Show COMES FOR T IN attorney for the commission com mission arrives in salt lake investigation COMMENCED MONDAY morning continuation of the investigation carried on last week at omaha john johnt 11 Mur Al chand archand the tile intel in nei 01 co con m mis linis sion arrived in bait tit luke latke lest saturday night from gwalia to continuo continue the investigation of the union paul fie railroad lail road ad company in the tile matter of discriminating against 1 outside coil coal companies and dictating dictation dicta tin the tile puce of coal commissioner chaales Chai losA A prouty accompanied by elmer elmor E thorn thom us its associate counsel to mr mar chand Ji tind ari I 1 ed in salt lake utice sun day the tile investigation M commenced comm 1 at lit 10 A T monday in ill the cucuiat in ill tile fed oral building ron or twelve wit nesses will be examined which will probably pio pi bably consume till thieo co days from front salt stilt lake the commission will N ill go to denver deliver and carry on oil an till ill inv esti gatlon gation for two days Al marchand in speaking about the investigation invest said it is simply a continuation of tho the investing Invest investigation ig I 1 curried carried on last week at omaha it is not proper to say ay that it is against the union pacific iiii howl company because there are tire nop no parties it as defendant or plain till in ill the tile mutter the hearing Is under the till tillman man gil leople senate i resolution eso lution to aseer tom whether hother the union pacific railroad lail road company Is for tile existence of the coal monopoly in the noi tim estern states Oie it fisci mi mates as u common coin inon carrier against coal companies not owned by the railroad the tile methods of obtain obtaining int n coal lands in tit wyoming 93 by the union coal company also investigated when asked if the commission would probe into tile tion of coal over 0 or the ilio rio grando grande western laili oad und mia tile meth nieth emp employed loyod by the utah fuel company ind and the pleasant valley coal corn company pany to obtain coal lands mi archand haul said is T this ll 11 matter ii will ill not be taken up at tit tins bession session of u courso tho the interstate commerce comme ice commission may make inake further investigation at tit another time tinie than this mr marchand declined to be in re ro gard to the in investigation u 0 dur ing M the investigation ill esti gatlon at omaha Oi the tile union un I 1 0 L coal company men inen admitted that lands land were iero isaken taken up to prevent outside companies from froin obtaining an all outlet and that the other companies wore more unable to secure lecure cars in which to delo deliver or their coal anong among 0 the tile witnesses subpoenaed are J A reeves general f freight rei n ht 0 gent of the 01 ogon short line ex mayor richard P abor ris president of coal coni company puny and D I 1 J sharp for continued on jare 4 6 A COM M a FOB THE alf I 1 a it local coil coal dealer and at tit ono one time an employed e of tho utah F fuel acl company comp tiny it is that mr reeves nill 11 bo be call called d upon to testify as to tile tran I 1 of dottl and the local coal I 1 dealers a us to the fixing of prices it is probable that the rio 0 grando rando western railroad conila ny illy and tho utah fuel company avill will bo investigated by tile coni coin mission after tho suits a against n aint thecial tho coal coin company piny in tho united states court mo disposed of rho investigation littlon in tills inetter it is understood is still being conducted through tile department of justice the into the tile coal liol holdings dings of the union pacific rail road company tho the union pacific coal company and the rio grande rall railroad rowl in Wyo wyoming and utah tho the manner in chich shieh the they mere acquired tho regulation of pk prices und and the alleged di scrim nation in freight ates by the in tor ter state commerce ca c minis sion opened at salt luke lake city monday I 1 cr and durin during the tile two sessions borne some interesting n filets were brought coith 1 D J sharp was tho the most in to resting witness during the if tornton sos session siou and his teti to anno rno ny gave consides consi dei ablo information control of he un leg ic arding garding the 1 ion pacific railroad ruil road mor pric prices 11 paid by the tile con consumer gulner n bait lake sharp said suld ho lie hud had no business beci because tiso ho lie could get got no coal to la 11 oil his stoby as brought cl out by the questions asked by the commission was nas that ho lie ad cd in the daily papers of salt stilt lake that lie i V give PUS eus the benefit of the efty cent 4 reduction made by the ral rail load and coal companies during the summer months he ile said the union pacific coal company ov n d by the union pacific lall load oad i told him win him birn ho he must i with ith draw his advertisements froin tile s or they NN sell lum him no boic coal the reason given by the tile union pacific company haq that unless stopped selling L coal at 1 4 75 the central coal and aud coke colfe company would cut the price to 4 75 and keep it at that 11 me after a number of witnesses it nesses had been examined commissioner brought tho the hearing to a it sudden and unexpected close tuesday afternoon and ittin oun cod ced tint that the court would stand adjourned to meet in dom denver er this thursday morning at tit 10 |