| Show OGDEN'S GROWTH IS RETARDED BY RAILWAYS i Junction City Commissioner and Packer Den Denounce I Rates for Coal ConI By E. E J. J D David vid That unfair freight rates on coal I have retarded the industrial development development develop develop- ment meat of Ogden was the substance of the evidence given before the state stab public lUbliC utilities commission today by M. M L. L Jones city commissioner of Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den and S. S S. S Jensen manager of the Ogden racking Packing and Provision corn corn- pany TIm The evidence formed part of that being given by the cities cities' of f Salt Lake and Ogden which with private firms are protesting the application of the railroads railroad for an increase i in the freight rates on coal coat and which are also asking asking asking ask ask- ing that rather than the rates being advanced they should be materially reduced so that Utah can proceed to its goal of maximum production and meet competition in trade of other states where lower lower t tariffs riffs preva prevail l. l OGDEN RETARDED Mr 11 Jones said he had been a resident resident resi resi- dent of Ogden for one fifty-one years Ogden became established in 1849 the year in which San Francisco became recognized on the map Ogden now boasts of a population of while San Francisco has a population bordering on the half million mark Ogden existed before Seattle was thought of yet that coast city has developed to a degree which does not provide any real comparison to Ogden Mr Jones declared that freight rates which were altogether too high and excessive had retarded the development development development develop develop- ment of Ogden Evidence submitted by Mr 11 Jensen was to the effect that his company consumed from to tons of coal a year Slack from Utah mines he said was principally used and a freight rate of was paid upon it The high freight rate on coal coat is one of ot the factors holding back the de development le- le of the industries in this state he said when examined by II 11 W. W of the traffic service vice bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of Utah INVESTORS DODGE The witness also stated that a prominent nent font financier had said that he would never never invest another cent in a factory at Ogden owing to the high freight rates on coal I Mr Jensen testified that his company company com corn pany had to meet the competition of packers of Los Angeles Kansas City Omaha Chicago and other points These packers he said invaded Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den competing with his company The lower freight rat rates s on coal i in Iu such centers he said enabled the packers there to compete with the Ogden Packing Pack ing and Provision Pro company and were lower freight rates on coal in evidence e here he thought that the business would expand Under cross examination by John O. O Moran 1 representing the Oregon Short Line Mr Jensen admitted that the plant of the O Ogden den Packing and I Provision company had been greatly enlarged but added that the development development development develop develop- ment of the industry would have been much greater if reasonable coal freight rates existed He lie declared with emphasis that the price of coal limited the busl business ess of the company PROHIBITIVE RATES Here Is a specific instance where freight rates have worked t to the detriment detriment detriment detri detri- ment of or a great industry Livestock has been shipped out of the state to other packers and brought back here dressed for sale There would be a greater general shipment of livestock livestock live live- stock to local markets if the freight rates on coal were not prohibitive What clearer proof is needed to show that the high rates for the movement movement movement move move- ment of coal have retarded the development development development devel devel- of this state It is high time that prohibitive rates which preclude business being done in Utah were considerably reduced |
