Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-01 | Page 22 | Express Merger Will Give Better Service

EXPRESS MERGER Will NILL GIVE BETTER SERVICE Parcels From Eastern Cities to Be BeSent BeSent BeSent Sent Through on Shorter Schedule Carrying with it many man promised im improvements in service and general bene benefits benefits benefits fits to shippers the tha American Express company will today formally take over the business of the tho Pacific Express com corn I pan any in Salt Lake The change means that hat Salt Lake will be brought braught Into closer with the rest of the cormer commercial lal world and that a Q through express system will be established between New York Chicago and other business centers The American Express company campany will Im Immediately immediately mediately open apen offices In the new McIntyre McIntyre tyre building The change is said to mean i that the American Express company will assume charge of the express business of ar arthe the Oregon Short Line the Oregon Rail Railway Railway Railway way Navigation company campany and most mast of at atthe the subsidiary lines The company compan will also take over the business of af Wells Fargo argo Co Ca on the Oregon Washing ton tan on railroad May 1 and the business on an anthe the he Salt Lake Route about September 1 It t is expected that the especial benefit to toe tobe tobe be e derived by Salt Lake as no a result of af the change will be that merchants will be beable beable beable able to get packages from fram New York Chicago and other ather bit big commercial centers with much more dispatch G C Taylor Taylar who will manage all aH lines west w st of the Mississippi river has been boon here hero for far several days making arrange arrangements arrangements ments for the transfer J W V Rogers who has been with the Pacific Express company will continue with the Ameri American American can company and in conjunction with W C Morgan Margan will have the of or the Rocky Mountain district J T A Sanborn will assume the duties of af gen general general eral agent of af the new company campan