| Show RAIL LINK SEEN AID TO aT UTAH AH STEEL i ft ft fT j NESS BUSINESS B i M. M I I. I COLUMBIA STEEL WOULD WOUl GET fT NE 1 NEY G. G N. N Official Recalled in Hearing on Proposed Proposed Pro Pro- posed Hookup A ADAMS D DAM A M S TESTIFIES W. W P. P Must Have Have- Extensions Extensions Exten Extensions He Declares I By y GEORGE GEqRGE D D. D United Press Staff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO Nov 14 UP UPP P Purchase of the Columbia Steel corporation by United States Steel was seen as art arr important factor in inthe inthe the freight business of the west by I W W. P. P Kenney vice president of the tho Great Northern Norther r railway in charge of raffie who w was s r repeal lea to the th stin J In ft J fi rJ if t d commerce commission here today lie Ire pointed out that there thore is Js a n. direct louto route over tho Western stern Pacific Pa Pa- cICIo from front Provo Prove Utah where one Columbia Steel plant Is located to San Francisco and that building of ot tile the connection sought Bought by the Great Not Northern them and W Western Pacific from Klamath konath Falls Ore to Keddle Cal would provide another outlet cutlet for fOl or Columbia Steel products products' from Provo an and from fron Pittsburg to the Columbia Steel Sled St cl foundry at It tt Portland portland Ore Steel that in fn the past was shifted shift shW- ed from the cast and nd middle west to intermountain ln regions will wm bo be shipped from the Columbia Steel plant at Pittsburg CaL to far tar western western west west- ern em points and in greater volume than titan e ever cr r before l Kenney cnney said Tho shipment Of r Iron products I Continued on page 9 COLUMBIA STEEL WOULD GET NEW NEWt v t OUTLET OUtLET KINNEY KINNEY Continued from page pace i 1 from ro the tho Steel plant at to the California JL plant wl mentioned tl by Kenney who said Raid hjo hio thought United States Steel would expand all all- aUtho tho the properties It Jt acquIred acquire by purchase p of the Columbia Colum Colum- bia Steel organization He lie po pointed out t that th there re Is a direct ct route rout o over or r the tho Western Pacific Pa pa- from Provo to San Francisco and that b building the connection n I. I ther bullet t for Co Columbia lumbia Steel pr products from Provo anti from burs to o the Columbia I Steer Steel foundry loundry at t. t Portland Ore Orl H. H M. M Adams pr president of the thc Western Pacific t testified at the h hearing arIng th that t a a connection with the pl Great at Northern railroad was vas vital to th the life lIfa of his line Hue The Thc past yen t twenty h years has conclusively con con- that elusively shown ho Adams said the Western Pacific must have r ex extensions ex- ex tensions and expansions If IC It Is to prosper Adams was wan aR the first witness at th tho second da day of ot the thc hearing on the application of ot the Great Northern North North- em ern and anci Western rn l Pacific railroads to connect those lines by miles s of ot c from l Klamath Falls Ore to Keddie Cal Q Questioned re regarding the Altu Alturas ras cutoff of or the tho S 'S Southern P Pacific Adorns Adams Insisted t that tat ut furnished by the tho lIe l proposal Un j me would not nol 8 seriously nrc affect L the Southern Pacific I 2 Most sf of the tho South Southern rn Paci pacific cl c bust bush ness on th the Alturas cutoff originates In regions ons by tho tIo Southern P Pacific cia ex cx The ho trend o ot by the Southern P Pacific cl a which Is Is' Is In tho Great Western p Pa- Pa cHIc lc application Uon indicated that the principal opposition would be based on on alleged duplication ri at t railroad p service During i his testimony Adams In Intimated In- In I that the thc Western Pacific vaa a as being lu handicapped because use It did not enjoy through freight rates O on nil all com commodities o fU s with the Southern South South- or ern orn Pacific 1 At pr sent accordIng to Adams Adam the tho Western Pacific utilizes s approxImately 75 per c cent nt pC its His point was vas that prof liable Tall Tall- road operation calls cans for forthe fOrthie the e use of the railroads railroad's full strength HAS 1052 MILE MILES Ad Adams Adama ms t told the h hearing that the tIme Western ern Pacific operates lO 2 miles with miles of oC subsidiary trl lines JInes In California Under cross ClOSS cx examination by Iby Southern 1 Pacific Pa la clUe attorneys who brought out the tIme point that additional competition would bo be costly for shippers Adams r replied I WIth Denver RIo BIo Grande i Western We tern and connections at eastern Colorado points the Western Pa Par 11 dna forms forma a a. through ush transcontinental transcontinental route in competition with the central route operated by tho the Southern South South- em ern Union Pacific Union Pacific via in O Og- Og den The Western Pacific president also told the h l that tho the Vet em cm ern Pacific already already- IK JB a a. comp of the tho S 'S Southern thern Pacific in ha central and northern California Heavy diversion Of traffic from the l Western vestern l Pacific aclU has i s l resulted lr from ln the completion and operation e early this fall tall by the Southern Southe 1 Pa- Pa ras Klamath KIa math Falls Ore Oreto jo to thence to FJ Finley Nov and Ogden U Utah h Adams said Elaborating on his contention co that the Gr Great at Northern coI connection with Ith the Western Pacific T aa vital I J be because because be- be cause causo the recently completed co l too Southern South South- era ern Pacific ras cutoff had de r cI thOl tho rt Pacific of business busi ness Adams aId TE TELLS S EEM E NT r In tn March 1924 the Pacific Pacific Pa and Western Vestern Pacific instituted ed d an ll agreement reeme t whereby roby hall hallof of all tra traffic c originating north of Dunsmuir vas Yas to be turned over to the tho V Western stern 1 Pacific at and moved thence via Oroville to Weso so N Nev and there d- d 5 r 1 to the tho Southern Pacific Time he distance between Chico and ind Ve Were Weso o Is la mlles miles From March I 1 1 1924 to S September Septem- Septem pem- pem ber 15 1929 the thc Western Pacific J under this nt handled bandied 70 10 cars at a IL return of 42 But Thit on September 3 3 1929 tIme the Pacific n notified the Western Western West West ern Pacific that traffic heretofore from rom Oregon 01 south and des tined to Ogden Olden and points south bc be j yond would be bo routed via the theAl Al- Al turns cuto cutoff This notice was considered considered con con considered by the tho Western Pacific as tantamount to terminating the a tn trL |
