Show THE OGDEN GATEWAY CASE in 1914 the union pacific announced bounced its intention to discontinue the enter change with the D R G at ogden of passenger business to or from points on the oregon short line lan a part of the union pacific system this affecting only business to or from denver and and points point past cist the D R G contended that as these rates had been in effect about 18 years they should not be canceled them the union pacific stood upon what it regarded as its legal right to retire from an arrangement ran gement which short hauled its ita own lines and contended that it was entitled to the long haul on passenger traffic to and from territory served arved by tile the oregon short line the pel reason assigned being the large expenditures made by the union pacific in the construction of branch lines particularly to yellow yellowstone tone park ind and jn ja oregon short line territory the testimony indicating that in recent years were expended in the construction of branches branche s for purpose of enabling the union pacific to serve serbei idaho and adjacent territory while the D R G 0 o on n tile the other hand had not invested a dollar in oregon short line territory commissioner harlan in announcing the majority opinion of the commission says in addition to the shorter mileage the service of the union pacific in point of time is much superior the fastest train over its rails from omalia omaha reaches ogden in 18 hours and 55 minutes less time than the best train between the same points over any other route in connection with the D H R G the situation before us is a very practical we me the denver and rio grande route as hereinbefore pointed out is is longer by nearly miles and is 19 hours longin point of time 4 under such circumstances it if no through route were now open an all order based on an the record before us requiring the union pacific tern tem to short haul itself by establishing the present parity of fares over the denver and rio grande grand would be illogical and arbitrary in the highest degree it would be iio no less so should we undertake to exercise our power under the same provision of law by compelling the union pacific to continue a rate adjustment which we could not lawfully require it to establish est blish as an original system |