Show freight rate hearing at vernal march 1st As a result of a conference held at the state capital saturday morning between representatives of the lions club and uintah county farm bureau riffle officers e rs of the sterling transportation company m p any utah shippers bureau and 0 the public utilities commission an order rd e r was entered by the commission that a hearing of all matters affecting freight rates in and out of the uintah basin be set tor for march I 1 at vernal it first it was thought the entire situation might be adjusted by an agreement on the part of the vernal representatives being entered into wit with the transportation company accepting a reasonable rahe raise of the rates now in effect to this end the far farm bu reau represent representatives athes met kith with the sterling officials before the opening of the conference saturday morning and suggested a number of changes which v were ere agreed to but when the conference opened and the following drastic increase in the present rates were proposed james II 11 wallis representing the business interests tied up lip in the lions cub informed the commission that he not a surre any responsibility in the matter inasmuch as no opportunity had been given to make a study ot of the proposed ir increases ncr eases in freight rates nor the nw new classification fi flea tion schedule Foll following aaring 1 L the proposed increases from salt lake via ster ing transportation company 0 class rates to mileage 1st 2nd 3rd ath duchesne S 96 myton abi roosevelt port fort duchene vernal aco via ila castern utah transportation company to mileage 2nd 3rd ath Eu duchesne chesne 62 S 77 70 62 56 myton 82 85 95 so 86 76 68 roosevelt 94 92 82 74 fort duchesne lit 89 99 89 79 vernal Is 80 90 judge E E corfman chairman ot of the public ut commission felt that no increase should be made in tl tie e present rates until after a public hearing shoud first be held in vernal march I 1 to which delegations would be invited from all parts ot of the bisin buin and at which hearing representatives of the sterling transportation company and the utah bureau we wc ild b bo present at the conference in the state capital the following mere were present james 11 wallis W 8 S henderson and L peterson ot of the lions club A theodore johnson ernect eaton and F 0 lundberg of the uintah county farm bureau willard richards and A T durton burton ot of the sterling transportation company judge attorney snyder rud iid judge mccarthy of the I 1 shippers bureau judge F r E corfman and E D of the public utilities commission and frank 0 ta r secretary edd I 1 the utmost good feeling the discussion at the conference and thre th re wai as no Dance of 0 hostility against tho officials of thi sterling transportation Transport aHn atin co but alther a desir to ro eo operate in lit an effort to agree upon an equitably increase in rates |