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Show PUTS. P. CASE I BEFORE CLUB Ross Beason of Salt Lake Tells of Railroad Controversy ' T"at Xh rnirtn PMlftO railroad has a threo-fold plan to obtain control Ol tho Union Pacific railroad wa the tatement made today before tho C,g. den chapter of the American Abso-clatton Abso-clatton of BntlBMra a: their weekly duncheon by Rose Bea,on. truffle ttd-, ttd-, vlsor of the Southern Pacific road (with general headquarters at Salt Iake. LnS? ,ld lh0 Un,on Pacific first v.an . ,1 i . dis-mbowel and rend-r belPleea their BtrongMt competitor on h.' I aclflc coast Second, that tho i nlon Pacitlc would close tho 0den BraUway, whtefa he aid would be Deal should they pain control of that Hstrm This ulso would weaken the Denver & Rio (Jrande Wesuin rc.l road, he Bald RIO GRANDE. r- J ptrsent time the Denver & Kio Grande Western Ih s.-rvlng 7 500 mli.'K of territory west of Utah, r, COO Of this total being routed via Kun ,Mth the Union Paoifie gaining control con-trol tho Denver & Uw Grande Weet-,ern Weet-,ern business would be reduced to lens than 15 per cent, he laid The third reason wh the L'nion Pat Iflc wishes to obtain tho Central Pacific Is that it would control the rat.- situation both caM and v.- from Offden, he aai.l I his would be worked work-ed to giv.. the Union Pacific the greatest revenue possible, Instead of the greatest tonnage, according to Beason Bea-son Mr. Reason stated that the present rat. ia from Utah to the Pacific Coast u . re cheaper from I gden, 800 miles away, than from Phoenix to the coast, a distance of ihv mil. I gden at the j r. :.. nt time U tho junction pomt of three steam roads, he said. Should the Southern Pacific be victorious !n th.- present divorce case It is possible that ogden will bo the tormlnnl for .six steuin roads. Mr, p.iv..n mid that th Chlcago-North- rn, Burlington and tho Moffat road each luid trucks within 4 MO mile Of Offden It would offer them an inducement to construct their trackage to thil Ity in the event the Southern Pacific wine BRI1KS1 I KKti R Little business is originated on th Central Pacific the speaker laid in short the road Is a bridge carrier, the value being the gathering lines on the Pacific Coast and branch lines for the distribution of freight between " ig-b ii and Sacramento If the road had been separated in 1910 no one would question tht grouping group-ing of the Central and Southern Pacific Pa-cific lines, Mr. Hoason Bald. The alleged routing of freight Bgalnet f gden in favor of El Paso doesn't ' vi.-i Mr Beaeofl sai-i Ogden would lose more than 500,000 tons of freight annually If the divorce Is rendered ren-dered In favor of the l'nion Pacific. In l'.21 the Interstate Commerce Commission published tentative plana for the grouping of the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific and the final fin-al plans. It is believed erlll approve oi iIioho made nt thut lime .' MAJOR LINES. The speaker iid that there were approximately LlgG railroads In the United State "; of this number being be-ing major lines. Under tho new grouping system of the Interstate Com-men Com-men .' commission 1 systems are ln-. ln-. ludt 1 Mr. BeatOn raid that no possible good could com.- to the public by a disruption of tho present arrangement He stated also that the Southern Pacific Pa-cific hud applied for a temporary right to operate the Central Pacific, until a final d.-'ci8ioii la made elthei award" Ing the road to the Southern Pacific or some other system President M D. Williams presided. More than 90 were In attendant |