Show A THE pacific IC railroad commission Commis siou in owan TIES TAKEN on union pacific business S at this point FREIGHT ON SALT A few items item on this important local matter A OTTY question how bood can be shipped to salt fth bit lak city ini belc back tor for nothing explanation the racille railroads Kail roads commission appointed by congress to inquire into the working and management of the subsidized roads returned from salt lake city to ogden aa as per appointment yesterday the train arrived here at 2 p m and the party forthwith repaired to the chamber of commerce room here where a was s held the gentlemen of the commission Commie bion are hon R E pattison chairman D F littler tattler and E ellory anderson mr diaries charles F I 1 young acts ad as secretary and john IN morris forris statis bician there ere are other minor officials the part party occupying three can a P 11 shelby of he the U P was leo mere bome other rail road officials the directors room ortho chamber of commerce Com merco was well filled with business men while the meeting was 1 in session lion ilon 1 U ir 1 peery wits ft as the tile first wit lie a examined lie hia hid 53 relations with the union pacific for many man years airs has sent large ties of flour flo ir over the tile road the facil idea for the tile transaction of busine bue ineis 39 here hao have been bad in CO 60 ISO acrea of land were given p en to the union pacific and central pacific baat by 06 ogden den people wi with th the expectation t that suitable lepot lewi building would bo be erected here lt bince that tune time the people of og 09 len who vave that land hae have been s 11 t disappointed the ions are poor many persons have b been n billed killed hero there are no sanitary conven f nees while the freight frei glit jovanta advantages ire ery very poor I 1 mr pe beey e I 1 then lien rite ge rf ed d the concession of fifth lh St to tho requests of tile railroad ill company through P L williams illiam local actor ney tile commencement of tho the work ft orb on the depot was called to the lie attention of tho tile comal a a sion ille stop paga of work was nas referred to there aag has as lieen been a strong feeling thit that th it hero there are discriminations aganina the town mr anderson afkend if the disc ani W was 5 against tile city as a whole w hole or whether it was adaina in d vidual shippers in in faor favor of others mr peery replied hit that there have been arg this tin bind kind aim also that tho the N whole hole city has twit discriminated against in favoron of bait salt lale like city for instance wheat could be in in provo but cannot be shi shipped 1 ped ti 0 ain ian on the same favora ble conditions condition i that it can be gent sent to salt lake city ily but shell and other merchandise mer chandice dil la is bent sent to salt sal t cake city as cheaply as it can be ba ent tent t to ogden witness has heard that chatz Z C CM af I 1 and mr 1 kiesel had a rebate on dry while others have not been so favored adored this however 1 ia is only a rumor th the central fic is equal equally y bound with w ith the union pacific to go on and build the depot in atif to patterson mr peery paid that the land was ilona ted to the union and central pacific railroads railroad to chairman patterson there are stock rde here they are supplied with vay hay by J al pee dee T to mr Vitt littler ler there arc are two corn panice panics dealing dealin in in coal here only one of the companies hock springs si ange coal L B adame w waa n a sworn and testino fled fled that lie fie has do done much chipping shipping in years past in all his dealings with nith the campany company everything eert lung was a pat i factory with the exception of the salt busine s octine to the tile favors shown by the union pacific to a salt alt lake competitor mr adams finally had to eeli gel out his bait salt breine nl at a lose loss salt st at that time vi was as ta or 3 50 per ion ton the frei freight rate waa was 35 F per ler ton to butto butte montana the chief demand for salt is ie irin principally northward witness docs does not know for certain that any U 1 P officers were interested with an any competing bilt salt companies he has belard heard that they were however it his haq been bern reported that there were discriminations in in the grain bu business Ainess but witness knew nothing POI tVa 1 about bout this alii john al dee W as baom has ilas brentin been in here for 14 years he ile iq ia employed employ ed by the U P comp my to care forthe for the stock yards lie ile as all ill the profit he cin can make on feed ing the animals for hay bay lie p pays on Is an sin average 10 per ton in fee feeding ing it out it brings M 20 therefore for caring ing tor for the yards 5 ard he makes the difference between 10 and 20 ire 11 gives a bond for tile proper care odthe of the no railroad officer has any interest in the agreement with tile CO company X ny t witness also carries the mails for 5 the companies sidney siemens stevens was called and worn has been engaged in in business hero here seventeen enteen or eighteen years eare tho the accommodations i c T 8 for shipping ling have been and a are r e limited much citra labor and time are required to transact balile s witness had a roan inan nearly killed a few years sin binco cc owing to the bad baa accommodations for unloading freight here com havo have been made and promises of amendment given witness arrangements for shipping with the companies are probably I 1 the 0 as those made with nith ins ills competitors peti tors ho lie has always alvi as paid the il 1 hed rate he ile has complained about b t the rates but lias aas cover never applied for fora it rebate in order to nhip southward it lias bas d witness better to nhip ship goods toj to 9 baid alt lake city and then bale bae them reshipped to their dee tov in shipping ang northward salt lake sen sends ds goods vl s at athe the same figures a ogden 1 mr itaro haa has never hurt an explanation for thi lie H doea does not know m why hy salt lake city has ha been given tho tile preference inconis inconsequence of of this tusi neam ia in ogden has been three years past pat fitness witness does not known that the railroad companies comi anies havo bave done any thing bre here to influence elections clec tiong or ligi elation to mr littler the chief officers of the utah central are residents and property erty owner owners in lake uke city and are tead te td in that tha t city against og don a a fil 3 one no ili thing witness c cannot under der L 1 ill i hoft f I 1 t can bo be t taken I 1 le n t salt 9 1 lake city and back as I 1 it la is bothin nothing mr r fittler you lent cant understand that it ie is pretty hard to understand bant it ap p p shelby was asked if ho he explain pi sin that the gentleman leman took seat f in 1 the witness e chair end and that the rates to ogden and arid salt I 1 city from the river are tho the same U P therefore endeavors enda mira to make sime same s ime conditions outward from lie the citie the utah gentril is is not en in the control of the U P U 11 h n vedi dictated elated the imana manae emerit xit he of he utah central beyond a certain limit the tile union pa cm efte conever ho never lias hus endeavored to persuade the utah central man ager nent to give to ogden the fame adv advantages atila eft south of 0 salt lake city cit as so i alt lake city enjoys enois north of 0 0 ogdan ian in he the mitter matter of freight rates wis tins will probably bably be attended to in a few djs eshelby rS air mr helby explained explainer that theu the V 11 I 1 hia has not riot discriminated a den ten in in favor of salt lake city the mann company ty h has 3 s endeavored ende nored to place both tit cities cs on an equal basis bais alderman in dee dei testified to the feel mss in in the community ilyin in regard to the file ti of athe the r railroad companies 0 m int not riot building au suitable bitable st structures r uc tures freight and passenger accommodations are meager in fact great danger exists and several people have bare 1 been n killed dee handed the tile chairman a of he the company for the tile closing of fifth I 1 fifth street ono of the members remarked hat that the commission could give no immediate relief in this matter and it would not be wise wise to make the record too ton voluminous on the subject lion joe jos A west testified that lie fie ae as a member of he the utah salt compa ny put in in a hid bid for eau salt to bo be put on the cars for the north at fla 1 75 per ton the bid was not accepted and it was afterwards atter wards reported that the contract was vi as awarded to another firm at a higher figure ibe the chairman mado made some inquiries in regard to lie file coal business mr west said the tile koa rol springs coal is handled through an agent no one ea can receive rock springs coal at the same price as it is is furnished to the ag agent e n t sir J kiesel was called Is leen eni gage rai merchandising and is is interested in in the salt business at first the I 1 J kiesel co f bought salt and resold it for 1 or una this 2 2 per ton was paid for 10 toni and 50 for all aalt after that after tins this the adams A kiesel falt salt F alt company was a formed and falt was ft as to be taken from syracuse syracuse yra cuse on tie the condition that a a bathing resort that would compare favorably fior ably with aith he tile oilier resorts on the lake should be built by the salt company there v ere no other particular conditions the tile railroad company wai lo 10 stand elan 1 in and make a of the report resort they were ft ere to pay part of the tile expenses of advertising to run trains etc the ile profits of lie the company would accrue in in hauling passengers rs hero here sir mr kiei invited aaseng tho the commission to visit Sra syracuse cuse the testimony continued theuay the pay for w the salt is sometimes elow it as olhava in cash cah to mr anderson ader on the bills do not in a show the price of the salt to 0 ho ba ta ta anstead stead of fa when 1 hen the palt salt readies reaches ogden it is is worth fa tho the syracuse railroad railto id gets tl 11 per ton for laft ling it to ogden kt t oden salt for or the north has to bo be tr in inferred to narrow gu ghigo ge car carr probably coven or eight t t lou ind and tone tons of alt talt t hao hae been delivered under the present con tract in answer to 0 o air L littly Litt merl lT mr his paid said that it was his opinion that inythe the union pacific should be giran further urther time with mith a reasonable rate of interest at to pay its indebted indebtedness to the government go eminent to sir Pit tereon klesal slid the U J P should lie ila given agn en an opportunity to develop the tile country on being asked bo bolever hovie wever cr whether it would make iny any difference if it w as the lie 11 I 1 the IT 1 P or r any other roid road that was ft as extended sir mr fiesal 9 iid aid no E T laniski agent arent of lie tile U 11 nt at oden ogden wai e examined x am n e ho ile gives tile lie customers of tho the U P no other inducements thai that the rates the thorold road makes he lie issues no pases pas sees es nor makes ally I rates it ness anade the arrangement arrangements ith J adee M dee to look after the stock yards lie ile fixed the price at VO 20 be clue that had been the figure set by ins arede c asor to sir mr andersen anderson in tn addition to forwarding forwar dm the stock mr ir dee has to water them and care for them while he y re remain in here the 1 profit crofit mr dee dee makes 11 is only a fair remuneration m for his services if ta the e place was a a vacant tac int here mr si doubted ou tc d if ho lie could fill it again agai at a t better e I 1 ter terms david kay testified that I 1 lie to has bas never had a special freight rate for himself over the U P he ile lias has not riot had bad a rebate of late years the practice of piling giving rebates was discontinued when ben the companies pooled mr kay explained that shippers here arc are much injured inured by low through rate it is possible for prodoc pro duc an and grain to be shipped froma to colorado at a lower rate than they a can in be 1 shipped I up e d from utah tile shipments of grain from utah are very cry large aar A 11 nelson nenon secretary of the utah salt company testified to the fl er of the company to sell pell salt to the railroad company for 1 I 1 75 j 5 per to ton n the salt w would guid be del delivered v r e rr fifteen miles north of ogden on the utah northern ISor thern over which road the bulk of the salt goes goo wherein herein the railroad company now pas pays P 3 per ton for salt delivered in ogden oden parlon to facilitate alie shipping of salt at 1 75 per ton from the utah salt Comra nys pre ches a switch rods VAR ions long m have been ne cessare the offer was rejected and thecil the railroad company ta s now pe per r ton for silt salt de delivered livereT in ogden and built a switch upwards of five miles in in length to facilitate its tran transportation n aar nelson neaon in in reply to a cr 0 of I 1 the commission said he w was as in in favor of the proposition made by mr ad amm to the government in regard to the indebtedness of the union pacific namely an extension of the time when the indebtedness edns should be paid with reasonable rate of interest tit crest this would pe give the railroad an op ty to in i n developing tho the country to make improvements etc there being no other testimony to offer I 1 ho commission adjourned at the conclusion of the meeting tho the commission went to the depot and they left for the west last even ins it is probable the next meeting will lo 10 held at virginia city |