Show RIO GRANDE GIVES ITS SIDE OF SERVICE IN SPRING CANYON prom from 1 ednee lays tribune pred fred jr objects to arious a riou reports and rumors that have had elf cir ru illation lb in utah to the effect that the bio rio grande la Is operating a it broken down plant 11 ought to lauw wit abot abai t it eko sile ek sil o e he is the freight traffic manager for the retch areher er of the bo rio orande grande he ife testified yesterday at the hearing being conducted by joshua greenwood president of the public utilities acus edesio of utah for the interstate com ime ce commission the action wan wn brought by tle utah terminal rait hall wr Y company patty which seeks to built a line from standardville Stand ardville in spring can 3 67 mile miles dowa down the canyon to a junction with ta utah railway tad wray giving tbt the teal mabes of the canyon a railroad service mr at wae was brief end slid WOT 11 to the he introduction and identification of exhibits showing the coal traffic ban tied by the rio orande grande from be the car boa county field fields in utah when the were ia in henry mcallister McAll inter general counsel for the receiver who eon 4 ue tot the direct examination said that all L R martineau Martl neau for the he terminal company had no eroe cross to make volunteers statement mr bild askel asket permission to make a statement and was invite I 1 to do so by mcallister McAll lster itte I 1 he freight traffic mager manager ci said that in october Oi tober 19 1930 0 the rio orande grande lord ed on its ita a wn lines 29 03 1 car cars of freight as compared with 23 3 cars during ali the corresponding month in 1019 in october 1920 the rio grants gran ie received receive i from its connecting line lines 10 cars ears as against the year be fore in the lie same perio I 1 it de del livere iverel 1 to it its cars of freight I 1 I 1 if if flat at in lecates a broken doa do down A a in tit ution 11 eaid said mr wild in conclusion 1 I coull like to see a good one tie cage case for the petitioner the utah terminal railway company was c bic r eluded yesterday afternoon and the RIO grands grande started to pros pres nt at it ian ease case this as preceded by a nt ut from mr mir mcallister McAll later as its to what tle protest ing railroad expected to show mr mcallister bave avo some figures as to the amount of coal carried by the rio orande grande from points originating on iti its this totaled list lost year 4 tobi from the utah field fields in carbon county tie tle blo rio grando took over the grande western in and that year the coal traffic amounted to ton tons history of branch the history of the spring canyon branch wis was detailed and mr me ulia ter er proposed to show an ant 1 afterward through mr bald ld introduce an or e hibit to show shon that in 1013 ti tie e first berr of cf the ol 01 of that branch by the kip rio olande it I 1 lad ad produced tons of coal as freight in 1913 th t tf if the c iii air on brinch br inch its bal I 1 to tali tons in the firca nin th of 19 0 ealing en ling in september t i t anage of the I 1 ranch was 7 00 tons or as much as flaring daring the entire ear 1919 2919 when the rail road was un anler ler fedil control 1 and according to tl it e coal com compan pauls la no par titular complaint was hid as to the th service federal I 1 ended march 1 and mr mcalistor tir compared the seven month lau nth mardi to Ber Sel 1919 when heti ulder federal cottrol the ton ten nage off the arring canyon branch was with the freight hauled dur ing the corresponding months of 1920 amounting to tons or more than one third of the amoun amount of coal ban han died during the biame months in the preceding year contends act ted mr mcallister contended conter ded that the work already done by the utah ter railway company towards con eon strutting its line live has been done ia in di dl violation of th tin terms of the amended transportation act of this year under pretext of the authority of the public utilities commission of utah I 1 at ut ach such action was an attempt ed evasion ev aion of th the par mount power of the Inter interstate commerce a af 1 the commission commis commiss jion loa permitted lermit i emitted ted thy th construct ia of the terminal railroad rail roal BO so fir far anly as intrastate latra state traffic Is 13 coi COL arned counsel for the rio orande grande sketched the importance of the service rendered by that line to the th L altah tah coal fields an ani I 1 also the service rendered by the utah railway line whit he said nerves aeres the mines at mohrland black hawk an I 1 hiawatha Illa and also the pan ther mine which could also be served b bi the rio orande grande he ile then proceeded to tell of the growth of the coal traffic as proof that the bio grande has been taking care of its we traffic facilities increased the spring canyon branch ha has been constructed in sections the first four sacs ilea by the spring canyon coal corn pany patty which sold to the rio orande grande at the next mile wile by the stan dard coal company which sold for 42 the contracts on tracts with these railroads he claimed alao also granted the rio orande grande for twenty years the use of and con artl over of the coal compan iea ies and also the right and ana reciprocal duly duty I 1 to transport the entire output of f tl ti i coal companies the line was as furth r ate lel later by the carbon fut buil I 1 company fter after to the increases in tr biffi olar the iran h line fine mr M me wint n to refer to t th in cr aasc I 1 fa biliti 9 as proof that that rl III orande grande is able to take care of tr affia futrel 1 I tie coil companies it lit IU I 1 the purchase in 1914 all aul 1 ima 17 ft ef lie boxcars fox cars and in 1417 of P 0 hart comer comestible tible cars mary of ulith lie sal ball I 1 are now in the utah coal trade he ile told f an male with thi Din dingilian glian Garf lell in it the fall of year wl alieh ich rilean I 1 at III out bit IN I 1 grand rand ore car cars to tie coal wide la in addition to other cars formerly used at the tile utah coipel I 1 lant he lie toll tot I 1 of the operations taken 0 oer er by the I 1 tan tah ballway company deamber 1 1917 liell he gall sail re released leasel much equip mei met t to tl tie e bio orande grande and t told 0 id f the soldier summit detour CO n p bitted tn in reducing the ard gradi over v e t the summit the new terminals at soldier summit have added to the facilities of the he said anil and have been tn in opera operation tiou abou about a ear the no church parm farm yard yards now construct cd ed aril ara being constructed help tn in ex ial the movement of freight new now equipment Prom ld it ill referred to the testimony giten moo mon ly fay by receiver A R baldwin As to plane plans to increase facilities in the near future by the expenditure of 13 12 on ou the blo rio grande road and mr mcallister said that inability of tho the illo RIO grande to give per celt ervile service to tre it coal mines recently had been due to the inability to leure from its connections its proper share of emp 21 ty equipment the railroad he aid ha he I 1 assigned 2600 care ears to the coal trade in utah and if it had had those c cars a r a or their equivalent it would have been bee able to erve serve to the capacity of tho the mine ratings all the coa con mines in thi utah field he told of the th efforts t tj set get recognition before the car service commission which had finally issued la ivied an tin order in october that tho the carwee lons of tie bio rio grande granite I 1 equalize the he car interchange Inter chang the oregon chirt line and the union pacific were named as particular pirtie ular offenders in taking more cars than they returned lie ile cla claimed nied that tie utah rn ralla lla sineo august 1920 had been able to furnish only 73 75 to so 80 per cent of the number of cars ballel for on its lino line and as 1 that the tile blo rio orando grande would compare faor favorably ably with other boals op aerating in coal mining districts track declared adequate ile conal it led tf stat at the biffi alty had find been due to a shortage of are tars and that the present pres nt track up spring can yon is entirely adequate to handle empty cars a day to the mines and as many out loaded which would exceed any demand that could bo be made by the mines he ile took up the proposal of the ter minal railroad to install a passenger service and intimated that this w was an afterthought after thought to improve the case before the interstate commission as rethink cottun ft had been said la in that line be fore ore the public utilities he said that 1 6 bite ie service is now provided led ample for the tile traffic up and down ta t e cavon viii vicie vii ie e th i only towns are thop thoe tho p e dothy dijt ly connect connecter el with the mince mr mill ars tian i lice I 1 on the tile stand aid ni d antto intel exil axt bits ingeni ea I 1 to brunc mr state ment merits he lie wa wis allowed fillow cd bi 1 I 1 F N il it son 1 of tl i of tie tle rio Orp ornnie rile rho ho told hot hove minos milles are tire ar ritel itel ly ascertaining the num ber of tons tolls it day any they can pro luce itice op aratine to capacity mr Ve Allister furni liel boro it ore echil its to show thit that the tile hlo nil ginnie hal lial supplied 73 75 to 83 per wr cent of the deman I 1 for cars rare luring during the he present season he lie said tl at the order of the car service commission Is i aued sued in october had begun to take ef feet toon soon after afterward ardt and that for the tile last week or two the bio rio orande grande had able to furnish per cent of the equipment required witnesses for the terminal railroad and the coal companies owning it were on the stand all morning and part of tip afternoon J A stallings sales manager of the spring canyon coal company said that company has en into a fie year cour contract act with a coast company for the handling of its output on the pacific coast ife ire told at of times when salesmen sale euen swen had been called n because the mine could not get the errs sale of coal had dropped off in ne last ten jaya or two weeks he be said I 1 11 fh thompson ompson vice president of the peerless coal compala COM PaLy said his conrand had acen b cn at times time unable to p educe its output of lozo 1030 tons a day because of lack of cars lack of or ders in the last week or so has curtailed P rations he said P 11 P jacobs and M dodson testified as is to work boit dona done by tie terminal rall rail oad in coa strutting ting its line girls N nith ith large ears should cheer up tie tte fashion now says you must uncover your cars ears so far as your hair is to con berned but the winter season Is I 1 aon non us is and anal you may wear ear bobs |