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Show I Central Pacific Divorced I From Southern Pacific H i "m'-IM." '""""" '"VI 'ft"" "" ' 1 v Tho Supromo Court of tlio Unltod StntCB said: "Thoso acts (that is, tho Paclhc Railroad Acts) B fffl """""""TT " I - " " C A H A o a i ' provldod Hint thoso two railroads (Contral Pacific Itallroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Com- H l'9'JU ro II '""" i ..: f AyX h Pa,,y) '"ld bo oporntod as ono continuous lino, and Uiat nolUior should discriminate in favor of or B ETTt SgjLi m "' j t I 4. fJ3$& against the- other . . HL OW?KC'i I i I s P&r . , TjlQ Conlrai paCMc, with its oastorn connection at Ogdcn, forms ono groat system of transporta- m " if Afii-Oy ( I- ) J tlon botwoon tho cast and tho west, and tho Southorn Pacldc, -with its roads and connections and Bteam- H ' Mt rSr r C-JT " W if J I i iiumiii "i boat lines, forms anothor groat transcontinental Bystcm for transportation from cOaBt to coast. . . . H 1 lT "SLni I ' ' " ' ' " - "... Thoso two groat syBtoms aro normally compotltlvo for tho carrying trade in some parts B - X "P" i ( rrDTPy ? " " J v..J" " from tho cast nnd mlddlo west to tho coast, and for tho traffic moving to and from contral and nor- B A I "V jJfPvJnfVv- wr'r 3C! ' '" -iV-A ' ' " J " 4 thorn California, Including a groat volumo of ocoan-borno traillc, which lands on tho coast destined B "" I VrCL .- ""'" 1 'Snirr'-'" ' across tho continent to tho Atlantic soaboard and intermediate westoni and oastorn points, or is dostlned m lA rjk&nTir Ti I cTk!l;si::TL.--.-J 1. from tho lattor points to forolgn parts via San Francisco or othor Pacific coast points." , B 38&mFJ 1 2?' Vr"' ft-r j31 MYV0. ''.- "Tho proof is amplo that tho policy of tho Southern Paclllc system has Ijoen to favor transportation H '"wBfv r. ?fjflfimL .M Ik Ft- $ ' ' V- ' ' on Its linos by socuring for itself, whonovor practicable, tho carrlngo of frolght which would normally I H 4 WkVE"Ti!V r-ttSL V j V ' movo eastward or wostward ovor tho Bhortor lino of tho Central Pacific Itailroad and its connections, for M 'Ol J YsiiilLJ'" T" IT"ir'7" Yj Its own much longor and wholly owned southern route. This courso was llmltod Dy an nrbltrary rulo I H j7r 'jbyf I I "1 H during tho tlmo tho UnI6n Pacific dominated tho Southern Pacific from tho stock purchase in 1901 until I H F.' f g" I J vv L - tho 60-callod 'unmeregr, in 1913, as a result of tho doclslon of this court in tho Union Pacific case. Tho I H S aT" " r ' I . v J compelling motlvo of tills courso of conduct is obvious. Tho Southern Pacific owns and controls tho I B qL y- i J " I l" southerly routo, nnd receives 100 por cent of tho compensation for frolght transported by Its road and I M f l JTSssw . I j ff yatcr lines. Over tho Contral Pacific routo It rocelves but a fraction of Uio frolght, bocauso tho I H . yt) 7- f rST"""" i x a s' ' Union Pacific with its oastorn connections tako up tho carrying from Ogden to tho oast. SolMnterost 1 m lS lS v Hf"" dlclatos tho solicitation and procurement of frolght for tho longor haul by tho Southern Paclflo lines. I B MHP vV Vs jttr-SsJaK Whllo many pnictlcos, formorly in voguo, aro eliminated by tho legislation of congross rogulating intor- I 1 inifrnM itrm... fl k nV-x"' au Htato commorco, and through rates and transportation may bo had undor public supervision, thoro are I 1 0w ' V nf elements of competition In tho granting of special facilities, tho prompt carrying and dollvory of frolght, I m w vLvw C $' ' i tho ready and agreoablo adjustment and sottlomont of claims', and othor olomonts which that-legislation I M t" . i' -S'A "lt '3 conccl,C(1 m tuo brlot oI counsel for tho defendants that 'it is truo of all such systems that, I m ,!,.,-, othor things bolng equal, frolght is proforontlally solicited for tho 100 per cont haul'." I H THIS 1jA.P SHO'S i.'0y "Wo reach tlio conclusion that tho Btock ownership In tho Central Pacific acquired by tho Southern I 1 '' . ti ' Pacjflc Is vlolatlvo of tho Sherman act within tho principles settled by this court . ," H the terrltoryeevered by the Southern Paclflo lines, the Central Pacific Railroad and tho Union Paclflo ; H Railroad, and graphically disclose the position of the Central Pacific Railroad, affected by the recent "Wo direct that a decree bo ontorcd sovoring tho control by tho Southorn Pacific of tho Central m decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. , Pacific by stock pwnorshlp or by I on so." I What- The Divorce of the Central Pacific from the Southern Pacific Means H HPHE rtioney necessary to be spent for - The Supremo Courfc states that the southern pacmc admits, "it is true I shops, tenninals, double track lines, and " "" SUCh Systems Uier mm beine equa1' freight iB pr6tomtiaUy I H ii . i ! solicited for a 100 per cent haul." The Supreme Court itself says: "The proof all nedeSSaty improvements Connected With ; is ample that the policy of the Southern Pacific system has been to favor a heavy Volume of traffic depends entirely transportation on its line by securing for itself, whenever practicable, the B Upon the routing of SUch traffic; likewise the - " Jage of g"t which wbuld normally move eastward or westward over the . employment of men, the use of coal, materi- shorter line of the Central Pacific Railroad and its connectos' its own 1 j 1- 11 1 J 1 J much longer and wholly owned southern route. --- The compelling motive of als and supplies or all kinds, including rarm ; .. . , , L . p B , r 1 ' l r j S CUrSe Cn 1S 0bvi0US Th0 Southorn Pacific owns and controls products necessary for the SUbsiStance of V4 the southerly route, and receives 100 per cent of the compensation for freight I men employed On the .railroad. ' transported by its road and water lines. Over the Central Pacific route it re- ' ceives but a fraction of the freight because the Union Pacific witii its eastern Tho distance from Sacramento to the Utah gateway is 694 miles, and from . i connections, takes up the carrying from Ogden to the east. Self-interest J Hj San Francisco Y82 miles, as againBt Sacramento to El Paso 1261 miles, San ,. . . ' Francisco to El Paso 1283 miles; Sacrament to Galveston 2149 miles, San - solicitation and procurement of freight for the longer haul by the J H Francisco to Galveston 2171 miles; Sacramento to New Orleans 2454 miles, San Southern Pacific lines." Any interference with the decision of the Supreme J .Francisco to New, Orleans 2470 miles. ;; Court would rob Utah and Nevada of their just rights. j Publishecl hj Authority of an Association of Utah Businessmen ! H I - " i ; ' " . .",'' C H 1 |