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Show Hi PAGE SIX . THE LEHI SUN. LEHI, UTAH Thursday, NoTcmK u I HI r tttttlSlltStttStAAttittttttttttt t ' irrr 1 ! Central Pacific Separation 1 1 ( A Boon to Utah 1 I This State Should Not Join Hands With 11 1 Arizona to Detour Freight and Passengers I 1 via El Paso and Tucson. I 9 ::: . . F the action of certain representative citi- SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES I j:! I 9 oj! zens can be considered truly representative r kt: -. ::;l ill y Utah has climbed into Arizona's band wagon. f - A :!:) I 'tit i!:: ' . glance at the map shows that the interests of if 5l2l y r ':': ') I II I ;; these two states in the Central Pacific "Case Ns IWX 1 " 'i I 1 1 :j; cannot be identical. If dissolution hurts nUTTS2' IbQlr '' I .4 i: Arizona it helps Utah. Yet we have the unus- TJl r BpT -II ' 'M ;::;. ual spectacle of men speeding to Washington JPvH """'"V o y J5 iijl I jH i ii from Salt Lake, to align this state on the side fSSCi "7 f ' 'M m W of Arizona and New Mexico, both of which ' " fJ fl ' Hrf Ii ::' I fill !::' states have declared through state officers ;" . HKis: "iJjjLC I ;::: ' ' their conviction that a separation of the Gen- . st-m yS B I I iHi iijj' tral Pacific from the Southern Pacific would L U yj Xj" JS i; I fl ;;:: give Salt Lake and Ogden train loads of freight ' "the oneThundred per-cent koute- " ::: I II ifii . and passengers which at present are going thoK i::l , H ;;:: through El Paso and Tucson. WITNESSETH JTS&P fflfeKffi gg -" ''" "38 , IP fli : Ii : SS S&Xg& gTSSSSS . , JWC;1J he Unin Pa4c,ific aC(uIrcs thc tra Pacific the Union Pacific : ji I HI : ; 4 pc "c w"? divested of tho Central Pacific tha yast tonnago now carried along tho ' " have the incentive to route freight and passengers through Utah : l II, It! 80uthcrn 1Ino would vanlsh- Novoda stato Joumnl.'-Juno 23, 1922.) ' that the Southern Pacific now has for routing them through Arizona and i " 'i Hi I $t ...,.,. i New Mexico. "J at I;" , " Njw Mo,c?,1,J.,5? a11 of California freight, If they dissolve tho Central . V.f lfi: I ': ' 2?mS ?S S' Jia,d crporatl?n Co!2?lI,M'ontor Hu?h Williams in discussing tho Tho only point on which nil parties to this conlroversv nro airrood n - ' II 1 ii sajasiSag'ir'St'K satfsa?w Jiara 2? " rfsont ' w? ia S BS: "Sc Is I : I if o2 to tho Union Padflc'" (Santa Fo.N.M., Now Mexican, June 22, 1022.) attempted to remedy it by glittering promises. Tho Union Pacific is l' Hi '' - ri , r, rA . 11VT . . , spending millions o dollars to develop its territory and will apply tho i;!: j 111 I ; ; Uinmbcrs of Commerce of Arizona and New Mexico might . snmo forward-looking policies to tho Central Pacific. J 'j :' J IK! j;- wcU congralulatc themselves that certain citizens of Utah are ' If tho Ogden lino is to compete on equal terms with tho El Paso Lino '!"' 1 IS ": taking steps to insure that Phoenix, Tucson and El Paso will overy link m tho chain from San Francisco through Ogden and Omaha : :! ! (IK iiii continue to get business which rightfully belongs to Salt Lake w ?i, ff0' mJ,st wor? wi5 -an oy !si.ngl to tho promofion of this route. :::i III o.t andOcdcn , o -u With the western end of this route in the hands of a lino which works -; If) :::: anuugacn. actively ngainst it, tho needed support is impossible and tho Supremo ' -I SI :::: A t . i n.i e ' n , , .. . Court of the United States so found. l -J? KIP " A vote to uphold the Supreme Court's decision is a vote Tfnf.rm;Q n , ,. . l ill 1 1 -r i ' 1? ,J7h? . SuPr?m Courl thc n' tho Southern Pacific would try to move it via NoV Orleans and : I HI :;:: Umtcd flal;8 wtcrmincd, for the decision said the proof was rail lines east, or if that wore impossible, then via El Paso and tho Kock t- I I 111 1! '' ' ample that thc southern route of the Southern Pacific was giv- Island. Only in case they could not get it any other way would thoy route ; ! I I I i M Hi I cn Prcfcrcncc ns a result of which the Southern Pacific got tho through Utah. J; j I 1 1 j:!:.'" ""whole loaf," whereas a shipment via Ogden gave them oidy Moro freight and passenger businoss moving through Utah moans If. I a I M ::::' "half a loaf." moro men employed for maintonnnco and operation, larger shops I.' H ; II :;:: ' nnd offices, greater purchasing power in local territory, moro tour- l' I m il oo Efforts put forth to maintain tho Southern Pacific's half-hearted lst9 moro homes and moro peoplo to clothe and feed. ! I ill ;; participation in Utah's affairs aro a tremendous help to Arizona and . The Union Pacific is endeavoring to remind tho peoplo of Utah li! I l II- , Wow Mexico. ' and tho Inlcrmountain country of its purposes, policies and accomplish- h I I III ' It in nnrndnvipnl n,nf cjnif t i i uii tj nun. , (:. monts. It would bo interesting to sco a list of things tho Southern ?- I llll '4 :- imr for tho SouZi Paomf Pasos hould boUi o work- - Pacific has promised to do for Utah since the Supremo Court's decision , t I 1 I II :: "o WlS Q1U 18 B0"lg 8 r Q dlS" ,- onligMeniSff1922' T k"0W What ImV ('n0 Wuld b CqUftlIy II ml W J What the Union Pacific has done it will continue to do assist the if I I ( I 'H communities along its lines to grow and prosper, It is a matter of - I I j I record that no line has ever come under the control of the Union f I I If if Pacific which has not been improved in facilities and service to the I 1 I j; i ," We shall furnish additional information from time to time. - J 3 : fl III1! . . " -. Union Pacific System I jl 1 . ;-. ''';. ..:.v(. SALT LAKE CITY , ;;':; I |