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Show dm, pat uh on tho back and tell us whai. good friends wo are, and then thrust a knife in our backs. That la just about what the railroads do to Ogde-n. It is time that the people of Ogden were .waking up and demanr-lng demanr-lng a fair deal from l ho railroads. "1 hope It will not be necessary to call for volunteers to ear up Mr. Bamberger's rails adn carry tbcm out- , Bide of the city limits. "Tho new general passenger agent of tho Bamberger Hue says he was I 'not aware of tho fact that there was such a clause in the franchise.' Even if there was not, there Is not one good reason why Salt Ixike City, .should , get. a better rate for tho eame. nuxnbcr of miles and the same .service, than Og-. den receives." iMSCRiMINATING AGAINST OGDEN Bamberger Road Offering' More Favorable Rates . From , Points in Davis County to Salt Lake Than to Ogden Mayor is. Demanding- a Fair Deal For This City. (Interview, with Simon Hamburger In Weekly Reflex, Farmlugton), in a recent communication to tbe Option City Council, Mayor Glasmatia charged thy Hamberger Hallway company com-pany with discrimination against Og-len, Og-len, and threatened to take steps j looking to the nullification .f the company's com-pany's franchise, except amends be ' lorthcumin j, Mr. Clnsninun Is quoted as representing repre-senting to the council that Ogde-n natrons nat-rons were charged $l.Cu lo ride to Farmlngton. while between Salt Lake . and Farmlngton (the distance 13 about ' tho same) the fare Is only f.O cents. As the Indications lend to the snp-i snp-i position that the Ogdtm fight might ' possibly result In a rale of fare for ' Davis county people, an Interview v.ns had with Mr. Bamberger, who stated that it was true that Ogden, through Mayor Glusinann, was rnaklnj unnipwhat of a fight against his com-, com-, pany. Referring specifically to the charge of Mr. Glasniaun, he said, "that the mileage from Ogden to Farming-ton Farming-ton was one-fourth ?reatcr than from Salt Lake to Fartnlngtou, and the. one-way 'fare on thij end was simply i forced upon him by corupetftig' rall-l rall-l roads and did not afi'ect but a small portion of the public, as most of the i people who ride on (he railroad buy, ' b'johs, and their fare cos's them only 1 "-i cents per mile." i ; Mr. Barnherper also stated that Mayor (Jlasniaun failed 1o remind hla council, that while the faro to Ia- Joinlng Salt Lake and Ogden; that his health was somewhat broken and he desired to arrange his buslnova affairs af-fairs with as little complications as possible. Therefore had concluded to do away with the ticket and nse the mileage book as much as possible, thus avoiding' the necessity for num-cic.ii". num-cic.ii". employes to handle 1he. proceeds pro-ceeds and make booking therefor. In answer to the question, what effect ef-fect the Ogden figM might have, tho statement was. made that if Mr. Glas-mann Glas-mann persisted in his fight, which really meant but very little. If anything, any-thing, to the people of Ogden, be would raise the faro on this end to correspond. It would seem from the very nature of things that the proper thing for patrons of the Bamberger - line to do, would be to use mileage books, and in case where a family s not In a position posi-tion to purchase a book, Join with relativos or neighbors. ' However, most people who ride regularly, will find It to their advantage to purchase a book. The above interview with President Bamberger of. the Salt Lake L Ogden railroad was 6hown to Mayor Glas-mann, Glas-mann, and, after readlDg it, he 9aid: "I see that Senator Bamberger says that if I should persist ,iu my fight it would mean very little, if anything, to Ogden. but would force the raising of the fore on the Salt Lake, end of the road. goon (Farmlngton) and return wa the same for Ogden as for Suit Lake, tho distance was rine-fouith greater. Speaking of the mileage books, tho assertion was emphatically iriada that there was not another railroad in tho United States of like stability and equipment that was giving Its patrons hourly eervloe through country dis-1 dis-1 rlcts for 1 A-4 cents per mile; that all of the raJlroadfi ibat had been mjolned by the courts to frlve 2-cont mileage, had been released from juch i-ullng. 1"ne fare from Ogden on tho , mileage system would be exactly 35 ceats each way, and any person who would object to paying 35 cents for a 20-mile ride over a dustless, smokeless road, he considered unreasonable. Mr. Baralx-r?er was here reminded that, in nrdor for a person to ride fnr this price, they were required to advance SS.7.". for a mileage book. Mr. Bnn-.bruor replied that this would not work a hardship on anybody but Iho-vcry poor clas.ses, and they do not ride often. TTio 'Refiex' was arj-ihorized arj-ihorized to state thtt families could Join toqet'ner and purchase books and Hlterrtately use them. They would be honored by tho railway employee from any person, just an cash would bo. The books now issuou", purposely hnve oinlited the name of the purchaser. pur-chaser. Therefore a hook may be pnssod to any number of persons. ?Wchaius, If they chooso. could loan i their book to patrrns nd chargp them only for the book rate of mileaze. A'hen asked for his reasons for making so much difference between Hie mileage bock and the ticket, Mr. Rambonrr replied, that he had spent twejty years of the hey-day of his life in perfecting an up-to-date svstem 1 am sorr that Senator Bamberger Bamber-ger looks at the matter In that llgt, I havo carefully gtudid the rateo that Mr. Bamberger makea on his roaa For instance, if a man at Fnrmington wants to go to Salt Lake City and return re-turn ho can buy a ticket for CO cents tbe round trip. If this Fbrmiugton man wants to po to Ogden and return be has to pay 51.30 for tbe ticket I wa3 mayor of the. city when the franchise fran-chise was granted to Mr. Bamberger, and the franchise distinctly sav, 'The rate from Ogden to Farralngtou and return shall bo the same as from Farming-ton to Salt Lako and return. "It may mean little in Mr. Bamberger's Bamber-ger's way of thinking, but we want this rate. Not only .that, but from auy station in Davis county a person can buy a round trip ticket for a price and a half to Solt.Lake City, while to Ogden, from the same place, tho Pavis county people will have to pav doublo price for the ro-jnd trip, anc the schedule for Davis county has boen fixed up in such a way that Ogden Og-den gets the worst of it all alone. "The franchise which permits Mr. Bamberger to enter Ogden says that 'Ogden shall receive the same rate per mile granted to Salt Lake City from any station on the lino." Instead of doing that, Mr. Bamberger has his rates fixed so that the people find .: more prolltcble to go to Salt Lake City than to Ogden. In other words. Mr. Bamberger, seeing all the ,otb.or railroads discriminating against Ogden, Og-den, decided, notwithstanding hla agreement with Ogden City, to also discriminate againfit Ogden. It mar mean very little to .Mr. Bamberger. ' ' JT-tt'"-- vovy tired of having the rjallraod officials come up to Og- |
