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Show oo GREAT DREAMS MLL-CHB Ogden Involved in Segregation Segrega-tion Case Now in Supreme Court (Special Dispatch.) OMAHA. March 18. ('.rent drenn-.-. aro belnff dreamed in western railroad rail-road circle right now as to who will et the old Central Pacific rallro.nl lino between Ogden, Utah, :md B ill Francisco If the Tnlled Btataq su- preme court' orders a segregation of Central Pacific and Southern Pacific. I Tho ai-gregatlon rase 13 beln;- argued In WashlnKton this week and ra 11- J loaders expect an curly decision The I (Ovorpment la using tne a.mu argu-; I nient for forcing a segregation of the I two roads as It lived In forcing T'nioni Pacific to sell control of Southern Pacific some years ago and railroad attorney! expect a similar decision to the decree handed down in the latter i suit. BEFORE SUPREME COURT. In tho Union Pacif Ic-Southei n Pa- clflc suit the court held the ombin-1 atlon to be In restraint of trade be- j cause Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Pa-cific were natural competitors for tho California business, despite the fact that Southern Bfcctflo went nearly 1.-000 1.-000 miles out of the direct route j I acroas the continent. The govern-ment govern-ment Is this week arguing before lh I supreme court that Central Pacific and Southern Pacific are mil n il competitors for California buslns-( ! .md Is asking an order forcing n reg-, i legation of thf two properties. If the decision is for the BOUthrn Pacific, the combination will con- I ' tlnue Jest as at present. Bot if the! I two railroads ar ordered separated. is scramble for control of Central Pa-1 clfic is expected by railroaders. j THREE LINES IS BGRABIBIjI Three big lines. It is said. wll be In the scramble. They are Union Pacific. Pa-cific. Burlington nru' Nortnwostarn. Many years ago James J. 11111, tho Empire Builder." had pian prepared pre-pared for an extension of tho Burlington Bur-lington railroad from a point on Its lines in Wyoming through to Ogden, 1'tah. to a connection with Central Pacific Hill had tried to reach s. n Francisco by building down from th" north but had been out-generalled by E H- llarrinian and iihut out front that direction. He hud then turned his attention to the construction of a line from the east into Ogden and a connection with Central Pacific at tho latter point.' From Hurllngion headquarters in Omaha ihe announcement announce-ment was made that that road Intended In-tended building Into gdcn and a map of the proposed route was Issued. I By the construction of 300 or 4 00 milos of road Into Ogden, the Burlington Bur-lington line could connect up with the Central Pacific line and bring true the dream of J. J Hill. In western railroad circles it is now being said that if the supreme court orders a segregation of Southern Pacific and Central Pacific, the Burlington railroad rail-road will bo a bidder for the Central Pacific and, after building the short line In Wyoming, will have a new through line from Chicago to San 1-Tanclsco, si RVEY TO OGDEN. Ten years or so ago the Chicago & Northwestern railroad had a survey from Its ui stern ternilniii at Lander, Wyoming, down to Ogden, lis intention inten-tion being to build to the latter point ana mere connect wnn uenirai rvr clflc. But the proposed road was neVer built. Competitors of Northwestern North-western built through to tho coast or established coast connections, bu; today Northwestern has a line 0rt miles long from Omaha to Central Wyoming used absolutely for local traffic. Railroad men say Northwestern North-western has Its eye on Central Fa -cific If the latter lino is sold nnd dreams of a through line from Chicago Chi-cago to San Francisco bay. LINCOLN s DREAMS. Tre thud dream Is that of tho Union Pacific and Is the Identical dream of Abraham Lincoln, General Grenville M. Dodgo and the statesmen states-men of tho middle of the last century cen-tury a dream of a single railruad line from the Missouri river through to Great Salt Lako. where It should separate, fanlikc. Into three parts, one branch going to Portland, Seattle and the Piiget Suund country, the second branch to San Francisco and the third branch to Los Angeles and Southern d California. Although congrers pro- t x vlded for a railroad system of thia I 'description when the Union Pacific, r was chartered; somehow or other it I I I was never consummated .For almost half a century Union Pacific ended i at Ogden. Years ago Union Pacific 1 acquired the branch to tho Pugct ) Sound country. Last year Union Pa-dfic Pa-dfic purchased the Salt Lake lino and gbl into Los Angeles on Its own tracks. Always Union Pacific has 1 hnd B cloc agreement with Central Pacific, but it does not own the lat-iter lat-iter line. The portion of Abraham Llni oln's dream which saw a unified i railroad from the Missouri to Sa:i 5 H Francisco bay across the great con- I H tral plains and mountains, li.a never H come true. i (H I . P. ON JOB. But If the United States supreme J H court now orders Southern Pacific to sell its ownership of Central Pa-clflc Pa-clflc western railroad men say any other possible purchaser of the Cen- I irui properly v. in nave 10 rtciion wun Union Pacific before It can purchase ! H that property. Union Pacific is tuk- I lng no part in tho seijrogatlon fult f .i n . I r not alink" stones ,n the W'iy of Southern Pat Iflc. but If rho Con- I H tral property Is to bo uold. Union Pa- H cific is going to be In a: the sale. So i H woatern railroad men ill iy. ; All of which la provided the United j Stutes supreme court declares thu H Southern Pacific-Central Pacific coin- I H blnation Is in restraint of compctl- H tion. |