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Show RAILROADS TRY TO GET INTRASTATE RATE INCREASE APPEAL TO INTERSTATE OOM- H MEROB OOMMISRIOrf H RefMsed Ralss Br State UMlMas H Board Case Is Carried to Body That Gave Tbom Interstate In- H crease Goal Prineipsl Item Ores H and Passenger Fares Next. H The imbbe ol Utah, a rtpreoentod H by consmners of coal, hiteni of or. H Iiaiaiiengers on electric inUrnriwn H lines and paaeenger between MM H ttoinla on steam linea, is wiving at the. H rale of $1JM)QJ0M a year bv reason of H the mbll utilities eommiesiun ' r- H fuMl to jiermtt iiicreanen intrnntnie H exactly as lermitteel by the ihtersUI H commerce eommisakm. This is AV H bleed from lentltwmy offered by tho H railroaela at the recent Inquiry inln H the reasons for the state nimnuniitMi'i B , order. The iminirV was held before VJ Kxaminer W. A. l)io,ue, for the in HBVJ i tenet ale eetmmeree eommiaaion. Roe HBVJ irds in the I lh ce have heen eosa- hbmh dleil and forwarded to Washington, BVJ i). ('., by the state eommiaawM. TVt HBVJ tah heanng, held prior to tho Ism- IBhJ nee of the atnle commission's order, HBVJ m made a part of the record in tho in- flHH leratale eae. HhU The rnilnssda presented testimonj VJ lo ahow that their revenues were be- ing ileerense.1 about 30,000 a yoar VJ by the stale commission's onler. Tho VJ drrreaxen eiwiied through the fatal BVJ to grant iueteases in lino with the IS a ler cent increase allowed ny tk fed- VJ eral commiasion on coal ami on ores, HBVJ and alsei the refusal to jiertnit eleetrie VJ interurban lines to inerease their IBVJ fares 'JO ier cent, or steam railruado to add the 'J er cent inenswo when VBpJ the iMtseenger fare already was mora than three eenU a mile. 'Pm nUwnns . assert ea that tnc lUcrataM tern I X M sinn's order waa baeod on a benrlng V when revenue neatters were discount, and that the amended t ranswrtntitw set gives the federal rommission ww- BV ene tranaennding thimc of state ennt- BVH misieions or leginlnlun-s with regard BS to reasonable rule" BBS Bought at Mint Fries. BBB The coal eomMiee of Utah nave BBS for years leougbt their eoal at mino BBB prices, and have included in the retail BBB pnee of I he eoal n very deflidle BBB amount per ton for the freight. As BBB the freight rale advanced, the prteo BBJ of coal advauced. The rale on eoal BBB from the Carbon county fields ta Salt BBB Uke City is ftLKi for lump and M BBB for slack. The meres by the inter- BBB elate commerce commission, if allow BBB ed intrastate, would have increased BBB the rale on lump lo llf and that BBB on slack ....2tl Hales to olher noinli BBB differ with the dim a nee and the BBB tramqtortatiftn taciltties. Hut the big BBB Hem of the W,(MSi,(HMi increase is ret- BBB enues eetimated by the railroads waa BBB predahly in the eoal freight rates. BBB Utah nil ite produce annuallv wore BBB than fi.OOri.fMH) tons, but not all of this BBB ne in intrastate traffic. The tonnage BBB of oies handled in Utah is also very BBB large, and this was the next largest item, if not larger than the eoal rales. BV The inieruiiwn traffic is largely a BBB puwtengcr carrving, and the refusal BBB of the eeimmiweion lo permit the elec- trie road to increnM was of import- Hiieti to them, but did not form so Bfl large a art of the total revenue em tailed |