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Show v i Why Southern Pacific Publicity Ignores Western Pacific I UIf-reCently 1116 ,iterature isSued in behalf of Southern Pacific's retention of the Central S , Pacific, m violation of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, was silent as to the Western Pacific. Maps issued in support of "A Plain Statement of Facts" show only the Union and Central Pacific railroads. Within the last few weeks the Southern Pacific has admitted the existence of the Western Pacific, but has represented that the Western Pacific is too weak to he regarded seriously as a competitor of the Central Pacific. Such representations are misleading. What the Southern Pacific Would Like to According to the Railway Age, the Western Pacific is making HaVP ihf Puikl Roli'o inquiry for 800 seventy-ton gondolas (equal to 1,100 fifty-ton "dVe me rUDl!C oelieve cars), and 500 fifty-ton cars. (6) Finally, it must be apparent that the domination of this At no point on the, Western Pacific's entire line is the grade state and section by one transportation agency, no matter how well more fan . It has the best grade of any line in western United intentioned that agency may be, is a dangerous thing and menaces States, growth by minimizing or completely removing that competition of 'LVT&t'um' (PrOV Q,amber f Western Pacific Competition Activities According to Western Pacific officials, the Western Pacific The disruption of the existing system of the Southern Pacific except at times when all roads were issuing embargoes has never Company would afford opportunity for another system to develop declined a shipment of freight. The Western Pacific has, on various a position of monopolistic and predominating strength.'" (State of occasions, detoured train loads of fruit for the Santa Fe on account Utah s petition of intervention to Interstate Commerce Commission, of washouts and other interruptions to traffic on that line. Such October 28, 1922.) business the Central Pacific could not or would not handle. "A strono pffArti innMuwiafrj iji L1 The Western Pacific has assisted in building up the livestock strong errective transportation agency wou Id be irreparablv j . M j r n nor- c l- l A- l i r mined in order to rrt. a Lnc l c y industry in Nevada, fully 98rc of which is competitive with the Cen- rumca in oraer to create a transportation monopoly for Western . i d j l j ri i i t . i i America. Will this section permit the utter domination of one rail- T UA V 7 K "7, K SC road system?" (Southern Pacific's Bulletin, October 2 1922 "A d , le ' j SheeP moVemcnts- Jhe Western Pacific plain statement of facts with 3 maps and 9 exhibits ") ' ? aS gd timC n Stck t0 eaStern markets as the Central ' Pacific. To prevent the domination of this state and the intermountain The Western Pacific reduced the rate on copper bullion from section by any single transportation agency." ("Five Reasons Why Garfield to San Francisco, which permitted it to move through the in the Central Pacific Controversy," issued by Salt Lake City Panama Canal. The Central Pacific never met this rate. (Utah Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club, November 8, 1922.) business men have been led to believe that this reduced rate was put in by the Southern" Pacific, which U not the case.) The Western hcit the FilCtS Really Are Pacific also initiated ore reductions from California and Nevada to Utah smelters. The real fact is that the Western Pacific is a standard railroad ti iT r -r j j i Ark;K ,.r i l. ii r i r r- c i i i 1 he Western raciric, on its own initiative, reduced coal rates which does now, and always will, give the Central Pacific formidable .i D n cc . . j i i . r u j j mmnetitinn - .k- , -L n a i d c to '"C I acitic Coast in an eitort to develop a market tor hundreds competition, no matter who owns the Central Pacific. f, lf rrti i -i ir 1 or thousands or tons or Utah coal in competition with coal rrom During the World War the Western Pacific and Central Pacific Australia, Manchuria and England, were operated as a double track railroad, each line carrying its share - From January 1st to October 31st, 1922, a period of only ten of the traffic. months, the Union Pacific received from the Western Pacific, at Salt Lake. 8,224 loaded freight cars, and delivered to the Western Western Pacific fast freight trains between the Pacific Coast Pacific 2,649 loads, a total interchange of 10,873 cars. These and Utah are scheduled four hours quicker in each direction than figures do not include the very substantial business which the West- the Central Pacific. , ern Pacific interchanges with the D. & R. G. W. at Salt Lake City. The Denver & Rio Grande Western also has been omitted from the The Scenic Limited of the Western Pacific, providing through Southern Pacific's "Plain Statement of Facts." service between St. Louis and Chicago to San Francisco, is faster i . . o r- i o i ir -i .i .i rx. i j t j o id ti During the summer time the Western raciric brings in to oalt mile tor mile than the Uverland Limited on the Central Pacific. . , . , , , A , e n mi j tt o Lake City each day I 4 or I j well rilled passenger cars. 1 he bcenic TT ay d t l . i .i j -i r -i Limited between St. Louis and Chicago to San Francisco has ob- 1 he Western Pacific has more than one thousand miles of rail- . , . , i r-r. j t. r ii -.i .1 i. c servation and dming car service all the way. At least nrty per road. Its facilities compare favorably with other lines or similar f M lC ui i r j cent of our passengers stop otr at bait Lake City, says a passenger official of the Western Pacific. The Western Pacific now has an order in for 2,000 new refrig- The foregoing proves conclusively that the Western Pacific is erator cars. The Western Pacific built 500 coal cars in 1917 and an important competitive factor in Utah's transportation structure. 750 more in 1920. These were used in coal and beet service in No matter who owns the Central Pacific, the Western Pacific corn- Idaho and Utah, both on and off Western Pacific rails. petition will continue and increase. Why should the Southern Pacific ignore such competition I p and service unless it be that to admit the Western Pacific's existence would spoil the picture of "domination of this state j and section by one railroad?" We shall furnish additional information from time to time UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM i SALT LAKE CITY l Mapl |