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Show II S. P. REDUCES I FREIGHT RATES Reduction as Published By, Standard-Examiner Is Confirmed. ' Reduced freight rates on nil com- j! modi ties under class rates moving tc S points In western Ctah and Nevada j from Sai( Lake .tnd Ogden averaging 25 I'f r cent and ranging a high afl 50 pel rent rue ftnnOlini ed by lit"! Soiflh- ern Pacific effective Novefber I. This p t confirms the reduction as exclusively announced In Th Standard-Kxn miner three weeks ;iro in on Interview with h o. W. Luce, freight traffic manager ' of the Southern Pacific. These rates have been decided upon by the Southern F'aeifle railroad after jljv consultations with the traffic service 5' 1 bureau of Salt Iako City and the 0'' , public utilities commission of Nevada iy and Utah. jj The new rates will form a complete revision of those now In effect In the jj region from the top of the Sierra No-1 I vada mountains eastward to western 1 Utah, and will iron out the present; wide blanket of class rates and givsl I to the Nevada communities and to Ok- I den and Salt Lake City relatively the, same rates as apply for similar hauls! jiitj from Sacramento. ! 1 To Its branch line points In Nevada, I the Southern Pa lin will establish rer I ' atlelv th'? same scale of rates .as to f main line point ol.ser v i n-c t he prin-' h ' c:ple followed for branch line hauls' thsn for main line hauls. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY , The new rates will become effective! M ' as quleklv as possible to prepare new, it1 tariffs, estimated to he about Novem- hj her 1 With the Installation of the new rates n more con it .a 1l hnsi will1 It be established on all class freight mov- B Ing into Nevada and western I't.ah from Salt Lake City and Ogden Hj ! Although the reduced rams will ap- H'f' J ply 0,1 a" c'RSea 01 freight, the fol- I'jJ lowing first-cIasS rates are lllustra HV(1 I'Tom Ogden and Salt Lake City to H j ' Teeoma. Nevada old rates, $1 uT new Wt : : rate. 73c. reduction, 34c. percentage K " i of reduction 32. From Ogden and Salt B Lake City to Elko old rate f'1.48, new j'Jfj rate. J 1.05 '-j: Reduction, 42c, per- H- centage of reduction. 29 From uden H ) and Salt i,ake to Wlnnemucca, old hyfl 1 ate. $1 74 Vi : new r ite. Si 4 1,f. re- Ej J'l dtlCtlon, 33c. percentage of reduction ' 19. From Ogden and Salt Lakl ( if K i to Lovelock old rate. 11.166; new l j, rate ?1 r.S1;. reduction, 58c. percent Hi Ft! age of reduction. 2 7 SAIT AND CEMENT BENEFIT Hj'-Sj The Southern Pacific has also up- : H 5 pMed for authority to puoiish a rate 1 Bj ' m of $3 SO a ton on salt fur export from Dm Cosmos, rtah, to s.m Francisco, The Ht? present rato between these point-; Is IjV) $6 a ton Dsn The Fnion Pacific system yesterdav j '4 announced an emergency rate on 1 tali jjS cement to Portland. Ore. The plan IjL Is to put this rate into effect October li 16 and continue it until January II IB 1923 The rate fiom Salt Lake. City! j I Devil s Slide and Rakers will tie 30 If? efnts for 100 pounds, as against the IS present rate of 58 cents for 10. y pounds. I y Tt ls said to be decidedly unusual IL for Utah cement 10 go to Portland bill that this is needed In an emergent JUl 'or building there, .and that the l tah l.Hi cement will be handled and delivered i& fo customers by Portland manufac- iSi turers rtah factories are said to mix- ve about 200.-000 barrels f cem ffPl on hand and will be glad to take ad- F vantage of the emergency shortage 111 j in Oregon |