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Show WESTERN PACIFIC ANlD SANTA FE Form Through Freight Alliance at; San Franclsca for' Mutual ' Benefit. The Western Pacific' has entered Into. In-to. a friendly alliance.( with the Santa Fe. This places tho Western Pacific into Los Angelee viartho Santa Fe as the preferential liDe aDd all freight traffic controlled by the Gould lines in tho east will be turned over to the Santa Fe at San Franrlsco when destined des-tined to polnta south I hereof. The Santa Fe gets Into that terrl-' terrl-' tory of northern California and Ne vada held by tbe Western Pacific, i The Western Pacific retB into Tejcas, Arizona and New Mesfico via thoSan ! ta Fe and will enter the- field fas a Southern Pacific competitor. A6 Is well known, the Santa Ffc has a line running direct from San. Francisco Fran-cisco via the San Joquln -valloy to all the region named and through to j 1 Chicago. It Is a very friendly ally of I 1 the Gould lines at Denver arnd now is about to cement that friendship ! across the bay of San Francisco. ! It is a big move and migM Indicate ! that the Western Pacific 16 towly get ting Us through connections: in shape This does not refer to paasengej-' paasengej-' traffic, as that Is a matter that can not bo dealt with at presenL Naturally Natur-ally all tho eastern agents of the Gould lines will work for I he Western r&cifie. Thl6 Is evidenced right now when the- Rio Grande Is doing an 1 enormous colonist traffic tho greater j portion of which 16 transferred to the j Oregon Short Line at Ogdeji. ' But In he question of freights It will be an.lmportnut rador In the. transcontinental situation |