Show OLD EXPRESS CO lOSES ITS TRADE TRAD Pacific Company Gives Way to the American People TAKING OVER BUSINESS OFFICES WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE NEAR FUTURE The American company one of the oldest and most powerful ex express express press companies In the country has at last succeeded in breaking into far western territory In an official com coni communication received yesterday by Jesse W Rogers superIntendent of the tle Pa Pacific cHic Express company of this city was the announcement that the Pacific Ex Express Express press company after April 1 ot of this year would no longer operate over the Union Pacific the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Ral oad Navigation company and that the American Ex Express Express press company would take care of all business after that date It Is a well known fact that the American company has been trying to break into this territory for tor some time Bids for the business ot of the above named railroads were entered the first of the year It Is that those by the American company were far lower than any other company be because because cause of the desire by the eastern corn com company pany to Increase western business Up to the present date the American Express company has been operating almost entirely over the Vanderbilt roads and almost all of tI the e eastern business has been east of the Mississippi river The plans by which the new company intends to carry on Its business here have not been an announced announced as yet However it is belieVed that G C Taylor at present assistant general manager of the American Ex Express Express press company at Cleveland 0 and who has been promoted to general man manager manager ager ot of the western branch of the corn com company pany will open up general offices In Salt Lake Nothing definite as to this has been given out however Tempo Temporary Temporary offices as the headquarters of the company will be opened here on April 1 probably located In the McCornick building Old Company Quitting I have the announcement to be ready to turn over this end of the business to representatives ot of the merican Express company on April I said Mr Rogers yesterday As Asto Asto to the intricacies of business which brought this change about I can say but little However I bell believe ve that it was simply a case of being underbid I 1 have also received a letter from G GC GC C Taylor of Cleveland 0 informing me that he would be in Salt Lake with within in ten days to make arrangements for forthe forthe the installation of the new company and the transfer of business The American Express company is over fifty old and operates at present over more miles of road than any other one company James C Far Fargo Fargo go a descendant of the family of Fargo which established the Ex Express Express press company Is president It has long been Mr desire to en enlarge enlarge large the mileage o of the company and his hand is the th one that directed the new movement It is said H S Juller Julier Is the general manager of the eastern department of th company wl with h head headquarters headquarters quarters In New York and L W Fargo is manager of the middle west Mr Taylor as general manager of the new Salt Lake territory will be under his direction Mr Fargo has his head headquarters headquarters quarters In Chicago Business on all of the smaller branch toads roads Is included In the transfer and the Pacific Express company will dis disappear disappear appear from Omaha to Salt Lake ana from Salt Lake to Portland |