Show I R A IE CASE r NOW NOVi ON RN N SALT LAKE LAK JULIUS ON THE WITNESS STAND He Cl Claims Are Arc increasing and nd Revenues Mu Be Kept up by Present Rates Salt Lake CIL CIty Sept vico Ico of the Harriman lInes and director of main and operation of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rail railroads rands has thus hits far bomb borno nIl all of tue tho burden of disproving If possible the conten contention tion that Salt SaIL Lake City and Utah Ulah shippers are arc being treated b by the ho railroads serving this territory as alleged by the traffic bureau or of the lie Commercial Club ot of Salt Lale City Mr occupIed the witness box during the entire morning session of tho ho Interstate Commerce Commis slon Rates cannot be reduced because of ninny many reasons lie he said Bald Taxes axes have havo enormouslY from rom hO 50 percent per percent cent to 75 per cent on sonic somo lines and andIn andin In many states the lie statutes prohibit running trains of than a given num number ol of cars without additional crews In n other states men must not work worle more than a given number of hours a laY dar Matiy other and state rulings must bo be observed These add to the cost of operation Operating expenses are arc going steadily upward Tho They must continue to increase tinder present conditions earnings per lO train tier ler mil mile In Increased creased GO 60 per cent while the expense per increased GS CS p per r cent Density of traffic increased per percent coaL cent Commissioner Prouty asked Mr lr to lo file fila a supplemental statement covering a classification of main lines and branch lines or of the Union Pacific system em In order that a clearer understanding ma may b had of the tho statements filed relating to the va lines He was also askel to file filo a state statement statement ment showing the tho source of ox ex expended In improvements on the tho Union PacIfic Oregon Short Line Uno and Oregon Railroad Navigation showing what proportion came cam from froni the sale of stock Ito tho salo sub or of bonds and from opera oper operating The commission also requested a table showing the plan of reorganization tion P M r Stephens representing the Spokane petitioners took toole over the of Mr lr SnIt Salt Lake City Utah Sept 2 Al Although though both parties represented In the thease case ase of the Salt Lake Lak Commercial club and the railroad companies op 01 crating In Utah hadan InnIng today toda the commerce corn com commission mission little was brought to light that wa was not wholly In connection with tho mass Of o statistical evidence which has been to support the he contentions In the case For a brief time today toda the railroad representatives bad on stand Jul JulIus Julus Ius us director Of operation and md maintenance of wa way or of the liar Har riman system His IUs testimony was on In relation to ll figures Ures presented b Judge F G Dillard counsel for the Harriman roads and touched upon the lie valuation of the several lines hues Included In U the system During part of the tho hearing today S H Babcock on behalf or of the traffic bureau of the Ito commercial club pre presented seated to the commissioners a vast volume of data containing Live statements of the rates complain complained ed of oC b by tito tho bureau Other Other witnesses who testified today were S Y V DelTan assistant freight manager of the Denver RIo Grande D K E Burley Burler general I agent of lie tho Oregon Short Line and John JohnA A Monroe freight traffic manager for forthe I the he Union Pacific I I |