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Show HEARS ARGUMENT ON FREIGHT BILL i Svral coal dealers and railroad I officials were heard bv Governor jesterday relative to the executive action on the senate bill relating to the freight charges on lump coal The coal dealers are hoping to have the i Mil become a law. while the railroad i officials do not believe that the bill Is a just one The bill requires the coal to be weighed at destination and the freight charges to be fixed in accordance ac-cordance with the destination weight The onlv railroad companj affe ted Ii3 the Denver fc Rio Grande company Walfleniar Van Cott, attorney for the company poke at length at j ester-day's ester-day's meeting, while E S Woodruff spoke in behalf of the coal dealers. The governor did not intimate what his action might be with reference to1 the bill. oo |