| Show I STUBBS BELIEVES RATE CAN BE MADE Traffic Director Says Union Pacific Is WIlling WIllingTo To Meet Oth rs NEW LIGHT ON EXCURSIONS IlIr a I IH letter l to of iii J Is nl In wI 01 Much nor w light on the matter or of rat rate ratemaking making for tor cuIn is III furnished In ina a letter lter J t to U the edlis of the land Orand Army The Ib letter h has been forwarded to Col eter rite In salt alt k and It to forma the basis bul for tor a belief that at least Iet a It 31 see rale will willbe willbe be secured The nIe hotter fitter states that th the Union Pacific for tor Itself I is willing to put In a rate rat of a cent a mile and will any ate mild made hy by oth others not luV lower t than this The letter r In full tull is isas II I as follows follow U O Col Cale eral endl O 0 A U Grand Orand Street Streel City N J Your letter lelle of Dec Der ft 0 addressed to Mr J H Harriman New York City t tand and acknowledged d d under date dat of J Dec tr trao ao 30 by Mr lr Alex Miller secretary with the that It had been oon sent nt W to me hue owing to In my ab absence ence from home lust reached hed my hands It Il relates to 10 the subject Jeet of the nets ratel desired for the tran of dele delegates gates to the meeting of the then n 1 A 1 It In lAke City next AUf Aug August ut Since reaching my office ofte thle morn mom morning ing I h have gone sone over the reports report ot of the I slager r department of at the Union Pa rifle lite railroad on OD the subject Among I this hi I find a retort report from the general agent of the ot of a conference with at Omaha on n the tha of De At title cone con Judge Nevius I reported POrted as having said that thal hI he had discussed d th rate ot of I 1 cent per mile mil with MI ids HI wk k kat of at the Santa Ise Mr ir Sebastian ot of the Rock Island JoIr Mill Miller of tile the C MSt M St haul 1811 Mr Hooper of t th the l I IH Jr JrR R H 0 and others and that they had said they were e agreeable eab to an any rate t the Union Pacific saw IV It fit to make mak end and It U II up to the Union to make the rate Permit m me to any KlY that J I am In informed I formed by Mr lr that neither of f i the gentlemen referred to 10 have hav acid dd personally II nor have ve they ad adv v ved him or MY any other officer ot of the Union Pacific of their desire to or even en willingness n to make makO a rata rat of 1 cent pr per roll mil for tor this Meeting I Iam Iam am satisfied that It will lie be manliest to Jud Judge e Nevius and you ou and other officers ot of the O 0 A It that th there gentlemen could not o confer upon the authority to make any rate over their lines linea The Th conferences between th the cited ted linea upon this subject resulted according to the Information that thaI I 1 have bave received tn en each line ning for tor itself to offer a rat ate ot of 43 1 for tor the round trip bet between Salt hit lAke City CIlY anI and Chicago o Ur 11 Lomax soya ya that thaI be In Ins formed Judge at the interview aforesaid that he be had lully tried to make that rate ate III 30 You crt et course that the Union Pa olIc does doe not reach Chicago or any paint east t ot of th the Missouri river and that the rates from territory r art t of t the river must be initiated published and to lb the commission II bye the first Railroad companies ar are very ery concerned under tb the pre present tr vt of the law 11 end public opinion rp respecting the proper treatment ot of ex of oe this Tile etc t tIt tent It ot of th the p precedent established by each case must be erect end and where when ther are co many Int Interests Involved It is difficult to hit upon any rate ate plan which I Ii tory to all or which h will not tn fn come Ome measure provoke reprisal My Iy own view of the c case I that the meetings ot of the theO O 0 A R present features that put them In R a ela else which I is distinct and separate horn other ex excursions They are patriotic do much tn t promote the love of at country and the spirit of self In the citizen when the country needs his hll military miI t service For the most moet part the mm hers ber of the O 0 A R are p or nr The meetings were ere wholly without an any busi buI business ne ness feature or consideration There tore fore the carriers may faIrly consider the promotion of these meetings an and III fu fuso so dO doing ignore the consideration ot of reasonable profit for tor their service that should and must control the charge for that cervia to other bodies bodh ot of citi seas a for tor or even evon I objects Consequently the II lines tn in the Union system K are and have been from the beginning willing to otter rates for tb the promotion of Gf the proposed meeting tin at Salt lAke City just at as would lIld be were th the meeting held st at un any other city t whether that elt city we were served neel b by their tine linos or by tN the linn lines ot of I r ne I should hould and Ii n no I Ii will enter nl Into th the d lilla with II the by very every roan ti n and Competitor of the tri n acne rd 1 It I IN Inexpedient In 1 I for lor the Union I to that they thel have hav th the right old d iii Ii o Judgment It Is ImpI r allY 1 IOn eon or body of people pen 1 ti 1 think O n anent It to bo be th the duty of I the t r ion to determine I the h u lIon of r a al rate rale which Involves II l the revenues ot of all II the car cari 11 i lera Ila In the country to pact tit th st number rot of t I Ihl hand Arley meeting will t I 1 start tatt from Om points more ur or lose I rt hi the Ule lines of f Ih the Union 1 Pt Ilk more titan half will originate at al and tart start f front I et ens of th the river lh Ih ca terminus ot of the t therefore It sterna proper a aIt It has In large measure boon been the eu cue torn tom that the tales to tn to be should be taken up with the initial mi misters and by them determined by cone con teore ference and wll h the west of the Missouri river WIth tIM the limitations that the ate te shall II not be 1141 less IeH than 1 cent per mil miltor for tor Its service the Union is III willing to join its Ita In an any raw rate that they am willing to adopt t fr this pru meeting of the Army Jf if I 1 venture a suggestion It would be this That you OU take up 1111 question with tM the Western tern PaIo Passenger the headquarters or of whIch are at t I Its Is Dir lr Then E McLeod It If you think It will help belp you I 1 have baWl no IO objections to your you r sending Mr McLeod a copy cop of till this letter Personally I think that J rate from Chloa Chicago o ought aught not under y to be more than toe Cor the round trip between Chicago o and SAlt Half Lake City and ad I 1 may ay that I think thinka a fair rate Ie would be on one tare faro for tor the round trip or 81 I think you would need only tu to suggest that rate rat to 11 Mr McLeod for consideration by the line he represents to secure favorable 11 ac action tion It If the Un lines In the Western Pas Pa Passenger and nd their other than the Union should regard gard II a lower alto pc expedient ent under alt all th the I think whet what I have said Id above will be suf evidence Ce I to t thus nl that the r Pacific will Join John them on a pro rata rato per mile basis m In any rate that they will adopt subject to tn the t I cent pr mile limitation Yours truly Signed J C Chicago Jan 14 |
