Show PETITION fOR fl DECREASE IN N 4 COAL RA IES Railroads Charged With Discriminating Aga Against Utah Mines Nines ASK ASH COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE Local ocal Co Companies Want a aShare aShare aShare Share of Favors From Companies Alleging that the railroad rates charged for th tho of ot coal from Utah tb mines to the tho railway stations and uld towns of ot Nevada Idaho Wyoming Washington Montana Utah Oregon and California are aro discriminatory unjust unjust un un- un- un just and unreasonable the Consolidated Fuel Tuel company compa and the Castle Valley Vale Coal Coa company of Utah Ut havo have filed fled z a petition pe pc- pc- pc n with the Interstate commerce commission asking for an investigation and for tor an sn a adjustment of the th rates rats to take tae effect within the next two The petition peton was wa sent to Wa Washington a week OThe ago O The following railway companies arc aro aro named as the action Atchison Topeka Santa Sant Fe R Rail iJ w way company Denver Rio Granilo Granlo Railroad y company Western Wester Pacific Railroad company Union Pacific Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- Rai- Rai Ore Short Lino Line Rail Railroad Railroad road company mp n Oregon on Rai Railroad Navigation Nay Nav road company Ort Oregon oJ company Washington Oregon Oregon Washington Railroad i Na Navigation gation company the tho Southern Souther Pacific Pacific- Railroad company Butte Anaconda i Pacific compan RaI Railway av Bute company S San n Pedro Los Loa Ang Angeles les Salt Lako Railroad company Eur Eureka ka Palisade Le Railway company Nevada Central Railway company compan Nevada Count County Narrow Narow Gauge Railroad company com corn pany Nevada Northern Railroad com coin company Nevada California Rai Railway wa pany company Northwestern Northwest rn Pacific Rail Rai Railroad Rai road company Virginia inia Truc Truckee e Railroad company Northern Norther Pacific Railway company compan the Pacific Idaho Northern Railway company Camas Prairie Railroad company compan Idaho Idano Northern North North- ern Urn Railway company Payette Valley Railroad company compan- Oregon Washington Washing Washing- ton Railroad company compan anta Santa Diego Dego Sou Southern Railroad company Castle Caste Valley Val Yal- ley Icy Railroad company Southern Utah Railroad compan In the petition petton the specific accusations accusations are made and in in an tons exhibit figures are given en which show the di discrimination lures a against the Utah district Tn In the petition petton tho the districts districts dis dis- dis of the coal mines are enumerated as follows Rock Springs district t comprising a number of mines along the line lne of the alons Union Pac Pacific ic railroad and operating within a a radius of approximately fifty miles of said town of Rock Springs Spring mie The Kemmerer district comprising a number of mines loca located d alon along the line lne of the tho Ore Oregon on Short Line railroad and operating within a radius of approximately forty miles mies of said town ton of Kemmerer Vvo The Utah district distri t comprising a a territory ter in Carbon and Emery counte counties Utah situated ip along and tributary to the line lino of the Denver Rio Gr Grande nde ers covers territory some sonic railroad It covers a terion twenty five I miles mie wide by sixty miles mies long long Said Sail mining district in includes dudes the property o the complainant companies and also als the mines opened and operated by bv tho the Utah Fel Fuel company a corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion owned and controlled l b by the corpor- corpor Donver Denver Denver Den Don ver Rio Grande Railroad coi company pan The Tho Gallup New Mexico district situated situated sit sit- alon alone the line lino of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad in and around the town of Gallup Galup N N. 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M The Tho complaining companies sa say that because of the rate rates Utah mines Brenot are Bre not ablo ablA to ship hip coal to many of the tho towns of the thc states stats in in which b they should na enon discriminatory rates I It is alleged al- al lc ed that the complainants have hac established at m mikh mich ch expense et coal agencies ard and trade relations with wih a large number num number ber her of dealers and consumers d doing ing busi business ss in in Idaho and nd that their business busi busi- ness iless has b ben en practically ruined d by bv the thc railroad companies T reducing the Ule rates from Wyoming districts without ext extending ex ex- t tending the same reduction to the Utah I distrct district Despite the fact that the railroads rail rail- rai- rai roads made have havo been petitioned numerous times to establish through tc rO routes route and rates from tho Utah district to Idaho towns and stations so 80 as to place the tho rate on an equal basis with wih the tho Wyoming Wy Wy- oming Otte route t it is said faid that the they have havo refused to do so so- Besides tho the troubles the complainant complainants com coin find finet fault au It with the manner in I which tho the Denver Rio Granilo railway company is il ln h handling the coal given h-en it il for shipment It is is alleged that the thc company has failed to provide pro the tho necessary necessary essary power and equipment to handle the regular and ordinary business that thai has ai been tendered it for carriage cariag and because of this shortage e of cars and andack lack Jack of power the Utah Wah mines mines have e been ben hampered The Tho petition asks that a board of examiners ex ex- miners examine the capacity of the Utah mines mini and that the Utah district and nd the tho other named districts rece receive c a proportionate number of cars and mo mo- ivo tivo power The complainants hint at discrimination on the part of the Denver Den Den- railroad in the matt mater matter mat mat- ver cr cr Rio Grande ir t ter er r of furnishing cars to Utah mines Itis It Its I is s said that the Utah Fuel uel co company is favored in the tho matter mater of cars and pow power r and ored fa that therefore the complainant complainant companies are injured The concluding section ecton of the petition pet peti- peti ion tion ton makes makos char charges es against tho Rio Ro Grando J ran do as follows Complainants allege that during a large arge proportion of the time tho the de- de fondant the Denver Rio Railroad company ref refuses ses to permit its is system v tem cars lo loaded with wih coal to be beb b billed or destined to points beyond is its own line of railroad That in order for complainants to take care of their cus cus- complainant located on other railroad lines foreign to the Denver Rio Grande Railroad company th they have havo upon oc- oc occasions made mad arrangements with tho the thoan San an Pedro Jo Los An Angeles eles Salt Sal Lake Lako 1 Railroad company and with ith the Oregon Short Line Railroad ad company compau to deliver er over to the tha Denver Rio Gan Grande c I Rail Bail i. i I road rond co company empty cars crus for loading for or points located on n said gaid last named lines that upon such occasions occa occa- sious and aud wh where re empty cars ars have hare been delivered deJ over o to tb the Denver r Rio Grande Railroad company by connecting connecting connect connect- ing ing carriers consi consigned led t to the mines mins of complainant companies for their use and loading said sid Denver Den er Rio Rio Ro Grande Railroad company have ha failed and refused refused re re- re fused to r respect the thet billing directions of the carriers furnishing said aid empty cars that that instead of of delivering delivering- del said empty empt cars to complainant companies they have havo 11 0 diverted ard and distributed them among the different coal coat mines located along the tho line lne of said railroad company and have hwo diverted and used said cars car for other purposes than the 10 loading of Ic coal In the exhibit of rates from the districts district as as named the amount of di dif difference dir dir- ference in rates for comparative hauls is is shown to range O from 21 cents to a ton In Nevada Nc the rates to Reno non 0 Sparks and points in that vicinity are arc shown to range from 25 5 cents to 65 35 cents cent in favor ot fa of coal districts outside of Utah To San Francisco Francieco tl the rate is 50 cents more on oz 1 all kinds of coal from Utah than from froni the tho other districts From Utah to Riverside and anil thereabouts the tho discrimination ranges from 50 cents cent to It I is that to many points including in in- eluding practically all al of Washington Oregon and parts of Idaho the he railroad railroad companies have havo granted no i rates for Utah coal conI but have granted r rates tes to the tho coal companies of other districts which is also claimed to bo h a ns tou I |