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Show Central Pacific I I DIVORCED FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC I ' '-i-j - mi "vfn ' .! g ' vjj H ; y l" . fj , o o u i , m : "I The supreme Court of the United States said: "These acta (that is, the Pacific Railroad Acta) 'II H 4 v ; m &'?'& fl"' ' ' 5 A " A a - J provided that these two railroads (Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Com- H H ,- 13 --..' ""on j-l " i - I -. ' 40 pany) Bhould be "operated as one continuous line, and that neither uhould discriminate in favor of or llil H ?"" II "''' liTY zjFztr m .AB I ' " "jKrfr against the other . . ." JJjl H '111 jp3.5Hh ' '! 'I0 '"The Central Pacific, with its eastern connection at Ogden, forms one great system of tnuiBporta- HI H Kf .,, V-2fcsL7iTw'$3 i u - L A i on between tne ca8t and the west, and the Souther" Pacific, with its roads and connections and steam- Ujj H III $-Vt ""S r- ( " t r , ) 'boat lines, forms another great transcontinental Bystem for transportation from coaBt to coast. . .' UU H l "' WiS'i jHt i--yf ZZ''-'" j ' j ( ' ". . . These two great systems arc normally competitive for the carrying trade in some parts H I'jj"' r- fSJviU. j ' j from tne ca8t and "Wdlo west to the coost, and for the traffic moving to and from central and nor- j H C' W-.. .w1 i I r "i thern California, including a great volume of ocean-borno traffic, which lands on the coast destined H II JJ Y" 1 " -- -JTa t)S , I w w v . . across the continent to the Atlantic seaboard and intermediate western and eastern points, or is destin- JlN H Kf s JA J 7 rJpj r-. - lwtLicArA. ' e(' from t,,e latcr Pqmts to foreiKn Porta via San Pranscisco or other Pacific coast points," jfl M ft ' y rC S::: yr'T7iTT '"T'L'LLI T" i "The proof is ample that the policy of the Southern Pacific system has been to favor transportation Inj H H "" vlA JrH' o I -'"" I fel. 1 A"7""t on its lines by securing for itsdf, whenever practicable, the carriage of freight which would normally fl j'jfi',v ' jtjZ. ' ""Ml o yJbNJL " move eastward or westwani over the shorter line of tho Ccnlral Pacific Railroad and its connections, fpi j rjS-"""'' J C" "M4r' AjVflTT- n j its own much longer and wholly owned southern route. This course was limitct by an arbitrary rule H 'j i-iji w j sVJLtiS I v " F2!" .V- during the time the Union Pacific dominated the Southern Pacific from the stock purchase In 1901 until j u ' Vv l" V -?V-Li V tlie 80cal'etl 'unmerger' In 1913, as a result of the decision of this court in tho Union Pacific case. The r H Tj ' o YV4 AfvW , -p-r ,.- y- compelling motive of this course of conduct is obvious. The Southern Pncific owns and controls tho lul fl ' . LJv!1 ' ix I I r southerly route, and receives 100 per cent of the compensation for freight transported by its road and j , ', J r V . b tiN, '" I j T" water lines. Over the Central Pacific route it receives but a fraction of tho freight, because tho H '! y''vS.lV i r o .w v 4 Union Pncific with its eastern connections take up tho carrying from-Ogden to the enst. Self-interest I H . i v't s0r . ' I . J C dictates the solicitation and procurement of freight for the longer hnul by the Southern Pncific lines. H j " NX. 7sJ" w j -. j j ) ! While many prncticcs, formerly in vogue, are eliminated by the legislation of congress regulating inter- " HJ - i -s. tw " - iJ 'St t x A s c state commerce, and through rates and transportation way be had under public supervision, there nro Uj H ill ' ' ; s v'Att V'V V ) tsI'lX elements of competition in the granting of speclnl facilities, the prompt carrying and delivery of freight, W "I I iiiLM) I V.l Y CtSfer tho ready and agreeable adjustment and settlement of claims, and other elements which that legislation 1 HI 5 t ' j .....hji.vr.fi,t 1 ft k N'c" jjfegx) does not control. 1111 M HI ' v ' Vw ' J " 's concc('ed n the hrief of counsel for the defendants that 'it is true of all such systems that, f H "K -. c K $F other things being equal, freight is preferentially solicited for the 100 per cent haul.'" j H ly V ' XS V w "e rcncn the conclusion that the stock ownership in the Central Pacific acquired by the Southern H H J v' v , O r31 , Pacific is violative of the Sherman act within the principles settled by this court . ." Ill H m the territory covered by the Southern Pacific lines, the Central Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad, "We direct that a decree be entered severing the control by the Southern Pailfic of the Central Pacific M and graphically discloses the position of the Central Pacific Railroad, affected by the recent decision of by stock ownership or by lease." ( IUJ M , the Supreme Court of the United States. Iffl H What the Divorce of the Central Pacific I From the Southern Pacific Means. I " 1 TUF money necessary to be spent for Shops, Terminals, the supreme court states that the southern pacific admits, -it I "" -4 IS TRUE OF ALL SUCH SYSTEMS THAT, OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, H I Double Track Lines, and all Necessary Improvements con- pRElGHT Ig ,preferntialy souarap fob aim ran cent haui.-. the I nectcd with a heavy volume of traffic depends entirely upon supreme court itself says : "the proof is ample that the policy of H the routing of such traffic, likewise the employment .of men, 1TS LINE BY SECUKING F0R 1TSELP- whenever practicable, the car- I RIAGE OF FREIGHT WHICH WOULD NORMALLY MOVE EASTWARD OR WEST- H J the use of coal, materials and supplies of all kinds, including WARD QVER THE SH0RTER UNB 0F THE CENTRAL pACIFIC RAILR0AD AND farm products necessary for the subsistance of men employed its connections, for its own much longer and wholly owned I , t .i ' SOUTHERN ROUTE. ... THE COMPELLING MOTIVE OF THIS COURSE OF CON- I ffi on the railroad. ' KH - -. f ' - DUCT IS OBVIOUS. THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OWNS AND CONTROLS THE t " ' ' SOUTHERLY ROUTE, AND RECEIVES 100 PER CENT OF THE COMPENSATION H I f FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTED BY ITS ROAD AND WATER LINES. OVER THE H CENTRAL PACIFIC ROUTE IT RECEIVES BUT A FRACTION OF THE FREIGHT BE- THE DISTANCE FROM SACRAMENTO TO THE UTAH GATEWAY IS 694 MILES, H CAUSE THE UNION PACIFIC WITH ITS EASTERN CONNECTIONS, TAKES UP THE . AND FROM SAN FRANSISCO 782 MILES, AS AGAINST SACRAMENTO TO EL PASO CARRYING FROM OGDEN TO THE EAST. SELF-INTEREST DICTATES THE SOLI- I 1261 MILES, SAN FRANCISCO TO EL PASO 1283 MILES; SACRAMENTO TO GAL- . CITATION AND PROCUREMENT OF FREIGHT FOR THE LONGER HAUL BY THE I ' SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES." DU I . VESTON 2149 MILES, SAN FRANCISCO TO GALVESTON 2171 MILES; SACRAMEN- M I TO TO NEW ORLEANS 2454 MILES, SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW ORLEANS 2476 Any interference with the desision of the Sepreme Court k would rob Utah and Nevada of their just rights, ul 1 I MILES. b II Published by Authority of an Association of Utah Businessmen. I JtMfc,, .... . . HlllllllllIT ----- - - m, """l |