Show M K UNON PO in cu nt ral pace 09 fa OA C C a aft e specific answers to FIVE REASONS promulgated by the salt lake chamber of commerce nov 7 1922 1922 for retention of central pacific by southern pacific r first reason acason to ro prevent the domination of wa and AM intel mountain sect section ion by any anny singie transportation the independent operation of the central Paci pacific or its it by tho the union pacific would not create a transportation monopoly becala of the existence of two paralleling lines the western pacific and denver dener A rio grando grande western under conditions a monopoly is impossible vw the omission of any mention of these two standard railroads tends to a of t two of valuable assets no mention to a of at the power of the interstate commerce Oom merco commission to prevent discrimination in rates zym even it if vien wre lacking tho the of capital for the purpose of development would require that a fair return on that capital bo be earned and thit this would be ba tf if rates ware awe unreasonably high an extortionate rate basla a would kill tho the business which must bo be developed no incentive edista to create ant any line of bu alness f for tha th u wito of destroying it with competition provided by parallel unea protection from unreasonable rates afforded by the interstate commerce commission ans and 1 a fair return required on Inva invested sted capital tho tha state of utah need have no fear of rail line domination second reasons reason to hold an open gateway crat eway at 49 an tor for the west ward extension of other mil roads to utah the status of the ogden gateway is made to wa certain by the official announce announcement mont of the president dent of the union pacific system to the effect that the gateway would remain open it would be clearly to the int interest orest 0 of the union central pacific jacif fe linen linea to maintain an open gateway at ogden east and west in competition with tho the western pacific with the tha fj el pow louto and the tha fe on the south Bouth so that fill all other lines in addition bo the union pacific east of ogden would continue to td bring traffic 0 o that and also receive tt it there from tho the central anat eastbound bound in other words the central pacific would welcome all the alio help it could got to inget this teg theao years that tho the attim of salt lake ogden and third reason i to hold competition against provo had ft a period of greatest development the union union pacific routes to los angeles and portland territories As ae the union pacific views view it IL pacific is not in the tha business of tearing down but of build ina up pacific A oad hao only otia ona commodity to sell transportation after the testimony submitted in the union and southern pacific merger un case the supreme court po por tation rUtIon the value 0 of the tha transportation la Is measured fifth reasons reason t to prent the domination of found there was no competition between these routes the by tho tha quality vs re the tha vico A railroad is ia a business this western unit federal reserve district by any court went further and specifically authorized the en conca and when it builds into a section of country and single transportation union pacific to acquire the central pacific maintained through develops that it establishes a mutual interest in domination of this western unit by a single transportation the southern pacific hais hag never Is ii wlM bee of competing lines and between ito development with all the the union pacific amoy impossible Impo zuse competing rates between utah oregon nor people row now ext ting and nd which will continue to exist and compete utah and southern california via the very much longer haa developed idaho it has developed dov eloped northern utah it n no mattir what is roade of cf tho the central route through sacramento the value of economy in transportation por tation being thereby recognized ia 13 developing southern utah and will if it operates the pacific t e if and when the railways of the united states are central pacific develop western utah and nevada and reference to i made to the financing by bv pacific coast act into not such auch capital of the steel and other industries in utah A change grouped as provided by the transportation math ath development will find markets for tho the products in of the central pacific line would not prevent more than twenty railway systems it will bo be for tho the pur ownership of the sections served without markets tho the invested tho the influx section competitive poso peso of routing freight over the most direct lines in order capital of capital front from any as that the cost of transportation may be kept at the lowest would be barren of results competition between transportation conditions would still exist As far as the steel Is ia concerned the union pacific Is ie the only of industry economies practicable operation point railroad and valuations that rates as shall established reflect by the interstate utah and tho the sacramento valley and bay sections of california railroad that Is ie doing anything tangible to develop it the ter state commerce commission will become the basis of now exists between tho the western pacific and union pacific is starting t to build a OR 35 mlle mile line from lund fair and equitable rates and traffic will bu be moved wherever southern pacific parallel lines all tho the way competition to cedar city to gt got the tha iron ore on and haul it to the valle blast furnaces it will join with the other lines in practicable by the shortest line between adv two will always exist whether the central pacific Is operated making reasonable rates pip iron and other points as an independent railroad of by the union Paci pacific aured articles out of pt PD mlle the supposition that or by the southern pacific the rho western pacific h is an the union pacific Is taj tr would try to stifle the steel fourth reason to insure a market competition active and formidable competitor of tho the central pacific industry Is in untenable antl and jaurd why should W A between western ard and eastern territories for utah to illustrates ne western pacific on ites ita own jovn whether capital comes to io utah steal or any other industry products reduced rates coal from utah the const thus on to depends not on an wito who owns a particular railroad but this argument presupposes that izil railroad road traffic men affording ft a market for thousands of tons of utah coal on the bu bushiness integrity and ability of the proprietors of can wave magic wands wanda and creato create a demand for products the enterprise this is elemental if the development where it does docs not exist traffic moves to points bolno where tu the pacific can be operated on a self support of any industry in taah wenda uton uron whether the central the demand is as every busin business coa man knows and market ing basis it will be A keon competitor in california and pacific Is IR 0 owned d by the iha union pacific or by tho the southern competition determines the direction of traffic furthermore wk will with the added solicitation by union pacific and linoa lines pacific or la in operated independently then utah offers a there is ia the western pacific denver rio grande poor inducement for the irm investment estment of capital in sto 1 or western competition and the interstate commerce commission enat am business bu atness which Is now going to the any other industry ready and willing to remedy rate southern routed all linta apost of ogdon ogden and salt lake competition would be maintained were wen central vm bt be wan to the tha central Pa pacific effla the union pacific pacific operated independently yet this important alternative additional faeta facts Comai considered dered s wron tonnage nage figures Is ia given slight consideration the no union Paci pacific fiel has amr orvid the 0 ownership w bap and na operation of the central khow that 62 of ef southern pacific business to and from position in this matter Is set forth la in president carl R pacific ea as an independent railroad but it has opposed california during daring 1031 through ogden grays statement tf of june 16 1922 and wm tinne to its ita retention by the posed oon oppose furnished it is 13 evident that these figures havo been ath the union pacific la im willin ff to jo buy bay tho the central gaano StAf southern tern pacific for the bound set forth by to the salt lake chamber of the southern ans from th tho southern Pa papette Paol tle it fair and eBo ihle terms ferny bant an b very rea reasons sones commerce by agreed upon nut hut it in not eeten to buy bar the contral patina pacific we hav record of the movement through el and lid it I 1 not tor a comp linnee with the deer deem of 69 the court in ita der cion falon tho the union pacific will no the supreme court that it should liol all the union will kok k paso and no wy way of verifying the figures if the anfor to that the central te 40 anade an a line be aid the central to operate successfully as an independent op 1 1 rated an a much and that it its U duties aa tho the ulo V an matlon mation is I 1 cor correct reet it fu the best illustration that R daelke they m afta wre were to performing both constructed its if hutlas dutle anil ant unett that 11 K the ka it its t to be iten baeb hy by which iff fait railroad to the imd that traffic unrestrained traffic when permitted to do so moves via the shortest by the itta It TB and moat direct route and where the beat service Is obtained any aa alm iam under plum being beeaff out cut C commerce mo it es it b be e berged avith the d boji shall be permitted to move by the most direct and shortest the instructions of the director with ith which aich it tois n biti eat trans uni at coif m it if with all ot other herat route rante where your tre treasure acure Is there will your heart of traffic of all ail the southern pacific lines have not the fear is expressed that ogden salt lake and ba aimy abo of arieas atra new kew mexico aro are not to reaul resulted tad in holding tho the amter percentage of traffic moving should tho the union pacific to and from east ora points to the sunset gulf route provo will become way stations be bla blamed med for wAti wanting ting Sout southern bern pacific control of central acquire the central pacific and the denver rio orande grande then than it follows that hn independently operated central weater pacific be acquired b by some other Pac pacific iffe fand by this tha atmo bokn the thousands thousands of people in pacific would at once he be in a iseff position the strong line growing cities liko ogden knit bait lako lake end and nevada end and utah shoals not be blamed for wanting the foot Is however that as aa late as april 1922 director of traffic L 1 spence admitted that the southern pacific to become larger and destined provo are more prosperous central pacific to io have the LA business winess it Is or entitled tItled to by all traffic possible via the sunset gulf for the union pacific to do anything which would retard was diverting their development would be a contradiction of its record reason of its constituting the shor and most moat dared route through E B paso pago and gueson Regard lei of the in the tale past and contrary to all good business principles for route bouto from central to the tha cast proportion of the busi business peiss which is using the ogdon ogden and several years the missouri pacific denver rio grando granda IL V PLATT el paso gateway rate waya the conclusion iq a inescapable and western pacific were operated at as one ona connected continuous and oxe supreme court cobit m effect so found that if the ho re line from st louis fo 0 o san francisco likewise the goverd mum tswen val pacific system I 1 of the el loiso poiso tucson line weye removed tt ft would union pacific and central pacific were operated as aa ane one baft balce city d divert bivort thousands of carloads car loada via butak wee are tow now going continuous hue from omaha bi t san Fran cloo it wat wa dur dup J through prisons end new meata i t is a matter of record that no line has ever conte conic under th the control of the union pacific which has not been improved in facilities and service to the public wo we shall aau furnish additional information from timo to time W I 1 7 9 H W WB r am I jt ic 8 all sye UZI m m wv etem r MM r aft aj 7 sala ARE uta AA 11 40 6 6 4 6 WW afi tf 44 V 4 k 4 4 i om i v aw |