Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-02-14 | Page 11 | Western Railroad Men Said to Lack Loyalty

RAILROAD MEN SAID TO LACK LOYALTY lOYAL TV By Dy United Press SAN FRANCISCO Feb 14 H. Declaring ing Western railroads are conducting themselves as if the Western states were a country only remotely connected connect connect- ed with the rest of the United States and that hi high h officials speak as if the West Vest from a transportation standpoint were only mildly interested in the war the state railroad commission commission com corn mission severely criticised Pacific coast l officials In in inan an opinion made public today A copy of the document document doc doe was forwarded to Director General General Gen Gen- eral McAdoo I The commission declared the Western West West- ern era roads are not living up to their pledges to support the tho president in government control and are not at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to eliminate competition It declared that after signing resolutions by the Western Vestern railroad war board pledging this support as a patriotic duty President Sproule of the tho Southern South South- I ern era Pacific said the railroads in the West Vest had not been merged because there has been no occasion for such merging and General Manager Hibbard Hib- Hib bard baid of the Santa Fe commented on the resolution that he didn't know what the fellow had in mind that wrote it it