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Show UTAH WILL GAIN By EXPOSITIOI Dispatches received yeBtcrday contained con-tained a great deal of news which will bo Joyously received by the people of this city, of tho stato of Utah, and, In fact, of the entire West. First came the announcement that San Francisco had received the endorsement of congress con-gress as tho Panama exposition city in 1915. This will mean much for Ogden aa this city is so located, from n railroad standpoint, that a very large percentage percent-age of the Eastern visitors to the exposition ex-position will pass through tho junction junc-tion city. It not only means the Increased In-creased business, due to a heavy tourist tour-ist traffic, but also n large amount of advertising for the city, which Is, In itself, no small item. The other important dispatch was that pertaining to tho double-tracking of the Hnrrlman HneB. ThlSannounce-ment ThlSannounce-ment seems to fit In very nicely with that concerning the Panama exposition, exposi-tion, showing that steps will be taken at onco to handle the thousands of people who will pass over lines on their way to San Francisco. Tho action concerning the Improvements Improve-ments on the Harrlman was taken at a meeting of tho executive committees commit-tees of tho Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific lines when they voted vot-ed to complete double-tracking of tho lines from tho Missouri river to San Francisco. They also voted to double-track the Oregon Short Line from the junction with tho Union Pacific at Granger, Wyoming, to Huntington, Oregon, also the line along the Columbia river In Oregon to Portland. The cost of tho double-tracking as determined upon by tho officials, will aggregate upward of $75,000,000. which will be distributed distrib-uted over a period of five years. Further Information concerning tho proposed Improvement was received by this paper In tho following Associated Asso-ciated Press dispatch from Now York last night- In a statement occompanying tYc announcement of the double-tracking project, President Robert S. Lovett commented on the reasons which had Impelled the roads to roach thelr'de-clsion thelr'de-clsion and declared the belief of himself him-self and his associates that present conditions considered unfavorable to the railroads, were but temporary. President Lovett said that by JulyNl the lines west of Omaha would have about G30 miles of double tracks. "The entire country served by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems," Judge Lovett continued in his statement. "Is developing rapidly Indeed, It Is only In Its Infancy and wo are convinced that Its growth in population and Its agricultural and commercial development must continue; con-tinue; and It is our purpose to provide, pro-vide, If wo can, transportation facilities facili-ties necessary to accommodate tho growing business. "True, the outlook In many respects is unsatisfactory. With an increase of wages all along tho line, with the right to Increase our rates suspended by law, and further regulation and hostllo legislation threatened and with Investors still timid and asking high rates for money required by railroad companies, it may seem a tlmo for curtailment rather than increased expenditures ex-penditures by railroad managers. "But we believe this unfavorable condition is temporary. The growth and developments of the country, at least that portion of It served by our lines, is hound to continue. Nothing can stop it long. Wc nre sure it needs our railroads and all these facilities we aro going to prlvlde. "We believe that in tho long run tho people are going to treat railroad investments in-vestments just as they treat all other Investments for the development of that section. They can not afford anything any-thing else. "If wo wait until all difficulties aro out of the way wo shall probably find our lines falling behind Instead of doing do-ing their sharo In the development of the growing country In which they arc situated. Wc have kept abreast thus far and we Intend to continue that policy as long as wo can, rcgorTJlcss of temporary disturbances of auv kind. "Plans for the construction of a number of extensions and new lines tributary to the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific in the West and Northwest, which for some time have been under consideration, wero also approved today, the expenditures therefor to, extend over a period of G years." nn |