Show ta I 1 U gills HIS high up railroad official discusses rate on co coal SALT LAKE BUSINESS MEN DECLARE WAR T AI al schumacher vice president in charge of traffic fur for the denver and rio grande system has ansbe ed the wall wail of the salt lake cit commercial club for cheaper rates on coal and slack from carbon county mines in a letter of recent date vice president schumacher says in the past few years the rates to salt lake and ogden have been reduced from 2 00 and on lump and slack respectively to and and to Pro othe the lump and nu nut t rate to and the slack rate to when the distance to provo is compared with the distance to salt SLake aid ogden I 1 do not believe it is your idea to contend for the provo rate to salt lake but whatever the rates may be or the difference in the rates may be between the two wo points we feel the present rates arc are as low as we can consistently make and receive a fair profit for the handling of this traffic when the two dollar rate on lump and nut coal was established several years ago the cost of operating as you know was much less is at present notwithstanding and this fact our rates today are lower the tonnage probably has increased some but not proportion to the increased cost of operation and the reductions we have made in these rates it is hardly necessary for me to point out to you the expensive service the te denver and rio grande performs in handling handline this on account of the heavy grades over which it passes the comparison you make that is our rates as against those charged by lines transporting coal in other sections ou have used ed prairie lines and not mountain railroads with grades to contend with like the dem demer er and rio grande have in transporting this traffic and apparently lj li the volume of tonnage has not been considered |