| Show HARRIMAN AND THE SOUTHERN PACifiC Wizard Has Hns Duplicated j Success of Union i GREAT INCREASE IS SHOWN i j I sl tte 1 roe II Up hy by of 1 thinK thing of the I When III I 1 II was announced that t K I H of Nsw New York had hadi av 1 i qui of r the Union PI i railroad mn men pt th the wt InquIred Wh b hf he The Me noe the Ibe field eld of the Wa with without out lilt blare of trumpets lIa He wag All al 1 Inot l unknown known The old hulk of a which hud had fallen Inlo his bill lands hand h had been Mell In the hands hand of a te re for tor some time and Its It roadbed and nd w were pretty well II roll rull flown down at t tb heel beel What did with the Pacific III well II kt ten 1 no more profitable or latter tar property In ht the trotted Only a degree 1 leas than th the rl of Union bas baa heels been tM th tremendOUS advance nf et It Ito II ally U the Southern ot of the Harrl mn man w as foretold wh n the Southern pro property rt wall waa ac acquired I by the I In I 1901 but It III Ii doubtful It If the most tar at t Ih that II time tb the vast r that would be made mad In th tha u up ot of th the pro property rt within the decade Nor was IU anyone with Ue I po Uon of Mr Harriman n able ble tn u Judge of the of the tha territory that I the h Southern Pacific serves erv Prim It Its Northwestern terminus tf at the hem through and th then Arizona a corner ot of New and th the breadth ot of Texas to tn New N without taking In Into Into to account count the very vry Important lines from Salt at lAke City to Ihn Anti and Ib the Mexican lines UDell no now bel Wing rapid r extended From alvaton and nd New w Orleans run the magnificent fleet of Southern Pacific steamers to New NW York Tork and other ports port Including the line Une end and owned which make U up tb the Pacific proper We have here MM mUM of main tuck mil miles of nf track Iose mile mil of aid ald Ins lj or of ferries and 1806 mil milot miles ot of w at tor r line Ih the greatest tall rail trans trane system In wi with th the single exception of the Pennsylvania In seven vet years yean ot of Harriman Merriman mul manage management ment a surplus too small 1811 to the pay par payment ment fit r was Into a or of after pa pay meat 0 of In dividend The expenditure x of In Improve Improvements ments of the Southern line un an ander der Ii the regime I Ii a tact fact that staggers the The P Iti pin gain from these expenditures is shako h In the fat fact that Ih the Southern P last year carried on one mile mil nearly 1 ton of freight mo more than It anted Id In 1101 1001 The ThIll of COUrte would have hav bran n an n entirely Impassible teal feat finless tM money laid out In improve hat Wen been spent wisely s well s find hAd ben at h hs n high hh or of Intelligent In man matl management and nd operation There III a no more mOl demon of Ihl this than the figures for the JUn monthS Jan 31 of this I t For or th these months although gross revenue nul as 1111 compared to tn tho de ed by the over or expenses and taxes taua It actually nearly There la I no noI better I test or ot of management I Isn ha n this The actual figures are re It as nl KEEN JAN It fl ItA A Average mile of road operated In 1 lOt In 1901 Inere Increase Ores venue revenue 1903 1 1109 decrease Operating O expenses 1901 1008 dr decrease Tu 1101 2111 dele decrease Total expense and nd taxes xe 1109 44 1 1001 det deva e over ove operating expenses and n tax taxes 1109 1101 1109 1 SU As AM to the fUture ot of South Southern ern rn the point a I long when hen three can ean bt b allY auy doubt lill as to 10 the I orth ot of th the as now equipped I and That may be taken IL 11 ILa a demonstrated fart The factor fator re remaining r to 10 bI be realized i III th the future of the territory traversed by the Southern lines TilE IRRIGATION AOE In the minds ot of many n It large pert part of at the he southern territory exists ml manly as a mental vision vlon ot of semiarid wade sparsely populated ud sad undeveloped TIlt This to n a In large wu was a fact In tb the days or of Huntington but It I la not true of this In Inthe Inthe the Harriman era Irrigation U changing vast areas within Iu Its territory the cattle man is way to the n mash h hIn becoming In the lames homell ot of hund hundreds of set 1 tiers Ufra Where formerly the traffic taft Of the southern was largely coax posed polled ot of 10 low class clau business tb the per percentage cen of freight of at higher grads rad I Is steadily increasing It la is furthermore a mistake to that tha I fI Pa Paride ride hold upon eat I Ibe be seriously disturbed d by the of rival lines The Th Southern I la lathen then thore and aDd has baa been Ibe there for tOl a genera generation nr tion It Its lines permeate tine Of the tate state It Its I adv in then FranciSCO are comparable and superior to th the advantages of A to In A little dan danger It if any my may II be an from th the outwits of pending litigation whereby It I is sought to Ie de tb the relation now between the Pacific and Southern ml tM the value ot of Ih the southern I Pa dies right ot of way ay equIpment and FI i In It field and th the advance e add lUll or of Its Ita Waffle cannot be destroyed or h by any m means taken aa away from Southern The worst that happen would be beless 1 less management and less Ild ad a ta than those n now existing But even evea these theM are hardlY to be regarded as danger Imminent to be b by the most ert careful fUl investor Hew great art a factor Irrigation Is III hr the he transformation of southern Pacific l tm le la shown bown by an n examination of the governments work ork In title thle field Id and nd without taking of many private ela elaIn In the nel neighborhood of Puma on n the Colorado river rive acres partly in AaU na said d partly In will willbe ua be carved b by the canal on which rapid III I Wing belne made ul n of ff this soil hu has a bees lm impossible owing to 10 the destructive floods 0 of the Olla GIla river Now this llon I ready reldy for tor the settler In tb the same mt neighborhood th the leads MV saved from destruction b by the South rn P Pa success uc In closing the breach IQ in inthe the are yielding 1141 crap 10 With Arizona as a a center another hr vat vast irrigation work covering acre la blag carried out nut H Hn Hen also n I is th the climate Of oranges orane and other fruits lit of man and Ih the farsighted settlers tU who are taking u hind In chi lla region come into Inlo a w well UK nl and highly com community On the Truckee Caron project In III Nevada Xv da Ih the government Is spending on the reclamation or of 10 acre 1 ml I is on the OCd Ogden routs route or of th the SOuthern from whIch a lino between Hn and hallos hll has been built diagonally ac the nl newly I irrigated area rea lurther north un on the border between California end nd oron I Is the Ihl Kia matte which will eventually ton rua from Where California to 10 Oregon Oron ud and become Ih the main line ot of Ib the rOd road la in this territory In place placa or of orI I the he present route Nearly NI acre tr of 01 a soil 1101 will be h by the Irrigation work now under wa way her bera herSan San an county California I In loud had I forme averaging a r each Tody taa average vr Jg Je IN IM acre and where there thare wr were 03 farm of t 1 lea Ulan than 10 a acne eight hI yearn ao ago these are r ao mow I t tr fanny or r this Ihl a sue and tar farms ot of Ica than thano O acre Th Tune or of tb lb Oakland and Alameda urban Is an corn oom paring l In estee at tel tr the electrifying of 01 the New York Central terminal dl die 1 III N Neu York Tork After th the nr fire and andt t 11 th the Y Iw Ita terries flU a month or double Ih the v a before the April lUIt ing the ther r c hur seemed m If to he be beIhn Ihn II only ml Of r I of f I Ihl It f and Ih work will he d lu 10 as II rapidly a as will al ale he Ih Or r U the 1 problem o or hue r Io tit tl or of I the ht Sierras Irr North d man lIMn th the rno t i 1 in In I II u o III I and 1 I In maal 1 Ih the Ne NI Ih Ito II Ill 11 blade 1 J I Iwo roads will gut Ih the ua nit saw route rout for tor halt half Ih the diet la 1111 between daft lIan and 11 Port 1011 to iu mil ii h le length h ot of haul d and 1 of nr the This is III only on one onet t that th must boo be booI made I traffic nd of under un present r condl i I lens Ih Hp on th lb line h he Ih has baa 11 h he I per rent Ih Ihn rr n II t or of it II e nl arrn un h iii h lt MI Nina I 11 rh Ih 11 ter r nt It further u th iii of Th The f of nr these the fits Is III shown hwn In th the tact that the I al 81 ails 11 for of trains auras the I bi hen hf from fromIn t I In 11 ears 1 attl lb Ih likelihood It f II of nt transcontinental i II h hse tarn n done don away with 4 II I O I Ihn h PaI map two red downward from the south i r of One On shows U t Sonora Monora railway tram from fromn n the main line litH to on onI I 0 II 1 of C and nd then south I tl to The TIt other line ha hat II t s A th the road Water II tIa louI on th the Meak Arisona i q i rr 1010 to nerd on the Sonora route roulf router r Ih the bra branch b from Moro MoroA A further projected o extension of Ill Ih line will carry It fU fUi u urr i rr sn n through on tb the t 0 m I 1 1 r the th from r II t the h Southern 1 has both bothI I t ot of railway In Mexico miles mein to he built b by 1114 n the Yaqui River and nd Pacific eon I In 1 3 mike of linE wC were vom om d In 1 1108 see miles to tn be I hunt bY 1814 1114 it If Judged tu ct willel wisely as to the future tI lira of hf 1 these Mexican tines a as hf he did th the ht see of Southern Pa PaIn Pacific In And Pacific he has he here nil nu ifft of great value from which Ih Southern tail to In benefit before many years f Another Southern property rorert that Into Me I is th the Iota running from Calexico to tn Pan Pam hones Inne Mexico This la is practically II u II of th the Southern Southen branch frOm Imperial Junction to a al calm aleo The Th toad road form a curve W N miles Inn long with the as a bit barn rejoining th the Southern Pa PaMA MA cl main n near Yma V The ram m 1 of title line is III Inter Int eating rr for th the return I that ht It its en and th the service It affords wan wall made mad p anly by br th the energy with which I lb hf Southern Pacer d to the cull u upon On It to M dam the do wh when It Its waters threatened th the of f t this bill It ft I Is lion th the 11 11 of remarkable agricultural development and far Ib the Imperial Vall Valley section III ii confidently ph I sled Bled a Of nf people VA VAST T Additions to 10 have 1 kept up with and meats meat ot of the roadway The southern a spent nt for tor new equipment 39 from July 1001 to th the end nd oi ni 1 1881 To should be add added It Its II han char charof of nt freight care Arll at at a cost or nt IIII I O delivered In th the peat past two years flIr All the box boa cars 40 are aff pound capacity Two To hundred and twenty to 10 have ben been purchased III at an of nf to hail n nw new and to take lake the place Ia or of oren en engine thAt have outlived their use Ul fume For th the Pacific cast fr alt alone refrigerator III were wert provided |
