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Show GSfl:I F 'E2 l UNION PACIFIC'S' POSITION' I I 1 In Central Pacific Case I !S Sp6r!irreM KE ?EAS0NS" Promulgated by the Salt Lake Chamber of ! R Sg :;: Commerce Nov. 7, 1922, for retention of Central Pacific by Southern Pacific & I"" ? r "''a' VB5! ; :; : two Paralleling lK, AiSS wou,d t tnsportation. monopoly, because of the existence of V. J SVS : :: I "on of these two standard railroads tends to a cSSimS? SSrf fe; Ji?nnwCOmp0ftIthVnditl.?B' f monPo1 impossible. The omission of any men- ; lo J?B ii Commission to prevent discrimination ta St2 iSTiS J of Utah s valuable assets. No mention is made of tho power of the Interstate Commorco , : ;; ; CSm : ;; : that a fair return on that caSKl.1 nn'rt fZl Jl ,n if0 ,Baf eud wer lackJ- the investment of capital for the purpose of development would require ' j ;" i ' the 3nm ; J a t abIfl nCK Je oxista to fcreat iv S Mr88"? "atCS Were un"as?nly high. An extortionate rate basl? Would kill the business which X "' Ml' fromunreasonSblerntosS With competition provided by parallel lines, protection oil Part i, Ml: . rail lino domiSStion y Interatato Commerce Commission, and a fair return required on invested capital, the State of Utah need have no fear of : if 1 . :::: - . -:: ' . ifl ' l: : ??i RVHn ' J"T h?ld nn ,opcn 5ntSwiy, al sden as an invitation for the west ward extension of other railroads in Utah." ; i; L? t into : : : ' Thf status of1Jtho den gateway is made definite and certain by the official announcement of tho President of the Union Pacific System to the effect that " & ("dent bS 'i a s&tW would remain open. It would be clearly to tho interest of the Union Pacific-Central Pacific Lines to maintain an open gateway at Ogden east ' F- .., ;; - ndJi f? P?t'Mon with the Western Pacific, also with tho El PaBO Route and the Santa Fe on the south, so that all other lines in addition to tho Union I I J-. I i!c e&st1J den would continue, to bring traffic to that junction; and also roceivo it there from the Central Pacific eastbound. In other words, the Central : 'A ml i :; Pacific would welcome all the help it could act to moet this competition. " PUl ' refuged ( , . . . t fLT refusiajM;; Third -, . ir i.ai,i Mn.n.ifin. nino( T !" thcfla that tho cItJos of Salt Lake, Otcdcn and '- 1 rlil i?uJ!3XJS a. 4. urfonPaci(icVi.w.it. fasasSfflssstbSiSSK iii! h I'!' lones. ing up. "" 4 'j ;: After the testimony submitted in the Union Pacific A railroad has only one commodity to sell trans- V,',: J- J ojaS'itil ::i: and 5"thern Pacific unmprger case, the i Supreme Court portation. The value of the transportation is measured -..,, D t IIAt , , . "o I I n resntuH " " found there was no competition botween these routes. The h thn inai:t . ti. . n , , , rtfth Reauon: To prevent "the domination of :;; o on SJl : :: : Court went even further and specifically authorized the Dy th0 qmhiy of tho scrvicc- A rarad fa a business thia western twit (12th Federal Reserve District) by any ' I I re. : ; ; Union Pacific to acquire the Central Pacific. concern and when it builds Into a section of country and single transportation agency." ' '' I I J I'ntata thl i I' ' The S0"0"1 Pacific has never maintained through develops that section it establishes a mutual interest in Domination of this western unit by a single transpor- ; W. ' incartcjB'- competing rates between Utah and Oregon, nor between its development with all the people The Union Pacific tatlon agenoy is Impossible, because of competing linos ;;;; (J f 'enod '':: utah nnd Southern California via tho very much longer . Hevpinno m0t, t i,. j,.i a , - tt i. . now exiBtIng and which will continue to exist and com- ; ;. M J dins .:: route through Sacramento, the valuo of economy in trans- "aa develPed Idaho. It has developed northern Utah. It pot,f no mattr what dspoBltIon Is made of the Central 1 ' I 1 i)y0.w.B;;jj portation being thereby recognized. Ia developing southern Utah and will, if it operates the Pacific :;;; W 1 bedSSl If and when the railways of the United States are Central Pacific, develop western Utah and Nevada and Reference is mado to the financing bv Pacific Coast i:: H m co the tx-1 : i grouped (as provided by tho Transportation Act) into not with such development will find markets for tho products caPItal tho steel and other industries in Utah. A change ; ;- W 9 Myl more than twenty railway systems, it will be for the pur in ownership of the Central Pacific lino would not prevent :: tf -1SI poao of routing freight ovor the most direct lines, in order oi mo sections served. Without markets the capital in- tho Influx of capital from any section, as competitive '';; i Mm L!LttJl :;: that the cost of transportation may be kept at tho lowest vested would be barren of results. Competition between transportation conditions would still exist. As far as tho ;: t IS Z a v I !! practicable point, and that rates shall reflect economies of Tltnli nmi in qm,i. ir n it. - steel industry is concerned, the Union Pacific is the only " I i ita"iS : Perat,on' Railroad valuations as established by the In- ah and tho Sacramento Valley and Bay sections of Call- railroad that Is doTnganythff ''.: fl iora bv.l lit terstate Commerce Commission will become the basis of xornio now exists botween tho Western Pacific and Union Pacific ia starting to build a 05-mile line from Lund o W II nought.!;- fair and equitable rates, and traffic will be moved wher- Southern Pacific, parallel linos all the way. Competition to Cedar City to get the Iron oro and haul it to the Snring- ; f VI ;: ever practicablo by the shortest line between any two will always exist whether the Central Pacific is operated villo blast furnaces. It will Join with the other lines in :: 0 ..; points. n indmn,imf iu.j u. A t i T . making reasonable rntos on phr iron nnd other manufnc- ;;t 'H 'Til ;;:: T, fc" "rad 2TbLth.e U"Ion Pacific- tured articles out of Springville. Tho supposition that "" M ,f,S :: m , ,t 4I r by the Southern Pacific. Tho Western Pacific is an tho Union Pacific is trying or would try to stiflo the steel "J I Mi ommcBil :;: Fourth Reason : "To insure a market competl active and formidable competitor of the Central Pacific. Industry ia untenablo and nbsurd. Why should It? ;:;; VI romisij ;;:: t!on Lbettwewl wcstcrn and caBtern territories for Utah To illustrate: The Western Pacific on its own initlativo www ..if.i , tw , n, t -- ft .11 J ; ;; : Products." reduccd ratefl on coa from utah to the pjdfle Coast thug dMJd?S ThJutar'SlljSrhS - II "2K3l J : Thfa argUment Presupposes that railroad traffic men affordng a market for thoUflanda utflh ;oal ftf bffil totond l?blSl JtoSf "" i fl h5f i!ii Snnoretraft6 The Central Pacific can be operated on a self-support- erp Th element HM 1 I ;; SfSJ inSMa' " will be a keen competitor in California and gSSffl 0S by tt t!Kf5??S2 iiii 1 "arc? 1 : ; SITZ ?J?w2t2! SDJiJ&wioSS wiU' tho added solicitation by Union Pacific and lines Pacific, or is operated independently, then Utah offers a : : S fl 'n? iS! wSer east thereof, secure business which is now going to the 2S5S?BSS3SS!faS?ar "" fa - - - :ii M M i mission ready and willing to remedy rato maladjustments. Southern routes. All lines east of Ogden nnd Salt Lako ;': "fl ti, A It p iSmpeUiW5Uld5e HaIntaIw-T will be feeders to the Central Pacific. Tho Union Pacific ... . . J , "H ? fl .I If Pacific oporated independently, yet t important alter- toa nnufl1. nnnn, fun MmillWn on, nnnrflf lm , tufl Pnn Additional Facta Considered : "Tonnage figures j;o H a I J nat J7 h." Bli COi18Id0fr0f,! i fdont Carl R TJ M . J J n P? , . , , show that C2 of m Pacific business to and from - fl ,l : I ?2r.&Sh?1I; flf -fJ22 trfll PadfIC aB Bn ,ndepcndent raIlroad' but lfc ha3 P" California during 1921 moved through Ogden." " ., Grays statement of Juno 10, .922. posed and will continue to oppose, Its retention by the T. . ,, , .. . .. . u , ,. , j fl t -n'hB vnion p-eitio i. iiii-b to 'UDr it- c.nimi p.cifie .. ... . . . . . . ' . It is evident that these f igures havo been furnished M -roir; ; ; from b. south" p-oific. if film. r.bie t.rn-c.nb. Southern Pacific, for the very sound reasons set forth by to tho Salt Lako Chamber of Commerco by tho Southern ", M M iii -" IVITot Se".V?o r" Vn i"h tu.r"de.o oj the Supremo Court in Its decision. Tho Union Pacific will Pacific. Wo have no record of tho movement through El "j: I .M 'SOllHf ,, 1ho flimreme Court that It nhoUliU All the Union rNeltle ttIII nk ..... ... PaSO and no WAV of VpHfvintr tho flmirpq Tf thn nfnr- .' ' i :HH inniH I i timt th central I'ncuic bo Bimao ina.p.ndent ii. to b aid the Central Pacific to operate successfully as an In- o una no way oi vemying tno ngures. it tne lntor- ..,, H iPFMH ;;i opemtta ouch. na tht it it.rfor iu autie., tho cio m nn. wiwm iuni- u-m; nuawmuuj mi mation is correct, it furnishes the best illustration that ' , liH : : ?-,vnw.lVJtr3ter-.1?.t& ta'to'S.1 ..d " dependent railroad, to tho end that traffic unrestrained traffic when permitted to do so, moves via the shortest :! fl '; ft commj;ircoura"m?r..p.IB?:,V."f shall be permitted to move by tho most direct and short- fnd ? direct routo and where the best service is ob- $ . 'JH a cfH I wnu which it form, n oontuuouo trn-ontintai line, com- taincd. If tho solicitation instructions of tho Dircc- A ' ' ,9H ti. ; : -eUn w,th - 0""-" e3t route- mere yur treasure is, i here will your heart tor of Traffic of all the Southern Pacific lines have not S ffl ii H t The fear Is expressed that "Ogden, Salt Lake and bo also." The people of Arizona and New Mexico are not to resulted iq holding tho greater percentage of traffic mov- t ' f ul !;' it Provo wil1 become way stations" should tho Union Pacific b bl d f wantlnff Southern Pacific control of Central " to and.rom Eaatorn PJ"t8' ? ? Sunset-Gulf route, I f RH H J? acquire the Central Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande , ,,,,'. .. .. . . , . then it follows that an independently oporated Central :: Uimt ;;f Western-Western Pacific be acquired by somo other Pacific, and by the same token the thousands of people in Pacific would at once be In a self-supporting position. Tho lj; J) fl Jtr If '" 'X strong line. Growing cities like Ogden, Bait Lake and Novada and Utah should not be blamed for wanting tho fact is, however, that as lato as April, 1922, Director of : :; I i 13 ffl H ' 'X Provo are destined to become larger and more prosperous. rvtrAl Pnrific to havo the business it ia entitled to hv Traffic L. J. Spence admitted that tho Southern Pacific ; ; f I fl fl ;:f For the Union Pacific to do anything which would retard Central Pacific to have tno business it is onmiea to by was diverting all traffic possiblo via tho Sunset-Gulf 1 1 H ; r theIr development would be a contradiction of its record reason of its constituting tho shortest nnd most direct Route through EI Paso and Tucson. Regardless of the : " I I ' f ' B ' ,n tno Past and contrary to all good business principles. For route from central California to the east. proportion of tho business which is using tho Ogden and : :: ; r fl E . If several years, the Missouri Pacific, Denver & Rio Grando jj y. PLATT, El Paso gateways, tho conclusion Is inescapable ; ;; ; f j fl , J!? and Western Pacific were operated as ono connected con- General Manacer Union Pacific Sva torn and the Suprcmo Court in effect so found that if tho re- ;;; if fl fl :& tinuous lino from St. Louis to San Francisco likewise tho General mnager, umonyacmc bystom, straint of the El Paso-Tucson lino wore removed it would W ffl I ; Union Pacific and Central Pacific were oporated as one &aiC "lK0 lr. divert thousands of carloads via Utah that are now going '.'.V i Ifl ;; continuous lino from Omaha tn San FranciBco. It was dur- I J through Arizona and Now Mexico. t; M S i It is a matter of record that no line has ever come under the control of the Union Pacific which tl I M fl i ias nof fyeen improved in facilities and service to the public. ifl fl We shall furnish additional information from time to time. t:; J fl I Union Pacific System ' J 1 I SALT LAKE CITY , 111 S JttttWWooAM H 4MMVbVH(W flH BSSSSSSSSSSSSSSjSSMHiShiiotoo;ii I- - f a"ioh.. f "W ovj n ojo(pj('i,4OfoaioniiBoBajBjMBjpBnvH0VoO'qbBBjHv mmij . x4JrFjHS9HpSBSl fllillliflMfl 1w "-li.- iCggy ",jFt?n i I h I YQvSfrf'wjQLmllS |