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Show Railroads Show Big Returns on Utah Business I SALT LAKE. Dec. 5. Additional xhibits showing revenue derived by the railroads upon representative miscellaneous mis-cellaneous shipments to Salt Lake i from castprn points, were yesterday sent lo the interstate commerce commission com-mission by H W Prickett, manager of the traffic service bureau of Utah The compilation was made by Mr. j Prickett as a representative of the Salt Lake Commercial flub at the request' of Henry Thurtell, chief examiner of the interstate commerce commission,' to supplement statistics introduced at the hearing of the petition of the Iu-1 termediate Rate association for graded rates to Utah, held early in November at Salt Lake, Mr Prickett said. Extensive data was submitted bj Mr. Prickett in support of his contention for reduced rates. The combined net operating income of all federal controlled con-trolled team lines serving Utah dur-inc dur-inc the year ending December 21, 1918, 1 was more than 536 per mile of road in excess of the standard return, or the j years of 1915, 1916 and 1917 which the i government guaranteed the railroads when they were taken under federal control, fiecordinc to information sub- mitted by Mr. Prickett. Federal con-, trolled roads of the western district, ! which includes the territory west ol i Chicago, showed a deficit of $520 per mile compared with the standard return. re-turn. Mr. Prickett stated. Eastern railroads, he said, were 52362 per mile j below the standard, and those of the southern district exceeded it by $212 per mile. on |