Show LONO AND SHORT 1 the union southern pacific santa fe kio gradde and rio grande western roads have made application to the interstate commerce commission for a suspension of the junr and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act upon goods carried westward from denver pueblo colorado springs and trinidad colorado and give a reason why their application should bo granted that the water competition and the competition of the canadian pacific railroad out of chicago to pacific coast points make it impossible for the roads running west of denver to give intermediate points to the coast a rate sufficiently low that the charges for the haul would not be greater on lie long haul than the rate given by water or the canadian pacific to ahe coast if their request is granted the roads will charge as much or more from ogden to san francisco as from denver to the coast this may u bood thing for denver though we doubt ir but ogden and intermediate points will suffer the application is to be heard on december ogden business men and shippers should make a protest |