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Show Sj . i i ' I jj les!ern Pacific Competition Retained ' j I But El Paso Moete Domination Removed ! The Central Pacific will not be another Colo- From 1901 to I 91 2, the Union Pacific con- rado Midland. The road will not be dismantled, trolled the Central Pacific, and practically all ; nor will it lose anything except its Southern Pa- the substantial improvements made on the Cen- . cific parent whose chief interests are admittedly tml padfic during tKe present century were pledged m favor or another line (via blraso) that , . . , M . ..i i ono j . ..i. onn -i c ni i n't. made within those eleven years. IN ot until I VUV does not come within 800 miles or bait Lake City J ... . or Ogden. The Central Pacific will gain inde- was the Western Pacific through line establish- ) pendence, and later, if grouped with the Union ed, so that most of these improvements were J ji Pacific, it will receive the support of a strong, ag- made without the added spur of Western Paci- j j gressive line, definitely committed to the build- fic competition. Should the Union Pacific again I ing of a bigger and better Intermountain Em- acquire the Central Pacific, it would maintain j ji pire. fae same forward-looking policy, and, unlike the j - The Union Pacific believes in competition. Southern Pacific, would not be interested in the l Were it the only line in Utah, it would have to support of another route or the movement of make reasonable rates to move the products of traffic via another line. ji Utah to market in competition with the products , T . , i i r , . tt i t . , lhe Union Pacific supports the Utah steel h i of other sections. It market competition were . . . , .fr j -i i . I I rr. . i t l i n n industry, is building a railroad 35 miles long to not sufficient, the Interstate Commerce Lommis- . ' . & , r , 43 l U . .,. Ui.t .. bring the iron ore to the mam line, thence to sion with its vast powers, would protect against o -n j -n ui .. i v Spnngville, and will join in reasonable rates on j unreasonable and discriminatory rates. ,i r , j j . . r c -n ! j J the manufactured product out of bpringville. j ! Be it remembered that the Western Pacific, I , a standard railroad, parallels the Central Pacific The salvation of the Intermountain country j: ; !j the entire distance through Utah, Nevada and depends on supplying manufactured and other j - j California, and this insures to the shippers and products to the Pacific Coast. If such products II citizens along the way the benefits of active com- are purchased in the east for Pacific Coast de-S de-S petition. JNo matter who gets the Central Pa- livery, they will continue to move via the Pana- cific, this Western Pacific competition will con- ma Canal, thus depriving the Intermountain j jj tinue. Country of this trade and the railroads of the j j . haul. I v The Union Pacific assists the electric lines ! , which parallel it in Utah. Long ago it volun- The Union Pacific System having such large ji tarily established joint rates and divisions with interests in the State of Utah would be prompt-these prompt-these electric lines, and has furnished them prac- ed by self-interest, if nothing more, in contin- j I tically all their freight car equipment under the uing the development of Utah and the Inter- j usual interchange arrangement with steam lines. mountain country. Its employees in Utah, with j their dependents, number about 20,000. Its i The Union Pacific will not close the Ogden annual payroll is $7,500,000. What reason ; Gateway. President C. R. Gray of the Union couid impei it to rever8e ;ts policy cf protecting ; j Pacific System officially stated that should the and developing the territory which furnishes its I Union Pacific acquire the Central Pa- traffic? cific, the present situation will be maintained. ! The Union Pacific-Central Pacific lines will As against the glittering promises of the road s I need the assistance of all lines into Ogden in both which seeks to retain what the Supreme Court of directions to meet competition of the Southern the United States has decreed it must give up, Pacific's El Paso Route and the Santa Fe's line there stands the Union Pacific's noteworthy through Albuquerque. achievements for the public good. ii What the Union Pacific has done it will continue to do 11 II assist the communities along its lines to grow and pros- j per. It is a matter of record that no line has ever come ! under the control of the Union Pacific which has not l j been improved in facilities and service to the public. j li I Ij We shall furnish additional information from time to time i ! ' II I Umoe Pacific System SALT LAKE CITY l! 1 |