Carbon County News | 1909-10-08 | Page 2 | Decision May be Delayed

DECISION MAY BE DELAYED commerce commission listes to A AN in spokane rate case kaen wash argument in the spokane rate case was beun begun on mon day before Ine commerce corn coin miss loners prouty lane cockrell aad and dark clark the principal coaten contention acm of consul for spoken spokane wa was that freight rate rates to seattle represented reasonable com pensa sensation tion for carriers and that the higher spokane rate based on water competition was excessive and unjust counsel for the railroads answered this by indicating the loes 1065 of revenue which would result from he the tion of coast rates to rates rate a t they hey asserted were the result bt bf peculiar conditions commissioner arouty stated that thu the commission in all probability would not issue an order in this cly a less than five months because of the similar nillar ti cases of salt lake reno and phoenix which have a direct bearhs bearing on this case