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Show 00 MERGING OF THE BIG ROADS Chairman Lovett of the Union Pacific Pa-cific executive committee made the following statement today "The operating organizations of the Cnlon Pacific and Southern Pacific In the west were separated a year ago last October, from the president down The only Joint offices and officials left after that reorganization, and -t the time of the decision of the supreme su-preme court In December, were the directors, chairman of the executive committee, the directors of malnten ance and traffic, and other officers located in New York, and the commercial com-mercial and sollclttng agents When the attornev general's position re spectlus the disposition of the Cen ral Pacific was made known thereby there-by showing a uowilbl conflict of In-1 terest with respect to that property, the chairman and directors of tho Union Un-ion Pacific Informed him that of course they could not further act for the Southern Pacific and immediately resigned from the Southern Pacific so that the latter board could be composed com-posed of directors not interested in the Union Pacific. This occurred on the 13th ult Today the remaining Joint officers in New York resigned from one system or the other and clr culars changing the joint agencies and appointing separate commercial agents were issued, taking effect February Feb-ruary 1, thus completing the elimina tlon of all joint officers and agents. Many of the official positions vacated have not been filled as vet, the duties thereof devolving temporarily upon other officers." nn |