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Show (1) It has established general offices in Salt Lake City and is the only important steam line having general offices in Utah. 1 (2) It built the first railroad into the ! state and acquired, maintained and improved the Utah Central, first line into Salt Lake City. , . . (3) It employs 5000 persons in Utah. ! Annual payroll $7,488,125.95 Taxes paid in 1921 ... 996,560,23 Rents paid in 1921 . . . 77,794.72 Total ... . $8,562,480.90 Included in the 1921 taxes were inher- Iitance taxes paid to the state by stockholders of the Union Pacific, $71,774.91. Since the incorporation of the Union Pacific inheritance taxes on "its stock have been paid to the state amounting to 1,900,000, a part of which was used in building the State Capitol. By-far the greater part of the expenditures for wages and supplies have found their way into Utah's factories, stores and other establishments. estab-lishments. 1(4) The headquarters for the Dining Car 'and Hotel Departments are in Ogden, where commissary supplies for the entire system are purchased. (5) "-..The Union Pacific has expended not less than $500,000 in the last ten years in ad- vertising Utah. This advertising has been in the form of newspaper displays, illustrated lectures, lec-tures, descriptive folders, booklets and leaflets. Every advertisement of Yellowstone Park and tVe Western Entrance bears reference to Salt lake City or Cjcen or Utah. Ninety per J cent cf the travelers w'io enter Yellowstone 3 Park over the Union Pcdfic rails visit Ogden or Sr.lt Lake City or I oth. Every through I traveler to Southern California is urged to stop i in Utah. (6) The free Ogden-Salt Lake City side I trip was established by the Union Pacific Sys- tern. This side trip was not abolished by the' I Union Pacific, but was discontinued under 1 Government Control. The Union Pacific was I not inimical to its reestablishment, and was the 1 first to reinstate it. (7) The Union Pacific Purchasing Agent in Salt Lake buys material and supplies in large quantities from Utah's mines, manufacturers and merchants. In the first eight months of 1922 the gross value of Union Pacific purchases pur-chases from concerns located in Utah, or maintaining main-taining offices in the state, aggregated $4,-982,732. $4,-982,732. (8) At Ogden are the headquarters of the Gunn Supply Co., which furnishes the section labor and commissary supplies to maintenance of way employees. This company, in the year ending September 30, 1922, made total purchases pur-chases of $325,999.42. Its total payroll was $91,152.84. (9) The Union Pacific is now committed to a program of development of the industrial and scenic resources of southern Utah, involving involv-ing the expenditure of approximately $5,000,-000. $5,000,-000. The plans include construction of the Delta-Fillmore and the Lund-Cedar branch lines, the former being already under way; the taking over of the Cedar City Hotel, the con. struction of hotels at Zion National Park and Eryce Canyon. The construction of branch lines with all their appurtenances and requirements require-ments will involve the expenditure of around $3,000,000. The total hotel program now 1 practically decided upon will mean an expen- 1 diture of some $2,000,000, making a grand to- tal of $5,0C0,CC0. 1 I What the Union Pacific has done it will continue to do-assist do-assist the communities along its Una to grow and prosper. pros-per. It is a matter of record that no line has ever come under the control of the Union Pacific which has not been improved in facilities and service to the public. We shall furnish additional information from time to time SALT LAKE CITY " '-'L- v. , |