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Show RAILROADS' TASK OFRATEREVISIONIS . HOXiEHTAL ONE Just how. long it will take the western west-ern railroads to resdjuet their rstes to conform to the order-of the interstate commerce commission in the Kalt Lake-Benn-Rpokane case is s hard mstter to deside, according to- J. A. Reeves, general gen-eral freight agent for the Oregon Chort Line, who has returned from s seven-week seven-week session ef western' freight men in Chicago. Mr. Reeves asys 4hst the vsrions rosds sre storking night and day to try to get the changes made in time lo submit them to the interstate eom- merce commission on uereber , tniny days before they are to become effective ef-fective under the order of fhe commission. commis-sion. He says that with nearly 300 oom modi ties to be figured on, with the manv places which the rates affects the work ia such aa haa never before been undertaken by any railroad in the history his-tory of the Vnited fttates. ' fhila he hopes that the rates will bo readjusted in time to submit them to 1 the commission on October .. Mr. Beeves saya that if it is found impossible impos-sible to get the new rate sheets out by that date, the roads will likely ask the commission for a few days extension of time. yi |