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Show 'ADAMS WRONG AGAIN. President Adams of the Union Pacific continues to talk and he continues likewise like-wise to make himself ridiculous. In his latest effusion ho uses the following language: lan-guage: The Union Pacific has sustained great loss of traffic and Income ot late because of the fact that the eastern machine shops are so crowded that thoy cannot fill orders for new equipment. Had the road been able to eecure the motive power and equipment ordered six months ago, it would have earned in October upwards of jG,(WO,000 in traffic. The traffic ready for It to hundle today is SO per cent, in excess of Its capacity. ca-pacity. Now the fact of the matter is that prior to Mr. Adams' administration the Union Pacific was not compelled to depend de-pend on eastorn machine shops for its supplies. It had faoilities of its own to manufacture almost everything needed for the equipment of a railroad. Since Mr. Adams became president the old shops have been neglected. Instead of introducing modern machinery adequate ade-quate for all purposes he introduced the contract system and placed his orders with eastern shops that are already overcrowded. The result could be foreseen. fore-seen. When the shops in Choyenno are completed the company will be in better bet-ter shape than it is to-day. Meantime it Is losing a fortune through the penny wise and pound foolish policy it pursues. pur-sues. To guard against future contingencies contin-gencies and render the road independent independ-ent more works Bhould be established, say in Salt Lake City. |