Show 11 1 t ff 1 40 destroy D y tir a I 1 C arati 0 oll western pacific F competition retained Keta ined but ut el 0 E paso F aso route R t t domination JU U removed the central pacific will not be another colorado midland the road will not bo be dismantled nor will it lose anything except its southern pacific parent whose chief interests are admittedly pledged in favor of another line via el paso that does not come within miles of salt lake city or ogden the central pacific will gain independence and later if grouped with the union pacific it will receive the support of a strong aggressive line definitely defini definitely tel y committed to the build ing of a bigger and better intermountain empire the union pacific believes in competition were it the only line in utah it would have to make reasonable L rates to move the products of utah to market in campeti tion with the products of other sections if in market arket corn coin petition were not sufficient tho the interstate commerce commission with its vast powers would protect against lr unreasonable and discriminatory rates be it remembered that the western pacific a stan dard railroad parallels the central pacific the entire distance through utah nevada and california and this insures to the shippers and citizens along the way the benefits of active competition no matter who gets the central pacific this western barisic aall i from 1901 to 1912 ohp th union pacific controlled tho the central pacific and practically all the substantial im prove ments made on the central pacific during the present century were made within those eleven years not until 1909 was the western pacific through line established so that most of these improvements were made without the added spur of western pacific competition should the union pacific again acquire the central pacific it would maan maintain tain the same forward looking policy and unlike the southern pacific would not be interested in the support of another route or the movement of traffic via another line the union pacific supports the utah steel industry is building a railroad 35 miles longto bring the iron ore to the main line thence to Spring springville ville and will join in reasonable rates on the manufactured product out of Spring springville ville the salvation of the intermountain intel mountain country depends on oil supplying manufactured and other products to the pacific coast if such products are purchased in the east for pacific coast delivery they will continue to move |