Ogden Morning Examiner | 1909-05-16 | Page 6 | Date of New Schedule Postponed to July 1

DATE OF NEW SCHEDULE POSTPONED TO JULY 1 Washington W Wash ington May Ma 15 I The commis commission commission commission sion recently had postponed until January 1 the time when time the new now rates ordered by b It tt should go into effect but as n the tie result of the con can conferences within the last few days Jays with the lie of the Hill and Harriman lines it was today todar decided further to postpone the operation oC or ortho tho time order until July 1 L The TIme railroads involved tho Nor Northern Northern thern hera Pacific the tho Great Groat Northern the Union Pacific the time Oregon Rail Railway wa way vay and Navigation company the Oregon Short Line and an the tho Chicago und nd Northwestern were today toda noti notified notifIed fied tied of the time decision and anti also of oi the time assignment of tho the case for hearing on June Juno 0 The Tile railroads will on July Tul 1 I put Into effect In accordance with tho tIme do de decision of the commission lon what are known as 13 class rates from Pacific coast points to Spokane which are IG 16 23 per cent lower than the pres pros present present ent rates mates The Thie also will sIll put into effect at that thai time line the time commodity rates from the east cast to Spokane S which are much lower than the present rates ratos but not as low In proportion i as those ordered by the commission a Commissioner Prouty Prout stated today that time the commission had bad declined to express any opinion either olther way as to lo lotho tho the reasonableness of the reductions In time the rates from the time Pacific coast and In tho the commodity rates ratos from tho the east to Spokane that question having been deferred for the lie future The purpose of tho time proposed hear hearing hearIng ing is to allow any nn possible objection that may be he made to tho the filing of the rates rat on short time notice