Show BIG SHAKEUP SHAKE UP IN RIO GRANDE SEEN HUGHES IN JEFFERYS JEFFERY'S PLACE Suits Will Ask for Readjustment Read e d of Rates t. t to toBe toBe Be Filled Within Wi Week VI eek A. A S. S Hughes is to be the tho directing head of ot the Denver Rio Grande Orande In charge of all lines hirmes and there is to ba be baa bea a general shakeup in the officialdom of the system I These arc oro the tho rumors from authentic sources that have followed the conI confirmation con con- I of the tho announcement of E. E I T. T Jefferys Jeffery's dismissal as chairman otI of ot I the board of ot directors It is s said id t. t that t tI the tho shakeup will wUl extend to the Utah I Fuel company controlled by lb the Rio RID Grande A. A H. H Cowie Cowle vice Ice president and general general gen gen- eral oral manager ot oc the Utah Fuel company company com corn pany is regarded as a n Jeffery man I and it is reported among the Independent ent coal producers that he be is to be bo supplanted TO BE FI FILED LED SOON The suits which are being prepared by the tho independent coal producers of Utah against the Denver Denyer Rio Grande company the tho Utah Fuel company and others will be ready to be filed with the Interstate commerce commission within the week In addition to asking reparation rap from froth the Denver Rio Grande Rail road company campany for alleged discrimination tion for failure to furnish cars so that the Utah mines could be kept in operation operation opera opera- tion the suits also will ask for a readjustment of freight rates The matter of ot freight rates from fram the tha Utah coal fields to Salt Lake ke cannot bo ho handled In Iu these suits on account of that being a purely intrastate le mat mat- ter The independents will look to the Utah legislature t to pass a public utilities utilities ties bill for Utah and will seek roUet o on that score through the state body ASK FOR RATE A more equitable adjustment of rates to the Northwest vest and to southern California points will be asked through the interstate commerce commission In addition time the Utah producers will ask for a rate to Missouri river points over the tho Denver Rio Grande and its connecting lines The Time difference in mileage between the Utah coal fields fields- and the tile Wyoming fields to Missouri river points is but fourteen miles On account of the tho freight rates over the Denver Jenver Rio Grande and its connection however the Utah coal operators have been unable to compete in th the tle the Wyoming coals have a big market I in that re region lon |