Show BE ae L iw four flush operators 1 make monkeys of themselves before le legislative lisla tive committee and railroad Attorn attorney eVir Y W 11 1 1 I 1 think wo ought to have chapar u tr coal if wo we do anotn nob a 6 never nover be a manufacturing za city tho rho outlook for salt lake wco in tho the race raw for in this intermountain district is ideal idia al and tho the only reason we ve cannot become one of tho the loading manufacturing cities of tho west is because tho the price of coal is too tot high there is no reason in my mind why the prices should not bo ile rod reduced but instead of this tho the tendency is is to raise them prom 4 bohu ohn E doolas Do olys testimony mony before the legislative coin commission mission the enactment rf a maximum nax linum rate rata law in lieu of a railroad commission measure to 0 o one of the possibilities the tho probing into coal shor shortage tap at the farst investigation which was held at salt lake qua tlona were put to four prominent coal roen men wa H to the practicability of a iani lumm rate bill and their ere favorable to such euch a measure se ses iloa silon which la Is the first of the series was held to I 1 n maor 71 th thorn 0 m p peons ao ns boffl ce chairman robinson presided while stor S 5 lator tor george X lawrence acted awed r sp special eclis attorney for the committee 4 veral membury mem bure other thao than bagron ba wron however joined in the questioning three general causes for ho he present coal abor tage were developed dov eloped tiey are that the union I 1 lacille company wants to get out of the salt lake market owing to the higher price of fuel elsewhere that tho the un prosperity of the nation has outdistanced the fuel possibilities naif nud that the lo 1110 10 az rande system is 1 too peorl equipped to bundle the output of the cambou county mines the witnesses examined were rich j 1 ard P morria of the citizens coal company coul pany walter 13 sprague formerly with the J D coal com pany which was from the field on account of telling coul coal below the agreed price hobort marsh of the coal company and john it bruit bruff manager of tho the ulah soap company oce question d 0 A as to the contract between the klo rio brattle Or acde watern we ibern and the southern paced as in t glaue beirs year ago promised interesting but nothing out of it Lawr lawrence ened however has an pleta data as to the contract and may possibly bly develop it in futura ee aalon joriu went on thu stand ff flaat t st he fled stint his it Is company handled thirty thousand or furty forty thousand tons of coal a year eted that all 11 the coal ordered was not dot delivered livered d to th the that there V wai a shortage of cars care and sometimes a it shortage eh of 1 at 1 i the mines he thought unprecedented overt overtaxing asing the output waa was ft tho cause of tho the when naked about a maximum freight rate he eald bald he thought IS t bould III help to cut docu ClI existing sting ovila robert marsh of the kemmerer C coat oat company te teat stifled lOl that th erate k U suit lako lake from keigm A was aa but he thought tho the rate from cantle gate was not bo it was c developed that rheid ratas arie equal altho although tigh the caie castle gate haul was only about halt as its long 1009 the poor equipment of the 1110 grande western was mentioned as R a reason they i cannot handle bol fuel expeditiously 0 W sprague de detailed the eneas of the J D sharp whip told of his hi experience IQ in twitching oars cars of wal 1 during the past whiter 0 H A smith an attorney attorn oy told wid that whilo while engaged 4 in the coal business bus looga noar licar S ogla oG ld between 1893 1858 aud 1901 am wl levea tho io grando Ura iilo against him by granting re batea to f morod arod shippers to prove provo ills he lie said that ha had for a cl long ti me a letter presa copy of letters written to tho ale want valley vailey official by tho of the railroad rall rodd road stating the tho amount of rebates certain parties were to receive borne home of oe letter letters stated checks no thorn them smith eald that ho he had gojit ko the ovid evide euco ricia until two years ngo ago when he believed it would never be of any uso to hira him and dest destroyed royel it after aher his tits examination by senator Taw ronce who Is conducting the questioning for the committee JE E M Aill sou jr counsel for tto the rio 1110 Gr graude antle aided if it ho he w nant bat bo be pop per fitted to risk the tho i some ques 0 eions senator lawm aca objected saving that he saw no necessity for the presence of a railroad at attorney turney unless he could throw sonia soma light on the question before the committee but chairman robinson allowed allason to proceed lie he ue that smith h 11 aad ad a secured e the from judge L A t Wl Wf leoo laor now dece deceased esLA and dover cover kne kner bow how or where it w was a a obtained ho ile asked whether ats witness onald reme the the companies chich wore were to hao hiam re ates but bu smith could not an attorn pt to attack the integrity of smiths statements elate failed signally as president love came to a his rescue and bald said hat tho the witt witness less had shown him these cs bov eral 3 ours ago abts silencer allison all son and hi h hie his questioning P long 1 another line smith said bald that ho lie wag was connected with the carbondale coal company at tho mentioned and that their property adjoined that of the plea ant alley he ile charged that thio concern at one ono time employed one chris K H jenson jensen to take up claims on all al the land surrounding the property prot owned by the carbondale company in order to drive ake fitter satter I 1 out of did tot ou have iny dITO culty in to get ting briare ri are asked lawrence indeed vo no did we in mado ado ro re quests but all the mra cars sent down there were used to carry the coal of the he pleasant valley people 11 what rate did bott on pay we paid two dollars a it ton tin to salt bake ft did ahe aitto grande discourage dib courage independent depond ent operators it certainly did ps i smith ead said that he lie would not favor a railroad commission law but be llevad lle cd that it maximum rate law would work well isaac barton was wits the next witness he ile haja I 1 avii connetti connected d with the cart blondale coal company ever sinco ita its i formation asked regarding the prop properties ettles in carbon county ho he said no ellort had been made td develop them ae because jause of the difficulty ex experienced peri in securing fair treatment from we he said they wanted a sidetrack but could not get one nor could they secure fair freight rats for r or thesa reasons we cannot get gehauf suf fluent capital to develop the prop p rop erty ty ft said barton allison in cross examination developed the fact that barton varton did no not t know how many men employed at abe milne nor the amount mined in one ono day the young railroad attorney plied the aged man with perplex ing questions in rapid succession tf un n HI til bucaram disconcerted and then to smooth thioni over again allison eald said 1 I do not 1 vish to embarrass ou mr barton after the meeting elveral saveri tl of the th 0 committee members expressed them solved displeased with the pree presence ence of the railroad attorney and the matter will probably bo taken up at the next meeting john E dooly tte rind from the standpoint of the manufacturer dooly expressed the opinion that the rates on coal rom arom mints were out of proportion he ile auld that he thought that this could be re regulated by a abi laum rate 1 law but that a rAll railroad road commission would do no good parley D Will lauie counsel forthe for the oregon short line who was wits present naked dooly if it the of coel was due to increased freight rafee and the wife alina a said that he did not belfer that to bo tho case caso he eald said that he ile had been able tible to secure all ili the 0 coal hs h wanted from the utah fuel company the ii aises ses were continued yester duy when state coal alno Inal lector thomas war called it ie is expected that numerous railroad and coal will be called to tell how bow much it coate to transport port and linb coal 44 |