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Show j Competition Not Destroyed i Bv II J-a7 II 2 II ! Central Pacific Separation o I I Western Pacific Competition Retained I I ; But El Paso Route Domination Removed ( I t .' I; 1 I1 I 5 The Central Pacific will not be another Colorado From 1901 to 1912 the Union Pacific controlled the I ,: Midland. The road will not be dismantled, nor will it Central Pacific, and practically all the substantial im- I lose anything except its Southern Pacific parent whose provements made on the Central Pacific during the I , jt chief interests are admittedly pledged in favor of an- present century were made within those eleven years I J other line (via El Paso) that does not come within 800 Not until 1909 was the Western Pacific through line I ' miles of Salt Lake City or Ogden. The Central Pacific established, so that most of these improvements were I 9. will gain independence, and later, if 'grouped with the made without the added spur of Western Pacific com- I j .Union Pacific, it will receive the support of a strong, petition. Should the Union Pacific again acquire the I, OC aggressive line definitely committed to the building of Central Pacific, it would maintain the same forward- I J a bigger and better Intermountain Empire. looking policy, and, unlike the Southern Pacific, would I The Union Pacific believes in competition. Were not be rested in the support of another route or the I I it the only line in Utah, it would have to make reason- movement of traffic via another line. I able rates to move the products of Utah to market in I ' competition with the products of other sections. If The Union Pacific supports the Utah steel indus- I t market competition were not sufficient, the Interstate trv te building a railroad 35 miles long to bring the iron Commerce Commission, with its vast powers, wpuld ?re to the main line thence to Springville, and will join I protect against unreasonable and discriminatory rates. in reasonaWe rates on the manufactured product out of jt Springville. I X x Be it remembered that the Western Pacific, a I standard railroad, parallels the Central Pacific' the en- ' The salvation of the Intermountain country dell de-ll tire distance through Utah, Nevada and California and pends on supplying manufactured and other products this insures to the shippers and citizens along the way to the Pacific Coast. If such products are purchased ; the benefits of active competition. No matter who gets in the east for Pacific Coast delivery, they will continue the Central Pacific, this Western Pacific competition to move via the Panama Canal, thus depriving the t will continue. , Intermountain country of this trade and the railroads t( The Union Pacific assists the electric lines which of the hau1' 2 parallel it in Utah. Long ago it voluntarily establish- m. . . , . , . 5 ed joint rates and divisions with these electric lines and . ? V Pfic System having such large in- has furnished them practically all their freight car terests m the State of Utah would be prompted by self- equipment under the usual interchange arrangement. interest, if nothing more, in continuing the develop- I with steam lines. ment of Utah and the Intermountain country. Its ; t employes in Utah, with their dependents, number about The Union Pacific will not close the Ogden Gate- 20,000. Its annual payroll is $7,500,000. What reason 5 way. President 0. R. Gray of the Union Pacific Sys- could impel it to reverse its policy of protecting and , tem officially stated that should the Union Pacific developing the territory which furnishes its traffic? j2 acquire the Central Pacific, the present situation will 5 be maintained. The Union Pacific-Central Pacfiic As against the glittering promises of the road 1 lines will need the assistance of all lines into Ogden in which seeks to retain what the Supreme Court of the j both directions to meet competition of the Southern United States has decreed it must give up, there stands Pacific's El Paso Route and the Santa Pe's line through the Union Pacific's noteworthy achievements for the S Albuquerque. public good. ! What the Union Pacific has done it will continue to do-- I i assist the communities along its lines to grow and pros- I per. It is a matter of record that no line has ever come under the control of the Union Pacific which " has not 1 been improved in facilities and service to the public. f . We shall furnish additional information from time to time M$f j. I Union Pacific System I . SALT LAKE CITY i. . . t KHMHBBBBBBBBBtt |