of tha presidential eonvantlona , next eummer, it waa announced : today by. Dr. Tavld Friday, former ' preeldent of Michigan Agricultural ! coltere director of tho reeeerch ! eotincll of tha National Traaeporta ' tlon institute. I : Dr. Friday d1arad that severe - Iwent ownerehlp, railway vehiatlon ' and. watered .atece-v and freiah rataa are wrrent problema on whlcj tha publlo mint ba enabled to form deeleteae Within.- the Mil nine, months, Conreaa Will attack vltaf railway letriePattob -thia Inters ! asserted, while aprernmaat owner-ehlp, owner-ehlp, ba bellavea. la likely to bo an laaua' In tha presidential campaign "'Theee railroad a.-stione hare been divided by the reaearencoun-c reaearencoun-c II mto (even subjects of reeeei-cn. Dr. FrMay atated. 'Upon them tne pubita ta sltosethsr unprepared to juda-1. It la of tha hlahaat Import-a Import-a n ee that a aarvey, not ee.nneclM with MlMlfal ",,,.!?J.r' rJ in tlmote provide reliable data ft eur futare railroad program. kikh tvnjKcm.- - Tha oaa aubjecta fa ataarch ''Study of railway ratea with reference ref-erence to amount Invented In roada. efferta of tranaportatlon coata on pricaa, eapeclally of rm prod-ucta- dlatrlbutlon of frelfht ratea en tha eoraphtcal dlatrlautton of Induatry; relative efficiency of prt-vate prt-vate and Bovefnment owned roada. relation of Inveatmant In railroad eKurltle to aluo of proportion; atndy and review nt tnteretnle oem, merce eommlaalon valuation of "'rrelaht' ratea and the growth of tranaportatlon coala an fomparod with the aenernl price level are preaalna problems." Pr. Friday do-el. do-el. red. -The public haa a complei arohlem.ee tba .whole auhject of watered atortt. The amountn ln- vnlved win he definitely determined