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Show rm com mis 1 KGLECTED Bf I RAILROADS H , SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 12. With a view to substantiating the charge that discrimination -was practiced by the railroads to the extent that while an adequate car supply was furnished to tm copper mines the coal mines of Utah were neglected, the complainants in JM the suit against tho Denver and Rio Grande and other railroads put An-; An-; thony H. Godbe of the Prince Consoll-, Consoll-, dated Mining company, Pioche, Nev., H on the stand before C. R. Marshall, 'H t examiner of the interstate commerce commission today. mm' r G0(3bo said tnat the SaIt Lake iH Route had always provided an ade- jKl quate car service. He said that the 0utput of hiB company's mines aver- SKjfj aged 300 tons a day. The complaln- i ants charge that they have never re- jB ; celved a car servico as good as that fl furnished to tho Prince Consolidated f Mining company and other copper com- James Dalrymplo, state mine inspec-lH inspec-lH tor of Colorado, testified as to the pro-duction pro-duction of coal in Colorado, present-ing present-ing exhibits regarding tonnage and JB the number of days worked. JWr The complainants charge that Wy-jH Wy-jH oming and Colorado coal fields have, ; been favored in the matter of car sup-1H sup-1H Ply. They ask that the alleged dis-H; dis-H; crimination be romoved, that Utah Smm mines receive a better proportion of JH 1 cars and that damages be awarded for jk alleged neglect of the railroads to flBi furnish all cars needed In 1915 and 1 1918 and January and February 1917. |