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Show 'i THE ARGUS. OPENING OF THE GATEWAY. OWN GOES THE ARTIFI-cia- l barrier to interstate commerce, known as the Ogden gateway. It has been removed, broken down, wiped off the earth, and the wishes of the management of 75,000 miles of railroad have been realized. Now the Rock Island, Santa Fe, Burlington, Missouri Pacific, the Denver & Rio Grande, Colorado Midland and the Rio Grande Western can and will solicit freight and passenger business from and to all points in northern Utah, in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, and even in California, as San Francisco is connected with Portland with a fine line of steamers operated by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, and whose railway tracks also connect with the Oregon Short Line at result has not been obtained The without a bitter struggle against it on the part of the Union Pacific, the parent of the Oregon Short Line. The equanimity with which men high in the councils of the Union Pacific witnessed the final segregation of the Oregon Short Line this year and the fact that the sime officials had a ye ar and a half ariii r at le a bit re r and successful figat against the separation, warrants the belief that they were trick 3d. It is evident that they felt assured they would be able to control the road ; that they believed, or were led to believe, its directory would acknowledge Union Pacific suzerainty, and that the Ogden gateway would not be opened. At the recent meeting held in Chicago the bald truth came upon the Union Pacific men with a force that not only disrupted the friendly relations of the two systems, but terminated the personal friendship that had formerly existed between the representatives of the roads. The Oregon Short line men were charged with bad faith and retaliated by declaring that their work was in the interest of Oregon Short line bondholders and not for the Union Pacific. It was amusing and yet pathetic to witness Bancroft flinging defiance at Dickinson, his former chief, and Munroe, who formerly gave orders to Eccles, charging the latter with doubledealing and bad faith. Dickinson is said to have given vent to his feelings, subsequentlv, in very forcible language. His chief clerk and adviser, Tommy Orr, commiserating with him, remarked : If you were only general manager over Bancroft now you wouldn't do a thing to him." I dont want to be general manager over I could only fine him," shouted Dickinson. him. But Id like to be God Almighty and drop a hot rock on him." long-desire- d The entire western country is to be congratulated on the opening of the Ogden Gateway and the breaking of the power of the Union Pacific, which has dominated every western state and territory (except Colorado, which has its own railroad) for- the past thirty years. Utah will benefit particularly by the change and Salt Lake City makes another long stride toward the place she naturally occupies, that of a great commercial center. The management of the Oregon Short Line is alsato be congratulated that it has freed itself from the Union Pacific yoke and that it can now work its property to its best advantage. It is to be regretted, however, that this independence was not established coincident with the separation of the two systems, as then Salt Lakes army of unemployed would have been fewer in - number and a little army that formerly drew sustenance from the Union Pacific at Omaha would have been in Omaha yet. Whether the management of the Oregon Short Line was guilty of bad faith to the Union Pacific, as charged in Chicago, or not, it has certainly, though it is but on the threshold of its career, not kept faith with the people of Utah. Immediately after the road was purchased by Mr. Samuel Carr, that gentleman let the hint drop that if the incorporation law was so modified that his road could own and operate railroads outside of Utah he would incorporate here. 44 Your state treasury would then be enriched by 515,000, said he, as that would be the fee for incorporating our road." The necessity for this $15,000 for the state treasury was so great that Governor Wells made a recommendation in his message to the legislature that the laws governing corporations be modified as asked for and this was done with a haste that was indecorous. This result accomplished, the agents of the Oregon Short Line in the legislature commenced action to reduce the fees on companies incorporating, a very much needed piece of legislation, but at that time glaringly out of place and was claps legislation, as it was introduced and passed in the interest of a single corporation. The Oregon Short Line got what it wanted from the state and the state got a fee of $2,500 instead of the $15,000 that was tacitly promised in consideration for the modifying of the obnoxious incorporation law. So much success with the legislature emboldened the new management to lightly treat their implied promises to Salt Lake City, and of the force of clerks necessary to establish headquarters here, every man was imported, while Salt Lake men, equally competent, and many of them taxpayers, have been refused employment. It is a matter of record that of something like 150 men given employment in this city as a result of the Oregon Short Line autonomy, only one is a Salt Lake man, and his appointment was the result of a close personal friendship with the general manager. The management had made no direct promise that Salt Lake men would be employed, but the benefits to accrue to this city if headquarters were established here were held out as a reason why the objectionable laws should be modified. It would have benefited Salt Lake City much more had the Oregon Short Line given employment to the idle men already here. But the grand culmination, up to date, for we know not what will follow, of this brief but surcharged record of broken promises, is the death blow aimed at Utahs leading industry by the traffic department of the Oregon Short Line. At a time when the mining industry was just beginning to recover from the collapse of four years ago and the future contained bright promise in spite of the low price of the metals, the traffic manager of the Oregon Short Line inaugurated a new tariff on ore and bullion which is almost a prohibition on the marketing of the product of the mines. The result is that in the Tintic district, which in the early part of the year was as flourishing as Leadville in her best days, not a mill is running, and where five weeks ago miners had to be imported, the streets are now filled with unemployed men. What is true of Tintic applies to every other mining district in the state, except the gold camps, and no one can foretell the end. While the management of the Oregon Short Line has escaped from Union Pacific tutelage it is evident that it has learned well the lessons of its former master. Inasmuch as the system has not yet adopted a trade mark The Argus suggests the symbol on the Eagle Gate, an eagle perched on a bee hive, which Joseph Cooke characterized as Rapacity preying upon Industry." Nothing would so fittingly describe the attitude of the Oiegon Short Line toward Utah. That the Rio Grande Western is also maintaining the new rates is due to the fact that its management merely acquiesced to Mr. Eccles plans, and Mr, Eccles and his road are under obligations to the state for favors granted. Judge Colburn says that $9000 out of the $15,000 appropriated by the state for jubilee purposes has been consumed already in salaries and incidentals. There is yet about seven weeks before the commission and the greater part of the work is yet to be done. If salaries have eaten up $9000 already, Judge Colburns demand for $.10,-00- 0 more is very modest. It will be interesting to know how much will be left for the actual celebration if thousands of dollars a week are Pa A; V. : ih fls r - c f : 8 n m l. - out in the shape of salaries. ANNUAL VACATION EXCURSION RIO GRANDE WESTERN railway. On June 5th, 6th and 7th the Rio Grande Western Railway announces the following East-boun- d excursion rates. Tickets good un' il September Sth : 0(1 . Omaha and return (X) Kansas City and return :) B7.M) St. Louis and return ( 'hicago and return 42 50 70 IK) Mexco City and return Two fast through trains daily, carrying all classes of newest equipment, at 7:50 h, m. and 7:40 p. m. Cool and delightful ride through the Rocky Mountains. Magnificent scenery. Unexcelled accommodations. City ticket cilice, No. 15 West Second South street. 25 29-- 7 West Second South, next to Cullen Hotel. BREAKFAST from 7 to 11 a. LUNCH from 11:30 to 3 p. m. SUPPER from 3 to Q p. m D. H. PEERY, JR. , 10 r-- DE WITT B. LOWE STOCK BROKERS West Second South St.( Salt Lake City, Utah. Mben Ht Contes Down Co tbe point, Youll jfinb Ht in Cbe Brous. : i 1 1 . |