Show TRAFFIC BUREAU CLOSES FREIGHT m RATE HEARING t r Commissioner Hall Announces es Final Oral Arguments i j ments Will Be ae Given Shortly After October 15 ii the Final Date for Filing of Briefs t x The TLc hearing in tho the rate case ease before Commissioner H H. C. C hall hail of tho interstate inter this afternoon immediately im im- im- im state state commerce commeree commission rested at o'clock and mediately thereafter thero o was a R. hurried from front tho the courtroom b by visit ing- ing railroad ing-railroad railroad and anI other traffic men that they might catch early earl trains for their homes At the tho cond conclusion s of tho be hearing which had h d covered throe three days Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- Hall BaU gra granted ted tho the carriers until September 15 to file their briefs tho the pr protestants t until October 3 to file their answering briefs and the tho carriers until until until un un- til October 16 to th file their final briefs brief Argument will win be oral and will be beheld beheld held ild as t as soon after atter October 15 as the tho commission can arran arrange o a date George Georgo T. T Odell Oden on Stand Staid George T. T Ode Odd general manager manager of tho Consolidated Wagon and Machine Ma Ma- hino chine company was rag called to the s stand nd this mom morning Dt by the traffic bureau Ho no said eaid that his hie company ships Into its I territory 1000 to 1500 cars ears of ot vehicles agricultural implements and other mat ma- ma t rials annually The proposed advance I in I-in ju the tariff based on the shipments for for the Six sir si months ending June 30 1914 would mean an additional freight charge hargo of to 22 a n. year to to the consumers who wo would Id necessarily bear tho the burden burden This would be met b bv by increasing the tho cost of goods oId in in indirect indirect direct direct- proportion to tho the added a freight Of the 1500 cars CaTS of goods handled annually annually an an- cars go to Utah common points and the remainder to surround surround- surrounding surrounding In states ing lIf If these thello rates are made mado effective 7 Mr Odell Odd said the cost of agricultural agricultural tural implements will have to be tic increased in increased in rn- rn amount of the tho creased at least the freight Following reduction in recent cases prices to consumers were reduced equal the to rate reduction or exceeding the toe reduction 1 On cross examination Mr r Odd Odoll said that the reduction if his memory 1 sen served d him aright was 5 on a wagon He Be would not say this was based baaed wholly wholly hol but that manufacturers man- man ly 1 o on freight reduction price may have had somewhat some some- what hat to do with the change Following the application of tho the proposed now new rato rate how DOW mn much h will you increase the COt cost of ot wagons gons m We We cannot consistently raise raise the price more marc than the rate is raised he replied Affects Prices Joseph Jose A. A P Patrick treasurer of ot Decker- Decker Patrick company wholesale dry goods said ald that last year ear his firm bought eleven cleven car lots of or underwear and hosle hosiery and five carloads of or cotton piece goods The figures were ere given I to dispute certain figures figU fig fig- U ures i submitted yesterday by br W. W A. A Po- Po Mr Patrick declared that the movement move move- ment of or these commodities Is of vt Importance Import Import- ance to Utah Jobbers It was as brought out as an aside remark that the Increased cost of or a pair of mens men's hose host If It the freight I rate Is Increased 25 5 cents per pounds will wll w ill be four thousandths one of or a cent This was brought out In detailed figures it being shown n th that t fifty doens dozens of or pairs pairs' weigh elgh pounds Docs this affect the consumer was asked It li affects our price to the retailer and thence to the tile consumer was the reply Do no you reinvest your our profits In lu this elt city t Or r rel elsewhere In In this city by rutting putting the money mone right back Into our business In In this city J. J S S. S Eardley Eardle of Z C. C M. M t. t I I. I said that his firm shipped eleven clen n cars of cotton p piece pece e goods eleven en cars of underwear and hosiery and eight eU curs cur of rubber boots and shoes shoe last Jast year rear This was to contradict contradict contradict con con- certain commodity con shipments specified earlier In the h hearing bearing b by Mr Poteet who underestimated the ship ship- ments M McCarthy Carthy Takes Stand William m S. S McCarthy secretary of or the traffic bureau In 1910 and 11 1911 tool took the stand land and related his version enlon of or the hIstory history his lila tory of or the rate conference In Chicago Chicaro He Be said fold that so far as his knowledge went the proposition for tor a a. compromise rate did not riot originate with any of the shippers He said that late In 1910 IDIO or or early in 1 1011 F F. H. H came camo to Salt Lake and fiu suggested to McCarthy and andt H. H Love that a conference be held with 1 officers of or the bureau on rates and their revision Mr Plaisted Mid said that the carriers carrie were embarrassed s by 30 the com corn mission which had established rates onan onan on onan an arbitrary basis basin with 1 the result that the tho rates were not readily adjusted to other rates It was finally final decided acI according ac ac- ac- ac I cording cordin- to Mr McCarthys McCarthy's testimony that If sf consent could be obtained certain rates would bo be changed and certain classifications classificatIons clas clas- should be changed Wo We consented to attend the conference conference confer conter- ence In Chicago Mr McCarthy said S for or the purpose of or working out a tariff to submit to the commission The whole situation he said could be explained readily b by reading a mass maes of correspondence which he submitted as ex exhibits ex- ex hibits to the commission lon This correspondence shows that In Instead instead In- In stead of or carrying out their agreement the carriers made mado up a 8 tariff on a much hl higher her basis than was agreed upon and It also shows that wn ro objected very strenuously ly to this proceeding and to the tho advances ane Good Faith After the conference the Oregon Short Line Lino made good its itA promise to adjust adjust ad ad- U ad-U just the rates The Southern Pacific c and ana the the- Union Pacific were dilatory NothIng Nothing Noth Noth- ing has yot been done to remove the 30 cents han handicap against Southern Pacific I The Commercial club traffic traffie bureau buret more than carried out Its Us promises prom prom- I lees In good 1000 faith falth and end absolutely put ut the case in the othe hands of or the interstate te commerce commerce com corn merce commission R Rosa BeaHon Season of or the traffic bureau submitted sub submitted sub sub- capitalization and Income figu figures of or the Denver Rio Grande Orande t to show that for a mileage Increase of 4 per per cent the operating revenue was increased moro than 60 50 per cent Ho lie submitted also A n table showing that Utah pays aS a'S proportionately proportion proportion- atel moro more than Its Us average share snare of ot th the rates Other tables contrasted the prosperity prosperity pros pros- of ot tho the Denver Rio Grande Orande with that of other railroads under tho tha Gould control Martin Van of ot Chicago representing the Wholesale Grocers association tion lion sold said ho would submit figures and statistics supporting contentions he had made on behalf of or Chicago shippers earlier In the hearing Mr Ir Poteet was recalled for a moment to amplify somA somo of or his hits earlier testimony and then the case easel was closed and th the hearing was adjourned Railroads Close Defense companies Involved ed In the rate hearing before Commissioner H. H C C. Hall HaU Hallof Hallof of tho the Interstate commerce commission slon closed dosed their defense of or the tho proposed rate schedules which aro are under tire fire yesterday afternoon and the attacK upon the tho rates was WI opened b by the Traffic Bureau of ot Utah The o opinion was as expressed b by traffic bureau officials during the afternoon that the construction of or the Bingham Garfield Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar field was duo to the Denver Illo ruo Grande Grando slUng falling to provide adequate and proper transportation facilities to BIng- BIng ham Rio Grande representatives took exception to this and a lively tilt fol tel tel- lowed An Inter interesting UnS' UnS feature of at the afternoon was th the tho purchase by b- railroad men menor of or one pound of calico In tho the open market market market mar mar- ket at a cost of 40 cents This was WaB used aa WI an illustration of or their rat rates 8 an anthe and the effects of ot the proposed advances Eight yards of ot calico caUco constituted the tho pound The Tho advance anco in the rate from Chicago Is 19 cents and from Missouri river points points' 10 cents per pounds or 01 SOO yards or at nt the tho ratio of at cents per yard ard from Chicago o and cents Irom tho the river F. F M. M freight auditor Denver Rio Ufo Gran Grande Orando do offered a series of ex exhibits exhibits ex- ex hibits showing the tho operating cost net revenue and returns In 1912 1913 and 1914 average tonnage per train mUG mile In Increase Increase increase In- In crease In taxation and wages and other to show decrease in hi tho the average average aver aver- age ue annual returns on the investment which in 1914 was per cent Many Exhibits When Mr II left the stand the carriers announced their case closed Judge J. J 1 M. M Henderson of or the tho Iowa Ioa railroad commission re representing Iowa protests against the proposed rates took the stand He filed rued statements chowIng showing show chow Ing present and proposed rates advances ad ad- vances and reductions as applied to in interior interior in- in tenor Iowa points C. C S S. Bather re representing r the Rockford Rock Rock- ford lord lii IJ Manufacturers Manufacturers' aB association nn and Brantingham n Implement compan company com corn pan pany of or Rockford presented four ex- ex showing the tho effect affect of proposed rates on commodities from Rockford The Rockford contention la is that transfer from Peoria basis to Chicago basis is harmful harmful harm harm- ful UI to them l I The Traffic Bureau of or Utah presented twenty five exhibits and tables covering the whole subject of the rates under dig dle- cUt lon from every angle ansle There Thero was concerning somo of ot these exhibits arid and in In Ina a a. a few Instances they were mod fled by the elimination of ot certain certain tain tairi features before they were admitted STRADLEY COMMENTS ON HIS Ills TESTIMONY YESTERDAY Salt Lake Evening Telegram The motive prompting this communication tion is not to rob the members of or tho the traffic bureau of the elation they are re reported reported reported re- re ported to feel over testimony given by b- mo me yesterday before Commissioner H. H C C. Hall Hail of the Interstate commerce commission commis commission sion in regard to cost of ot reconstruction of the Union Pacific railroad but to make plain the tho difference between grading and cost on the one ana hand and the value of the tho Union Pacific per mile mUe of or road on tho the other hand Would Make Increase The estimate I gave of the reconstructed recon recon- portion per mile considered consid consid- ered cred only the tho grading and of or ofa ora a single line Une of ot track and does docs not by bya a heavy percentage Include all aU the items that enter Into tho the value of ot a railroad In the reconstruction of tho the Union Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- across Wyoming it was as not riot necessary noces sary to construct a n single new division terminal or From Prom Cheyenne to Ogden Including both th these se points there are nine O of these thesa terminals with their e expensive shops roundhouses turntables turntables turntables turn turn- tables water stations and extensive yard The Tho total cost ost of th these so facilities ties with station buildings etc apportioned apportioned to the mileage of or main track across Wyoming would Increase the av- av orage crase cost per mile of main maln track an ap appreciable ap- ap extent N Not t having data re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding these facilities I did not attempt to Include e coat of same samo in my estimate H However wever the total cost COlt per mile of track should obviously include all such Items Stems Just Just Justas as Important The Tho mone money invested in equipment of or a 8 railroad including rolling stock and motive mo rue- tive U power is Just as Important and Just Justas as necessary InUs operation as tho money expended for roadbed and The money invested in roadbed rails and ties tics in a trunk line lino does doeg not constitute the larger per cent of ot the tho total invest Invest- ment merit It should be remembered that at tho the time of the reconstruction period referred to there was not a single le mile mUe of ot second track on the Union Pacific across the state te of Wyoming and that the cost coat of additional sec second nd track amounts to about three-fourths three of tho the cost of single track and furthermore that block signals have been Installed or in brief when brief when there thore IsI is taken Into consideration all all the items entering entering entering en en- into sate safe and efficient management I of or a a. first t class road there road thoro will iU not exist I Ithe the tho difference bat between construction cost figures tures covering erin grading t and ond of ot single track given I en b by b me and valuation valuation tion don as heretofore given Signed CARL CARlA STRADLEY |