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Show Bearing Interesting 00 According to tho daily papers tho hearing before tho Interstate Commerce Com-merce Commission nt Washington, D. C Between the S. P., C. P. nnl U. P., in which the S. P. is asking for a retention re-tention of the control of tho C. P., tho affair is assuming exceedingly interesting inter-esting proportions and the various witnesses called and testifying give very good reasons on both sides of the question for their attitude in tho matter. So far a3 we are encerned, and we believe that tho majority of tho peoplo of southern Utah agree with us, we favor the Union Pacific having control con-trol of the Central Pacific, or clso that road bo allowed to operate as an independent institution. Among tho number of men who have appeared beforo tho Commission, Mr. E. 0. Howard of Salt Lake, gives the mst concise opinion why tho Central Cen-tral Pacific, in his opinion should bo independently operated. What he told tho Commission is as follows: "I am of tho opinion, that the pending pend-ing application of the Southern Pacific Pa-cific should not be granted." Asked for his reasons, ho said tho present arrangement does not seem a natural one, he thought the Southern Pacific should not; operate a line across the Southern, tier of states, and a shorter short-er line which should be a natural competitor, com-petitor, back into the interior of tha country. Pressed further for his views, he said: "I think tho Central Pacific should be an independently operated railroad, rail-road, free form the control of any system, free to build up tho country which it naturally would serve. I am satisfied with the intensive effort and energy that would be applied in developing the country which it traverses tra-verses and both terminals, it would build up a very large and profitable businessjThe situation, on the Pacific Pa-cific v!basts-changlngrlpMlyrbtdlds-ing up and growing faster than any other section and the present condition condi-tion is hardly to bo compared with any wo aro familiar with in recent years. "The Pacific coast is rapidly becoming be-coming a market for many of our Utah products," he went on. "And this railroad operating independenly, in my mind, would tie that section up and help develop it more rapidly than it would if operated and controlled and influenced by n large transcontinental transcon-tinental system. "Tho Pacific coast at this time is1 beginning to recognizo the value of our very large undeveloped iron resources re-sources in southern Utah. Capital nnd effort are now being directed to the develpment of this property. They need our iron and steel and we need their capital, and tho two are now being brought together in what seems to bo a very practical and very definite de-finite way." |