Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-21 | Page 9 | U. P. Office Move Petition is Studied

I 4 U UI u. P PI Office Move Petition Is Studied WASHINGTON July 21 UP UP-In- UP In- In Commerce Commission Examiner Examiner Ex- Ex miner Thomas 1 F F. Sullivan today took under consideration the petition of the he Union Pacific railroad for permission permission permission per per- mission to eliminate its ils accounting to lease its subsidiaries and nd to consolidate at Omaha the accounting accounting ac- ac counting work now done in Salt Lake and nd five other cities The unification would save the road or more a year car it was claimed Sullivans Sullivan's report to the commission commissions is s not expected for tor a month or more The Union Pacific wishes to lease the le Oregon Short Line the Oregon Oregon- Washington Railroad Navigation company the Los Angeles Salt Lake and md the St. St Grand Island It t already in effect operates them as asa s sa a single system Nevertheless under the le present plan it must keep separate sepa sepa- rate ate accounts statistics and reports for or each road Carl R. R Gray president of the Union nion Pacific told the examiner tha thale the le proposal was not a step toward unifIcation but merely a matter o of economy conomy He said that ol 01 the he offices to be eliminated would be utilized to the fullest extent at Omaha and nd that he believed belie 60 GO per cent of the he personnel would be retained I. I I