Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-23 | Page 2 | Party Rate Case under Advisement

PARTY RATE CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT Application of the Bamberger electric railroad to the public utilities es commission commission commission commis commis- sion for authority to cancel its party rates was vigorously protested at the j hearing earing before the commission by residents residents residents resi resi- dents of Ogden and at points along the tho line The protestants maintain that by bythe bythe bythe the party rate a considerable erable saving was made to residents of Weber county I in that while the one way fare is from Ogden to Salt Lake and the round roundtrip roundtrip roundtrip trip excursion rate between the two is Ls the party rate when fifty or more are in the party the round trip rate is This rate is isIP isie isse ie se of the regularly filed rates rales with the commission The contention of the railroad was that in each month of the current year except in January there vas was a deficit It was also pointed out by the railroad I that one of the first acts of the United States railroad administration was to cancel party and excursion rates The Bamberger road rend however did not abolish abolish abolish abol abol- ish them at that time and that now it was the only road having such tariff on file The commission took tool the case under under un un- de der advisement un-I un