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Show I COURT ORDER LETHAL BLOW TO I S. P., PRES. SPROULE ASSERTS I Railroad Hopes bv Sonic Lawful Mens to Over-: Over-: ride Decision ; Approval and Support of Com munities Line Serves Is Requested. William Sproulc. president of the ' Southern P.tciflr Railroad company, with headquarters in San Franclsoo sneaking before the ogden Rotary club nt noon today on the recent decision de-cision of the Untied States P mmm court in dlvorclnR the Central Pacific from the Southern Pacific UK- nc-d the position of the Souther. Pacific unclf-r th ruling fo "a man stricken with ; fatal malady which slowly puts him to dc;uh in his own home." "The Southern Pacific," the speaker .said "fostered the life of Ogden for half a century nnd even against ad-i ad-i i has never wavered in having 1 tf-den tf-den as its terminal We have onsld-i onsld-i red Ogden the natural point for our hncs and shops. I'tah is served by three railroads ihe fnton Pacific, the Southern Pacific and th Western Pacific a. Is San frrancisco. lxs Angeles Is also served by three roads. This service insures competition SUPREME COURT ORDLR "We have confronting us at this I time the decision of the United States I supreme court instructing us to re lease control of the Central Pacific which we have operated for 7 2 ears and which has been under our common com-mon management for ''! years At this time the SouthernJPaclf ic desires in some ways to over-ride the decision of the supreme court, which was rendered under the Sherman antl- ' trust act ' After the decree has been passed upon the interstate eommerco I commlslon takes control. Wo simply ask the approval of the I communities we serve in our action in .seeking, not to acquire railroads from any orher company, but simply that 1 wo be permitted In some lawful man- I ner to continue operation of the Southern Pacific as in the past. We don't know whether this can be done under the transportation act of 1921 or how far it may permit the Southern Pacific to continue with the Central Pacific. "But we ask the communities in I which we operate to approve our lawful law-ful effort to continue this service as In the past. MATTER FOR LAWYERS. Tt is a matter for lawyers to work upon but what Is done must be done ,by law and In strict accordance with the law. It might he possible Rial .'"."(' congress might permit the continua- I tion In some manner H 'Whatever the Southern Pacifli does -in the future. It has no desire to pro- ,,': ceed in any manner outside the hw H as may have been thought by those ; 5 who hive Labored under misapprehen- Vij sion. W "The company is not to engage in I Sgj any campaign of blood-thirsty manner. I .jM but will proceed through the regular- i ly ordained tribunals. J "We are not preaching trust. But I K" J making a reasonable defense of the I company as in the 'past. We are not I -m asking anvthlng against public Inter- 5f ?!,t hut for It. NO DESIRE TO HI RT OGDEN. 'Ssl ' "The Southern pacific does not de- $$f sin to hurt Ogden, but on the other Jffi hand it wants to contribute to this ' city. Ogden has no reason but to voice approval of its relationship with the Southern Pacific and also ih. L'n-ion L'n-ion Pacific which has always been Upmost Up-most cordial kind." GRANT 5IDETRIPS SISO Mr. Sprotile said following his ad dre-s that a decision made est enUo bu the Union Pacific in allowing a free side trip from Ogden to Salt Lake would effect the Southern Pacific (rains as well. Mr Sproule was Introduced by Henry Hen-ry Anderson, club president and wax accorded a heart j greeting by the members. : , - U M Miller and the Rev. J. E. Carer Car-er spoke in regard to the campaign for funds now being carried en by tne club tind upon motion of Charles tm-pev tm-pev chairman of the scout committee the- members voted to continue their drive until i ictbber 1 00 |
