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Show WHAT! A RAILROAD WAR? On a day next week a new passenger rate goes into effect on the Southern Pacific. The tourist rate from Ogden to Los Angeles, with lay-over privileges at many points in Nevada and California, will be $25. This is said to be a most unusual concession to the traveling public and there are those who see in this reduction of rates the first effect of a new outlet to the Pacific coast and the coming of intense rivalry between the Gould and Harriman lines for the traffic from Ogden and other Utah points to the Pacific Coast. With the roads from Ogden west competing for trade, there is a possibility of the competition being extended to the Gould and Harriman roads from here East, with rates cut in all directions. A vigorous railroad war for six months or a year would be en-'43yable. en-'43yable. It might bring us many visitors and allow of the making of long-deferred journeys to distant friends and relatives. |