Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-15 | Page 5 | Favor Dismissal or Automobile Action

FAVOR DISMISSAL OF AUTOMOBILE ACTION SALT LAKE. April 15. Recommendation Recom-mendation for the dismissal of the complaint of tho Utah Automobile association as-sociation ngainst the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Hallway company and other defendants regarding' rates on refined products of petroleum from the nildcontlnent field, Colorado, Wyoming, Wy-oming, California and Utah points, is made in a report proposed to the interstate in-terstate commerce commission by .Examiner .Ex-aminer Richard T. Eddyof Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. A copy of the report reached Salt Lake yesterday. The finding 'of Examiner Eddy is that the rates In question are not shown to bo unreasonable or otherwise other-wise in violation of the interstate commerce act. It' is further held that they do not unduly prefer tho LTtah Oil Refining company to the prejudice of the Utah State Automobile association. associa-tion. When the hearing was held, H. W. Prickett appeared for the complainant, complain-ant, Walter R. Scoot, and Clifford Thomas for the Western Petroleum Refiners' association; W. H. Follanii for the city of Salt Lake, intervener, and E. N. Clark, George II. Smith. J. G. McMurray, G. H. Baker, H. W. Klein and J. V. Lyle foe the director general of railroads and other "defendants. "de-fendants. oo