Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-26 | Page 7 | Rio Grande Answers Coal Rate Charges

j Rio Grande Answers Coal Rate Charges Answer to the alleKatlons made by I the Ramberger Electric Railroad com-jany com-jany in Its case filed some tlmo aRO with the commission uRnlnst the t tali Ratlwa) company and others, in which It Is sought to have a Joint rata established es-tablished between railroad lines delivering de-livering eoaj to Ogden. was filed yesterday yes-terday by A. R. liuldwln. receiver for the lienver & Rio Grande railroad It wns alleged by the plaintiff company com-pany that because of the absence 01 a Joint rut' a dela of from one to five days was incurred in the delivery of iii.il in ugden yards, hecauso of the necessity ne-cessity of transfer. Mr. Baldwin in ins wni:r denies th..t tin re is any pliy.-i-cal connection hetween the Ramberger lln olthef at Salt Rake or Ogden and tbe Denver & Rio Grande railroad. Mr Baldwin admits that there Is no joint or through rate over the lines of ither the defendant or plaintiff companies, com-panies, and asserts that there Is n neoessita for the establishment of rates other than are now provided. While he is not Informed concerning the quantity of coal shipped over the lines of specific routes referred to in the complain', of the plaintiff company, com-pany, he denies that the cstahlithiii' nt of suggested rates In the amended complaint would save from one to five days In the transportation of coal hauled haul-ed bv any of the lines concerned In the case instituted by the Bamberger company. He further denies that public convenience con-venience or necessity demands the i-s-tablishment of through or Joint rates, and says that the establishment of such rates would not be fair and reasonable rea-sonable from the standpoint of the defendants. de-fendants. He asks dismissal of the caSe by the utilities commission.