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Show jMiWflOK PACIFIC'S POSITION. fI!nI?rCgmi,le and osb Unique Um wrfd'3 naiiroad Eist0ly l1'?!0!01. Unlon Paclnc 13 iUWoit ?.; , C?1 t0 ,n,P-cgnablo and l MSnlp' " 5 aWfBlne from a rc"lv J v:lnt-thetifor nw fields, and JBteflng : i u iWl "Pjlod millions 11 eKfr". ''nQe- Shortly after be- EM th OroGovernrncnt's hands .KSf road v-Sh,ort..L'ne and Ore--1X&P& Mines hav;lBatlon ,llnea ba 1 h2dr lrfbntte. wonderfully de-JiVWrSs- jribuui- territory, rebuilt their HneG and nrade extensive improvements improve-ments and extensions. Tho Oregon Short Lino used to cam less than $7,000,000 in the old days, but now it has gone up to $13.-000,000. $13.-000,000. which shows what has been accomplished ac-complished on this one branch. But the great move on tho part of tho Union Pacific Pa-cific was In buying the Southern Pacific and securing a part of the Salt l.ako Route. It now can call Its western lines tho Pacific Short Lines, for it reaches all parts of the Pacific by the very shortest routes. Tho Union Pacific Is developing Into tho greatest railroad on tho continent, and tho end is not ycl. |