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Show DISCRIHAHS 1 BK RiOJRANDE All tho evidence tending to show discrimination against the coal mines of Utah not owned by the Rio Grande interests in the matter of through freight rntes and the explanations of -the railroads have been submitted to J S. Burchmore, special examiner for the interstate commerce commission, and the hearing ended at Salt Lake yesterday afternoon. Written arguments argu-ments are to be submitted by November No-vember 1 and briefs In rebuttal two weeks later. The defendants put on the stand N A. Williams, a Rio Grande division superintendent, who said that cars were supplied to tho mines In proportion propor-tion to their output, and that the Independents In-dependents got their share on this basis. Freight agents for the Rio Grande and the Oregon Short Line admitted that there was a differential against the Utah Independents as compared com-pared with the Wyoming mines of 25 cents to ?1 25. Thoy claimed that the cost of hauling from the Utah mines to the northwest wsa greater than the cost of hauling the same distance dis-tance from Wyoming because of the condition ot the tracks and roadbed In Utah. no |