Show central cen tr I 1 P pacific ca 0 f ic S this state should not join hands with arizona to dit ij F THE action of certain representative citizens can be considered truly representative utah has climbed clieve d into IF Ari zonas band wagon A glance at the map shows that the infer interests ests of these two states in the central pacific case cannot be identical I 1 if f dissolution hurts arizona it helps utah yet we have the unusual spectacle of men speeding Z to washington from salt lake to align this state on the side of arizona I 1 and new nely mexico both of which states have declared through state officers their conviction that a separation of the cen aral pacific from the southern pacific would give salt lake and ogden trainloads train loads of freight and passengers gers j jal which at present are going through el paso and tucson WIT t at the san francisco meeting on june 19 1922 of public service commissioners Ari zonas representatives were ered with telegrams stating that if the southern pacific was divested of the central pacific the vast tonnage now carried along the southern line would vanish nevada state journal june 23 1922 new mexico might lose all of C Cali ali fornias freight it if they dissolve the central and southern pacific said corporation commissioner hugh williams in discussing the action of the new mexican commission commik commission sion this state would lose by the deal it would lose all the california freight coming now from the C pacific which would go to the union pacific rt santa fe N M new mexican june 22 1922 chambers of commerce of arizona and new mexico might well congratulate themselves that certain citizens of utah are taking steps to insure that phoenix tucson and el paso will continue to get business which rightfully belongs to salt lake and ogden A vote to uphold the supreme courts decision is a vote for utah A vote to nullify it is a vote for Ariz arizona new mexico and texas this in ia effect is what the supreme court of the united states determined for the de casion said the proof was ample that the southern route of the southern pacific was given preference as a a result 11 of which the southern pacific gon gc the he whole loaf whereas a shipment via ogden gave them only half a loaf efforts put forth to maintain the southern pacifica halfhearted half hearted participation in af affairs bairs are a tre te help to arizona and new mexico it is paradoxical that salt lake and el paso should both be working for the southern pacific one efthem of them is going to suffer a disadvantage which when the union pacific acquires the central pacific the union pacific will have the same incentive to ta route olt freight and passengers through utah that the southern pacific now has for routing them through arizona alad an new mexico the only point on which all parties to this controversy are agreed is that the present situation is unsatisfactory the southern pacific has attempted to remedy it by glittering promises the union pacific is venda pa millions of dollars to develop its territory and v will apply the same forward looking policies to the C central cefic i if the ogden line is to complete on equal terms with the el paso line every link in the chain from san te francisco through ogden and omaha to chicago tn must work with an eye single to the promotion of this rot r is with the western end of this route in the hands of a line which works actively against it the nee needed ded support impossible and the supreme court of the united states so found if the ogden line is to compete on equal terms the southern pacific tries to send it via galvert Gal ja velt lilies ies rail and its steamship lines failing in that the southern pacific would try to move it via new orleans and rai what the union pacific has done it will continue to do assist the b W has ever come under the control of the union pacific which has no not meshall we shall furnish UNION PACIFIC aaion a boon olon to 0 utah U h ei atour freight and passengers via el paso and tucson SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES low aloe 50 0 MOW ya atlo VC los JW 0 THE rone HUNDRED PER CENT ROUTE this map clearly shows the one hundred per cent route of the southern pacific over which the southern pacific instructs its agents to obtain routings wherever possible every bit of traffic that could pass over the central pacific line through utah but which passes over the one hundred per cent route through arizona represents a distinct loss to this state east or if that were impossible then via el paso and the rock island only in case they could not get it any other way would they route it through utah more freight and passenger business moving through utah means more men employed if for or maintenance and operation larger shops and offices greater purchasing power in local territory more tourists more homes and more people to clothe and feed the union pacific is endeavoring to remind the people of utah and the intermountain country of its purposes policies and accomplishments it would be interesting to see a list of things the southern pacific has i promised to do for utah since the supreme courts decision of may 29 1922 to know what they have done would be equally enlightening I 1 es along its lines to grow and prosper it is a matter of record that no line proved oved in in facilities and service to the public formation from time to t time e salt SaIt lake city |