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Show LEHI BUSINESS CLUB TAKES ACTION ON RAILROAO ISSUE FAVOR8 UNION PACIFIC OVER SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN CENTRAL PACIFIC C O N TROVERSY-JUDQE TROVERSY-JUDQE LYLE OF UNION PACIFIC AND A. J. EVANS 8PEAKERS. Action In favor of tho Union Pacific was taken by tho Lohl Bustnoss ClUb Thursday evening on tho Control Pacific controversy when that bosy passed a resolution endorsing tho divorcing of tho Central Pacific from tho Southern Pacific by tho Unitod States Supremo Court and favoring tho grouping of tho said Central Pacific with tho Union Pacific, when that grouping is mado. Thlrty-slx club members and visitors ,woro present and voted on tho resolution which is printed bolow. Judgo Lylo, attornoy for tho Unlqn Pacific, was tho principal spoakor. Ho wont into dotail on what tho Union Pacific had dono nnd was doing In Utah. Ho told how tho Unlin Pacific was built In the early days to act as a transcontinental lino and (ks a Military and Post railroad. Aiid pointed out how tho Central Facli&c and Union Pacific mokes a direct llso from East to West. Tho earlier legal rulings on tho contended lino woio rovlowod showing that In most cases tho courts had decided tho Central Pacific was best grouped with tho Union Pacific. Tho fact that tho Union Paclfls has 800 miles of road In Utah, Is incorporated incorpor-ated in our stato and has Its genor&l offices horo was djvolt on by ike Judgo. Employment, taxes and general gener-al building' of tho stato by tWo Unloq Pacific as compared to othir railroads was discussed. Tho plafs of tho Union Pacific this year aad next In Utah calls for tho expenditure of somo $5,000,000. Included In theso improvements aro tho Dolta-Fillmoro lino, Cedar Ctty-Lund branch nnd tho opening up of tho Southorn Utah Wonderland Won-derland with necessary purchase of hotels, otc. Plnns aro underway to make tho lino through Utah County ono of tho main systems. Two surveys havo already al-ready boon mado at tho Point of tho Mountain to tako down this grado, Judgo Lylo said. This Is dono with tho idoa of using this lino as a main feeder to tho U. P. system. Tho Judgo concluded by citing tho decision of tho Supromo Court in tho present controversy which sovors the Control and Southern Pacific roads and doclared that tho biggest monaco. to our country today Is tho growing disregard for tho law and court decisions. de-cisions. Some questions on tho subject under un-der discussion wero asked and answered. answer-ed. Among theso was: Why Salt Lake and tho Govornor had taken tho stand In favor of tho Southorn Pacific. Judgo Lylo declared ho could not glvo a reason. A. J, Evans followed with a talk In which ho recltod tho holp tho Union Pacific company had rondorcd in tho early building of Utah and their over roadlnoss to cooporato with tho various vari-ous districts on thoir system In any building up of tho, section and tho county. As to tho action of tho governor Mr. Evans said: "I cannot understand tho action of tho govornor, I feol that there, must bo somo in-vlsiblo in-vlsiblo reason for his action and think thnt reason will always remain invisible." Mr. Evans moved tho adoption of tho following resolution which was secondeiVby Iorbort Taylor. WHERA3. tho Business Men's Club of Lohl, Utah, Is Interested lu tho do-volopmcnt do-volopmcnt of tho Stato of Utah and tho inter-mountain country, and tho Union Parlllc System Is llkowlso Interested Inter-ested In such development; and whoreds, this Club Is fully convinced 'that tho Union Pacific Systom would bo materially assisted in its efforts to promote such development It tho Central Pacific Railway wore divorced (rom tho Southern Pacific Company, and WHEREAS, tho Unitod States Supremo Su-premo Court has rocontly hold that tho Southern Pacific Company has, by routing traffic through El Paso to Now Orleans nnd othor ports, doprlvod tho Central Pacific of tho bonoflts of a largo portion of such truffle, that is traffic that would natuarlly go through tho Ogdcn gatoway, and has ordered that tho Southorn Paclfls dlsposo of tho Contral Pacific, and WHEREAS, tho Southern Pacific Is doing what it can to obtain popular support of tho pooplo of tbo statos Interested In-terested In this matter to havo tho doclslon of tho Supremo Court In of-foct of-foct nullified so as to permit tho Southorn Pacific to continue to opor-ato opor-ato tho Contral Pacific. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by tho Business Men's Club of Lehi, Utah: That it is our opinion that tho resources re-sources of tho Stato of Utah and. tho intormountaln country will hotter bo developed and tho business Interests of this state and such sections bo bettor bet-tor served by tho Union Pacific SyBtem Uian by tho Southorn Pacific System, and That It is tho opinion of this Club that tho doclslon of tho Supromo Court shall bo glvon full effect, and that tho Central Pacific bo groupod by tho United Statos Intorstato Com-morco Com-morco Commission with the Union Pnclflc-Northwostorn Systom nnd not with tho Southorn Pacific-Rock Island Systom. That wo transmit n copy of this ro- solution to tho Govornor of tho Stato of Utah, nnd tho Attornoy General of this Stato, as well as to tho Unitod States Intorstato Commorco Commission Commis-sion nnd to Attornoy Gonoral of tho United Statos. JOSEPH B. WATSON, Prosidont. A. F. GAISFORD, JR., Socrotnry. Principal O. 1 Mltcholl and A. F. Galsford, Jr., oxprcsscd tho opinion that" tho other sldo of tho question should bo hoard botoro final action was taken but this Idoa did not pro-vail pro-vail and tho resolution carrlod. Coplos wore sont to tho railroad, governor, and national railroad commission. Tho lunchoon .was served In tho Memorial rooms by Mrs. Rachol Anderson. An-derson. Many remarked on tho splon-did splon-did monl. |