Show EM central pacific Pac lirie separation suz hp o A boon blvd anit to utah tah this state should not join hands with arizona to detour freight and passengers via el paso and tucson TF F the action of certain representative citi SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES zens ca can n be considered truly representative utah has climbed into Ari zonas band wagon file A glance at the map shows th that at the interests of these two states inthe central pacific case cannot be identical if dissolution hurts agre arizona it helps utah yet we have the unusual go vill T off or spectacle of men speeding to washington erfle 1 0 from salt lake to align this state on the side bp of arizona and new mexico both of which rye states have declared through state officers their ton conviction that a separation of the central pacific tack j from the southern pacific would g give ive salt lake and ogden train loads of freight and passengers THE ONE HUNDRED PER PERCENT CENT ROUTE which at present are going through el this map clearly shows the one hundred percent per cent route of the southern pacific over which the southern pacific instructs its agents to obtain routing wherever pos possible sibl every bit ol of traffic ic paso and tucson WIT that could pass over the central pacific line through utah but which passes over the one hundred percent per cent route through arizona represents a distinct loss to this state commissioners when the union pacific the central pacific the union pacific at the san francisco meeting on june 18 19 1922 ot of public service acquires Ari zonas representatives were smothered with telegrams stating that it if the southern will have the same incentive to route freight and passengers through utah pacific was divested of 0 the central pacific the vast tonnage tonn aige now carried along the that the southern pacific now has for routing them through arizona and southern line would vanish nevada state journal june 23 1922 new mexico new mexico might lose all ol of california freight it they dissolve the central and the only point on which all parties to this controversy are agreed is southern pacific Pac ilic said corporation commissioner hugh williams in discussing the that the present situation is unsatisfactory the southern pacific has action ot of the new mexican commission the state would lose by thi the deal atwould it would attempted to remedy it by glittering promises the union pacific is lose lore all the california freight coming now from the central pacific which would go to spending millions of dollars to develop its territory and will apply the same the union pacific santa fe NT M new mexican june 22 1922 forward looking policies to the central pacific of arizona and new mexico chambers of commerce if the ogden line is to compete on equal terms with the el paso line might well congratulate themselves that certain citizens every link in the chain from san francisco through ogden and omaha to of utah are taking steps to insure that phoenix tucson chicago must work with an eye single to the promotion of this route with and el paso will continue to get business which rightfully the western end of this route in the hands of a line which works actively belongs to salt lake and ogden against it the needed support is impossible and the supreme court of the united states so found A vote to uphold the supreme courts decision is a if a firm in san francisco has a shipment for new york the southern S 0 vote for utah A vote to nullify it is a vote for arizona pacific tries to send it via galveston and its steamship lines failing in mexico and texas this in effect is what the supreme new that hat the southern pacific would try to move it via new orleans and rail court of the united states determined for the decision lines east or if that were re impossible then via el paso and the rock island casion said the proof was ample that the southern route only in case they could not get it in any other way would they route of the southern pacific was given preference as a result it through utah of which the southern pacific got the whole loaf more freight and passenger business moving moving through utah means more whereas shipment via ogden them only half a a gave men employed for maintenance and operation larger shops and offices loaf greater purchasing power in local territory more mora tourists more homes s efforts put forth to maintain the southern pacifica halfhearted half hearted participation and more people to clothe and feed in affairs are a tremendous help to arizona and new mexico the union pacific is endeavoring to remind the people of utah and the intel mountain country of its purposes policies and accomplishments it is paradoxical that salt lake and el paso should both be working for it would be interesting to see a list of things the southern gou thern pacific has the southern pacific one of them is going to suffer a disadvantage promised to do for utah since the supreme courts decision of may 29 1922 which 6 to know what they have done would be equally enlightening what the union pacific has done it will continue to do assist the communities along its lines to grow and prosper it is a matter of record that no line has ever come under the control of the union pacific which has not been improved in facilities and service to lo the public we shall furnish additional information from time to time union 10 pacific pae e S te m p e SALT LAKE CITY A i 7 S laff c iro i r ft ti 0 s t t 1 we v we |