Show RAILROAD R l FIGHT G I For several weeks there has boon beon a t big fight on between the Southern- Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific c lines liness as s to which one ono should should own oln or control control control con con- the tho Central Pacific railroad each road Is circulating a n lot of or propaganda The fight fight Is Is before the Interstate commerce commission It seems It-seems seems that the commercial clubs peer over the state Including ProTo and andI I also In the basin have been r siding with the S. S P. P R. R R R. R In the I fight tight while several very Tery prominent have haTe been siding with the U. U t jp P P. The matter Is Js now before the Interstate commerce commission and being heard In Washington Both sides to the fight are spending a lot of money trying to Influence public sentiment In Utah and else- else where e It Is s merely a n railroad game and each side wants to use the public as asan asan an n argument argument-a a pawn to furt further er their ends Nobody can them That That Is merely a light fight between the two iwo financial giants and each of them Insists that It Is the particular friend of tUe the public Each one has hasan hasan an an n ax az to grind and each Insisting that It is grinding grinding- its ax for the tho general general general gen gen- eral be benefit of ot the public Of course In la a sense that is true of both of them for tor a public Institution m must st benefit the public in order to benefit Itself but there Is a a. difference But the testimony of Judge Robert Robert Rob- Rob ert S. S Lorett Lovett chairman of the board of at directors of the U. U P P. P lately before before be be- fore tore the I I. I S. S C. C C. C shows that it might bight be better for the Central Pa- Pa to be made an Independent line Une and that it t would be self sel sus sus- It could then trade on a fair basis through the Ogden gateway gate- gate way pray and also on a fair basis through the he El Paso gateway and thus would haTe hare to side with neither the J. J p. p P. P nor the S. S P. P ro roads ds It would earn Beam Beem that if the C. C J. J P P. P were thus independent independent in- in dependent that it might be better for tor or the Uintah basin because then there here might be a better show for ito It Ito o connect east with Denver through the l he e. e Uintah basin and on the line i e of I he the Moffat road and with some eastern eastern eastern east east- i ern ern road that terminates at Denver I Possibly both the S. S P. P and is the U. U P P. P are afraid of that very thing end Ind it may be that each of these roads are no now fighting to control and ando to o dictate the policy polley of the Denver and ind nd Salt Lake railroad You d dont don't nt know what these big Interests are sparring about Of course course the surface surface sur sur- face ace seems Beems to be reasonable enough but b a a. big man usually show all I of his hand I rES l' l Any ny man who plays a game doesn't show how all aU of his hand It Is better betterto to to- to to-be to be cautious Perhaps the Uintah basin basia clubs have haTe as well as Provo put iut their foot toot Into it It would be better etter for tor Provo ProTo to be ne a gateway than merely a sidetrack There Isra is isa ra a possibility that Provo has slopped l a little |