Ogden Evening Standard | 1913-02-21 | Page 1 | Contract is Opposed

CONTRACT IS OPPOSED Western Pacific Against Proposed Lease of Be-nicia Be-nicia Line by S. P. San Francisco. Feb. 21 Three reasons rea-sons why the Southern Pacific company com-pany should not be allowed to enter into a contract with the Central Pa-I Pa-I cific for Joint use of the Benicla Short j Line between San Francisco and Sacramento Sac-ramento will be urged by the Western West-ern Pacific when the application i comes before the frtate railroad com- I mission again tomorrow for a fur-ther fur-ther hearing Under the Sherman anti-trust law, I ii will be argued, the proposed lease is a contract In restraint of trade Against Policy. As against public policy. It will be contended that no two lines should be allowed to enter into a compact lor the benefit of a third This contention con-tention arises from the statement made by Robert S Lovett. chairman of the executive board of the Union Pacific, that the proposed purchase of the Central Pacific by the Union I Pacific Is contingent upon the traf-lic traf-lic agreement between the Central and the Southern Pacific Lastly, the proposed lease is to run for 9D9 years, whereas the state law reads, it will be urged, that no such lease may run In California for more than 77 oars Mr Lovett having already testified I for the Union Pacific, William ; Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific company, will follow him on the stand tomorrow. nn