Show I I ON WITNESS STAND IN MERCER HEARING I Testifies as to Equipment I and Op Operation ration of Pa Pacific Railroads I V NE YORK YOEK Feb IS B 18 to improve e the Union and Southern Pacific Pa II systems since the merger of the two railroads were rel related ted by Vice I President Julius JuHu of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific terns when n he resumed the witness ss stand today at f the he hearing in the go OY- OY suit to dissolve the merger mergerOn er On the Union Pacific Mr h. h said that in the in-the the ei eight years ending in 1909 there had been provided 53 locomotives s passenger c cars Ils frei freight bt cars aIs 7 work 2428 miles of new steel rails rais SS 52 feet of wooden brid bridges es replaced and feet of iron and concrete brid bridges constructed On tIle flie Southern Pacific in the same eight years rEars there were new tives passenger cr cars ars new freight cars work cars miles of new steel rails 1 feet of wooden ridges bridges replaced and fet feet of iron or concrete bridges con cou tt d Another item Hem showed that during the e Pt period rio named I j ll ri-i ri 0 ui causa Coss tie were ere laid on on me Union Pacific and aDd on the Southern Pacific Th The witness ties tirs and methods ds adopted by hY tho Union Pacific and nd Southern t since siDo 1002 1902 to meet the d' d demands of in increased tr Ho lie thought that the freight ht service servie was was as good as that pro vided vidt d' d by any of the other lines HI if i weren't we wouldn't get the business said Mr r. J He said all t the he bi big lines line's working along the same plans to im improve prove the thc service and the best service was that which had the most efficient train and car loading |