Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-06-15 | Page 4 | Railroad Holds up on G. A. R

RAILROAD HOLDS UP ON fi A. A A R. R U Lb ka Salt Lake Route Refuses Reasonable Reasonable Rea- Rea sellable R Reduction in Rates From Los Angeles for Encampment Encampment En En- Encampment in August Refusal ut ur tho tio Salt Lake route to grant Krant any material reduction In rates Los Angeles to Salt lako lake will In tho the opinion of the Grand Grami Arm Army mon men of uC California r result In practically no z of t tilo lo Department of oC Colorado at the Salt Lake encampment t next August The he best into rato the Salt I Lake ko route will mal make e between yeen I Los os os ost Z t c Angeles and Salt alt Lako fur for or tho the round roundtrip trip Is la 30 30 althO although h the Denver f. f p itlo Grande ha has mauc mauo a rate of 17 1775 Ii between Salt Lake 1 and Denver lenver which J I j I j is only about 40 u miles mlle further h J. J Q A A. A Walker of oC Lou Los Angeles ox- ox 1 plains the situation In a letter which r. r i- i iy y says ays It would v have o hen him groat satisfaction to have o added to the suc- suc I ce cess s of or the thc Salt Laky encampment b by bya I bringing I I a large e contingent r from r S i I un n u. u t Impossible because the Salt It Lake L. route rouco v which had refused to inako molo n a rate ruto lower thin than 30 for or the round trip It had been suggested by Colonel 1 11 F. F 4 M. M Sten executive e director for tho the 1 encampment that the tho d departments par of Ut Colorado and Nevada Ne appeal to J. J t. t C. C Stubbs traffic manager of lr tho Harrl- Harrl r nian mun lines hues direct asking that A II reasonable reason reason- able rate be bo made malle from ruin Los An Angeles h 1 to Salt aIt Ial Lake e. e I Instead ad of doing this thin the California deportment department appealed I again to tho the Salt SaH i Jaka ike route officials and were again turned down clown and ind 30 30 was vas the tho only rate d.- d. Mr 11 Walker er calls attention to tho thu rate Irate between n Salt alt Lake and Denver Den l' l which Is 19 1775 75 for only 40 10 miles less Jells tJ distance ho says fl Hall Hail I been department commander f. f i- i hero here I would ni nat nh o at least made the tho r Hort at the lie fountain head he and if JC T hold up tip there would have hav publicly ff i 1 z placed tho the Salt La Lako ho Ice Southern Pai Pak Pacific Pa Pa- k chic combination on r record cord cord before th thy t of ot the c country that we made t L possible to exist The Tho great rent 1 railroad lIl octopus Intends to throttle tho the err cry life liCe out of ot freedom Cre hut but the Grand Army rm of or the Republic should he th tho 1 nr very last to surrender the tho rights and i they thc fought to perpetuate anti and personally I would rather be hE called culled k Jin tn anarchist that than to meekly wear war the collar of modern commercialism Nearly Near Near- ly Iy two months yet r remains antI and yet ct I Ido p t do iO not flot hope hope- for any results being at attained at- at 1 tamed d at th this Is arti rd of oC the line but you ou night roach reach with effect