Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-08-03 | Page 22 | Highways Hurt R. R. Lines, Says

HIGHWAYS HURT R RI Ra LINES SAYS S P Official Visits Og Og- Ogden Ogden Ogden den on Inspection Trip Paved Pa throughout the United States are ore educing l the traffic of the railroads railroad according to Julius K Krutschnitt of New NewYork NewYork York chairman of the lye committee of the Southern company who was an Ogden Saturday en rout route to San Portland Los WS Angel Angeles s end nd other points on the S a stem stemon on a tour of inspection lie lIe was wa met here her b by Julius Jr fr hl hi son eon who spent 25 minutes chatting with his father before the latter departed for the th west est westIn westIn In his private car Guadalupe I Julius Jr reside s at Tucson Art Ari and made the trip to Og Og- Og Ogden den Oc-den den to see e his father lie He H left shortly after noon for Tucson TRAVEL TRA JS ES S Passenger travel on the th South South- Southern Southern ern n Pacific syStem Estem Is not as a good goodas goodas as It was nas In 1923 1 33 said Mr fr This Is il attributed to the tho work of th the tho federal and State gO in constructing paved highways allowing the tie the car carriage of freight In trucks truck and passenger by busses without any It Lax x whatsoever to the tho companies operating these thes lines Such roads run directly opposite opposite opposite site the th railroads railroad In many pat parts Of f the th country and are ar the th big reason for the th decline in both freight and passenger business It the th government should hould give railroads like rights fre rie of costs we could very profitably carl cam carr freight and passengers at jut just halt one half the cost coit at th present time DRIVE AUTOS NOW OW He H cited an on Instance In D Detroit and some om of the tho other automobile cities of ot the th east where new ma- ma machines ma machines chines chine are ar driven to N New w York New and other sections rather than send end the th cars Or o land land In trains train Ho He H said aid that the th railroads of the country could not look for reductions In their freight and passenger tra el as long Ions as ns the government allows allow such uch com corn companies panics to operate without a fee feor or without maintaining the th high was 5 Conditions Condition on the th Southern Pacific as s far tar as ns St Antonio Port Fort Worth orth and Dallas are ar In much better physical condition than In 1923 said Mr In railroad circles conditions condItion can al- al always always al always ways be b Improved d and that Is annually the th goal Mr III Krutschnitt will sp spent nd the thene ne neit t few tw weeks In inspections In over the system y I I