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Show H WT .HBaeMSNBSAeMBJBSBJBjSJBjMHMvK li eBB I Why Docs Southern Pacific J I i Publicity Ignore Western J I Pacific? 1 I -; V TNTIL recently the literature issued in behalf of the Southern Pacific's retention "". H of the Central Pacific, in violation of the decision of the Supreme Court of the I i I . U?!ted states was silent as to the Western Pacific. Maps issued in support of "A ' I jM W Plain Statement of Facts" show only the Union and Central Pacific railroads. With- a -41, El m the last few weeks the Southern Pacific has admitted the existence of the Western ? ' H Pacific, but has represented that the Western Pacific is too weak to be regarded ser- i H lotisly as a competitor of the Central Pacific. Such representations are misleading i I B What the SoUthern Pacific Would Like According to the Railway Ase, the Western Pacific la making In- !H i V , TT A- -r. - ,. ,. v aIry for 800 seventy-ton gondolas (equal to llOOf if ty-ton cars), asd 600 ' 1 ' 1 InH .$, to Have the Public Believe Ljt tuty-toa stock . ' IM ! '': "" "(6) Finally, It must bo apparent that the domination of thl. state '" i ?K!!! M i '.- and section by ono transportation agency, no matter how well intentions X. It has tbrt grade of any line in western United SUtes.. .$;'& RW that agency ,mayDeJs a dangerous thbg and menaces 'growth by minimi- VaT,....-.. . t ' t o - .. v " $i '.V?- Jll.H . ing or completely removing that competition of markets which is esse- W 6813111 PaClflC 8 Competitive .; V, ? Mai to development." (Provo Chamber of Commerce resolution, Septea- Activities ? '"Sif ' ' ftjj . '''. ' TThe disruption of the existing system of the Southern Pacific Com- :'P ' Accerifag t Weeteni Pacific of fldab, the Westera Pacific-' exeeat&t ..&. !.. ft fany would 'afford opportunity for another system to develop a post ttmtB whei1 " wfcds wre bwtaff eaibarg oe has faever Oeclae fesa! '' '! m tion of .monopolistic and predominating strength." (Stato of Utah's petl- ent of freight. The Weatera Factfic has, ih various occasion, detoured , Wmmm f i tion of intervention to IntersteteCtonmierce Commission, October 28, 1921.) ' t1 loads of fruit for vthe Santa Pe on acobuat of washout and other ".,.' '"i, ' IH . interruptiem to traffic 6a that line, &- ' ''" ' 'flLH ' "A strong effective transportation agency would bo irreparably ruined , . v? lHI in order to create a transportation monopoly for Western America. wffl'--- The Western PadfiehaaassisUA in buUaing up the avesbek industry !HH , . ' . , .... i this section permit the utter domination of. one railroad system!" f1- to Nevada, fully 8: of which ia competitive with the Central Pacific; and ? .. IflH f -t ; . (Southern Pacific's Bulletin, October 2, 1922. "A plain statement of facts has PP a Uberd wpply f etock cars with doubW decka-f or bbtfc ahaep IHH with 3 maps and 9 exhibits.") w nd movement. Th6 Western Pacific makes as good time on stock -v IHel . . , to eastern markets as the Central Pacific. ; lil "To prevent the domination of this state and the intermountaln sec- - , vSll I j '-.- tion by any single transportation agency. CTive Reasons Why t,;.v 4 ThlWeorn p "dwed the rate on copper bullio from GarfieM ,v , 'liaS 1 : :- :;. In the Central Pacific Controversy" issued by Salt Lake City Chamber &1& JSteJSi t"1???? ttt PM? t i iHH .V;:; of Commerce and Commercial Club, November 8, 1922.) . ' f ) &L&tS5A1 .' : M A ; '; -.Tri. x .r A -n, it V ' whkh fa " wth 1-) The Western Pacfrlo also Initiate naced rat4 . ". IH -Jf ;('i.i .S What the FaCtS Really Are ?- &re freCalifendaai Nevada to UtahSe!tew. . IflH I ' !'r The real fact is that the Western Pacific is a Standar railroad which ?. T0 Western Pacific, en its own initiative, reduced coal rates to the i I WM I ;..' does now, and alwayswill, give the Central Pacific formidable competition, JV1 E5?10 9?" te ? .forM? id78,10? ni"15LSr tafnd toni of $" " . IH I no matteV who owns the Central Pacific JV. g m "" Awatralia, Mancharia and Eng- f I During the World War the Western Pacific aad Central Pacific were l From January 1st to October 8lBt, 1922, a period of only ten months, 1 : yj . operated as a double track railroad, each line catrylag Its share of the , . the Unien Pssoiflc received-from the "Western Pacific, at Salt Lake, 8,224 9 HH '; traffic. . loaded freight cars, and delivered to the Western Pacific 2,649 loads, a 1 Wmm 'f- . A .,...... . t-i. l , 1. i . -M. j t. total .ihterchange of ia,t7B carsT THeBe figures do not include the very I Bl . Western Pacific fast freight trains between the Pacific Coast and substantial business which the Western Pacific interchanges -with the ,,. ' SB HH . Utah are scheduled four hours quicker in each direction than the Central D. & It. G. W., at Salt Lake City. 'The Denver ft Rie Gnua4e- Western '& M WM I VV',". Pacific ''-;.;' has oasltted f rob the Southern Pacific's Tlala SUtemeat of ' 1 HH H .';"':-- The Scenic Limited of the Western Pacific, providing through serr- '-'''tli . " fl H ' ' '" Ice between St. Louis and Chicago and San Francisco, is faster mile for ' ,f Every Bummer the Western Pacific brings In to Salt Lake City each jj fH mile than the Overland Limited on the Central Pacific - fy fy 1 15 well filled passenger cars. Tlie Scenic Limited between St, ,,,, Sv'- Louis and Chicago and San Francisco has observation and dining jH .'. Tho Western Pacific has more than one thousand miles of railroad, car service all the way. "At least fifty per cent of our passengers stop if fM H '."irCTN its facilities compare favorably with other lines of similar mileage. $,, eff at Salt Lake ty," says a passenger 6fficlal of the Western Pacific. jj H m The Western Pacific now has an order in for 2,000 new refrigerator m foreg0Ing provea conclusively that the Western Pacific Is ah Im- , ,. : H cars. The Western Pacific built 600 coal cars in 1917 and 760 more in 1920. portent competitive element in Utah's transportation structure. No matter i H H These were used in cool and beet service in Idaho and Utah both on and off who owns the Central Pacific, tho Western Pacific competition will continue ' jH H Western Pacific rails. nd increase. j jjH I Why should the Southern Pacific ignore such competi- ji I I tion and service unless it be that to admit the Western ;i ' j I Pacific's existence would spoil the picture of "domina- ' rm I - tion of this state and section by one railroad."? S-' J ft We shall furnish additional information from time to time. '!-tp ,A" I ft I Union Pacific System 1 1 I Salt Lake City - ' ' . $L 3& K K .-------awiii i ii im i ii i ' i ll1""'.1' ' ... imiiiiwi i-ii i imiM limn inn i ,-f y M H j yBH J Hi 0 ,iHKflflaH BkVhM r flvlvSBlBSMr BBftBMl-M-AwraWBT-a ' 'A ' jH&iJl..HI |