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Show . tAriKdLo Arc 1 Great y Increased, Accord. ng to KpU of the Santa fe Chicago, Aug. 30 It would cost $579,000,000 to reproduce the Santa i Fe railroad system, according to thy testimony of E. P. Ripley, who was npaln In the w.tuess chair when the , Interstate commerce rate hearing was , resumed In tho federal building today. ' The hearing is lor the purpose of determlnlrg tho Justice or otherwise of the freight rate advance which tho railroads have scheduled for November Novem-ber 1. On the evidence adduced, tho com-miss. com-miss. on will rule for or against tho advance. Mr. Ripley added that approximately ap-proximately f4.VoO.000 t.f the railroad's rail-road's property was represented by franchises. He stated that, tor the year 11)10. tho road would pay $2,000,-000 $2,000,-000 for labor In excess of the sum paid the previous year. Mr Rlploy estimated Increases In operating expenses at ?r., 200. Hon for tho fiscal year 1910, as compare! with 1909 Cost of maintenance of way during the same period Increased $1.000 000 he su.d. "Out of each dollar received by the road about 70 per cent goes back to the general public In one way or another," an-other," said Mr. RIplev. |