Show 1 1 I 1 1 I I I OREGON R R I HEARING ENDS U U P Official Says S P Ilu W Would ouId Get All the Traffic I WASHINGTON March arch 28 28 Railroads wound up today before the interstate tat commerce commis- commis don Ion their argument In opposition lion to the tho th demand of o tho th state of Oregon that more mor than 00 miles of nw new lines ho bo b constructed through Its Ita central and eastern portions After brief reminders by I s representing the th state and localities Interested the tho th Issue was taken tak n consideration by byI bythe bythe the commissIon I A A G 0 Spencer general solicitor for tor the th Union Pacific declared the tho Railroad and Navigation company the Union Pacific Pacifies S If subsidiary which would be b obliged to undertake a largo large portion of the th expenditUre was In no financial condition to toI I assume the th burden I MUCH DESERT That corporation now has I of accumulated deficit on operations ho he h said The Tho country II I e through which these thess lines linea are ar projected but the th extension Is a matter of ot embarrassment to the th railroads railroad I which must mut serve erve It tt It Jt Is ii I well weil to remember that acres acre of the total area of or Oregon Iare are owned wn d by the th States government and millions of thIs total are ar marked In yellow ellow on the the map th high hl h desert dort country NOT ENOUGH I think the th Union Pacific Is well wail enough known In the th v west et eat IsI so o 0 that these then th gentlemen even admit that thai Its It directors dIrector would not hesitate to put up the tho ry to construct the east al and west line 1100 K it they could see eee ie the th traffic In sight l ht to maintain It But there then Isn't any such uch tonne tonnage Chairman Aitchison sugg sted that with the th line f across central Oregon Orron to tap the tho timber ren es on the western slope flop the Union n Pacific could count on making makinI joint rates rate to attract timber tim tim- timer ber er for tor movement eastward east Mr hr MrS S Spencer rejoined that tho the timber mills on the th western slope elope slop 1 were ere alread already located on bout bouthern hero Pa- Pa Pacific Pacific Pa Pacific lines linea an and that the th corpora corpora- corporation lion corporation tion would have hav no difficulty In retAinIng the th haul haut for tor their 0 own n systems I Th The Union c a would hn ha hai e spent pent In order to put puta puta a line across he h said ald aid where It could sit alt on the th side sid of ot a mountain and watch the traffic go on by-on by on the th rails rail rolI of its III It com corn competitors competitors 00 op |