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Show P. LOSES CENTRAL PACIFIC OGDEN VITALLY I , INTERESTED IN I ' COURT'S ORDER I Union Pacific Almost Certain Cer-tain to Buy Central Pacific Holdings .INCREASED TRAFFIC Junction City Logical Placs i for Headquarters, Is Claim WASHINGTON, May It The government gov-ernment won today in the supremp court In Its suit to have the Southern, Pacific company's ownership of the Central Pacific railways declared un-lawful. un-lawful. H The court In deciding h case th ' la9t of the jrreat trust dissolution suits brought to the supreme court rver-ed rver-ed the decision of the federal court of Utah, w hich had held against the gov- H jernment, H Th" decision. Supreme Court Justice H Day stated means that the Southern H Pacific will be required to divest Itself H of nil stock ownership In the Central H ! Pacific lines or other control It h-s H held since 1SSG by lease and 1899 by purchase. Justice Day delivered the opinion of H the court, reviewing in detail the his- tory of the construction of the Central and Southern Pacific railroads and H Uhe methods by which the latter ob- H talned control of the former, holding H that tho Sherman anti-trust act was H effocthe In dissolving any comblna- H Hons which by stock ownership, lease H or other control constituted a mon- H opoly or trust which congress pro- H hlblted by the Sherman act. The Central Pacific Is the Southern H Pacific line running from Ogden to H San Francisco H TodaCs nipremo court decision means a bigger railroad center for Ogden In tho opinion of students of the situation. The Southern Pacific must sell the Central Pacific under the terms of the decision. The Union Pacific company is almost certain to bo the purchaser. The Union Pacific Is declared to bo about the only road with a reserve with which to purchase the road and by purchasing the road the Cnlon Pacific Pa-cific will have a through line from Omaha to San Francisco. Southern Pacific shops In Ogden will come under the ownership of whoever purchases the Central Pacific. Pa-cific. MEANS MORE I RK IGHT. Observers declare that the amount of freight routed over the Central Pacific Pa-cific should Increase greatly in the event the Union Pacific gets the road. They point out that under present conditions the Southern Pacific company com-pany sends over it Sunset route a great amount of freight which Just IIKI as well could conic over the Ogden route. The Southern Pacific uses the Sunset Sun-set route for much of this traffic because be-cause If It used the Central Pacific It must share freight revenues with the Union Pacific when Ogden la reached. OGDEN HE LDQI RTFRS. On the other hand with the Union Pacific owning the Central Pacific, the Union Paclfli would go after business busi-ness with great vigor to be routed through Ogden With (he ownership of the Central Pacific settled, it is believed that many feeder lines aIll be, built, feeder llnc that have been declared necessary. If the Union Pacific gets the Central Cen-tral Pacific. Ogden would be the logl- cal headauarters of the system, it is pointed out |