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Show CH TIES RENEWED STAND INFAVOR DFS. P. V Club Committee Adopts . Resolution Lauding Governor Gov-ernor for Utah Intervention Inter-vention in Controversy At a merlin held today lit the chamler of com mere. attended by (lovernor Churle It. Mafoey and Attorney At-torney General Harvey H. fluff, the t-peclal eommlttee appointed to Inveatl-ftate Inveatl-ftate the controversy tetween the I'nion Pacific and Southern I'aelflc railroads over contrtl of th Central I'acific went on record an unalterably In favor of Southern I'aelflc conlrol a expressed In the committee report ut tK'loher 4 ed a resolution thsnktltsT Oovernor Matiey and Attorney C.neral fluff antr extending conKrnrulutlona for the "courageous stand taken In the pulilU; lntereat" In peritlonlnK the Interstate commerce commission to be permitted to act an Intorvenor on behalf of the atate of Utah to support the rlouthem I'aelflc In the hearing arion to be held before the commission relative to the proposed railroad icrouplns;s affecting final control of the Central Pacific. Twenty members of the chamber of (Continued on page S.) CHAMBER JAKES I (Continued from .page 1.) ; eomrherce special committee present at j h. meeting voiced themselves In reiteration re-iteration of the committee's stand of October 4. In which It went on record aa favoring the grouping of the Central Icific with the Southern Pacific. They ftlso voiced their disapproval of th circulation by the I'nlon 1'ftciflc of literature lit-erature held to be derogatory to I'lah and the chamber of commerce and de- . dared in favor of distributing broad-cast broad-cast through the state and Inlermoun- tain country of pamphlets, folders and other publications suiting the attitude of the chamber and the rcarons therc- ;;:-for. - - NO CHANGE OF ATTITUDE. Pacific to act as Intervener for the purpose of opposing the grouping of the Central Pacific with the Houthern Pacific by the commission, lie will remain for the hearings to start on November 21. the date originally set by the commission on the application of the Southern Pacific to lease the Central Pacific. - The meeting was called largely tv r ' refute rumor and report that the . Halt Lke chamler of commerce had j experienced a change of heart in tha, railroad controversy. Such reports i were declared to be unfounded and In i j refutation of them the committee : ' passed the resolution favoring the , --'Southern Pacific and thanking the slat officials. j Hpeaklng before the committee. - Governor Ma bey declared that the state of Utah la favoring the Ho ut hern ' f' Pacific In tha controversy and for con-. con-. Irol of the Central Pacific because the : M'.factf show thatrailroad competition i wards the West must he maintained ' (or tha beat Interests of the slate. , Tha committee decided to conduct a vigorous advertising campaign through the chamber of commerce to explain Ita reasons for supporting the Mouthern Pacific. It was emphasised that tha campaign will not he conduct-V-.ad as a representative of the Houthern --i'aciflo, but as an organization working work-ing for the beat interests of I'tah and the Inter-mountain territory. The cam-paign cam-paign will be conducted through other ha mbera of commerce and commerce -and commercial clubs especially. - The service of the Traffic Hervlce , Bureau of Utah will also be offered any organiaatlon. so that It can decide -.for Itself what the facta In the contro--veray are and what action they may deem best for their communities. RESOLUTION A DO PTE 0. '' Following Is tha resolution adopted by the committee: "Whereas this committee did on October Oc-tober 4, 1S..2, by unanimous resolution, "trry on record as favoring the grouping "tbt the Central Pacific railroad with the . Southern Pacific company, and mv "Whereas, Honorable Charles R Ma -ey, governor of the state of I'tah. did, through Harvey H. Cluff. 'attorney gen- oral. Intervene on be halt of the state of Utah on October ZS In support' of this committee's position. "Now, therefore, be it resolved, that tha thanks of this committee be ex- tended Honorable Charles K. Mahey and Attorney t.rnerul Harvey H. Cluff, and Its congratulations be extended to tha atata In having representatives who have so courageously taken a stand which la admittedly in tha public Interest. In-terest. , ln witness Whereof this resolution fa-unanimously passed on this thirty-first thirty-first day of October, 19:2." .Members of the spec.al committee present at today's meeting were: lhn-..'4f lhn-..'4f Alexander. C A. Badger. J antes J. " lturke, I 8. Cales. t B. Cook, J. W. " Collins. H. K. Ilcke, P. L Ioran. aak A. Fisher. U B. Hampton. N. J. Hanson. V. K. Jensen. W. K. McKell. W. O. fatrick. imer ltt, K. A. Pyke. B. K. Redman, K C. Hctiramm, H. A. Hchweikhart and J. X. Smith. " Prickctt Attend I. C. C Hearing If. W. Prlckett, manager of the Trsfflc Bureau of I'tah. will leave f'Klay for Washington, D. '., to attend tUe hearing of the interstate comma com-ma ret commission Novemter 4. at which the question of the Jurisdiction nf the commission in the grouping of the railroads Involved Is to be passed upon. Mr. Prlckett will oppose the granting nf the petition of the t'nlon |
