| Show am ahir PLO sly IV IN COL creuter macket a sought kor aasten altah cunis ity by the and n I 1 tie the castle valley companies I 1 s melt 11 As tile lat coal 1 iril ard coke o 0 now on taking of t testimony in the case of the consolidated fuel company and the castle valley coal company against twentysix twenty six mix railroad companies was commenced before special examiner burchmore Durch more for the inter state commerce commission and it R W phillips at salt lake city yesterday the coal companies allege in their complaint v wae was filed with the interstate commerce commission several months ago that they do not have a through rat rate oer the denver and hlo rio grande and the oregon short line to points in idaho montana ron taha washington oregon wyoming and nevada and that the rates on coal from their mines to other points are excessively high it is also alleged in tho tile complaint that the denver and illo gr orinde grinde inde has discriminated against the coal com p in falling to supply the number of cars wanted the coal companies want the interstate commerce commission to establish a joint rate and a through rate to all points on the various ralli oads ads named in the complaint in connection with the lines of the southern utah and the castle valley railroads which are owned by the coal companies the oal t companies want these rates and routings fixed from their minei and not from I 1 price rice on the denver and rio orande grande bonie some MK big Pre ent judge P F C dillard chief counsel for the lines in all of the interstate commerce hearings and B E N dark clark general attorney for the denser dener and rio life orande grande arrived in salt lake city laet last monday to take part in the hearing attorneys for several of the other road arrived later the railroad companies that are made defendants to the action are atchison Atch lson topeka and santa fe denver and rio orande grande western pacific union pacific tic oregon choit line oregon railway and navigation company oregon washington railroad and navigation company southern pacific dutte butte anaconda and pacific san pedro los angeles and salt lake eureka and palisade nevada central nevada county narrow guage nevada northern nevada and california virginia virglnia and truckee northwestern northern pacific pacific and idaho northern camas comas prairie idaho northern payette valley oregon and washington san diego southern castle valley and the southern utah it Is expected that the taking of testimony will occupy two or three weeks extend intend utalia in discussing the case last monday W 11 II sweet secretary of the consolidated fuel company said the action Is brought with a view of securing a larger market for utah coal at the present time the people have an gateway at ogden through which it Is almost impossible to get utah coal for the simple reason that as soon as the utah coal strikes ogden the lines put on a prohibitory hibi tory rate or refuse to fix any rate at all this Is done to favor the mines orned by the union pacific coal company a harriman company in wyoming there ia is a demand for utah coal in many parts of tho the west and northwest but without rates it la Is impossible to ship hip a the coal sweet said that james S ramage Ilam representing the spokane commercial club arrived in salt lake city monday and would mould be present at the hearing as would representatives of the commercial bodies of portland and as well as witnesses from colorado and other points we feel that we have a just complaint om plaint and we will do our best to present it to the representative of the government said sweet in addition to judge dillard and E N dark clark A C campbell assistant general attorney for the denver and rio orande grande fred wild jr general freight agent for the denver and uio orande grande and J J coleman assistant general freight agent tor for the santa fe and P 11 I 1 billiams NI ll llama lliams general counsel for the oregon short gllnn lin will probably take prominent part in the proceedings |
