Show PAG2 mJ3 STUDENT LIFE i WHAT THE UNION PACIFIC HAS DONE FOP UTAH ‘ (1) It has established general offices in Salt Lake City and is the only important steam line having general offices in Utah (2) ) It built the first railroad into the state and ac- quired maintained and improved the Utah Central first line into Salt Lake City (3) ) It employs 5000 persons in Utah Annual payroll Taxes paid in 1921 Rents paid in 1921 v : Total $748812595 99656023 7779472 $856248090 Included in the 1921 taxes were inheritance taxes paid to the state by stockholders of the Union Pacific $7177491 Since the incorporation of the Union Pacific inheritance taxes on its stock have been paid to the state amounting to $1900000 a part of which was used in building the State Capitol By far the greater part of the expenditures for wages and supplies have found their way into Utah’s factories stores and other establishments (4) The headquarters for the Dining Car and Hotel Departments are in Ogden where commissary supplies for the entire system are purchased Ogden or Utah Ninety per cent of the travelers who enter Yellowstone Park over the Union Pacific rails visit Ogden or Salt Lake City or both Every through traveler to Southern California is urged to stop in Utah (6) The free Lake City side trip was established by the Unio nPacific System This side trip was not abolished by the Union Pacific but was discontinued under Government Control The Union Pacific was not inimical to its reestablishment and was the first to reinstate it illustrated lectures descriptive folders booklets and leaflets Every advertisement of Yellowstone kPark and the Western Entrance bears reference to Salt Lake City or lt v ‘ (7) The Union Pacific Purchasing Agent in Salt Lake buys material and supplies in large quantities from Utah’s mines manufacturers and merchants In the first eight months of 1922 the gross value of Union Pacific purchases from concerns located in Utah or maintaining offices in the state aggregated $4982732 - ' (8) At Ogden are the headquarters of the Gunn Supply Co which furnishes the section labor and com- missary supplies to maintenance of way employees That company in the year ending September 30 1922 made total purchases of $32599942 Its total payroll was $9115284 x (9) The Union Pacific is now committed to a program of development of the industrial and scenic resources of southern Utah involving the expenditure of approximately $5000000 The plans include construction of the and the Lund-CedCity branch lines the former being already under way the taking over of the Cedar City Hotel the construction of hotels at Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon The construction of branch lines with all their appurtenances and requirements will involve the expenditure of about $3000000 The total hotel program now practically decided upon will mean an expenditure of some $2000000 making a grand total of $5000000 Delta-Fillmo- (5) The Union Pacific has expended not less than $500000 in the last ten years in advertising Utah This advertising has been in the form of newspaper displays Ogden-Sa- re ar A5 i What the Union Pacific has done it will continue to do— assist the communities along its lines to grow and prosper It is a matter of recordthat no line has ever come under the control of the Union Pacific which has not been improved in facilities and service to the public s I We shall furnish additional information from time to time Union Pacific System SALT LAKE CITY s i ’ |