Show ft State Decision Causes Yank to Lose Business T sf t f He Left Hun Sn I. I to Fight r EOE RIGHT m iJ iO T R RJ UN STARE J A A AUTO I Il To R Rl 1 Commissioner W. W a f r. r Gives Dissenting Opinion ti 1 11 1 in Decision of the Public Utilities Board Today t CLARENCE E. E PURDUE a returned soldier has been denied the thc right to resume a stage line service operated by bym him m in ia 1916 by a majority of the thc Utah pu public utilities tics commission Purdue's application for tor a a. permit to tor resume r the sen Ico maintained by hy him between Salt Lake and Brighton prior to to his entering tho the army was denied last iut Tuesday by Commissioner Henry t H. H Blood with President Joshua liO Greenwood of ot tho the commission concurring cony con con- y earring A dL dissenting opinion was wasi i rendered b by Commissioner Warren arren r Copies COIles of oC the denial nn and dissenting l opinion were ma made mado do public j i today Commissioners Blood and Greenwood Green Green- wood declared In tn their statements denying the r returned turned soldiers soldier's ap- ap application ap ap- that ho had forfeited tho the f l tight to resume tho ho service he is s t Ii to have given In be- be of ot his failure to maintain it t In ina a up until tho the time he actually l I entered military service in defense defeno of ot th the nation They hold held that James N lIs n who succeeded Purdue In Inthe t the lb operation of or tho the line after the palters latter toller's withdrawal to prepare for Cor entering tho the service was waR entitled to 1 continue the conduct of or the tho stage nine line i and ho was granted a permit on April 21 last PROTESTS Purdue's application was heard May t k S B. B 1 appearing to protest its besing beto be- be sing to ln granted Purdue based his request for tor p permission to the tho Brighton line Une service the right upon es- es 8 t ed by his operation In 1916 Ho lIo that ho ha had stopped his sen M ice In 1917 when ho sou sought ht to enlist In Inie l ithe the ie United States aviation service and upon pon f n failing tailing to be accepted because of ot his nis being registered in tho the draft and Calling awaIting a call to the colors While thus waiting railing he engage engaged In a taxicab bu bus n s In Salt Lake j. j Although declaring themselves fully In n sympathy with the movement In of ot providing employment for re- re r turned soldiers and sailors Bailors and exI ex- ex I j t pressing ii appreciation for Purdue's i si service to lo tn the tho countr country Commissioners if ui t or d A and Greenwood nevertheless is i fhi r red d that hIs apparent ahan abandon abandon- on- on fn bent hat tnt ot of the stage stasI line lne and tho the fact at AF n ha had provided the service l th 1917 and 1011 HilS 1918 made mado it Imf tnt tnt- f f- f Continued on ago pago 3 I Need ed to fo fight to firing Bring Traffic lie Here Mere Shown Shawn wn as Touris s Are liveried Diverted s d to toI's toIs toI I tos j Prevent Them iding Utah's lEah's I's Is Progress s I t. t Continued 1 from page 1 1 r r that hat nt or ni tl will vIII be bo in if all II t tho I f h t If one and n d 1 join JOIO m in 10 fight 19 to the ther there thero can cn be no question as r final filial pal score The Tho victory will bend be bo absolute and nd the tho opponents knocked out fer all II 1 no so t that at l f discrimination will ill i it ver vcr thrive here again t The discrimination exercised II by the V interests has inas existed since I Hurlman Core Utah was granted statehood f r It i la Is in many moves of oC th tho ralli rail rail- f i reads is on Uh this part particular cul r occasion t reference ref ref- h Is Ij made mad to the tho tho Ogden gateway sad and the traffic which should come comei i f bore bere but mobil h h I lx Is diverted b by the ther r r monster nu whoso whose appetite f personal Income makes Rabelais' Rabelais for Cor character as a a. gourmand seem rather rn I all I fry The point is that by the Ogden f gateway stew being closed that Salt I take fake Lake City loses overal millions of i r dollars a year By the opening of the gateway it would mean that I more traffic would como here hero i Greater industry would bo be built u up and a more prosperous community t develop One fe feature turo that should not be lost sight of would be that the opening of the gateway would r result m in the bringing here of I hundreds of thousands of tourists every year Salt Lake is is losing in in every w way v y yand and from every anglo angle through tho the gateway being closed It is preventing preventing preventing pre pre- venting this tins city advancing either cither as IS a populous or as es a I trade center It is preventing merch merchants from t obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars a year yea r by sales to tra transients transients tran tran- n- n and others while it is is s working work work- ink ing against the fir advertising of this city as a passenger or tourist point pint J lint It is also preventing the tho o in m payrolls hero in in that it militates against the employment e of more hands not only in stores but in industries generally I NOW NOV MAKE THE DIRECT CHARGE THAT THE HOTEL OWNERS OF SALT LAKE CITY ARE LOSING A YEAR AT LEAST BY TH THE E DIVERSION t r OF TRADE The old who cherished his trade seems to have han no replica In the I lI life Ile e of this clay It The hotel owners stand Idly by and seo see a n year ear should fall Into their lap lal carried carried car car- ried red on the winds of discrimination as is wafted by the Harriman Interests to other ether parts GET UP AND FIGHT Hotel men of Salt Lake why don don't you rub tho the sh p p out of or your eyes oyes an anet and jet get et up and tl fight ht If Ie you ou will fight only 01 long Ions an and hard enough you OU will find that your jour our hotels will bo be crowded crowde 1 every curry day in the year As a matter of ot fact If It sufficient nt determination and energy Is put Into tho the conflict it will willbe f be found Cound necessary to build more hotels hotels ho ho- here tere t 1 It may be s said that certain hotel men meni i hue have battled for Cor consideration at the ther r i hands of ot railroad 1 authorities but the thet f t fact remains that no real concerted erfort cf- cf fort has ever cr been ma made to bring business business busi busl- nt ness here As one commercial leader expresses ees es it the hotel men of or Salt Lal Lake e eIm will KUl show shoe remarkable effort to accommodate accommodate accommodate a vast throng thron as recently In th the J no Rotary ary clubs' clubs convention I here but when I It comes omes to gaining a stead trade to J keep their rooms fulli full Cull i from January 1 to December 31 th tho thi thoI I i fill fall asleep on th the Job J p The open opening ng of tho Ogden gateway t is Ia of vital importance to every overy hotel f owner and lessee in m this city It is also allO vital to every citizen for everyone every every- one is directly or indirectly affected by trade promotion within certain conIn con con- In In n case that hat ignorance loranco or confusion contusion confusionS S exist a as to tho Ogden Oden gateway gate gate- i way a Is or what it t means particulars I ar are re fui The evening of lIt the Og- Og ilea would mean for far ono on tang t Ir that lint the n n Pacific would Vein trin the reat l ly y y tra travel yel that sees pees fles to to Yc lono pirk parl to Salt Lake L' City Vit As AI it I Is lo the Union t Pacific Interests rests Ignore 0 O- O Olen Oden len an and 1 consequently there thero Is b no through there or nr an any other c feInt to hs his ell city t iSALT SALT LAKE ISOLATED ISOLATED l Ogden Oden Is tho the gateway through which the tho traffic should come here bat Lut Instead of ot admitting that fact and andr r ln sleeting ting local demand tho the Union PaI Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- I carries s ILS ILc traffic through GranS Gran- Gran S gerand H r and nd Pocatello Ilo to th the part park and other I Points Salt Sall Lake City the Ott city which bet bek be- be t k cause of or its history and its beauty i should boul i he be a mecca for Cor tourists and f others hers does docs not figure on the program of consideration of of the tho Harriman Int In- In t AS tilt tho lie Harriman Interests have leare discriminated 1 In freight rates against this city ctt so o have they 1113 f Criminated In the lie routing of or passenger traffic tattle pf Of f course such action by the railroad is a downright shame shamo and anda a crime Tho point is is th that t many thousands housand of VIsitors could be bo ac- ac I hero here if the railroads would change chanDe their policy and give Salt Lake City a 4 fair deal for tr travel vel in the West Tho hotel owners with others here should 1 compel tho the Union Pacific to direct travel to Salt Lake There Jo Is no valid reason wh why such traffic should not be b. routed here for the rails ralls of the thy Or Oregon on Short Line outer enter this city and the Oregon Short Line Is part and parcel l of or the Union Pacific and figures s among the dividend payers of or the group FORCING NO TH THE E PACE It can be be- mn made compulsory for the thet t Union nion Pacific or the tho Oregon Short Line to bring brine the tourists and others here Failure by tho the railroad 1 to do so o would certainly provoke the condemnation condemnation condemnation nation of or the railroad administration In addition there then Is always R solace In ht knowing that unless u a railroad yields to public policy that there are more moro ways than on onto co of or meeting the situa situa- tion lion And when you strike a 1 blow with tho the pruning at opera operating tin revenues Wall all street will take Immediate Imme diate llato to notice When hen Wall all street takes notice presidents of or railroads are arc likely likely like like- ly Iv to feel Ceel that their official seats sats are arc liot not so safo safe as th they might have supposed supposed sup sup- posed them to b be Coincident with sith staging u Il battle for tor forthe forthe the opening of the O Ogden gateway the people of Salt SnIt Lake L' City must keep up UI an aggressive fight to restore proper working on the tho Denver Rio Itlo Grande and ond the Western Vestern Pacific railroads If the Oregon Oreon Short Line or orthe orthe orthe the Union enlon Pacific or the Southern Pacific Pa Pacific Pa- Pa or of all three will not see Eee tho the wIsdom wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom of or bringing tourist traffic hero here special cart care must b be taken to seo that roads which will encourage o the buildIng building build build- ing of or this territory are ure fostered to the fullest degree D D. D R. R G. G ADVANTAGES Many l delegates leates to the tho recent Rotary clubs' clubs convention brought here from the East Last over the tho Denver er Rio Hlo Grande railroad Such Sueh delegates of will III undoubtedly sing sinS the praises of the scenic beauty as witnessed on the tho trip t-lp Tho Tito route of oC the tho Union Pacific cannot compete for or or scenic grandeur with the route traversed traverse 1 by the Denver Den Rio Hlo Grande and as a consequence all travelers travelers travelers trav trav- elers from Colorado and other Eastern Kastern points should for the greater benefits to be e derived patronize the Denver i 8 iRio Rio Grande Furthermore by patronizing the Denver Rio Grande tho the people will help to build a railroad d which is helping to build a city wit to-wit Salt Lake On tho the other hand it would appe appear lr that the Harriman interests interest as represented by the Union Pacific and tho the Oregon Short Line are aro attempting to de destroy destroy de' de destroy stroy this city hit t is more traffic destined ne 1 for Cor California points point by the Southern Pacific Pacific Pa PIl cHie should bo be routed via Ia Salt Lake e. e Tourists would then have havo tho the advantage advantage advantage tage of or seeing a city which rivals any anyon anyon anyon on the coast We Ve In Salt alt Lake might think little of or the Great Salt Sail lake but hut with greater advertising ad it would woul prove a a. drawing card of inestimable value There Thero Is nothing like It on Oil the coast Neither are there cool and picturesque plc- plc canyons anI Only desert and hillocks greet the tho eye ee In southern California Cali Call fornia Cornia while scenery cener of unsurpassed grandeur is available for tourists In ht Utah ROUTING TRAFFIC There is absolutely no Just reason wh why tourist and Ind general traffic to California Call Call- fornia and the tho Northwest should not be routed through Ogden and Salt Lake City There re are aro the facilities anti ami general general general gen gen- eral benefits hero which rival anything In an any other part of oC tho limo country and andas andas as a result the discrimination shown by tho the railroads particularly against this city Is unreasonable and unjust Following the recent disclosures In InThe Tune The Tele Telegram when It was waH clearly i shown that rank Injustice was against this city and against I the Dt Denver n er Rio Gran Grando an and the tho I Western Pacific railroads s tho the United States Stales railroad administration has taken cognizance of ur thu situation AH As Asa AHa a n. result more traffic has haM been or ordered to be bo routed over the Uw Denver Ito luo Gran Grande and the Western estern Pacific lines MEN fIEN RETURN TO JOBS As a result of the campaign waged to bran bring brine about an adjustment several hundred men thrown out of uC work worl at taco tho Denver Rio Hlo Grando shops here lJ ve been tik ak n bark bade There a ac ae c stilt i t bout tout more mote men to be he given shen hack back their jo Jobs s. s Many of them may ha have 0 left len tho the cit bu hilt buy the tI t- t city greater perce percentage percent percent- age It Is known will return as soon soona I as a the OJ order er goes forth for their re return return re- re turn to the local shops Unquestionably the men men all all ot or them will them will eventually be re restored ro- ro stored to their old jobs The life of the Denvor Denver G. G Rio Grande railroad railroad rail rail- road and tho the future prosperity of Salt Lake demands that they be bere re Conditions h have vo improved sinco since the campaign for justice to tho the Denver Rio Grando Grande was in u- u ur ted More trains trams are arc now running running run run- I ning over its lines compared with witha I a month ago while tr traffic both passenger and freight has in increased in- in I creased I T Ti Harriman interests are aro arnut not nut deI de- de eI e- e I I shoos of oC seeing a competitive line thrive Ihrl Tho Thu Denver Rio HII Grande Grando Chas I has b bc been en robbed of or trade by J ilia th ro routing rout rout- J tor t- t mg ing of or traffic DUTY TO RAI RAILROAD I Time The railroad administration must I realize that it owes o a paramount duty i to every railroad and that J is to tu award jUl Justice to toNY every NY line and favor to none I With the Denver Rio Grande at present in m the h hands nd of a are are- re receiver ro- ro and consequently weak in I finances it will be bo readily seen th that lt it will not lIot be he in a 3 position to properly meet the competition of the Harriman n interests unless fair fairI j I play is given to it It NOW The Denver r Rio Hlo Grande Grane is II gamely game game- gamely game uno I ly Iy attempting to gain Us its business fe feet t. t It t has succeeded to a considerable extent extent extent ex- ex tent within the tho last month hut but it cerI certainly needs moro generous help helD than I has as ali yet et been given by tho thu powers that be at al Washington It U must he be patent to lo e ery e cry railroad operator I that hat train crews cannot be bo as assembled d and cr overnight It j I therefore follows that tho time railroad a administration administration ad- ad 1 I |